High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Ann Catherine Adams Whitney Hersey
7 Jan 1802 – 22 May 1842 · about 40 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Ann Catherine Adams Whitney Hersey lived from 7 Jan 1802 to 22 May 1842, a span of about 40 years.
Born a Whitney, and known here by the name Hersey. Theirs is one of 56 markers bearing the name Hersey in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsLydia Bowes Whitney1807–1838 · Benjamin Lincoln Whitney1810–1855
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Henderson family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
Ann C. A. Whitney, dau. of Rev. Nicholas Bowes and Ann (Adams) Whitney. She was b. in Hing. Jan. 7, 1802, and d. 23 May, 1842, aet. 40 yrs. He m. secondly, Dec. 12, 1843, Clarissa Adams, sister of Mrs. Whitney. She d. in Hing. 30 Apr. 1857, sat. 70 yrs. For his third w. he m. Oct. 8, 1862, Mrs. Rosella (Ford) Gardner, wid. of James Gardner, and a native of Mf'd. Caleb d.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
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The stone is still there.