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" These things being premised, I know your Honor's wisdom and prudence to be such, that you will, upon serious consider- ation thereof, conclude that I am not called of God to embrace the call of the General Court. Sir, when I consider the Court's act in pitching their thoughts upon me, I have many musings what should be the reasons moving them thereunto ; I conceive it cannot be, that I should be thought to have more
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experience and better abilities than others ; for you, with many others, do well know, that when I entered upon military employ, I was very raw in the theoretic part of war, and less acquainted with the practical part : and it was not long that I sustained my place in which I had occasion to bend my mind and thoughts that way ; but was discharged therof, and of other publick concerns : and therein I took vox populi to be vox Dei, and that God did thereby call and design me to sit still and be sequestered from all publick transactions, which condition suits me so well that I have received more satisfaction and content- ment therein, than ever I did in sustaining any publick place."
The magnanimity of Gen. Cudworth has rarely been equal- ed; and when we couple with it the mildness and humanity of his demeanor, his character reaches the sublime. If he was ever reproached, it was for virtues which his coevals failed to attain.
He accepted the command in Philip's war, as we have stated above, and acquitted himself with honor. He had undoubtedly the talents of a brave and able commander, different indeed from those of Church, who shone in the darings of partizan warfare, but such as were proper for his place. When he took the field in Philip's war he was past seventy years of age; there is therefore little propriety in drawing a parallel between him and Church.
Of General Cudworth's family connexions in England, we have no certain information. It has been suggested by some that he was the brother of that distinguished man of learning, Professor Ralph Cudworth, whose work on the philosophy of of the mind has been a foundation for all subsequent writers : but this we have not made certain.
It appears that Gen. Cudworth did not proceed to England on his mission, to obtain a new charter which should include Narragansett, (for this was the object of the mission), until the summer of 1682. His will is dated in the spring of that year, at Scituate, and orders his estate "to be divided into six equal parts-James two sixths-Israel one sixth-Jonathan one sixth-daughter Mary's four children (Israel, Robert, James and Mary Whitcomb) one sixth- daughter Hannah Jones one sixth.
" THOS. HYLAND,
RICH'D. CURTIS, witnesses."
It appears that his wife had deceased.
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Capt. James, the oldest son, had lands in Freetown, in his father's right, and may have resided there for a time, but most of his children are recorded in Scituate. They were Mary born 1667, Sarah 1669, Capt. James 1670, who deceased at Free- town, 1729, Joanna 1671, (wife of Zachary Colman 1696), Elizabeth 1672, Abigail 1674, John 1677. John (last named) settled in Scituate, and left sons, John born 1706, James 1715, both of whom left sons.
Capt. James, sen. deceased before 1699. His widow Mary deceased 1699, leaving legacies "to sons James and John, and daughters Mary, Sarah, Joanna Colman, and Eliz. and Abigail."
Israel (son of Gen. Cudworth) removed to Freetown, (as is said), but he retained an interest in Conihassett lands in Scit- uate as late as 1700. He had one daughter born in Scituate, Mary 1678, (wife of Jacob Vinal 1695).
Jonathan (son of Gen. Cudworth) resided in Scituate. He married Sarah, the daughter of Jonathan Jackson. His children, Nathaniel born 1667, Bethia 1671, Hannah 1674, (wife of Thomas Hatch 1695), Sarah 1676, Jonathan 1679, James 1682, Israel 1683, Rachel 1689. Of these sons, most of them had families-The sons of Nathaniel were Israel born 1706, Jonathan 1710, Nathaniel 1712. The sons of James were James born 1714, Zephaniah 1719. The sons of Zephaniah were Noah, Melzar and James.
John (born 1706, above named) married Mary Briggs 1731, his sons were John, jr. and Capt. Joseph. John, jr. married Elizabeth Clap 1772, and had sons John, Job, Charles, Abiel, Arvin. This family resided on Hooppole neck. Capt. Joseph married Elizabeth Souther 1775, and has sons Elijah of Scituate and Peter of Boston.
