High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Amasa Whiting
15 Oct 1821 – 2 Oct 1883 · about 62 years
Amasa Whiting lived from 15 Oct 1821 to 2 Oct 1883, a span of about 62 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
SiblingsRev Archibald Wieting1816–1895 · Joseph Jacob Whiting Jr1818–1863 · Catherine Whiting1824–1826
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: Joseph › Amasa › Daniel › Samuel › James.
Matched exact birth date in their own Whiton family entry (no. 66), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
66. Amasa7 (Joseph J.9 Amasa5 Daniel* Samuel 8 James 2-1), b. in Hing. Oct. 15, 1821. m. Aug. 27, 1844, Hannah L. Fearing, dau. of Ezekiel and Anna (Cushing) Fearing. She was b. in Hing. Apr. 1,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 66. Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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 Amasa'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.