27 April 2014

Flanagan-Cushing Family Tree, Part I

NOTE: My brother, Tom Reagan, and his wife, Lisa Konopka Reagan, had a very detailed family tree done last year and shared it among the family. Jim Kellner, Lisa's uncle, did the research and writing. 

 The images cannot be copied from the pdf document, though, so I have left out copies of census forms and photographs. I will post information from other branches of the tree in the future.

 I have made a couple notes in the text, but all of the credit belongs to Jim.

 "Generation 4" refers to my grandmother and her siblings.
By Jim Kellner

 Generation 4

  1. John Flanagan, son of James Flanagan and Mary Frances McNamara was born in Oct 1870 in Rockland, Maine. He died in 1933. He married Mary Etta Cushing on 01 Sep 1897 in Rockland, Maine.
  2. Mary Etta Cushing, daughter of William Gray Cushing Jr. and Mary Ann Breen was born on 03 Feb 1872 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 29 Aug 1937 in Rockland, Maine.
    Mary Etta Cushing and John Flanagan had the following children:
    1. Kathleen Louisa Flanagan was born in 1898 in Rockland, Maine. She died in 1919.
    2. Eleanor (Pat) Flanagan was born on 07 Feb 1900 in Rockland, Maine. She died on 22 Aug 1993 in Maine. She married Eugene C Rich on 30 Oct 1926 in Maine.
    3. Mary Margaret (Peg) Flanagan was born on 02 May 1902 in Rockland, Maine. She died on 22 Mar 1976 in Rockland, Maine. She married James P Kent on 28 Jun 1932 in Maine, USA.
    4. Richard Gerald Flanagan was born on 02 May 1902 in Rockland Maine. He died on 23 Aug 1904 in Rockland, Maine.
    5. William Cushing Flanagan was born on 02 Dec 1903 in Rockland, Maine. He died on 14 Jul 1976 in Rockport, Maine.
    6. Eileen Elizabeth Flanagan was born on 06 Mar 1905 in Rockland, Maine. She died in 1928.
    7. Agnes Cecilia Flanagan was born on 30 Dec 1906 in Rockland, Maine. She died on 27 Sep 1993 in Yonkers, New York. She married Edward W Fleagle.
    8. James Joseph Flanagan was born on 25 Oct 1908 in Rockland, Maine. He died on 24 Mar 1966 in Rockland, Maine.
    9. John Henry FLANAGAN was born on 25 Oct 1908 in Rockland, Maine. He died on 10 Apr 1992 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.
    10. Carol Loretta Flanagan was born on 24 Dec 1909 in Rockland, Maine. She died on 25 Oct 1993 in Portland, Maine.
    11. Anthony Judson Flanagan was born on 24 Dec 1909 in Rockland, Maine. He died on 03 Apr 1990. He married Patricia Connelly.
Three more sets of twins...
Mary (Peg) &Richard
James & John
Carol & Anthony Judson

 xii.
Alice Geraldine Flanagan was born on 26 Oct 1911 in Rockland, Maine. She died on 05 Dec 1988 in Portland, Maine, USA. She married Henry Gill Roper
  1. Arthur Edward Flanagan was born on 05 Sep 1914 in Rockland, Maine. He died on 03 Oct 1972. He married Kathryn Sweeney.
  2. Rose Virginia Flanagan was born on 30 Aug 1917 in Rockland, Maine. She died on 30 Apr 2012 in Texas. She married John Webre on 29 May 1948 in Maine.

