High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Deacon Peter Hobart
19 Oct 1727 – 7 Aug 1798 · about 71 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Deacon Peter Hobart lived from 19 Oct 1727 to 7 Aug 1798, a span of about 71 years.
Theirs is one of 19 markers bearing the name Hobart in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsSamuel Hobart1719–1775 · Elizabeth Hobart1721–1724
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: Peter › Samuel › Edmund.
Matched exact birth date in their own Hobart family entry (no. 19), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
19. Peter 5 (Peter 4 Samuel 8 Edmund M), b. in Hing. Oct. 19, 1727. m. Lucretia Gill, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Hawke) Gill. She was b. in Hing. May 6, 1729, and d. 9 March, 1805, aet. 76th yr. He d. 8 Oct. 1798, a?t. 71st yr. " Farmer." Constable 1756, and deacon of the church at So. Hing. Resided at the foot of " Great Hill." Ch., all b. in Hing., were — i. Lucretia, Nov. 14, 1748. m. Dec. 7, 1775, Samuel Low. ii. Peter, July 31, 1750 ; Har. Coll. 1775. m. Nov. 16, 1779, Mary, dau. of Elisha Gushing. Peter served six months as surgeon in the Army of the Revolution, and in 1783 settled as a physician at Han., where he d. in 1793, leaving issue. iii. Hawkes, March 3, 1752, d. 17 May foil. 28…
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 19. Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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