RICHARD CURTIS
was one of four brothers who came early to New England, viz. Richard, Thomas, John and William. John left no family .*
Richard had lands at Marblehead in 1648, and in the same year he purchased lands in Scituate, and built a house between Gowin White's and the Harbour. He married Lydia, daughter of John Hollet, 1649, and had children, Anna born 1649, Elizabeth 1651, John December 1, 1653, Mary 1655, Martha 1657, Thomas, March 18, 1659, Deborah 1661, Sarah 1663.
* He had a house at Curtis's hill, which was burnt in Philip's war.
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He died 1693. His will, dated 1692, gives "To oldest son John two thirds of my real estate, he providing for my wife Lydia during her life. To son Thomas one third, &c. To daughters Hannah Curtis, Elizabeth Brooks, Mary Badcocke, and Martha Clark."
John married Miriam, daughter of William Brooks 1678, and had children, Mercy born 1678-9, Hannah 1681, William September 15, 1683. His only son William married Rachel, daughter of Dea. Samuel Stodder, 1707, and had children, John born 1708, Samuel 1711, Rachel 1712, William 1714, Rachel 1717, Samuel 1719, Elizabeth 1722. The last son, Samuel married Rachel Briggs 1745, and his son Samuel married Ruth Nash 1777, and Ammiel, son of the latter, is liv- ing in Scituate.
Thomas (the younger son of Richard) settled on the tract of land called Egypt, where he had a house 1693. He married Mary, sister of Robert Cooke, 1694, and daughter of William Cooke : and had children, Deborah born 1697, Ruth 1699, Mary 1701, Thomas, March 5, 1703-4, Ruth 1711. The only son, Thomas, jr., married Ruth Wade 1729, and had children, Thomas 3d, born December 8, 1729, Jael 1732, Eli 1733, Ruth 1735, Simeon 1739, Abner 1742, Beriah 1745. Charles, who occupies the farm of three generations of his ancestors, is son of the last named Thomas, whose wife was Susanna Bailey 1759. Eli has also posterity in Scituate. He married Desire Turner 1758, and Elizabeth Bailey 1777. Eli, jr. married Bathsheba Nichols 1782.
From this family have descended some of the name in the west of Scituate, Hanover and Abington. Abner, son of Thomas, jr., married Sarah Ford 1766, and lived in Hanover. Beriah removed to Chesterfield. He married Desire Litch- field 1783.
THOMAS CURTIS, (brother of Richard),
was in Scituate 1649. He had previously lived at Georgiana, and is called of York, in our records. He returned to York, where he was living in 1684, at which date he gave. a deed to his son Samuel, of lands on Curtis or Buttonwood hill, where Samuel and several generations of his family lived.
Two children of Thomas Curtis were born and baptized in Scituate second parish, Elizabeth 1649, and Samuel 1659. He had also a son Benjamin of Portsmouth. We have seen a
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deed (preserved here) from Robert Tufton Mason to Benjamin Curtis, conveying a lot of land "on Great Island in the Piscat- aqua River," dated 1681.
Samuel married Elizabeth - and had children, Elizabeth born 1694, Samuel 1695, Benjamin 1699, Abigail 1703.
Benjamin married Rebecca House 1723, and had children, Samuel born 1734, Job 1736, Benjamin 1737, Rebecca 1738, James 1739, Elijah 1740, Mary 1742, Charles 1744. Of these sons, Samuel married Rachel Briggs 1745. His children were Samuel born 1750, and several others. Samuel last named deceased at Marshfield, and was the father of Samuel Curtis, the present Clerk of that town. James died unmarried in Scituate in 1820. Elijah lived on Curtis hill, married Abigail Sole 1756. His children Zynthia Bartlett, Capt. Elijah, (and by a second wife Zeporah Randall), Nehemiah and Col. James.
Charles (youngest son of Benjamin) graduated at Harvard College 1765, married Lydia James, and died at New York.
