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

Clement Meservey1805–1857Sarah Dearing Meservey1804–1845
Benjamin Franklin Meserveym.Susan Loring Dunbar Meservey1830–1904 (m. 1853)also here
Loring Mason Meservey1856–1857also hereAnnie Louise Meservey1859–1860also hereManly Clement Meservey1861–1928Benjamin Weston Meservey1865–1938

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.