High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Tamar Cushing Jacob

1762 – 2 Dec 1813 · about 51 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Tamar Cushing Jacob lived from 1762 to 2 Dec 1813, a span of about 51 years.

Born a Cushing, and known here by the name Jacob. Theirs is one of 28 markers bearing the name Jacob in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

CPT Pyam Cushing1725–1776also here
Tamar Cushing Jacobm.Deacon John Jacob1763–1847 (m. 1787)also here
Tamer Jacob1788–1805also hereMary Jacob1790–1792also hereMary Jacob1793–1818also hereLydia Beal Jacob1794–1820also hereHannah Jacob Sherman1803–1876also here

SiblingsENS Pyam Cushing1751–1778 · Hannah Cushing Collamore1753–1824 · Deborah Cushing Hatch1754–1797 · Henry Cushing1764–1809

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

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

The entry, as printed
Cushing, dau. of Pyam and Hannah (Lincoln) Cushing. She was b. in Hing. June 13, 1762, and d. 2 Dec. 1813, aet. 51 yrs. He m. secondly, Mrs. Submit (Loring) Lapham, wid. of Israel Lapham, and dau. of Job and Judith (Whiton) Loring. She was b. in Hing. Nov. 5, 1768, and d. 19 Aug. 1844, aet. 76th yr. He d. 7 June, 1847, aet. 85th yr. " Blacksmith." Deacon of the church, and

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 Tamar'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.