Family:James Cushing and Sarah House (1)

Parents: John Cushing and Sarah Hawke James Cushing b. 27 Jan 1668/69 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: Samuel House and Rebecca Nichols Sarah House b. Abt 1678 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. 2 May 1712 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Marriage^[1]

18 Jan 1710/11

Children

		Birth	Death

References

↑ "Scituate Births, Marriages, and Deaths", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
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James Cushing and Sarah House were married January, 18 : 1710-11 : pr Mr Nathanaell Pitcher :
Source:Deane, Samuel. History of Scituate (Massachusetts), p. 258, says that James Cushing, s/o John, b. 1668, had a son James who married Sarah House in 1710. This theory is attractive based on the marriage date in 1710, since the elder James Cushing would be 42 in 1710 - a little late in life to be starting a family. But based on the estimated birth of Sarah House in 1678, the elder James Cushing seems a more likely match than a son of his, who would have probably been b. no earlier than 1690, and would be barely old enough to marry in 1710. However, the biggest roadblock to Deane's scenario is the complete lack of any evidence of an extra generation: in the Scituate records there is no marriage of any James Cushing prior to 1710, no birth or baptism of a James Cushing between 1668 and 1716, nor any child at all born to a James Cushing before 1714. None of the records for James from his first marriage in 1710 to his last child in 1726 ever call him James, Jr. The last recorded child, Sarah, bp. 1726, would be when James was 58 if the father was the elder James Cushing, his second wife Mary, b. 1686, would have been 42.