High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Whiton Lewis

20 Jul 1740 – 21 Feb 1815 · about 75 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Elizabeth Whiton Lewis lived from 20 Jul 1740 to 21 Feb 1815, a span of about 75 years.

Born a Whiton, and known here by the name Lewis. Theirs is one of 7 markers bearing the name Lewis in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Elizabeth Whiton Lewism.Elijah Lewis1740–1823 (m. 1762)also here

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

  • MarriedElijah Lewis (Apr. 14, 1762)

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Whiton family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
i. Elizabeth, July 20, 1740. m. Apr. 14, 1762, Elijah Lewis, and d. 21 Feb. 1815, ret. 75th yr. 38

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). 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 Elizabeth'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.