Generation 5
  1. James Flanagan was born in Feb 1825 in Ireland. He died on 26 Apr 1910 in Rockland Maine. He married Mary Frances McNamara in 1858.
  2. Mary Frances McNamara, daughter of Timothy McNamara and Mary Davitt was born Sep 1836 in Ireland. She died on 24 Apr 1922 in Lewiston Maine.
    Mary Frances McNamara and James Flanagan had the following children:
    1. Thomas Flanagan was born in 1858 in Rockland, Maine. He died in 1907.
    2. Richard Flanagan was born in 1862. He died in 1863.
    3. Annie E Flanagan was born Sep 1860 in Maine, USA. She died in 1953.
    4. Mary Flanagan was born 10 Jun 1864 in Rockland, Maine.
    5. Joseph J Flanagan was born 10 Feb 1869 in Maine. He died in 1935. He married Elvie Merry.
    6. Margaret Flanagan was born about 1874 in Maine, USA. She died in 1937.
    7. Edward Flanagan was born in 1876. He died in 1880.
    8.  Katherine Eleanor Flanagan was born in 1879 in Maine. She died in 1929.
This record indicates that son Thomas died in 1898 rather than 1907 as indicated on the family marker. A call to the cemetery ....
James Flanagan was a Private in the 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment shown above. The Regiments engagements included Fredericksburg, Chancellorville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor & Petersburg 
Generation 5
  1. William Gray Cushing Jr, son of William Gray Cushing and Sarah Merritt was born on 07 Nov 1836 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He died on 21 Nov 1903 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married Mary Ann Breen about 1871.
  2. Mary Ann Breen, daughter of John Breen and Mary Burns was born on 22 Dec 1852 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in 1929 in Rockland, Maine.
    Mary Ann Breen and William Gray Cushing Jr had the following children:
16. 1. Mary Eta Cushing died died on 29 Aug 1937 in Rockland, Maine. She married John Flanagan on 01 Sep 1897 Rock Rockland, Maine. Mary Etta Cushing was born on 03 Feb 1872 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She
A descendent states on Ancestry.com that Arthur was in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but to date no documentation has been found.
  1. Sarah Cushing was born 19 Nov 1873 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  2. John William Cushing was born before 13 Jun 1875 in Indian River, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 25 Apr 1950 in Rockland, Maine.
  3. George R. Cushing was born on 23 Aug 1878 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  4. James Francis Webster Cushing was born on 19 Nov 1880 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 17 Jan 1967 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
  5. Arthur Gray Cushing was born on 19 Feb 1884 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died in Dec 1945 in Freeport, Cumberland, Maine.
  6. Ida F. Cushing was born on 19 Mar 1887 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 01 Apr 1964 in Rockland, Maine 


    While generally speaking a great resource, Ancestry.com has its limitations. There are many family stories that are noted as fact, but have no real documentation to back them up. Arthur’s time in the RCMP is one example, another is the story of William Gray Cushing falling in love with the family’s Irish maid and moving to Canada after being disowned by the family. There is no indication that Mary Breen was ever in Massachusetts and the census reports do not indicate the Cushing family ever had any servants. There is documentation of continued contact with his family. There is in fact a lot of interesting information about William Gray Cushing Jr. A 200 page pension application paints a somewhat less romantic, but nonetheless interesting picture of one man whose life story opens the door to a rich New England legacy.
    In the following pages many branches of the Reagan/Roper Family tree fade into obscurity as fewer and fewer details emerge. The Reagans, the Ropers, the Donahues, the Quincannons, the McNamaras, and the Flanagans are lost to history although there is an excellent chance of finding undocumented details claiming otherwise. The Cushing Family however all but comes alive with several sources including the pension application noted above, and Census and other records found on Ancestry and other sites. The three most thorough texts were written in the early 1900’s and document families from Hingham Massachusetts including its most famous ancestor: the 16th President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln. 

William Gray Cushing Jr...in his own words...


Mr. Baker Dear Sir
I receaved your letter to night and a paper from the pension office for me to prove that I am William G Cushing alias Henry Wilson that I served in the Gemsbok and Niphon and also how I received my injuries when and where Note Mr Baker I would not take a falce oath for all the pensions ever granted by our government and every word I put in this letter I have to swaire to its truthfulness.

