Hingham LivesHigh Street Cemetery

High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Moses Tower

5 Apr 1785 – 31 Oct 1862 · about 77 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Moses Tower lived from 5 Apr 1785 to 31 Oct 1862, a span of about 77 years.

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

Malachi Tower1761–1833✓Bathsheba Wetherbee Tower✓also here
Moses Tower
Mary Jones Tower Allen1810–1883✓Moses Binney Tower1814–1898✓also hereJohn Wesley Tower1821–1893✓Spencer Binney Tower1823–1841✓also hereAbner Jones Tower1827–1828✓also here

SiblingsPeter Tower1787–1865 · John Hancock Tower Sr1794–1856

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

  • ParentsMalachi Tower
  • MarriedAbigail Andrews Goold (Dec. 25, 1825)
  • TradeFarmer
  • ChildrenMary Jones (b. Feb. 24, 1810), Moses Binney (b. Apr. 26, 1814), Thomas Jones (b. Sept. 29, 1818), John Wesley (b. Aug. 11, 1821)

Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Malachi › Peter › Jeremiah › John.

Matched exact birth date in their own Tower family entry (no. 46), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
46. Moses7 (Malachi6-6 Peter4 Jeremiah8-2 John1), was b. at Ded- ham, Apr. 5, 1785, and bt. in Hing. Sept. foil. He m. first, at Hull, May 7, 1809, Mary Binney, dau. of Spencer and Mary (Jones) Bin- ney. She was b. at Hull, June 14, 1790, and d. in Hing. 12 June, 1825, aet. 35 yrs. He m. secondly, Dec. 25, 1825, Abigail Andrews Goold, dau. of Robert and Molly (Lincoln) Goold. She was b. at Hull, Apr. 11, 1786, and d. in Hing. 26 Aug. 1870, aet. 84 yrs. Moses d. 31 Oct. 1862, 33t. 78th yr. " Farmer." Resided at "Great Hill," Hobart St. Ch., b. in Hing., by w. Mary, — i. Mary Jones, Feb. 24, 1810. m. Aug. 10, 1835, Rev. Ralpb W. Allen. Resided at Maiden, where she d. 25 Nov. 1883, aet. 74th yr…

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 46. Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. 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 Moses'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.