Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Hon. John Cushing (20992) & Mary Cotton (26028)
40679. Mary C. Cushing. Born on 6 Sep 1730 in Scituate, MA.52 Mary C. was baptized on 13 Sep 1730. Mary C. died in Suffield, CT, on 23 Oct 1796; she was 66.
On 10 Nov 1763 when Mary C. was 33, she married Rev. Ebenezer Gay, son of Lusher Gay (26 Sep 1685-18 Oct 1769) & Mary Ellis (20 Apr 1690-7 Oct 1780), in Scituate, MA.110 Born on 4 May 1718 in Dedham, MA. Ebenezer died in Suffield, CT, on 7 Mar 1796; he was 77.2 Marriage intention published on 8 Oct 1763 at Scituate, MA.110

Ebenezer came from Dedham MA to Suffield CT in 1742, and the same year built the Gay Manse which is still in the possession of his descendants. He was the pastor of the First Church of Suffield.2
40680. Hon. William Cushing. Born on 1 Mar 1732 in Scituate, MA.52 William was baptized on 1 Mar 1732. William died in Scituate, MA, on 13 Sep 1810; he was 78.52 Occupation: Supreme Court justice. Education: Harvard 1751; A.M. Yale 1753, L.L.D. 1785.2

From the Genealogy of the Cushing Family, pages 92–94:2
    William and Hannah left no descendants. William was Preceptor of the public Grammar School in Roxbury in 1752, and studied law under J. Gridley. In 1755, he commenced practice in Pownalboro, which then comprehended the towns of Dresden and Wiscassett, residing with his brother Charles, and continued his practice there until elevated to the Bench. Of all the Judges and Officers of the Courts in the three counties and of the County Officers he was the solitary lawyer, he stood alone as an educated lawyer in this spacious territory and the first who settled in Maine. He was one of the six lawyers in Maine who were raised to the degree of Barrister. He was for a time Attorney General of Mass.; in 1768, was appointed the first Judge of Probate in Lincoln County and in 1772 made Judge of the Superior Court. At the re-organization of the Superior Court, Mass., 1777, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court, the first who held the office under the free Government of the Commonwealth and labored with great success in establishing the judicial system on a firm basis. He became Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court, 1782. At the beginning of the Revolution, he alone among the high in office supported the rights of the Revolutionists. He was Vice-President of the Mass. Convention which ratified the U. S. Constitution in 1788. He was the first Chief Justice of the State under this Constitution, and at the organization of the U. S. Government in 1789 he was selected by Washington as an Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, in which office he eminently shone. While Associate Judge, he was accompanied in his circuit by Mrs. Cushing; he drove a phaeton and a pair of horses ans was followed by his negro man ‘Prince’ on horseback. During the mission of Chief Justice John Jay, Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Great Britain, negotiating the famous treaty with that Country, Judge Cushing presided, and as Senior Justice administered the oath of office to Washinton at the beginning of his second term as President, 4Mmarch, 1793. In 1794 he was a candidate for Governor of Mass., a rival os Samuel Adams. John Adams said of him: ‘I shall be happier if Cushing succeeds, and the State will be more prudently conducted.’ In 1796, after Judge Jay’s resignation, he was nominated by Washington to the Chief Justice office, and this offer was unanimously confirmed by the Senate, 17 Jan., 1796, and on the evening of the same day was invited to him and said with great impressiveness: ‘The Chief Justice of the United States will please take his seat on my right.’ It is said that this was the first intimation that Cushing had of his selection. Nothing but a confidence in his ability and in his unshaken integrity could have united contending parties on that occasion; but notwithstanding this extraordinary expression of confidence, he declined the office on account of infirm health, but continued on the bench until 1810, when he had prepared an instrument of resignation, but was called to resign life. He was a man of tall and dignified presence, and as he moved along the streets with his cocked hat, bush wig and small clothers, he made an imposing appearance which attracted general attention. He was the last Chief Justice who wore the large wig of the English Judges. As a Judge he was eminently qualified by his learning and not less by his unshaken integrity and deliberate temper. It is said of him in 1801, that he performed the duties of his high office with order and perspicuity and guided the bar with mild, though commanding dignity. In private life he was all that was amiable, always ready to instruct by useful discourse and to make his friends happy with his cheerfulness. He diligently collected works of taste and (if we may judge by the numerous notes written with his own hand in margins) he read with the greatest care. He was a founder and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was a learned theologian, well acquainted with the controversies of the day, and though far from gathering heat in those controversies, was conspicuously on the side of liberal Christianity. As an exemplary Christian, he was irreproachable, and as a public character, he is universally acknowledged to have stood in the first rank of his countrymen.
    A massive granite boulder marks the spot of his burial on ‘Belle House Neck’ in Scituate.
On 11 Oct 1774 when William was 42, he married Hannah Phillips (49213) , daughter of George L. Phillips (32096) (22 Aug 1717-26 Feb 1778) & Hannah Phillips (45300) (20 Jun 1728-Mar 1769), in Middletown, CT.2 Born on 31 Jul 1754 in Middletown, CT.250 Hannah died in Scituate, MA, on 12 May 1834; she was 79.52 Buried in South Parish Cemetery, Norwell. Marriage intention published on 27 Aug 1774 at Scituate, MA.52

Hannah was of Middleton when she married William.52
40681. Charles Cushing. Born on 13 Aug 1734 in Scituate, MA.52 Charles was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 18 Aug 1734.335 Charles died on 7 Nov 1810; he was 76.2 Education: Harvard 1755.2

From the Genealogy of the Cushing Family, page 94:2
    Charles was educated as a lawyer, and appointed first Sheriff of Lincoln Co., which office he held both before and during the Revolution, and also for many years after. He resided at Pownalboro and in 1776, when the Maine Militia was reorganized, was appointed to command the Eastern Regiment, with the title of Colonel. In January 1777, he was made Brigadier for Lincoln Co. He made himself especially obnoxious to the loyalists by his vigilance in the discharge of his duties as sheriff and military officer, and towards the close of the war, in 1781, (then a Brigadier General) was seized at night by a loyalist party under John Jones, a violent Tory, taken from his bed, compelled to hurry on his clothes and was carried away to the British army at Castine, where he was retained for some time as a prisoner. His functions as Sheriff and Brigadier General seem to have ceased soon after this time when he removed to Boston and he next appears as Clerk of the Courts in Suffolk and Nantucket Counties in 1783, which office he held to his death, in 1810. The fact of his occupying responsible public stations from the age of 26 to his death continuously both under the royal and republican governments, a period of 50 years, is sufficient proof of his ability, faithfulness and integrity. He was a gentleman worthy of his distinguished ancestors.
On 25 Aug 1768 when Charles was 34, he married Elizabeth Sumner (43671) , daughter of Increase Sumner (44833) (19 Jun 1713-28 Nov 1774) & Sarah Sharp (23961) (25 Aug 1719-21 Jun 1796), in Boston, MA. Born on 14 Jun 1743 in Roxbury, MA. Elizabeth died in Scituate, MA, on 31 May 1817; she was 73.52
40682. Edward Cushing. Born on 6 Sep 1736 in Scituate, MA.52 Edward was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 12 Sep 1736.335 Edward died in Scituate, MA 12 Jan 1736[/7].52
40683. Hannah Cushing. Born on 2 Sep 1738 in Scituate, MA.52 Hannah died in Hanover, MA, on 8 May 1790; she was 51. Buried in Hanover Center Cemetery.

