Polly Rickard was the daughter of Isaac Rickard and Lydia Vaughn. She was born 4 February 1782 in Plympton, Massachusetts.[1] On 28 April 1809, Polly married Elijah Cushing in Kingston, Massachusetts.[2] Polly and Elijah had, at least, seven children. Polly passed away in Fairhaven, Massachusetts on 11 November 1859. [3][4]
Census
1850 Fairhaven(now Acushnet), Bristol County, Massachusetts[5]
1855 Fairhaven (now Acushnet) Bristol County, Massachusetts[6]
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCGJ-N2Z : accessed 2 June 2015), Mary Rickard, 04 Feb 1782; citing PLYMPTON,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874028 IT 2.
↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010), Kingston, Ma. Marriages, 202.
↑ "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWSG-NYM : accessed 2 June 2015), Mary Cushing, 11 Nov 1859; citing Fairhaven, Massachusetts, v 129 p 68, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,175.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9N-YVJ : accessed 2 June 2015), Mary Cushing in household of Joab Cushing, Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 590, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Massachusetts, State Census, 1855," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4L-QYN : accessed 2 June 2015), Mary R Cushing in household of Joab Cushing, Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,975.
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Reccomend removing find-a-grave reference since that applies to her father and it is an unsourced virtual reference that would not be considered valid.