High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Lydia Beal Jacob
26 Dec 1794 – 26 Jan 1820 · about 26 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Lydia Beal Jacob lived from 26 Dec 1794 to 26 Jan 1820, a span of about 26 years.
Theirs is one of 28 markers bearing the name Jacob in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsTamer Jacob1788–1805 · Mary Jacob1790–1792 · Mary Jacob1793–1818 · Hannah Jacob Sherman1803–1876
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
ii. Mary, May 5, 1790, d. 10 March, 1792. iii. Mary, Jan. 10, 1793, d. unm. iv. Lydia Beal, Dec. 26, 1794, d. unm. 17. v. John, July 27, 1797. vi. Pyam, Sept. 16, 1800. m. and removed to Galena, 111. Ch. : 1. Mary. 2. George IV., d. young. 3. George P. vii. Hannah, Nov. 1*9, 1803. m. (1) March 27, 1825, Marshall Sherman of Andover, Mass., and (2) Oct. 17, 1856, Urban Bates,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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