High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Mary Ann Spooner Wilder

1799 – 22 Dec 1882 · about 83 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Mary Ann Spooner Wilder lived from 1799 to 22 Dec 1882, a span of about 83 years.

Born a Spooner, and known here by the name Wilder. Theirs is one of 41 markers bearing the name Wilder in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

William B. Spooner1770–1848Lydia Bryant Spooner1774–1840
Mary Ann Spooner Wilderm.Crocker Wilder Jr1802–1875also here
William Crocker Wilder1829–1891also hereCharlotte Spooner Wilder1834–1906also here

SiblingsLeonora Spooner1813–1876 · Richard H. Spooner1817–1853

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact death date, found in the Wilder family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
1828, Mary Ann Spooner, dau. of William and Lydia (Bryant) Spooner of Boston. She d. in Hing. 22 Dec. 1882, aet. 83 yrs. He d. 19 Dec, 1875, aet. 74th yr. " Manuf'r of pails," and for sev. yrs. president of the Hing. Nat! Bank. Rep- resentative at the General Court, 1863, 1864, and 1865. Resided on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., b. in Hing., — 61. i. William Crocker, Aug. 1,1829.

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

Born in Boston, Suffolk 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 Mary'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.