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

Abigail A. Goold Towerm.Moses Tower1785–1862also here
Abner Jones Tower1827–1828also here

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