High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Emily Higgins Jacob
23 Oct 1821 – 4 Oct 1846 · about 25 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Emily Higgins Jacob lived from 23 Oct 1821 to 4 Oct 1846, a span of about 25 years.
Born a Higgins, 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
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Henderson family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Sullivan, Sept. 25, 1818. Sally, Sept. 25, 1818. m. Oct. 22, 1840, Isaiah G. Tower. Emily, Oct. 23, 1821. ra. Feb. 2, 1842, Joshua Jacobs, and d. 4 Oct.1846, aet. 25th yr. 2. Joshua L. (Sylvanus = Sarah Linnell), b. at Orleans, Mass., 1806. m. in Hing. Apr. 5, 1829, Jane Whitcomb, dau. of David and 2. i. 3. ii. 4. iii. 5. iv. v. 6. vi. vii. viii. 330 Higgins. Prudence (Dorothy)
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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The stone is still there.