William Gray Cushing enlisted in the Navy in 1861. He received his first injury when a sailor who was practicing maneuvers on deck stabbed him in the eye. He eventually lost his sight in that eye. He was discharged in 1862...


...was at home as near as I can remember 11 months got into trubble with girl name Sarah Frances Nelson. Heard they were after me to marry the girl. I went to Boston and Shipt under the name of Henry Wilson

Sarah Frances Nelson was born to William and Mary (French) Nelson on 3 Sep 1845 in Hingham MA. She married Joseph Edwin Stoddard in Hingham on 25 Jul 1860. Together they had 7 children. She died in Brockton Massachusetts on 18 Mar 1902.
No additional details of the Nelson-Cushing scandal have been found.

In the course of his second enlistment from 1863 to 1866 He served aboard several different ships: the Ohio, the Niphon, the Paul Jones, & the North Carolina. While on the Niphon he
“fell or stept into an uncovered coal bunker” and fractured his leg just below the hip. The injury which left him with a limp, left him fully disabled within a few years.


I left home in 1870 on account of my injuries as I could not work at my traid and went in to Fishing on P.E.I. and I never knew until some four years ago when mother wrote to tell me from Hingham Mass that she was getting a pension as a war widow for me to apply as she knew of my injuries.

On 6 August 1871 He married Mary Ann Breen

Eventually his injuries left him unable to work at all and his military pension was his sole income.

This letter from the Consular Agent of the United States to the Pension Officer documents 21 November 1903 death of William Cushing. It goes on to state the widow’s dire straits and appears to begin the process of finding her aid.

When Mary Ann (Breen) applied for a Widow’s Pension the most pressing question of eligibility appears to have gone back to William’s alias and “Miss Sarah Frances Nelson”. While no documentation was found to support the possibility of Sarah filing a claim; the Pension Office demanded proof that Marry Ann Breen was William’s one and only wife.

Affidavits from William’s brother Webster Cushing, and sister Leona (Cushing) Nash;; and Mary’s brother James Breen and others swear that Mary Ann Breen was William’s first and only wife.



Generation 6
  1. Timothy McNamara, son of John McNamara and Catherine Stanwood was born on 01 Dec 1802 in Westport, Co Mayo Ireland. He died on 12 Dec 1893 in Rockland. He married Mary Davitt.
  2. Mary Davitt was born in 1802 in Co Mayo Ireland. She died in 1888 in Maine. Mary Davitt and Timothy McNamara had the following child:
    1. i  William McNamara was born Nov 1832 in County Mayo, Ireland. He died on 22 Apr 1902 in Rockland, Maine. He married Katherine.
    2. ii  Mary Frances McNamara was born about 18 Aug 1836 in County Mayo, Ireland. She died on 24 Apr 1922 in Lewiston, Maine. She married James Flanagan in 1858.
    3. iii  Patrick McNamara was born 17 Mar 1841 in County Mayo, Ireland. He died 1 Jan 1907 in Thomaston, Maine. He married Sarah.
    4. iv  John McNamara was born 1 Jan 1845 in County Mayo, Ireland. He died 5 Aug 1898. He married Eleanor.


      1880 Census Rockland Maine
      There are a number of McNamaras found in the Rockland/Thomaston area and while some of the documentation is elusive it is likely they are all part of the same clan. Best guess would be that John and Timothy are brothers, along with Anthony whose family appears on the previous page of the census. Ellen, listed as a daughter of Timothy is more likely his daughter-in-law, John’s wife.
      William is another son of Timothy
      Anthony’s death certificae lists his mother as Catherine Scanlon, but maiden name may be
      Stanwood or Scanlon.

