Elizabeth Cushing (1736 - abt. 1819)

Born 4 May 1736 in Hanover, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Isaiah Cushing — married 28 Sep 1765 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about Jun 1819 at about age 83 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Cushing was born on May 4, 1736 in Hanover, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Elijah Cushing and Elizabeth Barstow Cushing. ^[1] She was known by her family as Betty or Betsy.

Betty's father, Elijah, signed a will on March 6, 1761. ^[2] His daughters "Mary, Betty & Deborah & to their heirs & assigns forever equally to be divided two pieces of land lying in Hanover near the new forge one piece of about twenty-five acres... the other piece being about twenty-five acres." Betty and Deborah "two-thirds of my household stuff & also two cows apiece out of my stock." The daughters were also to be paid by his executor"One hundred thirty-three pounds, six shillings & 8 pence " within two years of his death. Elijah died in 1762.

Betty Cushing married Isaiah Cushing on September 26, 1765 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.^[3][4]

Elizabeth died about June 1819. An obituary appeared in the Columbian Centinel newspaper on June 9, 1819. "Cushing, Elizabeth (Mrs.), widow of late Isaiah Cushing, d. Hingham, age 83 (C. C. June 9, 1819)" ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [1]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Hanover Records, p9.
2. ↑ familysearch.org; [2]; Image 511-513; Massachusetts, Plymouth County; Probate Records, 1633-1967; Vol. 16, Page 16: Pages 336-338;
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 [3]. Image 263; Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts to the Year 1850; New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Pembroke Marriages, Page 263: 26 Sep 1765; ISAIAH CUSHING & BETTY CUSHING
4. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol II, p.163
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [4]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Page 1171; Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Columbian Centinel; Publication Date 9 Jun 1819; Call Number 485704: