On 25 Aug 1768 when Elizabeth was 25, she married Charles Cushing (40681) , son of Hon. John Cushing (20992) (17 Jul 1695-19 Mar 1778) & Mary Cotton (26028) (14 Aug 1710-29 Mar 1769), in Boston, MA. 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.