Mary (Cushing) Lincoln (1734 - 1816)

Born 22 Apr 1734 in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Lincoln — married 15 Jan 1756 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1816 at age 81 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Mary Cushing was born in Hanover.^[1] She was baptized in the First Congregational Church of Hanover on 12 May 1734.^[2] Mary Cushing was the daughter of Elijah Cushing and Elizabeth Barstow Cushing,, ^[3]

Mary married at age of twenty-one Benjamin Lincoln in Hingham on 15 January 1756. She was twenty-one years of age and he was twenty-two. ^[4]

Mary's father, Elijah Cushing, signed a will on March 6, 1761 that included a bequest to Mary. ^[5] "Item I give to my 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 Jbon of Amos Turner the other piece being about twenty-five acres," The daughters were also to be given, "one hundred thirty-three pounds six shillings and eight pence within two years" of his death. Her father died in 1762.

In the election, in 1787, General Benjamin Lincoln was elected lieutenant governour by the Legislature, having had a plurality of votes by the people.

In the 1790 U. S. Census ^[6] there were ten people in the household. The family was still in Hanover, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Benjamin Lincoln died in 1810. Mary died on January 23, 1816 and was buried in the cemetery in Hingham.

Sources

1. ↑ A Copy of the records of births, marriages and deaths, and of intentions of marriage in the town of Hanover, Mass., 1717-1787, Jedediah Dwelley, et al., Rockland, 1898,
2. ↑ L. Vernon Briggs, History and records of the First Congregational church, Hanover, Mass., 1727-1865, and inscriptions from the headstones and tombs in the cemetery at Centre Hanover, Mass., 1727-1894, Boston: W. Spooner, 1895
3. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol III, p.6
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Hingham; 15 January 1756; Benjamin Lincoln and Mary Cushing
5. ↑ familysearch.org; [1]; Image 511-513; Massachusetts, Plymouth County; Probate Records, 1633-1967; Vol. 16, Page 16: Pages 336-338;
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 289; Image: 327; Family History Library Film: 0568144

Also see:

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 July 2019), memorial page for Mary Cushing Lincoln (22 Apr 1734-23 Jan 1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #193343570 NO HEADSTONE; citing Hingham Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Ruth Watkins (Pew) Jaynes (contributor 48360967)

Research Notes

I am unable to confirm that Elizabeth Barstow was Mary's mother.

Elijah and Elizabeth (Barker) Cushing were the parents of Betsey Cushing who married Isaiah Cushing.

Note July 30, 2019 Cherry Cushing Duve Please see the profile for Elizabeth Barstow. She first married Isaac Barker and then as Elizabeth Barker married Elijah Cushing.