WILLIAM CURTIS, (brother of Richard),
bore arms in Scituate 1643. His farm was on North river, next south of the Wanton farm. His children were Joseph born 1664, Benjamin 1666, William 1668, John 1670, Miriam 1673, Mehitabel 1675, Stephen 1677, Sarah 1679, Samuel 1681. Joseph, married Rebecca - 1692, and had children, Joseph born 1693, Josiah 1696, Rebecca 1699, Martha 1701, Richard 1702, Elisha 1704, Thankful 1707, Jesse 1709.
Benjamin married Mary Sylvester 1689. He first built the Curtis mills on the third Herring brook. His children were Mary born 1691, Benjamin 1692, Ebenezer 1694, Lydia 1695, Sarah 1697, Ruth 1700, Susanna 1702, Deborah 1704, William 1706, David 1708, Peleg 1710. The descendants of this family reside near the Curtis mills. Peleg married Experience Ford 1749.
John married Experience Palmer 1707, and settled near Hugh's Cross in Hanover. His children were John born 1709, Bezaleel 1711-his descendants, Samuel and others, reside near the same place.
Samuel (youngest son of William, sen.) resided on his pater- nal farm. He married Anna Barstow 1707. His children were Samuel born 1708, Anna 1711, Martha 1713, Miriam,
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1715, Deborah 1717, Simeon, June 1, 1720, Amos 1722, Mehitabel 1726.
Simeon settled in Hanover, a half mile south-east of Hugh's Cross. He married Asenath Sprague of Duxbury, and had children, Simeon, (now Capt. Simeon of East Bridgewater), Melzar, (the father of Melzar, Esq. of Hanover, and others), James, (of Freeport, Maine), Asenath, Susanna : and by a second wife (widow Lucy Macomber, whose maiden name was Barker of Hingham), Lucy, Asenath, Mary, and Barker, (of Maine). Mary married Job Young.
Amos (son of Samuel) settled on the paternal farm. He married Mary Faunce of Kingston, 1744. His children were Samuel born 1745, Amos 1747, (died young). Amos, sen. died 1750. His widow married Nathaniel Church 1758. Her daughter Mary Church was the first wife of William Copeland, sen. 1782.
Samuel succeeded to the paternal farm. He married Me- hitabel Young 1778. His children are Sophia, Samuel, Mehitabel, who all reside on the ancient farm, and Mary, the wife of Peter Cudworth of Boston.
JOHN CUSHING, SEN.
came into Scituate from Hingham, 1662, and purchased the farm on " Belle house neck," of Capt. John Vassall, son of William Vassall, to whom it was laid out 1634. He was the son of Matthew Cushing, and Nazareth Pitcher his wife. Matthew was born in England 1588, the son of Peter Cushing of Norfolk, whose grandfather had possessed large estates in Lombard street, London. Matthew Cushing, with his wife and five children, viz. Daniel, Jeremiah, Matthew, Deborah, and John, sailed from Gravesend, April 26, 1638, in the ship Diligent, John Martin of Ipswich master, and arrived at Boston on the 10th of August. They appear in Hingham in the autumn of the same year. Matthew deceased at Hingham, September 30, 1660, aged seventy-two. His widow survived- to 1681, aged ninety-six. His children were all living at his decease, save his daughter, who had been the wife of Matthias Briggs. His will bequeaths legacies "to my wife Nazareth my house, &c .- to son Daniel (lands described) -to son-in- law Matthias Briggs 150£-to son Jeremiah 2£, 2s, 10d, - to Matthew and John each (a sum named)." Of these chil- dren Deborah and Jeremiah left no children. Daniel and
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Matthew left families in Hingham, whose posterity is very numerous.
