Matthew CUSHING

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• Fact: Son of Peter Cushing and Susan Hawes

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For the first fifty years of his life he lived in Hardingham and Hingham, Norfolk County, England, until 1638, when 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 rouble in ecclesiastical matters. Their rector, doubtless with the sympathy and aid of most of those constituting the emigrating part, 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 fiends - who sold their estates at half their real value. the party, having landed at Boston, Mass., 10 Aug. 1638, immediately proceeded to their destination, Hingham, Mass., so named after the name of the former home of the Cushing family in England. At a town meeting held 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 Rev. 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 Nov., 1660, pray that Daniel Cushing, Esq., their oldest brother, may be appointed administrator of their father's estate.

Matthew married Nazareth PITCHER on 5 Aug 1613. Nazareth was christened on 30 Oct 1586; died on 6 Jan 1682 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Lydia GILMAN on 19 Jun 1645 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Edward GILMAN and Mary CLARK) was born in 1619 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died on 12 Mar 1689 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He became a mariner and commanded a ship trading between Boston and London. Resided in Boston and was lost at sea. His wife, in her will, makes mention of her daughter, Elizabeth Condy, and grandson, Jeremiah Condy, and sister, Martha Muzer in Redrif, near London.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Sarah JACOB on 25 Feb 1653 in Hingham, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Nicholas JACOB and Mary GILMAN) died on 8 Aug 1701. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Matthias BRIGGS on 9 May 1648. Matthias died on 24 Feb 1697. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah HAWKE on 20 Jan 1658 in Hingham, Massachusetts. Sarah was christened on 1 Aug 1641 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 9 Mar 1679 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]