High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Walter Shute

? – 7 Dec 1853

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Walter Shute died in 7 Dec 1853. The year of their birth has not survived in the record we hold.

Theirs is one of 38 markers bearing the name Shute in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Dr. Daniel Shute1793–1838also hereHannah Lincoln Cushing Shute1794–1875also here
Walter Shute

SiblingsIsaiah Shute1819–1891 · Henry S Shute1821–1895 · Edwin Shute1824–1870 · Walter Shute1828–1830 · Anna Cushing Shute1830–1848 · Elizabeth Shute1833–1833

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

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

The entry, as printed
Oct. 1848. viii. Elizabeth, Apr. 11, 1833, d. 26 June foil, ix. Walter, Nov. 5, 1836, d. 7 Dec. 1853. 4. Charles (Daniel = Betsey Cushing), b. in Hing. Apr. 20, 1799. m. July 18, 1820, Mary C. Cushing, dau. of Seth and Joanna (Cush- ing) Cushing. She was b. in Hing. July 18, 1799, and d. 12 Jan. 1827, aet. 27 yrs. Capt. Charles Shute d. 23 Jan. 1863, aet. 64th yr. 148

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 Walter'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.