Matthew (Lieut) CUSHING

5 Apr 1623 - 9 Jan 1701

• BIRTH: 5 Apr 1623, Hingham, Norfolk, England
• CHRISTENING: 5 Apr 1623, Hingham, Norfolk, England
• DEATH: 9 Jan 1701, Hingham, Plymouth, MA

• MARRIAGE: 25 Feb 1653, Hingham, Plymouth, MA

                                      _Thomas (Cushyn) CUSHING _+
                     _Peter CUSHING _|
                    |                |_Ursula (CUSHING) ________
 _Matthew CUSHING __|
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|                   |_Susan HAWES ___|
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|--Matthew (Lieut) CUSHING 
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|                    _Henry PITCHER _|
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|_Nazareth PITCHER _|
                    |                 __________________________
                    |_Sarah BOND ____|
                                     |__________________________

[823] Matthew was a wheelwright, and took an active and prominent part in the affairsof the town. Selectman 13 times between 1661 and 1695; freeman, 1679; was known as -Sergeant-, as -Cornet-, and later as -Lieutenant-. He resided at HinghamCentre- over the river -. He died without issue 9 January 1701. In his will of28 December 1700, after providing for his wife, he leaves his estate to his nephew, Matthew Cushing who had lived with him.

Sources:
1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family) Pg 22ff.
2. Joseph Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Originally published 1860.
3. The History of the Town of Hingham Massachusetts: the Genealogies, George Lincoln, 1893, 1982 reprint of Vol2 & 3.

"New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985
p. 199
"CUSHING, Matthew (1623-1701) & Sarah JACOB (-1701); 25 Feb 1652/3, no issue; Hingham"

(Cushing and associated family lines from a GEDCOM at the excellent
"Genealogy of the Cushing Family - Online Version 2003"
[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cushinc/]
by Warren R. Cushing [wrcushing@yahoo.com])