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William Cushing (1751 - 1825)

William Cushing
Born in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Husband of — married 23 Jan 1777 (to 30 Mar 1781) in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 13 Nov 1796 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Died at age 73 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

William Cushing was born on October 2, 1751 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [1] William was the son of Nehemiah Cushing and Sarah Humphrey Cushing. He was the second child of that name in the family. The first William had died at the age of one year old in October of 1750.[2]

William's father died "in his majesties service" [3]on 12 January 1762 at Crown Point, New York. William was only about thirteen when his father died. He was the oldest son in the family.[4]

William and his siblings were mentioned in the will which their grandfather signed on October 1, 1765. [5]
I give to the children of my late son Nehemiah viz: Rachel Cushing, Abigail Perry, William Cushing, Thomas Cushing, Nathaniel Cushing twenty pounds to be divided equally between them or such of them that shall survive me. Nehemiah Cushing Sr. died on December 11, 1774.

A search of records in Massachusetts in 1848 shows that he served as a private for two weeks in Capt. Freedom Chamberlain's Company of Col. John Bailey's Regiment of Pembroke beginning on April 19, 1775. He then served from May 3 to August 1, 1775 (3 months, 6 days) in Capt. Freedom Chamberlain's Co. in Colonel John Thomas' Regiment of Pembroke. On a return of that company he was listed as a Corporal.[6]

He later joined the Continental Army and on November 6, 1776 was commissioned as Lieutenant in Regiment 12 (sometimes listed as Regiment 14) in Capt. Isaiah Stetson's Company, Colonel Bradford's Regiment in which he served for about three years. [7]

On January 23, 1777 William married Abigail Turner in Pembroke. [8]

He reported in his pension application that he "continued to serve faithfully in said capacity in the same company till the 13th of October 1777 when I received a wound from a cannon ball at Sarasota four days before the taking of Burgoyne... I did not retire from the service till February 7, 1779 - and then only in consequence of inability occasioned by said wound.[9] [7]

He returned to Pembroke where he and Abigail had one son, William, born on January 24, 1780. [10] Abigail died on March 30, 1781 in Pembroke. [11]

William was enumerated in Pembroke for the 1790 U. S. Census. There was one adult male and two females enumerated in addition an adult male and male under sixteen which were likely William and his son. [12]

William and Ruth Briggs of Scituate were married on November 13, 1796 in Scituate by Reverend David Barnes, Pastor of Second Congregational Church. [13]

In the 1800 U. S. Census [14] William and Ruth were enumerated in Pembroke with a male under sixteen years old. William's son would have been about twenty so the identity on this person is unknown or the census was incorrectly recorded.

In the 1810 U. S. Census [15] there was a female under sixteen with William and Ruth. She was perhaps a household servant.

Revolutionary War soldiers and sailors were granted pensions in several Acts of Congress beginning in the early 1810s. William applied and payments of $60 twice annually began on November 24, 1811. [16]

On March 18, 1818, William relinquished his rights to this pension and applied for one based on his disability due to the wound received. [17] On July 17, 1820 his statement includes, "I further testify & declare that by reason of a wound I received from a cannon ball which took away the fleshy part of my thigh great lameness has insured that I am utterly unable to walk without two slaves & am wholly unable labour for my support. I have a wife in the sixty third year of her age who is feeble in health & unable to do the business of my family without assistance, that I had one son by the name of William who has been absent for about twenty years & whether alive or dead, I know not. " He reported that his family usually included four people. This may have included household help. He was granted $68 bi-annually.

William died on January 4, 1825 at the age of seventy-three in Pembroke. [18] [19]



Sources

  1. ↑ 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). PEMBROKE BIRTHS TRANSCRIPTS; p72; Image 72 of 459; d. Nehemiah & Sarah; 2 October 1751; William Cushing
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [2]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Pemboke Town Records: Deaths, Image 189 of 274; Town Meeting Records and Animal Ownership, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths; Death 1 Oct. 1750; son of Nehemiah and Sarah his wife, 1 October 1750; WILLIAM CUSHING
  3. ↑ CUSHING, Janes Stevenson; The genealogy of the Cushing family, an account of the ancestors and descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638; [3]; Montreal, The Perrault Printing Co: 1905; Full catalog record MARCXML; page 73; #97; b. 10 Feb. 1721; NEMHEMIAH CUSHING
  4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 [4]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts to the Year 1850: PEMBROKE DEATHS; 12 January 1762; p. 400 (Image 400 of 465); Nehemiah CUSHING
  5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [5]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Pembroke, Plymouth County, Probate File: #5706; Rec. Sept 1775; Lib. 24, Fol. 17; Will NEHEMIAH CUSHING
  6. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files; The National Archives; Publication #M804, NARA; Group 15; Roll 0722: Fold3; 2 Images; Plymouth County, MA; [6]; Application; 26 October 1848,; Plymouth, MA; Report of Mass. records of Williams Service
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fold3; [7]; 12th Regiment, Massachusetts; U. S. Army: Publication Number M881; NARA 570910; Record group 93; 1775-1785; Roll 0444 Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; Enlisted 6 November 1776; Resigned 4 February 1779; 12th (or 14th) Regiment Mass.: WILLIAM CUSHING
  8. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Image176 of 274[8]. 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). 23 Jan. 1777; Pembroke; WILLIAM CUSHING & ABIGAIL TURNER JUN.
  9. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files; The National Archives; Publication #M804, NARA; Group 15; Roll 0722: Fold3; 3 Images; Plymouth County, MA;[9]; Plymouth County, Mass.; 9 July 1819, Declaration of Service: WILLIAM CUSHING
  10. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850; PEMBROKE BIRTH; P74, image 74 of 465; [10]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts to the Year 1850; s. William and Abigail; 24 Jan. 1780; Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts to the Year 1850: WILLIAM CUSHING
  11. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [11]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Vital Record Transcripts: PEMBROKE DEATHS, p 399; Image 393 of 459; Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). dau. of John Turner; w. William Cushing; 30 March 1781; ABIGAIL TURNER CUSHING
  12. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [12]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA: Wm Cushing
  13. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [13]. 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). SCITUATE MARRIAGES; PG 6, Image 497 of 1531; 13 Nov. 1796; William Cushing & Ruth Briggs
  14. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census [14]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Series: M32; Roll: 16; Page: 33; Image: 43; Family History Library Film 205617: WILLIAM CUSHING
  15. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [15]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Roll: 21; Page 51; Image: 00032; Family History Library Film: 0205629; William Cushing
  16. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 [16]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data:Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872. 01: Revolutionary War, Army, Navy, 1801-1815; The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Pension Payment Roll of Veterans of the Revolutionary War and the Regular Army and Navy, 3/1801 - 9/1815; NAI Number: 2600769; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Number: M1786; Roll Number: 1
  17. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files; The National Archives; Publication #M804, NARA; Group 15; Roll 0722: Fold3; 3 Images; Plymouth County, MA;[17]; Plymouth County, Mass.; 9 July 1819, Declaration of Service: WILLIAM CUSHING
  18. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Vital Record Transcripts;PEMBROKE DEATHS; P 400; 4 Jan. 1825[18]. 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).
  19. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835 [19]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data:United States Senate.The Pension Roll of 1835.4 vols. 1968 Reprint, with index. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992. The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. I, 5 Massachusetts: WILLIAM CUSHING




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