High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Rebekah Hathaway Tower
1 Aug 1795 – 22 Aug 1876 · about 81 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Rebekah Hathaway Tower lived from 1 Aug 1795 to 22 Aug 1876, a span of about 81 years.
Born a Hathaway, and known here by the name Tower. 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
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact death date, found in the Tower family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Hathaway, dau. of Alanson and Rebecca (Battles) Hathaway of Ply. She was b. Aug. 1, 1795, and d. 22 Aug. 1876, aet. 81 yrs. Reuben d. 27 Oct. 1881, Bet. 86 yrs. " Clock- maker." Resided on Main, near High St. Ch.,— 50. i. Beuben, b. in Hing Nov. 30, 1820. ii. Rebekah, b. at Kingston, Feb. 18, 1822. m. Feb. 28, 1841, Ezra Wilder, iii. Betsey Ann, b. at Kingston, Sept. 3, 1823.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
The inscription
Age 81
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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The stone is still there.