      6. Generation 6
  1. William Gray Cushing, son of Jonathan Cushing and Sarah Simmons was born on 03 Aug 1810 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He died on 02 Dec 1872 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Merritt on 27 Dec 1835.
  2. Sarah Merritt, daughter of Consider Merritt Jr and Betsey Stetson was born in 1817 in Scituate, Massachusetts. She died on 09 Dec 1887 in Brockton, Massachusetts.
    Sarah Merritt and William Gray Cushing had the following children:
30. 
1. William Gray Cushing Jr was born on 07 Nov 1836 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 21 Nov 1903 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married Mary Ann Breen 1871.


Civil War Service

William Sr
US Army Infantry

William Jr US Navy

Webster
US Army Heavy Artillery

ii. Sarah S Cushing was born on 24 Dec 1837 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 11 Sep 1890 in Norwell, Massachusetts. She married Caleb White.
iii. Webster A Cushing was born on 24 Oct 1839 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died in 14 Nov 1916 in Scituate, Massachusetts. 
  1. Martha A Cushing was born on 14 Mar 1841 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 07 Oct 1841 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He married Amanda Hobart.
  2. George R Cushing was born on 09 Mar 1843 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 15 Feb 1887 in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine. He married Helen Jones.
  3. Isabella G Cushing was born on 12 Jul 1850 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 16 Jul 1851 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
  4. Leona Parker Cushing was born on 25 May 1852 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She married 1st Benjamin Raymond, 2nd ____Nash, and 3rd Myron Morton
  5. Charles M Cushing was born on 08 Oct 1854 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died 8 Jul 1907 in Massachusetts. He married Jeannette Batcheldor.
  6. Ida May Cushing was born on 08 Oct 1856 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 06 Oct 1885. She married Charles Serverance.
  7. Frank E Cushing, was born on 18 Sep 1860 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
  8. Alma E Cushing was born on 24 Oct 1862 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 06 Feb 1863.
Generation 6
  1. John Breen was born in 1811 In Ireland. He died on 06 Aug 1879 in Darnley, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married Mary Burns.
  2. Mary Burns was born on 11 Feb 1822 in Kellys Cross, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Mary Burns and John Breen had the following children:
    31. i. Mary Ann Breen was born on 22 Dec 1852 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in 1929 in Rockland, Knox, Maine. She married William Gray Cushing Jr about 1871. He was born on 07 Nov 1836 in Hingham, Massachusetts. 
  3. ii. James Breen was born 20 Jan 1841 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died 1922 in Prince Edward Island. He married Margaret Catherine Hickey. 

  4.



    Generation 7
    1. Jonathan Cushing, son of David Cushing and Ruth Lincoln was born on 13 Apr 1759 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 29 Jan 1847 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married Mrs. Sarah (?) Simmons on 15 Jan 1788 in Hingham, Massachusetts.

    ("Mrs." refers to the fact that she was a widow. Maiden name has not been found)

    1. Sarah (____) Simmons was born in 1767 in Scituate, Massachusetts. She died on 25 Apr 1845 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
      Sarah (____) Simmons and Jonathan Cushing had the following children:
      1. Jonathan Cushing was born on 16 Jan 1789 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
        He died in 1818. He settled in Ohio
      2. Sarah Cushing was born on 10 Nov 1790 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 29 Nov 1875 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She married William Torrey
      3. Ruth Lincoln Cushing was born on 09 Jun 1793 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 29 Mar 1882 in Abington, Massachusetts. She married David Lane.
      4. Adam Cushing was born on 30 Nov 1796 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 20 Dec 1866 in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He married Harriet Loring.
      5. Rowland Cushing was born on 09 Nov 1798 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 31 May 1840 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
      6. Clarissa Cushing was born on 26 Mar 1805 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died 30 Oct 1890. She married Henry Ripley.

    vii.
    William Gray Cushing was born on 03 Aug 1810 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 2 Dec 1872 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Merritt on 27 Dec 1835.




