High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Joanna Cushing Burrell

23 Sep 1828 – 7 Feb 1903 · about 75 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Joanna Cushing Burrell lived from 23 Sep 1828 to 7 Feb 1903, a span of about 75 years.

Born a Cushing, and known here by the name Burrell. Theirs is one of 6 markers bearing the name Burrell in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Leonard Cushing1797–1881also hereMary Collier Whiting Cushing1797–1879also here
Joanna Cushing Burrell

SiblingsAbigail Bowker Cushing Shute1825–1895 · Mary Davis Cushing Gardnerunknown–1895

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact birth date, found in the Cushing family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
Bowker, b. at Scit. Oct. 13, 1825. m. Nov. 16, 1848, Henry Shute. iv. Joanna, b. in Hing. Sept. 23, 1828. m. Nov. 6, 1861, Elias A. Burrell of Ab'n. 88. Andrew7 (Seth6 Pyam5 Theophilus4"3 Daniel2 Matthew1), b. in Hing. Nov. 22, 1801. ra. July 29, 1827, Lucy Hersey, dau. of Joshua and Lucy (Jacob) Hersey. She was b. in Hing. March 19, 1802, and d. 21 Aug. 1885, aet. 83

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 Joanna'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.