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the study of medicine under the tutorship of one of the most dis- 

 tinguished physicians in the city. He entered the Harvard Med- 

 ical School in 1870, and in 1874 received his degree of M. D. Soon 

 after the decease of Dr. Stephenson, in 1874, he received and ac- 

 cepted an invitation to settle in Hingham, locating near the former 

 residence of his predecessor on Main Street, Hingham Centre. 

 Here he met with a successful patronage, and was highly esteemed, 

 not only for his skill as a physician and surgeon, but also for his 

 social qualities and his recognized musical talents. He died of 

 malignant diphtheria, contracted in the course of professional 

 duty, the 15th of May, 1880, aged 37 years. He left a widow 

 and one son. 



Benjamin Cushing, born Mav 9, 1822, and the onlv son of Jerom 

 and Mary (Thaxter) Cushing, of Hingham, was for several terms 

 a pupil at the Derby Academy. He was graduated at Harvard 

 University in 1842, received his degree of M. D. in 184G, and is a 

 practising physician in the city of Boston. 



John Cutler, who called himself Vk a Dutchman," and whose 

 name appears as such upon conveyances and other legal docu- 

 ments, was a practising physician in Hingham for about twenty 

 years. Very little which relates to him, hoAvever, can be ascer- 

 tained at this late day, either as to his educational advantages or 

 to his professional career. At the time of Philip's War, and for 

 several succeeding years, he resided on Town (South) Street, near 

 Thaxter' s Bridge ; but he may have removed at a later date to the 

 west part of the town, judging from the following; conveyance 

 (S. R. of D. vol. 13, p. 22, abstract) : Ephraim Nichols of Hing- 

 ham, " seaman," and Abigail his wife, in consideration of £135, 

 sell to Doctor John Cutler, " Dutchman," of Hingham, " our house 

 lot of five acres, which we lately purchased of Moses Collier, with a 

 dwelling-house, barn," etc. This estate was bounded by the Town 

 Street, east, and by land of Thomas Lincoln, the husbandman, 

 south. Deed dated 12 March, 1682-83, and recorded the 18th of 

 September following. Dr. Cutler removed with his family to Bos- 

 ton before 1700. He married in Hingham, Jan. 4, 1C74-75, Mary 

 Cowell, of Boston. The names of his children, with their dates of 

 birth, are given in Vol. II. p. 150 of this history. 



John Dixon married Elizabeth, the daughter of George and Lucy 

 Vickery, of Hull. She survived him and married secondly Joseph 

 Lewis, widower, of Hingham. Caty, a granddaughter of Joseph 

 and Elizabeth (Vickery) (Dixon) Lewis, married Elijah Beal, Jr., 

 and their daughter Caty married Caleb Gill. Hence we have had 

 in the present century two heads of families born in Hingham. 

 father and son, bearing the ancestral names of Dixon Lewis Gill. 

 Concerning the professional career of Dr. Dixon, but little is known. 

 He died in this town, and a gravestone erected to his memory in 

 the Hingham Cemetery bears the following inscription : — 



