High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Hannah Jacob Sherman
19 Nov 1803 – 8 Apr 1876 · about 73 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Hannah Jacob Sherman lived from 19 Nov 1803 to 8 Apr 1876, a span of about 73 years.
Born a Jacob, and known here by the name Sherman. Theirs is one of 2 markers bearing the name Sherman in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsTamer Jacob1788–1805 · Mary Jacob1790–1792 · Mary Jacob1793–1818 · Lydia Beal Jacob1794–1820
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Bates family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
wid. of Marshall Sherman, and dau. of John and Tamar (Cushing) Jacob. She was b. in Hing. Nov. 19, 1803. and d. 8 Apr. 1876, aet. 72 yrs. He d. at Ware, N. H., 2 Apr. 1880, aet. 71 yrs. " Shoemaker." Resided on Hersey St. vol. ii. — 4 50 Bates. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Mary Jane, 1833. 111. Nov. 25, 1858, R. V. Merchant ofWey. ii. Harriet Elizabeth, 1836. in. May 3,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
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The stone is still there.