High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Lydia Dyer Hersey Jacob
15 Aug 1817 – 8 Oct 1885 · about 68 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Lydia Dyer Hersey Jacob lived from 15 Aug 1817 to 8 Oct 1885, a span of about 68 years.
Born a Hersey, and known here by the name Jacob. Theirs is one of 28 markers bearing the name Jacob in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsMary Stowers Hersey Cushing1818–1892 · Henrietta Hersey Ripley1836–1868
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Henderson family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Insur- ance Company, and held other positions of trust. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Lydia Dyer, Aug. 15, 1817. m. Aug. 29, 1847, Joshua Jacobs, widr„ ii. Mary Stowers, Sept. 15, 1818. m. Robert Cushing. 96. iii. Henry, May 2, 1820. iv. Anna C, May 10, 1822. m. May 31, 1843, Pyam C. Burr, v. Betsey Reed, Nov. 23, 1823. ra. Nov. 27, 1845, Theophilus Burr, Jr. 97. vi. Seth Stowers,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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