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Daniel Cushing left a full and minute will, dated 11 September 1693. Alot of land was granted to him by the Town of Hingham in 1665. He wasa wheelwright and became a freeman in 1671, was an active magistrateand for many years Town Clerk of Hingham, and by the faithfuldischarge of the duties of this last officerendered invaluable serviceto the modern antiquary. From 1682 and for many years he kept acountry store. Selectman in 1665 and for many years after. In theyears1680, 1682 and 1695, he was delegate to the General Court. A work has been published, styled (Extracts from the Minutes of DanielCushing, of Hingham,with a photograph of his manuscript, etc.) Boston- folio. Press of John Wilson & Son, 1865; printed by Lincoln. HenryAustin Whitney, of Boston, prepared anaddition containing a list ofnames of persons from Hingham, England, and printed by Drake. Mr. Cushing had a general store and along with his daily accounts herecorded many of the town's events and considerable of it's gossip; -the time Israel Leavitt abused Mr. and Mrs. Norton with base speeches,Mr. Norton being the minister; the time his boy and the minister's sonimbibed too freely; the hasty marriages and other items of popularinterest. His record is a valuable one as well as amusing. Aphotographic copy of it is a unique addition to MassachusettsHistorical literature. At the age of seventy, his wife having beendead several years, he enters in his diary his courtship with thewidow Thatcher as follows: "Nov 27, 1689, bargained with E.T. Dec. 3, 1689, E.T. denied the bargain Dec. 13, 1689, Agreed again May 1, 1690, Agreed." The wedding followed soon after this entry. The bride was ElizabethJacob Thatcher, his first wife's cousin. His son Daniel married herdaughter.. DANIEL, Hingham, eldest son of first Matthew, born at Hingham, England1619, a wheelwright, came with his father 1638, freeman 1671,representative 1680, 1682, and 1695, married 10 June 1645, Lydia,daughter of Edward Gilman, who died 1689, had Peter, born 1646;Daniel, 1648; Deborah, 18 November 1651; Jeremiah, 3, baptized 9 July1654, H. C. 1676; Theophilus, 29 May, baptized 7 June 1657; andMatthew, 15 July 1660. His second wife was Elizabeth widow of JohnThaxter, daughter of Nicholas Jacob, married 9 March 1691, and shedied 1725, aged 93. He died 3 December 1700, having as third townclerk of Hingham rendered says Lincoln, for many years invaluableservice to the modest antiquary. I hope he recorded the names ofhisdaughters if he had more than Deborah, married 25 September 1679,Henry Tarleton, and next, 31 August 1686, Reverend Benjamin Woodbridgeof Bristol. The willof Cushing of 11 September 1693, written withadmirable precision yet with much minuteness, filled more than sixclose folio pages, is in our records XIV. 293. It provides for therecent wife, five sons, daughter Deborah, and her husband BenjaminWoodbridge, and sister Deborah, wife of Matthew Briggs. "To Daniel Cushing, that town [Hingham] is indebted for the firstaccurate records of the proceedings of the town. His clerkshipcommenced in 1669, and the method andneatness of the records for manyyears, does him much credit." Sources: 1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestorsand Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) byJames Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. FirstEdition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family) Pg23ff. 2. Joseph Savage, Genealogical Dictionaryof the First Settlers of New England, Originally published 1860. 3. Cushing,by Barbara Cushing Walker, October, 1996 4. The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealogy of the descendantsof Edward Gilman of Hingham England 1550-1950 - by Constance Le NeveGilman Ames and printed for the author by Shields Rainier PrintingCompany - Yakima, Washington
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