[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3857, Date of Import: Oct 22, 1998]
Peter Cushing, sixth son of Thomas Cushing, moved to Hingham about 1600, the year in which the parish register of Hingham begins. He was probably one of the first Cushings to embrace the Protestant faith, for the wills of his father and eldest brother are not in the Protestant form.