| It still could have been a transaction error by the priest who shows a Guilemus not Gilbert but if not Robert and Ellinora has BOTH a Gilbert (who dies in 1689) and a Guilelmus. We then have a Gilbert c 24/10/1584 to Robert b1540. His father is a William. The Robert name continues each generation. The Gilbert who dies 1689 is labeled a Gentleman on his death record and something is missing from the record after that. There is a mark then a space and a line then March 29. Back then a gentleman was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire and above a yeoman; by definition, the rank of gentleman comprised the younger sons of the younger sons of peers, and the younger sons of a baronet, a knight, and an esquire, in perpetual succession. If Robert and E had both a Gilbert and a William he would be the youngest son born 1639 to Robert whi in turn is the youngest sonn of Robert so this would confirm the title and Gilberts birth. He would be 41 when the other Gilbert his son was born. We know Robert had money and land. We also know that Gilbert Cushing owned the same piece of land in 1742 that Robert Cushing transferred to his eldest son Robert in 1659. We have to be talking about Gilbert, born to Gilbert and Elizabeth in Hardingham, in 1714, the grandson of the Gilbert we seek linking Gilbert to Robert Jr. (and Eleanora) and Robert Sr. (and Faith) since in 1742, this early transfer must have been referred back to when Gilbert was admitted to the land. So EITHER it is a transcription error OR there must have had a son Gilbert as well as a William. There are no other explanations. |
Robert (Cushing) Cushinge Jr 
Ellinora (Cushing)
Naissance