Occupation: Colonel in the American Revolutionary War

Seth Cushingfollowed the sea till 1751, when, to please his father, he moved with him to Plympton. In 1755 represented Plympton in the Provincial Congress held at Watertown. Later he was a representative at the General Court. He was a member of the Convention to form a new constitution in 1779, which was ratified in May 1780. He was a friend of George Washington and entertained him in his home. He was prominent also in civil affairs. On July 11, 1774, at a town meeting held at Plympton, at which a committee of seven was appointed to consider the condition of the colonies as it related to the "Stamp Act", imposing taxes on the necessities of life, Capt. Seth Cushing was a member of that committee. On the first Monday in August the Committee made the following report:

"We, the undersigned, being chosen as a committee to take under consideration the precarious state and dangerous situation in which the public affairs of this Provence are now under, which threaten great distress through all the colonies upon the Continent. In the first place we recommend it unto all to be deeply humble before God under a deep sense of the very aggravated sins which abound in the land in this day of our calamity, which is the foundation cause of all the calamities that we feel or fear, and repent and return to God with our whole heart, and then we may humbly hope that God will graciously be pleased to return unto us and appear for our deliverance and save us from the distress we are now laboring under and prevent heavier calamities coming upon us; we also recommend to this town by no means to be concerned in purchasing or consuming any goods imported from Great Britain, we humbly conceive it would be very imprudent to set anything of that nature until the result of Congress shall be made public; and upon the report thereof we advise the town to be very active in pursuing the most regular method in order to promote the good of the public, and the flourishing state of the same."
Signed:
Capt Geo. Bryant Capt. Seth Cushing
Mr. William Ripley Dea. Samuel Luces
Dea. Thomas Savery Mr. Benj. Shurtleff
Mr. Joslyn Perkins

Military: Soon after this the French and Indian War began in 1755 he joined the expedition to Crown Point, returning home in 1756. In this campaign he became a commissioned officer. He was a field officer during the whole of the Revolutionary War, in which he received three commissions, being Captain in 1775-1776; 2nd Major in 1776 and 1st Major in 1777; and received his commission as Colonel in 1781. The last commission he resigned in 1786 after declaration of peace with Great Britain.

Cushing, Seth. Official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives dated Feb. 1, 1776; said Cushing chosen 2d Major, Col. Gamaliel Bradford, Jr.'s (1st Plymouth Co.) regt.; appointment concurred in by Council Feb. 6, 1776; reported commissioned Feb. 7, 1776; also, Major, Lieut. Col. Jeremiah Hall's (Plymouth Co.) regt.; list dated Hanover, Dec. 26, 1776, of officers of a regiment ordered to march to Bristol, R. I., by Brig. Joseph Cushing; also, list of officers nominated April 17, 1777, for commissions in two regiments destined for Rhode Island; said Cushing to serve as Major in Col. Jonathan Titcomb's regiment directed to be raised in Suffolk, Essex, Plymouth and York counties; also, Major, Col. Jonathan Titcomb's regt.; arrived at destination April 29, 1777; discharged June 29, 1777; service, 2 mos. 4 days, at Rhode Island; engagement, 2 months; roll dated Providence; also, official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives dated March 4, 1778; said Cushing chosen 1st Major, Col. Theophilus Cotton's (1st Plymouth Co.) regt.; appointment concurred in by Council March 4, 1778; reported commissioned Feb. 12, 1778; also, Major, Col. Ezra Wood's regt.; detached May 12, 1778; discharged Feb. 1, 1779; service, 9 mos. 3 days, at North river; engagement, 8 months; also, same regt.; order for wages dated Plympton, April 20, 1779.

Father: Seth Cushing b: 13 Dec 1705 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Mother: Lydia Hawkes Fearing b: 3 Sep 1709 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Marriage 1: Lydia Everson b: 16 Dec 1738 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married: 5 Jan 1758 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts