High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Mrs Abigail Cushing Hersey
14 Jun 1741 – 11 Jan 1816 · about 75 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Mrs Abigail Cushing Hersey lived from 14 Jun 1741 to 11 Jan 1816, a span of about 75 years.
Born a Cushing, and known here by the name Hersey. Theirs is one of 56 markers bearing the name Hersey in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsMary Cushing1722–1726 · David Cushing1724–1726 · Col David Cushing Sr1727–1800 · Laban Cushing1733–1761 · Lydia Cushing Hayward1738–1800
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Cushing family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
x. Abigail, June 14, 1741. m. Oct. 2, 1761, Thomas Hersey
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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 Abigail'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.