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  Thomas Cushing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Cushing (March 24, 1725 – February 28, 1788) was an American lawyer and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts.
Thomas was elected to the state assembly in May 1766, and shortly afterward became its speaker.
Thomas died on February 28, 1788, and is buried in the Granary Burying Ground in Boston.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Cushing   (515 words)

  
 CUSHING, Thomas (1725-1788) Guide to Research Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The papers include correspondence, accounts, and documents of Thomas Cushing, including the Resolves establishing a Committee of Correspondence sent by the Virginia House of Burgesses on March 12, 1773 to Thomas Cushing as Speaker of the Massachusetts General Court.
Also included in the papers is correspondence between the exporting firm of John De Neufville and Sons, of Holland, and Thomas Cushing, as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the commission from August 29, 1786 authorizing Thomas Cushing and others to represent Massachusetts at the Annapolis Convention on Trade.
The correspondence between Thomas Cushing and the John de Neufville firm concerns goods shipped to Massachusetts by the order of Jonathan Loring Austin and describes the difficulties of shipment due to the war, the low status of American credit, and the sympathies of the Dutch people.
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 Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Not far away Matthew Cushing senior's daughter Deborah lived with her husband, Matthias Briggs, while on the opposite side of the street, at what is now the Keeshan place, Daniel the younger, a weaver by trade, established a home and reared a large family.
Thomas CUSSHEYN (or CUSSHYN), son of William Cusseyn, was born in Hardingham, Norfolk, England, in the latter part of the reign of Richard II, 1377-1399.
William Cushyn (or Cussheyn),eldest son and heir of Thomas Cussheyn, was born at Hardingham early in the fifteenth century, and married Emme (Emma)(Unknown).
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 Maine Local Government - Town of Cushing - Main Page
Cushing is a town in Knox County, incorporated on January 30, 1789 from St. Georges Plantation.
The town was named for Thomas Cushing, founder of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, who was also Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1783-1788) just prior to the towns founding.
Cushing is just south of Thomaston, via South Warren and the River Road, and lies on the western shore of the St. George River.
www.maine.gov /local/knox/cushing   (126 words)

  
 Cushings Disease -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Cushing drew much praise for his performance in this production, although he always felt that his performance in the existing version of the play – it was performed twice in one week and only the second version survives in the archives – was inferior to the first.
Cushing was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1926, for a biography of one of the fathers of modern medicine - Sir William Osler.
Thomas Cushing (March 24, 1725-February 28, 1788) was an American lawyer and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/38/cushings-disease.html   (2071 words)

  
 Cushing | About | Cushing History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Cushing’s will further dictated careful consideration in terms of the teaching that would occur within the school’s walls.
While Cushing was very much in favor of coeducation – a pioneer of his time – his desire wasn’t overly so.
While Thomas Parkman Cushing may not have foreseen the wonderful growth and development that have evolved on campus and within the institution, the vision he saw is one that remains clear centuries later.
www.cushing.org /about/history.shtml   (341 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Claimant, Thomas S. Cushing, was transferred by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from the Washington, DC area to Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Cushing contends that the FTR permits full recovery of any expenses that are comparable to those that would be incurred in the purchase of an existing home, even when certain types of expenses, such as title searches and appraisals, are incurred more than once because multiple closings are required.
Cushing argues that since the FTR authorizes reimbursement of such expenses when an employee chooses to build a new home, and literally all of the expenses he claims are comparable to expenses incurred in the purchase of an existing home, he should recover the full amount.
www.gsbca.gsa.gov /relo/r138670.txt   (808 words)

  
 "Cushing.html"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The present villages of St. George separated from Cushing in 1803, Cushing retaining the West side of the St. George River.
A 1605 inscription on a rock suggests the date of the first European exploration of the area and was probably left by a crew member of the Captain George Weymouth expedition.
Thanks to Chet Knowles and the Cushing Historical Society, the Cushing Cemetary and Burial Grounds Surname Index is now on line.
members.aol.com /vsena/knox/Cushing.html   (780 words)

  
 PETERS and Allied Families
Thomas !12) #626 was born in NH 1784.
Thomas !11) #823 was born in Waterbury, CT 29 Oct 1777.
Cushing #341 was born in VT 5 Jul 1794.
www.mpetersco.com /genealogy/peters.html   (10414 words)

  
 Thomas Cushing: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Thomas got his early education from Boston Latin School[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link], EHandler: no quick summary.
Harvard university is a private university in cambridge, massachusetts, united statesusa, and a member of the ivy league....
Thomas was elected to the state assembly in May of 1766, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/thomas_cushing.htm   (1206 words)

  
 Pane-Joyce Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Thomas died at Plymouth, MA, ca Sep 1723.
On 10 Jul 1750 Mary married Samuel Thomas (25331), son of Joseph Thomas (12980) (ca 1690-25 Jan 1759) and Lydia Winslow (21870) (24 Jan 1693-), at Marshfield, MA.
On 13 Oct 1763 Zattu married Bethiah Thomas (30291), daughter of Gershom Thomas (19269) (17 [Apr] 1700-1 May 1750) and Mercy Hewett (22705) (ca 1712-), at Marshfield, MA.
aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/gen/report/rr11/rr11_196.html   (523 words)

  
 Copyright 2001-2006, New England Historic Genealogical Society.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Thomas Hutchinson was the speaker in 1748 and Joseph Dwight in 1749—both reflected in their actions towards Allen the governor’s hostility.
Thomas Cushing III (1725-1788) was a durable politician who was able to please the Boston radicals as well as the governor.
Thomas Hutchinson was bitter toward the legislature in 1767 because he was not reelected to the Council.
www.newenglandancestors.org /research/Database/legislators/running_the_house_of_representatives_786_6.asp?print=1   (7323 words)

  
 Allegheny Part 2 Chapter 8
Thomas Warren, ----- Warner and sons Robert, Abraham and Harvey; James Woods, ----- Weaver, Levi Weaver, ----- Wycoff and Sons Isaac and John; Henry Westbay, John Westbay, Joseph Weddell and sons Joseph, ----- and Thomas; Richard Weddell, ----- Weddell and sons Peter and George; Jeremiah Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Matthew Wilson, Thomas Young, David Young.
Thomas F. Bayard, the secretary of state under President Cleveland’s administration, is descended from the same ancestry as the founder of Elizabeth.
John Laughridge was a chairmaker; Thomas and David Wilson, flsmiths; Alexander Frey, spinning-wheel maker; J.M. Wycoff and Isaac Wycoff, carpenters; ----- Hamilton, shoemaker; John Scott, tailor; Thomas Mahaffey, plasterer; Samuel Pollock, cabinet-maker, and the remainder of the population found employment in the boatyards and tannery.
www.accessible.com /amcnty/PA/Allegheny/Part208.htm   (7810 words)

  
 Passenger: Patricia Cushing
Patricia Cushing always put others ahead of herself, starting with her husband, Thomas.
When Cushing's father-in-law died, she became the caretaker for his wife, taking her into the couple's Bayonne home.
Cushing believed in maintaining her dignity during adversity and never letting anyone see her down.
www.post-gazette.com /headlines/20011028flt93cushingbiop8.asp   (395 words)

  
 January 19, 2005 Cushing's Help and Support/Newsletters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Thomas, whose rebounding and physical play off the bench fit an acute UK need, returned for a cameo role against Louisville on Dec. 18.
Thomas did not feel pain, but he noticed how quickly he got tired.
Cushing spent the final years of his career at Yale, after "Cushing’s syndrome" had become part of the medical lexicon.
www.cushingsonline.com /newsletters/email/1-19-2005.htm   (4048 words)

  
 Thomas Cushing: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Thomas was born into a prosperous and leading mercantile family of Boston, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
Thomas got his early education from Boston Latin School[for more facts and a summary of this subject, click this link], Exception Handler: No article summary found.
Thomas was elected to the state assembly in May of 1766, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/thomas_cushing   (1500 words)

  
 The Eve of the Revolution: Chapter Six   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Cushing's house, and rode to Coolidge's, where they dined...with a large company of gentlemen, who went out and prepared an entertainment for them at that place.
And in ceasing to admire the British Constitution, Americans should also, Thomas Paine thought, give up that other fatal error, the superstition that up to the present unhappy moment the colonies had derived great benefits from living under the protecting wing of the mother country.
It was Thomas Jefferson's good fortune, in voicing the prevailing sentiment in America, to give classic expression to those fundamental principles of a political faith which was destined, in the course of a hundred years, to win the allegiance of the greater part of the western world.
www.historycarper.com /resources/teotr/chap6.htm   (7026 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: CUSHING, THOMAS HUMPHREY
Thomas Humphrey Cushing, army officer, was born in 1755 in Massachusetts, where he enlisted as a sergeant in the Sixth Continental Infantry in January 1776.
Cushing was commissioned a colonel on September 7, 1805, was named commander of the posts west of the Mississippi the following May, and was ordered by Gen. James Wilkinson
Cushing was commissioned a brigadier general on July 2, 1812.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/CC/fcu35.html   (308 words)

