High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Mabel Gardner Cushing
6 Jan 1739 – 14 Aug 1798 · about 59 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Mabel Gardner Cushing lived from 6 Jan 1739 to 14 Aug 1798, a span of about 59 years.
Born a Gardner, and known here by the name Cushing. Theirs is one of 214 markers bearing the name Cushing in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
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A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match
The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact death date, found in the Cushing family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.
The entry, as printed
Gardner, dau. of Hosea and Mary (Whiting) Gardner. She was b. in Hing. Jan. 6, 1738-39, and d. 14 Aug. 1798, aet. 60th yr. David d. 15 Feb. 1800, aet. 72 yrs. An energetic and prominent man in town af- fairs ; selectman in 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, and again in 1775, and 1776 ; colonel of a regiment, etc. Resided on So. Pleasant St. Ch., b. in Hing., by w. Ruth, were — i. Ruth,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
The inscription
The wife of David Cushing Esq.
Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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