High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Abigail A. Goold Tower
11 Apr 1786 – 26 Aug 1870 · about 84 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Abigail A. Goold Tower lived from 11 Apr 1786 to 26 Aug 1870, a span of about 84 years.
Born a Goold, 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
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Gates family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
16, 1784. m. (1) Bertha Binney, and (2) Mrs. Mary (Cole) Green leaf, ii. Jane, b. at Hull, Apr. 11, 1786, d. 12 May, 1787. iii. Abigail Andrews, b. at Hull, Apr. 11, 1786. m. Dec. 25, 1825, Moses Tower of Hing., widr.. iv. Mary, b. at Hull, Dec. 6, 1789. m. June 20, 1827, Lewis Pratt, v. Josiah Lincoln, b. in Hing. Jan. 10, 1792, d. 26 Feb. 1795, aet. 3 yrs. 2. vi. Robert,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hull, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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