High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Abigail Bowker Whiting
26 Nov 1773 – 10 Oct 1833 · about 60 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Abigail Bowker Whiting lived from 26 Nov 1773 to 10 Oct 1833, a span of about 60 years.
Born a Bowker, and known here by the name Whiting. 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
SiblingsDimmick Bowker1769–1861 · Jenne Bowker Damon1771–1839 · Sally Bowker1780–1860 · Mary Bowker Whiting1782–1823 · Lazarus Bowker1784–1867 · Huldah Bowker Jacobs1787–1862
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact death date, found in the Whiton family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
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,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
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The stone is still there.