High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
William Torrey
4 Jul 1787 – 27 Jan 1875 · about 88 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
William Torrey lived from 4 Jul 1787 to 27 Jan 1875, a span of about 88 years.
Theirs is one of 10 markers bearing the name Torrey 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: William › Elizabeth › Hersey.
Matched exact death date in their own Torrey family entry (no. 1), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
1. William (William = Elizabeth Hersey) b. at Ea. Ab'n, July 4, 1797. m. in Hing. Dec. 20, 1820, Sarah Cushing, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Simmons) Cushing. She was b. in Hing. Nov. 10, 1790, 250 Torrey — Totman. and d. 29 Xov. 1875, aet. 85 yrs. He d. 27 Jan. 1875, aet. 78th yr. " Butcher." Resided on Main St., near Wilder's Bridge, So. Hing. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Sarah Cushing, Sept. 14, 1821. m. March 9, 1842, Ebenezer C. Fearing, and (1. 23 Apr. 1876. ii. Elizabeth Hersey, Apr. 30, 1823. m. Oct. 13, 1844, David Cushing, 2d. 2. iii. William Crane, Aug. 6, 1826. iv. Jonathan Cushing, July 11, 1829, d. at San Francisco, Cal., 9 Oct. 1872. 3. v. Franklin Jacobs, Oct. 19, 1835.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 1. Read on archive.org ↗
Where this was, today
The 1893 record places this person at Main St. in Hingham. Today that is Main Street (Route 228). Main Street, today Route 228, runs from Hingham Harbour south through the Liberty Plain district to South Hingham. The old South Hingham families lived along its southern stretch, the road High Street Cemetery faces. It is a short walk from the cemetery.
The street still carries the name; the exact house is not pinned, so read this as the block, not a doorstep.
Born in Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of William'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.