High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Benjamin Franklin Meservey
16 Jul 1833 – 25 Jan 1911 · about 78 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Benjamin Franklin Meservey lived from 16 Jul 1833 to 25 Jan 1911, a span of about 78 years.
Theirs is one of 4 markers bearing the name Meservey in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsThomas Jefferson Meservey1835–1876 · George Lyman Meservey Sr1837–1928 · Emily Jane Meservey1841–1842 · Allen B. Meservey1845–1845
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Marsh family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
James J. Bailey. MESERVEY. Benjamin Franklin (Clement = Sarah Deering), b. at Hallowell, Me., July 16, 1833. m. Dec, 7, 1853, Susan L. Dunbar, dau. of John M. and Susan (Loring) Dunbar. She was b. in Hing. March 22, 1830. " Watchmaker and jeweller." Resides on Ship St. (See " Hingham in the Civil War.") Ch.,— i. Loring Mason, Sept. 25, 1856, d. in two weeks. ii. Annie Louise,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine, USA. 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 Benjamin'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.