Colonel
John
Cushing
Born in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of John Cushing
and Deborah (Barker) Cushing
Brother of
Elizabeth (Cushing) Richmond, Francis Cushing, Robert Cushing and Mary (Cushing) Whitridge
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in South Berwick, York, Maine, United States
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| Created 15 Apr 2020
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Biography
John Cushing was born on January 23, 1743 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [1] He was the son of John Cushing and Deborah Barker Cushing.
On April 5, 1773, John married Olive Wallingford the daughter of Col. Thomas Wallingford, of Somersworth (now Rollinsford), New Hampshire. [2]
Colonel John Cushing served with Plymouth County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
John Cushing is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A029024.
He was chosen Colonel, 2nd Plymouth County Regiment on, 21 March, 1776, and served throughout the Revolutionary War. [2] [3]
They lived in Boston and their first seven children were born there.[2]
About 1790 they moved to South Berwick, Maine and five additional children were born there.[2]
John died on February 19, 1822 at South Berwick, York County Maine. [4] He was about eighty years old. He was buried at Portland Street Cemetery in South Berwick.[5]
Research Notes
DAR says Private?
Sources
- ↑ 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). Transcript; Scituate Births: p 119, Image 11; s. John Jr. and Deborah, b. Jan. 23, 1742: JOHN CUSHING
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cushing, James Stevenson; The Genealogy of the Cushing family, an account of the ancestors and descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638: [2]; Publisher: The Perrault printing co., Montreal: 1905,page 90-91; 178-179: S. John Cushing III; m. Deborah Barker; Had children: #127 JOHN CUSHING (IV)
- ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908) Vol. 4, p. 293-4
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922 [3]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data: Maine Death Records, 1761-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives. Maine Death Records, 1761-1922, Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine, USA. d. S. Berwick, York Co. Maine; 19 February 1822: JOHN CUSHING
- ↑ Portland Street Cemetery, South Berwick, York County, Maine Ancestry.com. Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 [4]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019.Original data: Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: FamilySearch, 2016. Portland Street Cemetery, South Berwick, York County, Maine; JOHN AND OLIVE
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