High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Rachel D. Wilder Gardner
23 Jun 1734 – 15 May 1805 · about 71 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Rachel D. Wilder Gardner lived from 23 Jun 1734 to 15 May 1805, a span of about 71 years.
Born a Wilder, and known here by the name Gardner. Theirs is one of 38 markers bearing the name Gardner 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 Gardner family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
5, 1764, Rachel Wilder, dau. of Theophilus and Mary (Hersey) Wilder. She was b. in Hing. June 23, 1734, and d. 15 May, 1805, aet. 71st yr. He d. 19 Sept. 1814, aet. 81st yr. " Shoemaker," and " weaver." Constable in 1770, and 1773. Resided at So. Hing. The foil, lines are inscribed upon a gravestone erected to the memory of Mrs. Rachel Gardner in the High St. Cemetery,
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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The stone is still there.