150 Cutler — Cashing. 



Ch., b. in Hing., were — 



i. Johannes, Aug. 6, 1676. 



ii. Peter, July 7, 1679. 



iii. Mary, July 24, 1682. 



iv. Hannah, June 4, 1685. 



V. Abigail, Nov. 1, 1687, d. 31 May foil, 



vi. David, Nov. 1, 1689. 



vii. Ruth (or Abigail ?), Feb. 22, 1691-92. 



GUSHING (CusHAN ; CusHEN ; Cushyn). 



1. Matthew, with his w. and five ch., came from Hing. in Old 

 Eng., and settled in Hing. in Isew Eng., in the antumn of 1638. 

 According to a memorandum kejit by one of the fam., they came to 

 Boston in the ship "Diligent,"' John Martin, master, arriving on the 

 10th of Aug. of that yr. Matthew, however, had sev. lots granted 

 him prior to his arrival here. The lot upon which he built his dw.- 

 house, first below Pear Tree Hill, was among those granted for build- 

 ing purposes on Bachelor (Main) St. in 1638, and it continued in the 

 fam. possession until 1887. The history of the Gushing fam. is 

 traceable in Eng. for sev. generations before either Pilgrim or Pu- 

 ritan set sail for America. A Thomas Gushing owned land in 

 Hing. and other parts of Eng., early in the fifteenth century. Wil- 

 liam, the oldest s. of Thomas, commenced his will of 1492 as foil. : — 

 "In the name of god Amen, The xx Da}' of the moneth of Septembr, 

 in the yere of "o" lord god M'cccclxxxxij, I William Gusshyn of 

 Henghm in my hoel mend And good memory beying, make my testa- 

 ment and my last will Declare in this forme Folloyng;" etc. John, 

 s. of William, made his will in 1522. Thomas, s. of John, d. in 1588. 

 Peter, s. of Thomas, was buried at Hing. Eng., 2 March, 1596 ; he was 

 the fa. of eight ch., five sons and three dau's. Of the sons of Peter, 

 Theophilus and Matthew emigrated to New Eng. Theophilus came 

 in 1633, in the ship " Griffin," and resided sev. yrs. at Haynes farm. 

 He afts. settled in our Hing. ; was blind during the last twentv-five 

 yrs. of his life, and d. 24 March, 1678-79, at. nearly 100 yrs. there 

 is no rec. showing that he had a fam. With Matthew, therefore, the 

 genealogical rec. of all the persons bearing the surname Gushing in 

 Hing. and vicinity, and perhaps in the United States, commences. 

 The w. of Matthew, whom he m. in Eng. 1613, was Nazareth Pitcher, 

 a dau. of Henry Pitcher. She d. in Hing. 6 Jan. 1681-82, aet. 96 yrs. 

 Matthew d. 30 Sept. 1660, set. 71 yrs. He was early engaged in the 

 j)ublic affairs of the town ; was deacon of the church, and the pro- 

 genitor of many eminent descendants. His will, which was a verbal 

 one, was written out after his decease by his ch., who, under date of 

 15 Nov. 1660, pray that Daniel Gushing, Esqr., their oldest bro. may 

 be appointed administrator of their fa.'s est. Eesided on Main St., 

 below " Pear Tree Hill." The ch., of Matthew and Nazareth, all b. 

 in Eng., were — 



2. i. Daniel, bt. Apr. 20, 1619. 



ii. Jeremiah, July 21, 1621. "Mariner." Resided at Boston, and was lost 

 at sea. 



3. iii. Matthew, Apr. .5, 1623. 



iv. Deborah, Feb. 17, 1624-25. m. in Hing. May 9, 1648, Matthias Briggs, 

 and d. 25 Sept. 1700. 



4. V. John, 1627. 



