High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Abner Pratt
25 Aug 1802 – 1 Aug 1872 · about 70 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Abner Pratt lived from 25 Aug 1802 to 1 Aug 1872, a span of about 70 years.
Theirs is one of 16 markers bearing the name Pratt in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
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What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact death date, found in the Pratt family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Abner, from Wey. m. Hannah L., dau. of Benjamin Wilder, of Winchendon, Mass. Abner d. in Hing. 1 Aug. 1872, aet. 70 yrs. Resided on High St. Their ch., — i. Abner, Nov. 30, 1832. ii. Benjamin Franklin, Nov. 8, 1836. m. March 7, 1860, Mary M. Hyland of Scit. Harvey Mann (Job = Patience Mann), b. at Coh. June 7, 1836. m. Mary E. French, dau. of Nathaniel and Lydia (Burrell) French.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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