High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Lydia Beal Jacob

27 Jan 1736 – 4 Jun 1833 · about 97 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Lydia Beal Jacob lived from 27 Jan 1736 to 4 Jun 1833, a span of about 97 years.

Born a Beal, and known here by the name Jacob. 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

Lydia Beal Jacobm.John Jacob1732–1806 (m. 1761)also here
Lydia Jacob Cushing1764–1840

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
1761, Lydia Beal, dau. of John and Deliverance (Porter) Beal. She was b. in Hing. sec. pre. Jan. 27, 1736-37, and d. 5 June, Jacob. 375 1833, aet. 96 yrs. He d. 4 Dec. 1806, aet. 74 yrs. "Blacksmith," Constable 1762. Resided on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 13. i. John, Sept. 5, 1762. ii. Lydia, July 26, 1764. m. July 20, 1783, Ezekiel Cushing, and lived

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.