Children of Samuel and Hannah (Cushing) Baldwin, born at Hanover:
    i. Abigail Baldwin, b. 13 Nov 1759, d. 22 Dec 1831;
    ii. Samuel Baldwin, b. 9 Apr 1761, d. 7 May 1762;
    iii. Samuel Baldwin, b. 18 Feb 1763;
    iv. Hannah Baldwin, b. 13 Jul 1765, d. 2 Nov 1789;
    v. Mary Baldwin, b. 25 Nov 1768, d. 12 Aug 1847, m. 1 Nov 1787 Robert Salmond;
    vi. Bethiah Cushing Baldwin, b. 19 May 1771, m. 5 Jan 1792 Thomas Young of East Bridgewater;
    vii. William Baldwin, bp. 20 Mar 1774, d. unmarried at Bridgewater æ.70;
    viii. Lucy Baldwin, b. 3 Oct 1776, m. Barzillai Allen of East Bridgewater; and
    ix. Fanny Baldwin, b.. 8 Jun 1780.174
On 2 Jan 1759 when Hannah was 20, she married Rev. Samuel Baldwin (56213) , son of Capt. David Baldwin (42002) (9 Apr 1696-23 Jun 1770) & Abigail Jennison (44375) (18 Dec 1702-12 Jun 1767), in Hanover, MA.485,486 Born on 27 Aug 1731 in Sudbury, MA.70 Samuel died in Hanover, MA, on 1 Dec 1784; he was 53. Buried in Hanover Center Cemetery. Education: Harvard 1752. Marriage intention published on 4 Nov 1758 at Scituate, MA.52

Samuel, second pastor of the First Church, Hanover, ordained 1 Dec 1745, dismissed 8 Mar 1780.457

Hanover Vital Records486
    2 Jan [no year]. David Barnes, Clergyman
    Samuel Baldwin of Hanover
    Hannah Cushing of Scituate

Hanover Center Cemetery, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
    Rev. Samuel Baldwin, d. 1 Dec 1784, æ. 54
    Hannah Baldwin, d 8 May 1790, æ. 52
40684. Bethia Cushing. Born on 29 Mar 1740 in Scituate, MA.52 Bethia died in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, on 23 Dec 1768; she was 28.
On 1 Nov 1764 when Bethia was 24, she married Abraham Burbank (24253) , son of Abraham Burbank (9310) (8 Dec 1703-20 Nov 1767) & Mehitable Dwight (2 Nov 1705-20 Nov 1767), in Scituate, MA.110 Born 24 Feb 1738/9 in Suffield, CT.128 Abraham died in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts on 5 Aug 1808. Marriage intention published on 11 Aug 1764 at Scituate, MA.110

Abraham was of Suffield when he married Bethia.52
40685. (infant daughter) Cushing. Born on 20 Jun 1742 in Scituate, MA.52 (infant daughter) died on 20 Jun 1742.
40686. Roland Cushing. Born on 9 Jan 1743 in Scituate, MA.52 Roland died in Scituate, MA, on 28 Mar 1748; he was 5.52 At the age of 1, Roland was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 29 Jul 1744.335
40687. Lucy Cushing. Born on 30 Dec 1745 in Scituate, MA.52 At the age of 1, Lucy was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 28 Jun 1747.335 Lucy died in Quebec, Quebec in 1791.
3 Aug 1771 (Int) Lucy married Thomas Aylwin, son of Thomas Aylwin, in Scituate, MA.52 Born ca 1728 in Romney, Hampshire. Thomas died in Quebec, Quebec on 14 Apr 179.

Thomas was of Boston when he married Lucy.
40688. Abigail Cushing. Born on 8 Jun 1748 in Scituate, MA.52 Abigail was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 3 Jul 1748.335 Abigail died in Scituate, MA, on 26 Oct 1824; she was 76.
40689. Roland Cushing. Born on 26 Feb 1749 in Scituate, MA.52 Roland died in Maine in 1788.2 Education: Harvard 1768.2

From the Genealogy of the Cushing Family, page 97:2
    Roland studied law in his brother William’s office and practised several years at Pownalboro, ME. He settled first at Dresden, then at Gardner, whence he removed to Waldoboro (a half shire town of Lincoln Co., from 1787 to 1809) having been appointed Register of Probate. In 1776 he was made 2nd Major in Col. Joseph North’s (2nd Lincoln Co.) regt.
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