High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Harriet Jacob Gilkey Cushing
29 Oct 1809 – 28 Feb 1850 · about 41 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Harriet Jacob Gilkey Cushing lived from 29 Oct 1809 to 28 Feb 1850, a span of about 41 years.
Born a Gilkey, and known here by the name Cushing. Theirs is one of 214 markers bearing the name Cushing in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Cushing family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
1831, Harriet J. Gilkey, dau. of Jacob and Deborah (Cushing) Gilkey. She was b. in Hing. Oct. 29, 1809, Cushing. 173 and d. 24 Feb. 1850, aet. 40 yrs. He m. secondly, Jan. 15, 1852, Nancy Sprague, dau. of John and Rebecca (Simmons) Sprague of Mf'd. She was b. at Mf'd, J uly 26, 1818. John d. 14 June, 1886, aet. 78 yrs. " Far- mer," and "shoemaker." Representative 1873
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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