  
 Thomas Cushing
CUSHING, Thomas, statesman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1725; died there in 1788.
Cushing was chosen speaker in his stead, he was speaker of the house until 1774, and as such occupied, in the eyes of the British, a prominence greater than his abilities entitled him to.
Cushing was chosen a member of the council.
www.famousamericans.net /thomascushing   (541 words)

  
 Benjamin Franklin
He and former colonial governor Thomas Pownall proposed alternative ways to create revenue in the colonies, but their proposals were ignored.
Benjamin's grandfather, Thomas, born in 1598, removed late in life to Banbury, in Oxfordshire, while his eldest son, Thomas, remained on the estate at Ecton.
Thomas Whately died in June 1772, and all his papers passed into the custody of William, his brother and executor.
www.benjaminfranklin.org   (8070 words)

  
 Pane-Joyce Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
On 30 Sep 1773 Thomas married Elizabeth Turner (22975), daughter of Benjamin Turner (20054) (5 Aug 1698-12 Aug 1748) and Marcy Turner (10673) (24 Sep 1703-19 Feb 1787), at Scituate, MA.
Nathaniel purchased from Philip the estate known as the 'Cushing Homestead' of the late Nathan Cushing, a grandson of Nathaniel.
On 30 Jun 1774 Nathaniel married Alice Cushing (25043), daughter of Dea.
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 Needham Cemetery
The Needham cemetery is the final resting place for the Needham and Cushing families, pioneer residents of Fenner, Madison County, NY.
Clarissa Needham Cushing's memorial on the Cushing obelisk.
Cornelia Cushing Haight and Dolly Naomi Cushing Bordwell.
jrm.phys.ksu.edu /scripts/gallery.pl?Needham   (218 words)

  
 Cushing | Alumni | Make a Gift   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Just as donors helped make your time at Cushing rewarding and fulfilling, so too are you called upon to ensure this legacy for students today and tomorrow.
Your gift will keep Cushing in top competitive shape, ensuring that we can attract a diverse, talented student body, retain top-notch faculty and provide the range of sports, arts and extracurricular offerings that make for the best possible student experience.
Transferring stock to Cushing is easy, and gifts of appreciated securities, including stocks, bonds and mutual funds, may be a particularly attractive way to support Cushing.
www.cushing.org /alumni/gift.shtml   (471 words)

  
 .: Corvallis Gazette-Times :. Archives
Their father was a descendent of the Cushing family that came to America in 1628 and founded the town of Hingham, Mass.
Marian’s grandfather, Leavitt Cushing, was one of the first settlers in the North Loop Valley of Nebraska in 1872.
She is survived by her sons and their wives, John and Judith Bayard Cushing, and Roger and Judith Popovich Aikin, all college professors; and by her grandson, Thomas Cushing Aikin.
www.gazettetimes.com /articles/2005/11/23/news/obituaries/wedobi01.txt   (623 words)

  
 Descendants - pafg543.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Thomas Hend POOL was born about 1826 in of Randolph, Norfolk, MA, United States.
Thomas CUSHING was born about 1825 in of Turner, Androscoggin, ME, United States.
John Turner CUSHING was born on 30 Sep 1831 in of Turner, Androscoggin, ME, United States.
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 SparkNotes: Samuel Adams: Section 2: Out in the World
After a few months, Cushing broke the news to Adams and his parents that Adams would never be a merchant.
Cushing remarked that he trained men to be merchants, not politicians.
Thomas Hutchinson was a strong opponent for Adams.
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 Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Jonathan Cushing (5391), son of Peter Cushing (4133) (29 Mar 1646-14 Apr 1719) and Hannah Hawke (1435) (ca 1655-4 Apr 1737).
Thomas was "representative from Boston to the General Court in 1731, and Speaker 1742 to 1747.
On 4 Jun 1724 Thomas married Mary Bromfield, daughter of Hon.
aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/gen/report/rr05/rr05_461.html   (440 words)

  
 Griffith Family
Sarah was counted in a census in 1885 in Kansas, Sheridan County, Thomas Twp.
Loura was counted in a census in 1885 in Kansas, Sheridan County, Thomas Twp.
Eva was counted in a census in 1885 in Kansas, Sheridan County, Thomas Twp.
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 Cu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Mathew Cushing Sr AFN FHKB-QD b 02 Mar 1589 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England
Peter Cushing AFN GJ3D-RH b in 1562 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England
Thomas Cusyn/Cushing AFN H073-SR b in 1512 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England
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 [No title]
In Salem, at Russell's 5.50--at Cushing and Appleton's, not warranted, 5.
CUSHING, AS our Legislature have lately had under consideration a bill, for granting a Lottery to Harvard College, I beg you will publish what our countryman, Mr.
Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets, the nearer you approach to this certainty.
www.gutenberg.org /files/17970/17970.txt   (11285 words)

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