Draft:John Cushing Jr.

John Cushing Jr. (1695 – 1778) was a Colonial Massachusetts lawyer and political figure who served as a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1747 to 1771. He was appointed by Governor William Shirley.

Sometimes referred to as John Cushing III, his father, John Cushing, had previously served on the same court, and his son, William Cushing, also later served on the court.

John Cushing third, the son of John Junior, was Judge of Probate of Plymouth County, 1738-1746, and Judge of the Superior Court, 1747-1771. His son, Hon. William Cushing, L. L. D., was the most distinguished member of a distinguished family of jurists.

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John, 3d. resided at "Belle house" until 1743, when he built the mansion south-east of Walnut tree hill. He lived eighty-two years, having died 1778. He was a representative from Scituate 1721, and several succeeding years. He was Judge of Probate from 1738 to 1746—Judge of the Superior Court from 1747 to 1771, when he resigned, and also a counsellor of the province, from 1746 to 1763, inclusively. He married Elizabeth Holmes, (of Boston, we believe), daughter of his father's second wife, 1718, she died 1726. Children, Deborah born 1718, (wife of David Stockbridge, and mother of David, Esq.), Sarah born 1720, (not married).

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Category:1695 births Category:1778 deaths Category:Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

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