We return to John, sen., who settled in Scituate. He was born 1627. He married Sarah, the daughter of Nicholas Jacob of Hingham, 1656. He was a deputy to the Colony Court many years, and first in 1674 : an assistant of the Colony Government 1689, 90 and 91, and representative to the Court at Boston, the first year after the two Colonies were united in 1692, and several succeeding years. He died 1708. His wife died 1678, aged thirty-eight. Their children were John, jr. born April 28, 1662, and died 1737. He resided at " Belle house" neck. He was Chief Justice of the Inferior Court of Plymouth, from 1702 to 1710. - Counsellor of Mas- sachusetts, from 1710 to 1728, inclusively-Judge of the Superior Court from 1728 to 1737. A cotemporary journalist (John Cotton) says "he was the life and soul of the Court." He married Deborah Loring of Hull, May 20, 1687, who died 1713. Children, Sarah born 1687, (a son 1692, who died in infancy), Deborah born 1693,* John, 3d. born July 17, 1695, Elijah 1697, Mary 1700, Nazareth 1703, Benjamin 1706, Nathaniel 1709. By a second wife, Sarah Holmes, married 1714, Josiah born 1715, Mary 1716. Of some of these children we only give a brief notice. Elijaht settled in Pem- broke.
Nazareth was the wife of Benjamin Balch, (see Balch).
* Deborah, daughter of John, jr., Esq. married Capt. John Briggs, jr., December 2, 1712. Deborah Briggs, her daughter, (and the only one on record here), was baptized in the North Parish, February 20, 1714. She was the wife of Thomas Savage, Esq. of Boston, and the grandmother of Hon. James Savage. She died at Judge John Cushing's, when here on a visit, and her remains lie in the Cushing tomb, with those of an infant child, which was born and which expired on the same day of the mother's death.
Elijah (son of John, jr., Esq.) settled in Pembroke. He married Eliza- beth Barker 1724. His sons were Elijah, Nathaniel, and Judge Joseph, and his daughters were Mary, wife of Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, Deborah, wife of Rev. Dr. Shute, Elizabeth, wife of Major Cushing, all of Hingham. The sons of Elijah, jr. were Elijah, who deceased at Natches, Thomas and. NA Edward thaniel of Hanson. The sons of Nathaniel, 1st. were Nathaniel, Esq., Capt. Benjamin and Charles. The son of Joseph (who was Judge of Probate many years) is Horatio, Esq. of Hanover.
Nathaniel, Esq. was father of Dr. Ezekiel, who graduated at Harvard College 1808, was educated in the science of Medicine in Paris, practised several years in Boston, and deceased at Hanover 1827. He was highly accomplished as a physician and a gentleman, and left few equals behind him. His brother George deceased at New Orleans: and his brother Elijah resides in Hanson.
Josiah (son of John, jr., Esq.) married Ruth Thomas 1738, and settled in Pembroke. The late Capt. Josiah was his son.
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Nathaniel graduated at Harvard College 1728-married Mary Pemberton of Boston, 1729, and died one month afterward.
John, 3d. resided at "Belle house" until 1743, when he built the mansion south-east of Walnut tree hill. He lived eighty-two years, having died 1778. He was a representative from Scituate 1721, and several succeeding years. He was Judge of Probate from 1738 to 1746-Judge of the Superior 2 Court from 1747 to 1771, when he resigned, and also a counsellor of the province, from 1746 to 1763, inclusively. He married Elizabeth Holmes, (of Boston, we believe), daughter of his fath- er's second wife, 1718, she died 1726. Children, Deborah born 1718, (wife of David Stockbridge, and mother of David, Esq.), Sarah born 1720, (not married).
John, 4th. born 1722, who resided at Belle house, and whose sons, John removed to Berwick, Dea. Francis to Maine, and Nathaniel deceased on the paternal estate, 1825.
Nathaniel, (son of John, 3d.), born 1724, died early, as also William, born 1725, the last of the children of Elizabeth Holmes. The second wife of Judge John, 3d. was Mary Cotton, daughter of Josiah, Esq. of Plymouth, married 1729, whose children, Mary born 1730, the wife of Rev. Ebenezer Gay of Suffield), William born March 1, 1732, and died Sep- tember 13, 1810. Charles born 1734, died 1810, Edward 1736, died early, Hannah born 1738, (the wife of Rev. Sam- uel Baldwin of Hanover), Bethia born 1740, (the wife of Abraham Burbank, Esq. of West Springfield), Lucy born 1745, (the wife of Thomas Aylwin, Esq. of Boston), Abigail born 1748, died 1824, not married, Rowland born February 26, 1750, died 1789. He graduated at Harvard College 1768, was bred to the law, practised several years at Pownalboro, Maine ; he left no family. He is remembered as a gentleman of distinguished talents, and remarkable for his personal beauty and gracefulness.
