High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Ann Adams Whitney
18 Jan 1776 – 22 Oct 1864 · about 88 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Ann Adams Whitney lived from 18 Jan 1776 to 22 Oct 1864, a span of about 88 years.
Born a Adams, and known here by the name Whitney. Theirs is one of 5 markers bearing the name Whitney in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsDr Moses Adams1777–1839 · Josiah Adams1781–1854 · Joseph Adams1783–1814 · Clarissa Adams Whitney Hersey1787–1857
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Teague family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
of Hing., and d. Dec. 1832, aet. 38 yrs. 2. Benjamin (Prince = Abigail Pratt), b. at Wey. Jan. 18, 1776. m. in Hing. first, Aug. 19, 1798, Lydia Whiton, dau. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Marble) Whiton. She d. 24 May, 1837, aet. 65 yrs. He m. secondly, Feb. 27, 1842, Ann Webb of Wey. Benjamin d. 13 Sept. 1848, aet. 72 yrs. " Blacksmith." Representative at the Gen- eral Court
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. Died 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 Ann'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.