High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Lucy Baily Merritt Cook
16 Aug 1830 – 1920 · about 90 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Lucy Baily Merritt Cook lived from 16 Aug 1830 to 1920, a span of about 90 years.
Born a Merritt, and known here by the name Cook. Theirs is one of 6 markers bearing the name Cook in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match
The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date, found in the Cobb family genealogy — read as a lead and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.
The entry, as printed
Lucy B. Merritt, dau. of Freeman and Hannah (Clapp) Mer- ritt of Scit. She was b. at Scit. Aug. 16, 1830. " Blacksmith." Has been constable since 1873. Resides on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., b. in Hing., by w. Harriet, — i. Harriet Ella, March 8, 1848. m. June 20, 1872, David B. Loring, and d. 13 June, 1884, aet. 36 yrs. ii. Lucy Hatch, Oct. 5, 1851, d. 22 Aug. 1852. Ch.,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Scituate, 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 Lucy'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.