High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Lt Josiah Lane
6 Jul 1736 – 13 Aug 1813 · about 77 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Lt Josiah Lane lived from 6 Jul 1736 to 13 Aug 1813, a span of about 77 years.
Theirs is one of 14 markers bearing the name Lane in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
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
Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Ebenezer › George › William.
Matched exact birth date in their own Lane family entry (no. 19), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
19. Josiah 5 (Ebenezer4-8 George2 William1), b. in Hing. July 6, 1736. m. Nov. 27, 1760, Lucy Tower, dau. of Peter and Patience (Gardner) Tower. She was b. in Hing. Feb. 17, 1741-42, and d. 1 Dec. 1807, aet. 66th yr. He d. 13 Aug. 1813, aet. 77 yrs. " Farmer." Resided on High St. Ch., all b. in Hing., were — Leavitt, May 26,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 19. 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 Josiah'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.