High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
William Fearing
4 Jan 1818 – 29 Feb 1904 · about 86 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
William Fearing lived from 4 Jan 1818 to 29 Feb 1904, a span of about 86 years.
Theirs is one of 41 markers bearing the name Fearing in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsSophia G. Fearing Hersey1809–1892 · Mary Fearing Spaulding1811–1906 · Thomas Fearing III1814–1893
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: Thomas › John › Israel › John.
Matched exact birth date in their own Fearing family entry (no. 39), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
39. William 7 (Thomas w John " Israel 2 John x), b. in Hing. Jan. 4, 1818. m. Jan. 20, 1842, Mary J. Cushing, dau. of Pyam and Sarah (Jacob) Cushing. She was b. in Hing. Dec. 5, 1820, and d. 2 June, 1873, aet. 52 yrs. " Shoemaker." Resides on Main St., So. Hing. Child, b. in Hing., — i. Mary, Dec. 9, 1843. m. Apr. 6, 1881, Francis H. Litchfield. 228 Fearing.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 39. Read on archive.org ↗
Where this was, today
The 1893 record places this person at Main St. in Hingham. Today that is Main Street (Route 228). Main Street, today Route 228, runs from Hingham Harbour south through the Liberty Plain district to South Hingham. The old South Hingham families lived along its southern stretch, the road High Street Cemetery faces. 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 William'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.