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

Crocker Wilder Sr1770–1847also hereDeborah Jacob Wilder1773–1863also here
Lydia Wilder Whitonm.Elijah Whiton1799–1871also here

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

  • MarriedElijah Whiton (Sept. 18, 1822)

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.