    Generation 7
    1. Jonathan Cushing, son of David Cushing and Ruth Lincoln was born on 13 Apr 1759 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 29 Jan 1847 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married Mrs. Sarah (?) Simmons on 15 Jan 1788 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
    2. Sarah (____) Simmons was born in 1767 in Scituate, Massachusetts. She died on 25 Apr 1845 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
      Sarah (____) Simmons and Jonathan Cushing had the following children:
      1. Jonathan Cushing was born on 16 Jan 1789 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
        He died in 1818. He settled in Ohio
      2. Sarah Cushing was born on 10 Nov 1790 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 29 Nov 1875 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She married William Torrey
      3. Ruth Lincoln Cushing was born on 09 Jun 1793 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 29 Mar 1882 in Abington, Massachusetts. She married David Lane.
      4. Adam Cushing was born on 30 Nov 1796 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 20 Dec 1866 in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He married Harriet Loring.
      5. Rowland Cushing was born on 09 Nov 1798 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 31 May 1840 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
      6. Clarissa Cushing was born on 26 Mar 1805 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died 30 Oct 1890. She married Henry Ripley.

    vii.
    William Gray Cushing was born on 03 Aug 1810 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 2 Dec 1872 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Merritt on 27 Dec 1835.



    Generation 7
    1. Consider Merritt Jr, son of Consider Merritt and Sarah Beal was born on 02 Jan 1791 in North Scituate, Massachusetts. He died on 24 Dec 1862 in Scituate, Massachusetts. He married Betsey Stetson on 11 Oct 1815 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    2. Betsey Stetson, daughter of George Stetson and Betsey Collamore Torrey was born on 24 Dec 1795 in South Scituate, Massachusetts. She died on 21 Feb 1867 in Scituate, Massachusetts.
      Betsey "Betsy" Stetson and Consider Merritt Jr had the following children:
    i. Eliza Merritt was born on 22 Jan 1816 in Scituate, Massachusetts.
    62. ii.
    Sarah Merritt was born in 1817 in Scituate, Massachusetts. She died on 09 Dec 1887 in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. She married William Gray Cushing on 27 Dec 1835.


    1. Joseph Merritt was born in 1821 in Massachusetts. He died 11 Oct 1904. He married 1st Deborah Hatch and 2nd Helen Maria Foster.
    2. William Merritt was born in 1822 in Scituate, Massachusetts. He died 28 July 1891. He married Elizabeth Turner.
    3. Joanna Merritt was born on 28 Mar 1824 in Scituate, Massachusetts. She died 12 Feb 1904. She married William Otis Merritt (her 3rd Cousin)
    4. Martha Merritt was born on 06 Oct 1826 in Scituate, Massachusetts.


    1860 Census shows Consider & Betsy living next door to daughter Eliza (Merritt) Corthell and her family. Son, Joseph still a bachelor here married his first wife in 1865. She died in 1869 and he married his second wife in 1871.
    James Merritt
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    Elisha Merritt
    Brothers
    1st Cousins
    Seth Merritt
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    2nd Cousins
    Paul Merritt
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    Consider Jr Merritt
    3rd Cousins
    Billings Merritt
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    Generation 8
    1. David Cushing, son of Captian Abel Cushing and Mary Jacob was born on 07 Sep 1727 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 15 Feb 1800 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married Ruth Lincoln in 1752 in MA.
    2. Ruth Lincoln, daughter of Samuel Lincoln I and Ruth Cushing was born on 25 Feb 1732 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 06 Jul 1761 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
      Ruth Lincoln and David Cushing had the following children:
      1. Ruth Cushing was born on 01 Nov 1752 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 12 Apr 1830 in Hull, Massachusetts. She married Perez Cushing.
      2. David Cushing Jr. was born in 1754 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died in 1827. He married Hannah Cushing.
      3. Mary Cushing was born on 26 Sep 1756 in Hull, Massachusetts. She died in 1784. She married Joshua Mann.
    121. iv.
    Jonathan Cushing was born on 13 Apr 1759 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 29 Jan 1847 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Simmons on 15 Jan 1788 in Hingham, Massachusetts.


