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Matthew Cushing Sr.

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Birth	:	25 Feb 1588 Norfolk, England
Death	:	30 Sep 1660 Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bell Island, Avalon Peninsula Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	47.6307060, -52.9282990
Inscription	:	"Genealogy of the Descendants of Matthew & Nazareth Cushing." "Matthew, son of Peter Cushing, of Nor- folk, England, married Naza- reth, daughter of Henry Pitch- er, baptized Oct. 30, 1586. They
Description	:	CENOTAPH Matthew Cushing born in Hingham, Norfolk, England. Son of Peter Cushing of Norfolk and Susan Hawes, christened 02 Mar 1589 in Hardingham. Husband of Nazareth Pitcher, married 05 Aug 1613. Father of: * Hon. Daniel Cushing 1619 – 1700 * Capt. Jeremiah Cushing 1621 – 1665 * Lt. Matthew Cushing Jr 1623 – 1701 * Deborah Cushing, Mrs Mathias Briggs 1625 – 1710 * Hon. Colonel John Cushing 1627 – 1708 Emigrated to U.S. in 1638 aboard the ship 'Diligent'. Resided in Hingham, Plymouth County, MA until his death. Matthew Cushing was born... Read More	CENOTAPH Matthew Cushing born in Hingham, Norfolk, England. Son of Peter Cushing of Norfolk and Susan Hawes, christened 02 Mar 1589 in Hardingham. Husband of Nazareth Pitcher, married 05 Aug 1613. Father of: * Hon. Daniel Cushing 1619 – 1700 * Capt. Jeremiah Cushing 1621 – 1665 * Lt. Matthew Cushing Jr 1623 – 1701 * Deborah Cushing, Mrs Mathias Briggs 1625 – 1710 * Hon. Colonel John Cushing 1627 – 1708 Emigrated to U.S. in 1638 aboard the ship 'Diligent'. Resided in Hingham, Plymouth County, MA until his death. Matthew Cushing was born in 1588, the year of the Spanish Armada, son of Peter Cushing of Norfolk, whose grandfather had possessed large estates in Lombard street, London, married 5 August 1613 Nazareth Pitcher, daughter of Henry Pitcher, of the famous family of Admiral Pitcher of England. For the first fifty years of his life he lived in Hardingham and Hingham, Norfolk County, England, and had, as by register of old Hingham: Daniel, baptized 20 April 1619; Jeremiah, 1 January 1621; Matthew, 5 April 1623; Deborah, 17 February 1625; and John, whose baptism is, I believe, omitted and I have heard, that it was in a neighboring parish. With his wife and five children, and his wife's sister (Widow Francis Riecroft, who died a few weeks after their arrival), he embarked in the ship -Diligent- of Ipswich, 350 tons, John Martin, master, which sailed from Gravesend, 26 April 1638, with 133 passengers, among whom was Robert Peck, M.A., Rector of the parish of Hingham, England. The immediate occasion of their departure seems to have been trouble in ecclesiastical matters. Their rector, doubtless with the sympathy and aid of most of those constituting the emigrating party, had pulled down the rails of chancel and altar, and leveled the latter a foot below the church, as it remains to this day. Being prosecuted by Bishop Wren, he left the Kingdom, together with his friends - who sold their estates at half their real value. The party, having landed at Boston Massachusetts, 10 August 1638, immediately proceeded to their destination, Hingham Massachusetts, so named after the name of the former home of the Cushing family in England. At a town meeting held in 1638, a house lot of five acres, first below Pear Tree Hill, on Bachelor (Main) St., was given to Matthew Cushing, and it continued in the possession of the family until 1887. He was early engaged in the public affairs of the town, became a deacon in Reverend Hobart's church, and was the progenitor of many eminent descendants. It is now a pretty well established fact that, with the exception of a few families who have come to this country during the past century, all the persons bearing the surname of Cushing in the United States and Canada are his direct lineal descendants. His will, which was a verbal one, was written after his decease by his children, who, under date of 15 November 1660, pray that Daniel Cushing, Esq., their oldest brother, may be appointed administrator of their father's estate. In his will all the children except Deborah, who married May 1648, Matthew Briggs, are named as living; and the share to this son-in-law was large. His widow died 1681, aged 95. From the Cushing Family Tree by William R Cushing PLANTERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH by C.E. Banks, Boston, 1930 Upon the lot now occupied by Dr. Robbins at the foot of Pear-tree Hill, a few rods north of his residence, Matthew Cushing, who died in 1660 at seventy-one years of age, the progenitor, probably, of all the families of that name in the United States, had established the home which remained uninterruptedly in the family until 1887; and here still lived his wife, who died subsequently to the war, aged ninety-six, his son Daniel, then and until his death town clerk, and one of the wealthy men of the period, and Matthew a grandson, afterwards lieutenant and captain. Not far away Matthew Cushing senior's daughter Deborah lived with her husband, Matthias Briggs, while on the opposite side of the street, at what is now the Keeshan place, Daniel the younger, a weaver by trade, established a home and reared a large family. The Cushings were shopkeepers in addition to their other occupations, and probably the little end shop built onto the dwelling on either side of the street contained articles of sale and barter,--produce and pelts and West India goods and ammunition. We may suppose that these small centres of trade, together with the tannery in the immediate vicinity, gave quite a little air of business to the neighborhood,--forming indeed the primitive exchange of the period. Planters of the Commonwealth by C.E. Banks, Boston, 1930 The posted picture is actually in the Cicero Cemetery, Cicero, New York and according to a descendant, it was erected in 1880 by Samuel Cushing.

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Matthew Cushing Sr.'s memorial is located at: Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bell Island, Avalon Peninsula Census Division, Canada.
When did Matthew Cushing Sr. death?
Matthew Cushing Sr. death on 30 Sep 1660 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
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Latitude: 47.6307060
Longitude: -52.9282990

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Nazareth Pitcher Cushing

(1586 - 1681)

Children

Daniel Cushing

(1619 - 1700)

Col John Cushing

(1627 - 1708)

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