Josiah CUSHING

9 Aug 1707 - 20 Aug 1787

• BIRTH: 9 Aug 1707, Hingham, Plymouth, MA
• DEATH: 20 Aug 1787, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA

• MARRIAGE: 13 Nov 1735, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA

                                             _Matthew CUSHING __+
                       _John (Col) CUSHING _|
                      |                     |_Nazareth PITCHER _+
 _Matthew B. CUSHING _|
|                     |                      _Matthew HAWKE ____
|                     |_Sarah HAWKE ________|
|                                           |_Margaret NELSON __
|
|--Josiah CUSHING 
|
|                                            _Nicholas JACOB ___
|                      _John JACOB _________|
|                     |                     |_Mary GILMAN ______
|_Deborah JACOB ______|
                      |                      ___________________
                      |_Mary RUSSELL _______|
                                            |___________________

[845] Some time before his marriage he removed to Rehoboth, Massachusetts where his brother Matthew and elder sister Deborah had preceded him. He was styled "Deacon". Josiah and Mehitable had six children.

Rehoboth Vital Records lists marriage location as "Dighton". Intentions posted 26 July 1735, marriage performed 13 November 1735 by Sylvester Richmod, Esq.

Sources:
1. The Genealogy of theCushing 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 31.

"History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts"
George Lincoln, et. al., Hingham, MA; 1893 pp. 153-154
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mahingha/history/contents.html

"Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896"
Arnold, James N.
Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing, 1897.
http://www.ancestry.com/
"Josiah Cushing, Rehoboth & Mehitable King, Dighton
13 Nov 1735, in Dighton, by Sylvester Richmond, Esq."

(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])