    David Sr., David Jr. & Jonathan all served in the American War of Independence


    v. Lydia Cushing was born on 02 Jun 1761 in Hull, Massachusetts. She died on 07 Jan 1824 in Pembroke, Massachusetts. She married Asaph Tracy.

    After Ruth’s death David married Mabel Gardiner. Together they had 12 more children.


    122. xi.
    Consider Merritt Jr. was born on 02 Jan 1791 in North Scituate, Massachusetts. He died on 24 Dec 1862 in Scituate, Massachusetts, usa (Age: 72). He married Betsey Stetson on 11 Oct 1815 in Scituate, Massachusetts.





    David Cushing Sr. served as a Cornet in a Military group sent to provide relief to the British ousted from Fort William Henry in 1757. Fort William Henry was a British fort best known as the site of notorious atrocities committed by Indians against those surrendered British and provincial troops following that French siege in 1757. That event is the focus of James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans 

    A person's ancestry forms a binary tree. Each person has two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, sixteen great-great grandparents, etc. The number of individuals in this tree grows exponentially and will eventually become impossibly high. This paradox is explained by shared ancestors. Instead of consisting of all unique individuals, a single individual may occupy multiple places in the tree. This typically happens when the parents of an ancestor are cousins. This reduction in the number of ancestors is called pedigree collapse. David and Ruth were second cousins as two of their grandfathers were brothers BUT two of their grandmothers were sisters as well, resulting in their each having twelve unique great grandparents rather than sixteen. While multiple marriages between families have come to have a negative connotation it is a practice that continues today in many cultures. It was commonplace in colonial America and many examples are found in this tree. 



    NOTE: Another term for cousins marrying is "inbreeding." 

     Generation 8

    1. Consider Merritt, son of Elisha Merritt and Priscilla Holbrook was born on 17 Sep 1751 in Scituate, Massachusetts. He died on 09 May 1831 in Scituate, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Beal on 16 Feb 1775 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    2. Sarah Beal, daughter of Benjamin Beal and Martha Hudson was born on 25 Jul 1756 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 16 Dec 1837 in Scituate, Massachusetts.
      Sarah Beal and Consider Merritt had the following children:
      1. Sally Merritt was born on 15 Jun 1775 in Scituate, Massachusetts.
      2. Sarah Merritt was born on 22 Apr 1779 in Scituate, Massachusetts. She died in Bath, Maine. She married Benjamin Brown. 
      3. Elisha Merritt was born on 22 Apr 1779 in Scituate, Massachusetts. He died on 21 Dec 1863 in Scituate, Massachusetts. He married Sebre Litchfield. 
      1. Polley Merritt was born on 23 May 1781 in Scituate, Massachusetts. She died in 1875 in Bath, Maine. She married Zaccheus Crooker
      2. Ira Merritt was born on 02 Jun 1783 in Scituate, Massachusetts.
      3. Joanna Merritt was born on 02 Jun 1783 in Scituate, Massachusetts.
      4. Benjamin Merritt was born on 02 Nov 1785 in Scituate, Massachusetts. He married Sally Cole.
      5. Joas Merritt was born on 02 Jun 1786 in Scituate, Massachusetts.
      6. Roxana Merritt was born on 19 Mar 1788 in Scituate, Massachusetts. She died on 10 Jul 1868 in Greene, Maine. She married Samuel Lemont.

