Excerpt from The Genealogy of the Cushing Family: An Account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, Who Came to America in 1638 After the publication of the first edition Mr. Lemuel Cushing collected considerable material, intending to issue a more complete record, but at the time of his death, in 1881, the work was still unfinished. In 1901, in response to requests from various members of the family, it was decided to complete the task, and the present volume is the result of the succeeding four years' work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.