High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Joseph Jacobs

8 Dec 1828 – 4 Mar 1906 · about 78 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Joseph Jacobs lived from 8 Dec 1828 to 4 Mar 1906, a span of about 78 years.

Theirs is one of 19 markers bearing the name Jacobs in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Joseph Jacobs1804–1891also hereEsther Cushing Jacobs Jacobs1811–1892also here
Joseph Jacobsm.Clarissa Adams Cushing Jacobs1831–1910 (m. 1850)also here
Clara Anna Jacobs1852–1925also hereFannie Adams Jacobs Cushing1854–1933also here

SiblingsEsther C. Jacobs1831–1831 · Grace Ann Jacob Cushing1833–1906 · Lucy Maria Jacobs Loring1838 – unknown · Sarah Caroline Jacobs Reed1845–1894 · Frederick Shuck Jacobs1850–1922

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact birth date, found in the Humphrey family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
a military company. Resides on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., all b. in Hing., — 25. i. Joseph, Dec. 8, 1828. ii. Esther Gushing, June 2, 1831, d. 3 Oct. foil. iii. Grace Ann, Dec. 22, 1833. m. Apr. 28, 1850, Isaac H. Cushing. iv. Lucy Maria, Dec. 29, 1838. m. Nov. 26, 1857, Isaiah W. Loring. v. Sarah Caroline, Jan. 9, 1845. m. Feb. 18, 1875, James A. Reed of Wey. 26. vi. Frederick

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in South 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 Joseph'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.