High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Solomon Gardner
22 May 1797 – 18 Dec 1860 · about 63 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Solomon Gardner lived from 22 May 1797 to 18 Dec 1860, a span of about 63 years.
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. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Solomon › David › Stephen › John.
Matched exact birth date in their own Gardner family entry (no. 48), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
48. Solomon6 (Solomon5 David48 Stephen2 John1), b. in Hing. May 22, 1797. m. Dec. 6, 1821, Harriet Hersey, dau. of John and Anna (Cushing) Hersey. She was b. in Hing. Apr. 4,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 48. Read on archive.org ↗
The inscription
Aged 63 yrs. 6 mo. 27 ds.
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 Solomon'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.