High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Lucy Dunbar Tower

29 Jul 1749 – 18 Dec 1775 · about 26 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Lucy Dunbar Tower lived from 29 Jul 1749 to 18 Dec 1775, a span of about 26 years.

Born a Dunbar, and known here by the name Tower. Theirs is one of 75 markers bearing the name Tower in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Lucy Dunbar Towerm.Joshua Tower1733–1810also here
Lucy Tower1775–1777also here

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

  • MarriedJoshua Tower (Jan. 30, 1776)

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Dunbar family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
v. Lucy, July 29, 1749. m. Jan. 30, 1776, Joshua Tower

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 Lucy'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.