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High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Joshua Tower

7 Oct 1790 – 15 Jun 1845 · about 55 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Joshua Tower lived from 7 Oct 1790 to 15 Jun 1845, a span of about 55 years.

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

Isaiah Tower Jr1766–1807✓also hereHannah Jacob Tower1771–1807✓
Joshua Towerm.Anna Hersey Tower1788–1876 (m. 1811)✓also here
Joshua Tower1812–1884✓also hereAngelina Hersey Tower Cushing1818–1901✓also hereEdwin Tower1821–1910✓also hereMary Jane Tower Whitcomb1824–1901also hereAnna Hersey Tower1827–1907✓also here

SiblingsIsaiah Tower1789–1842 · Leavitt Tower1793–1882 · Reuben Tower1795–1881

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

  • ParentsIsaiah Tower
  • MarriedAnna Hersey (Nov. 21, 1811)
  • TradeCooper
  • LivedHigh St.
  • ChildrenJoshua (b. Aug. 27, 1812), Anna Cushing (b. Oct. 2, 1815), Angelina Hersey (b. Feb. 9, 1818), Edwin (b. Dec. 11, 1821)

Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Isaiah › Peter › Benjamin › John.

Matched exact birth date in their own Tower family entry (no. 43), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
43. Joshua6 (Isaiah6-4 Peter3 Benjamin2 John1), b. in Hing. Oct. 7, 1790. m. Nov. 21, 1811, Anna Hersey, dau. of John and Anna (Cushing) Hersey. She was b. in Hing. June 14, 1788, and d. 25 May, 1876, aet. 88th yr. He d. 15 June, 1845, ;et. 55th yr. "Cooper." Was for sev. yrs. capt. of the So. Hing. militia company. Resided on High St. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Joshua, Aug. 27, 1812. m. Louisa, dau. of Crocker and Deborah (Jacob) Wilder. Joshua d. 22 March, 1884, aet. 72d yr. He left no issue. ii. Anna Cushing, Oct. 2, 1815, d. 6 Dec. 1818. iii. Angelina Hersey, Feb. 9, 1818. in. May 2, 1839, Henry Cushing, widr.. iv. Edwin, Dec. 11, 1821. m. (1) Jan. 1, 1851, Maria, dau. of Capt. Rufus Chu…

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 43. Read on archive.org ↗

Where this was, today

The 1893 record places this person at High St. in Hingham. Today that is High Street, South Hingham. High Street itself, the road the cemetery sits on at 19 High Street. These neighbours lived within sight of where they would be buried. It is a short walk from the cemetery.

The street still carries the name; the exact house is not pinned, so read this as the block, not a doorstep.

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 Joshua'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.