High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Davis Whiting
20 May 1773 – 2 Apr 1833 · about 60 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Davis Whiting lived from 20 May 1773 to 2 Apr 1833, a span of about 60 years.
Theirs is one of 27 markers bearing the name Whiting in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsDavis Whiting Sr1773–1833 · Perez Southard Whiting1775–1860 · Joseph Jacob Whiting Sr1778–1838 · Lydia J. Whiton Bump1780–1855 · Abigail Whiton Vining1783–1812
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
Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Amasa › Daniel › Samuel › James.
Matched exact death date in their own Whiton family entry (no. 46), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
46. Davis6 (Amasa6 Daniel4 Samuel8 James2"1), b. in Hing. Aug. 20, 1773. m. Abigail Bowker of Scit. She d. in Hing. 10 Oct. 1833, 33t. 61 yrs. He d. 12 Apr. 1833, aet. 60th yr. « Inn-holder ; " afts. "farmer." Resided at "Liberty Plain," So. Hing. Ch., b. in Hing., — i. Mary Collier, June 17, 1797. m. Jan. 1, 1821, Leonard Cushing. ii. Abigail Bowker, Jan. 4, 1799. m. June 11, 1819, James W. Sivret, and d. at Boston 9 Apr. 1885, aet. 86 yrs. iii. Davis, Feb. 2,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 46. Read on archive.org ↗
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This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Davis'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.