Col. Charles born 1734, (as above noted), graduated at Harvard College 1755, was bred to the law, and was many years the Clerk of the Courts in Boston, and a gentleman worthy of his distinguished ancestors. His wife was Elizabeth, (sister of Gov. Sumner). His only son, Charles, Esq. resides at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and his daughters are the wives of Charles Paine, Henry Sheafe, Stephen Codman, and Elisha Doane, Esquires.
William, LL. D. (son of John, 3d.) was prepared for the University under the care of Mr Richard Fitzgerald, a Latin schoolmaster in this vicinity. He graduated at Harvard College
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1751, and was educated for the bar under the care of the celebra- ted Jeremy Gridley of Boston, many years (previous to 1761) Attorney Gen. of the Province of Massachusetts. He commen- ced practice at Pownalboro, Maine, 1755, was Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln in 1768-appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, (under the crown), 1772, in which office he was the only member of the Bench that adhered to the American cause. At the re-organization of the Court, 1777, he was appointed Chief Justice of that Court, in which office he laboured with great success in establishing our Judicial system on a firm basis. At the organization of the United States Government in 1789, he was selected by Washington for one of the Justices of the Court of the United States, in which office he eminently shone. During the mission of Chief Justice Jay, envoy extraordinary to the Court of Great Britain, Judge Cushing presided ; and after Judge Jay's resignation in 1796, Judge Cushing was nominated to the Chief Justice's office, and unanimously confirmed by the senate : but notwith- standing this extraordinary expression of confidence, he de- clined the office on account of infirm health; but he continued on the bench until 1810, when he had prepared an instrument of resignation, but was called to resign life .* In person he was of middling stature, erect and graceful : of form rather slight, of complexion fair, of blue and brilliant eyes, and aquiline nose. His oratory was ready and flowing, but not of that overawing description with which some native orators of more fiery mould have transported audiences : but its excellence consisted in cool, deliberate judgment, and logical and lucid argumentation, which gave him eventually an advantage over those of more ardent temperament. As a Judge, he was eminently qualified by his learning, and not less by his unshaken integrity and deliberate temper. The writer of this notice first saw him on the bench in 1801, when his zenith brightness had probably abated, but he still remembers how forcibly his youthful mind was affected by the order and perspicuity with which he per- formed the duties of his high office, and the mild though commanding dignity with which he guided the bar. In private life, he was all that was amiable, always ready to instruct by useful discourse, and to make his friends happy by his cheer- fulness. He diligently collected works of taste, and (if we
See Appendix IV.
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may judge by the numerous notes written with his own hand in margins) he read with the greatest care. He was a learned theologian-well acquainted with the controversies of the day, and though far from gathering heat in those controversies, he was conspicuously on the side of liberal Christianity. He used to speak of his acquaintance with Dr. Priestley, as a happy era of his life, and to read and talk of his works with approbation. In short, as an exemplary Christian, he was irreproachable, and as a publick character, he is universally acknowledged to have stood in the first rank of his countrymen, with Washington, and Adams, and Henry, and Jefferson, either in times of awful hazard, or in times of those prodigious civil labours, which laid the foundations of our country's policy. He left no children. He married Hannah Philips of Middletown, 1774, and this highly accomplished lady, who partook so largely in her hus- bands cares and journeyings, still survives. He resided south- east of Walnut tree hill.
We return to the children of the first John Cushing. His second son Thomas born 1663, settled in Boston. He was Ensign of the Ancient and Honorable artillery 1709, and was of his Majesty's Council for several years. His son Thomas, born 1693, graduated at Harvard College 1711, resided in Boston. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1742 to 1746, inclusively, when he deceased. And his son Thomas, graduated at Harvard College 1744, was the well remembered patriot in the Revolution- a member of the Congress at Philadelphia, 1774-Commissary General from 1775 to 1779, and Lieut. Governor from 1779 to 1788, when he deceased.
