High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Lucretia Gill Hobart
6 May 1729 – 9 Mar 1805 · about 76 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Lucretia Gill Hobart lived from 6 May 1729 to 9 Mar 1805, a span of about 76 years.
Born a Gill, and known here by the name Hobart. 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
SiblingsSarah Gill1734–1737 · Sarah Gill Lincoln1735–1802
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Hobart family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
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,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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