| 1698. HON. EZEKIEL CUSHING, Colonel |
| Sex: M
Birth: 27 Apr 1698 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Death: 7 May 1765 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine Christening: 28 Apr 1698 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Hon. Col. Ezekiel Cushing, was the son of Rev. Jeremiah Cushing of Scituate, where he was born 28 April 1698. His mother was daughter of Thomas Loring of Hingham. His first wife was Hannah Doane of Plymouth, born in 1703, by whom he had the following children born in Provincetown: Loring, born 10 August 1721, who graduated at Harvard College, 1741, and died in 1778 ; Ezekiel, 3 June 1724 ; Jeremiah, 7 October 1729 ; Hannah, 9 February 1732 ; Lucia, 13 July 1734 ; Lucia, 27 December 1735 ; Phebe, 15 April 1738. After which he moved to Cape Elizabeth and occupied the point which has ever since borne his name, and where a portion of his house remains. In 1746 he married the widow Mary Parker of Boston, a daughter of Dominicus Jordan of Cape Elizabeth, by whom he had three children, John, Thomas, and Nathaniel. His second wife lead by her first husband, four children, one of whom, Mary, married Loring Cushing above named. His daughter Lucia, married James Otis of Scituate, and Hannah married Charles Robinson. His descendants are numerous both in the male and female lines. He was one of the most distinguished men in our neighborhood, and lived in high style. He died in 1765, aged sixty-seven. Ezekiel's will was made 11 April 1765. He lived in Provincetown, Mass., until 1738, after which he removed to Cape Elizabeth (then Falmouth), Maine. He was coroner in 1727 and 1729. The house in which he lived at Cushing's Point, now is South Portland, was still standing in 1760. He owned Cushing's Island in Portland Harbor, and sold it to Joshua Bangs, 14 September 1760, by whose name it was known until 1859, when it was purchased by Lemuel Cushing, of Montreal, Canada, who gave it its present name. He also owned the greater part of Long Island with Marsh and Overset Islands in Portland Harbor, and he bequeathed them in his will to his children. He was a merchant, and about 1719 went to Provincetown with his brother Jeremiah where they engaged in the fishing and whaling industry, owning many schooners and sloops. His large mercantile establishment was on the point bearing his name, a few rods east of the breakwater and at the western extremity of the sandy cove west of Fort Preble. It is authoritatively stated that during his time, there was more commercial business carried on in Simonton's Cove and on the Cape Elizabeth shore, than on the Falmouth side. He was active and prominent in the affairs of the settlement, and became one of the most respected as well as distinguished men in Portland neighborhood. Ezekiel was Commander of the County Regiment at that time, the highest office in Maine, and in 1757 was able to furnish 50 men from his regiment to defend the inhabitants against the Indians, and one hundred to protect the Commissioners while there were arranging the terms of peace. He was Selectman of the town nine years, and Justice of the Peace 1756, 1760 and 1761; Justice of the Court of Common Pleas 1760 to 1763, and filled other important offices. Gov. Shirley dined at Col. Cushing's 23 July 1754. He took a prominent part in the religious dissensions which broke out in the Church there, and in 1756 was a leader of the opposition to the installation of the Rev. Ephraim Clark over the Church. After the installation he was set off to the first parish where he afterwards attended, though just previous to his death he petitioned the General Court and was restored to his own precinct. York County Court Index 1700-1760 (part one of two parts)
Father: Rev. Jeremiah Cushing b: 3 Jul 1654 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Marriage 1: Hannah Doane b: 1 Dec 1703 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Children: Marriage 2: Mary Ann Jordan b: About 1702 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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