Matthew (son of John first) born 1665, and Jeremiah born 1666, we believe, left no families.
James born 1668, was several years Clerk of the Town of Scituate. He resided in the north parish. His son James married Sarah House 1710, and Lydia Barrell 1713, and settled at Cushing hill, as did his son James after him, whose daughter, Mrs. Lapham, resides at the same place.
Joshua (sixth son of John first) born 1670, left no family.
Sarah (daughter of John first) married Dea. David Jacob, 1689, (son of John Jacob of Hingham).
Caleb (son of John first) born 1672, graduated at Harvard College 1692, was ordained at Salisbury 1697, married Eliza- beth, daughter of Rev. John Cotton, (widow of Rev. James Alling of Salisbury). Of his children we remark that James was minister of Plaistow, New Hampshire, and John, minister
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of Boxford, Massachusetts .* Rev. Caleb died 1752. Hon. Caleb Cushing of Essex County, is his descendant-son of Judge Caleb.
Mary (daughter of John first) born 1676, died single 1698. Deborah also born 1674, left no family, that we can trace.
Joseph born 1677, married Mary Pickels 1710, and settled near Henchman's corner, three quarters of a mile west of the south Meeting-house. He was a deacon of the second Church, a Justice of the peace, and a venerable man. His only son, Dea. Joseph, (graduated at Harvard College 1721), succeeded him, married Lydia King 1732, and had fifteen children .* He was long employed as grammar schoolmaster, and was Justice of the peace. He prepared his own sons and several others for College. Of his children, we name George, who succeeded his father, and whose son George resides on the paternal spot. Pickels, who inherited a part of the estate of the family of Pickels, from the brother of his grandmother. Lemuel, who graduated at Harvard College 1767, was a surgeon in the thirteenth regiment Revolutionary army, and deceased 1779. Alice, (the widow of Nathaniel Cushing), born 1756, now
* Rev. John of Boxford had sons, Hon. John, who graduated at Harvard College 1761, and who was a Judge and member of the Council many years, += (His residence was Freeport, Maine), and Rev. James of North Haverhill. Rev. Giles Merrill was his successor, and married his daughter. James C. Merrill, Esq. of Boston, is his son.
* The fifteen children of Dea. Joseph, jr. were as follows: Joseph born 1733, George 1736, Mercy 1739, Nathan 1741, (died early), Judge Nathan 1742, Pickels 1743, Hawkes 1744, Dr. Lemuel 1746, Thomas 1748, (died early), Thomas 1749, (died early), Caleb 1750, (died early), Nathaniel 1751, (died early), Deborah, 1752, (the wife of Josiah Cushing of Pembroke), Caleb 1754, (died in middle life, single), Alice 1754.
We add to the notices of this family that George married Lydia, the daughter of James Cushing, and left children, Hannah, the widow of Perez Turner, George, (his successor), Robert, late of Hull, Rachel, the wife of Pick- els Cushing, jr., Mary, the wife of Dea. James Loring of Boston, and Lydia.
Pickels married Abigail Hatch 1768, and left sons Joseph, Pickels, jr., Bela, Charles, Martin, Roland, and daughters Lucy, Abigail, Sarah.
Hawkes married Ruth Cushing, daughter of Josiah of Pembroke, 1770, and left children, Dea. Thomas, who died 1825, (a man whose amiable qualities were above all praise), Ruth, Major Isaac, who deceased in Boston, Sarah, (wife of Samuel Waterman), Capt. Lemuel of Roxbury, Nancy, (wife of George Cushing, jr.), Clarissa, (wife of Dea. Joseph Stevens of Boston), and Charlotte, (the wife of Col. Vose of the United States' army).
Alice, the widow of Nathaniel Cushing, (who came from Hingham), had children Nathaniel, of Scituate, whose wife is Jane, daughter of Hayward Pierce, Esq. Deborah, (the late amiable consort of Mr John Nash), Betsey, Warren of New Bedford, Samnel, late of Boston, Mary, (the wife of Bela Cushing, late of Boston), and Chauncy, who died at nineteen, in 1813.
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