High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Esther Cushing Jacobs Jacobs
17 May 1811 – 26 Nov 1892 · about 81 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Esther Cushing Jacobs Jacobs lived from 17 May 1811 to 26 Nov 1892, a span of about 81 years.
Born a Jacobs, and known here by the name Jacobs. 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
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
1827, Nehemiah Cushing, Jr., and (2) July 3, 1842, Robert G. Gardner, vi. Esther Gushing, May 17, 1811. m. March 20, 1828, Joseph Jacobs, vii. Cynthia Cushing, Feb. 24, 1815. m. Nov. 17, 1833, Theophilus Cush- ing, 2d. 20. viii. Joshua, Sept. 3, 1817. ix. Mary, March 26, 1820. m. Nov. 22, 1837, Henry C. Wilder. 17. John7 (John w Peter « John2 Nicholas »), b. in Hing. July
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born and died in 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 Esther'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.