    Consider Merritt Sr served 8 months as a Private in the American Revolution
    x. Joseph Merritt was born on 15 Jun 1794 in Scituate, Massachusetts. 
    xi. Priscilla Merritt was born on 02 Jun 1796 in Scituate, Massachusetts. She died 22 Sep 1813. 
    1. Henry Merritt was born on 09 Jun 1798 in Scituate, Massachusetts. He died in 1874.
    2. Francis Merritt was born on 30 Oct 1800 in Scituate




    Generation 8


    George Stetson, son of George Stetson and Eunice Stetson was born on 02 Jun 1751 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 12 Nov 1799 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He married Betsey (Collamore)Torrey on 23 Oct 1777 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

     Betsey Collamore was born in 1758 in Massachusetts USA. She died on 25 Jan 1827 in South Scituate (Norwell), Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Betsey (Collamore) Torrey was a widow when she married George Stetson

     Betsey Collamore and George Stetson had the following children:

     i. Christopher Stetson was born on 20 Oct 1780 in Scituate, Massachusetts. He died on 13 Jun 1831 in Scituate, Massachusetts.
    1. Benjamin Stetson was born on 20 Dec 1785. 
    2. Joshua Stetson was born on 10 Aug 1788. 
    123. iv.

    Betsey Stetson was born on 24 Dec 1795 in South Scituate, Massachusetts. She died on 21 Feb 1867 in Scituate, Massachusetts. She married Consider Merritt Jr, on 11 Oct 1815 in Scituate, Massachusetts.



    1. Sarah Stetson was born on 16 Sep 1791 in Scituate, Massachusetts. 
    2. George Stetson was born on 10 Apr 1778 in Scituate, Massachusetts. 

    Generation 9
    1. Captain Abel Cushing, son of Theophilus Cushing and Mary Thaxter was born in 1696 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died in 1750 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married Mary Jacob on 24 Nov 1720 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
    2. Mary Jacob, daughter of Peter Jacob and Hannah Allen was born on 29 Sep 1698 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died in 1750 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
      Mary Jacob and Abel Cushing had the following children:
    i. Mary Cushing was born on 12 Aug 1722 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 12 Oct 1726 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
    241. ii.
    David Cushing was born on 07 Sep 1727 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 15 Feb 1800 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married Ruth Lincoln in 1752 in MA.

    1. Abel Cushing was born on 26 Jan 1729 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died in 1761 in Dedham, Massachusetts. He married Hannah Crocker.
    2. Mary Cushing was born on 28 Jan 1731 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 12 Feb 1756 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She Married Rev. Daniel Shute.
    3. Laban Cushing was born on 21 Feb 1733 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 18 May 1747.
    4. Twin Son was born and died on 21 Jan 1736 in Hingham, Massachusetts. 
    5. Twin daughter was born and died on 21 Jan 1736 in Hingham, Massachusetts. 
    1. Lydia Cushing was born on 23 Apr 1738 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 16 Aug 1800 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She married Gideon Hayward.
    2. Abigail Cushing was born on 14 Jun 1741 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 11 Jan 1816. She married Thomas Hersey.


    Generation 9

    1. Samuel Lincoln III, son of Samuel Lincoln II and Deborah Hersey was born on 01 Feb 1691 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 6 Mar 1758 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married Ruth Cushing.
    2. Ruth Cushing, daughter of Daniel Cushing and Elizabeth Thaxter was born on 22 Jul 1692 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 22 Apr 1760 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
      Ruth Cushing and Samuel Lincoln had the following children:
      1. Samuel Lincoln IV was born on 14 Feb 1714 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 10 Dec 1783 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
      2. Deborah Lincoln was born on 11 Feb 1718 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 24 May 1769 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
      3. Jonathan Lincoln was born on 24 Mar 1719 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 24 Apr 1798 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
      4. Seth Lincoln was born on 07 Feb 1725 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 26 Jun 1751 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
      5. Ruth Lincoln was born on 11 Jan 1728 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 13 Apr 1731 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
      6. Ruth Lincoln was born on 26 Feb 1731. She died on 06 Mar 1731.

    242. vii.
    Ruth Lincoln was born on 25 Feb 1732 in Hingham, Massachusetts. She died on 6 Jul 1761 in Hingham, Massachusetts, United States. She married David Cushing in 1752 in Massachusetts

    viii. John Lincoln was born on 14 Aug 1735 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He died on 03 Jun 1811 in Hingham, Massachusetts.


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