High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Martha Collamore Wilder Tower

30 Aug 1797 – 16 Aug 1875 · about 78 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Martha Collamore Wilder Tower lived from 30 Aug 1797 to 16 Aug 1875, a span of about 78 years.

Born a Wilder, 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

Crocker Wilder Sr1770–1847also hereDeborah Jacob Wilder1773–1863also here
Martha Collamore Wilder Tower

SiblingsDeborah Wilder Kilby1796–1869 · Hannah Wilder Clapp1799–1871 · Lydia Wilder Whiton1801–1864 · Crocker Wilder Jr1802–1875 · Eunice Wilder Fearing1807–1891 · Sarah Wilder Gardner1809–1882

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date on a child line in the Wilder family genealogy and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

  • MarriedIsaiah Tower (Oct. 1, 1826)
The entry, as printed
ii. Martha Collamore, Aug. 30, 1797. m. Oct. 1, 1826, Isaiah Tower, widr

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Martha'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.