High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Henrietta Simpson Tuttle
31 Dec 1840 – 22 May 1921 · about 81 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Henrietta Simpson Tuttle lived from 31 Dec 1840 to 22 May 1921, a span of about 81 years.
Born a Simpson, and known here by the name Tuttle. Theirs is one of 14 markers bearing the name Tuttle in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsLewis Legare Simpson1842–1918 · Elijah Nelson Sampson1850–1915
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Trowbridge family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
1857, Henrietta Simpson, dau. of George and Eliza (Freeman) Simpson. She was b. in Hing. Dec. 31, 1840. " Shoemaker." Resides on Ward St. Ch., b. in Hing., — i. Walter Thomas, Apr. 9, 1859. ii. Mary Abby, March 23, 1860. iii. Edward Russell, Oct. 13, 1861. m. Feb. 12, 1884, Jane V. Hayward, of Boston. Note. — Margaret, wid. of James, d. 14 Apr. 1866, aet 70 or 75 yrs.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Henrietta's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.
The stone is still there.