High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Lydia Wilder Whiton
24 Jan 1801 – 4 Dec 1864 · about 63 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Lydia Wilder Whiton lived from 24 Jan 1801 to 4 Dec 1864, a span of about 63 years.
Born a Wilder, and known here by the name Whiton. Theirs is one of 11 markers bearing the name Whiton in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsDeborah Wilder Kilby1796–1869 · Martha Collamore Wilder Tower1797–1875 · Hannah Wilder Clapp1799–1871 · Crocker Wilder Jr1802–1875 · Eunice Wilder Fearing1807–1891 · Sarah Wilder Gardner1809–1882
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
Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Wilder family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
iv. Lydia, Jan. 24, 1801. m. Sept. 18, 1822, Elijah Whiton. 51
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
The inscription
LYDIA, wife ofELIJAH WHITONDied Dec. 4, 1864Aged 63 yrs. 10 mos.
Born and 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 Lydia'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.