High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Mary S Whiton

? – 17 Feb 1889

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Mary S Whiton died in 17 Feb 1889. The year of their birth has not survived in the record we hold.

Theirs is one of 11 markers bearing the name Whiton in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact death date, found in the Worrick family genealogy — read as a lead and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
p. 307 : 69), d. 28 Feb. 1889, aet. 63 yrs. Mary S., wid. of Elijah (III. p. 305 : 60), d. 17 Feb. 1889, aet. 77th Royal (III. p. 305 : 58, v.), d. at Dor. 20 Aug. 1889, aet 69 yrs. Samuel (III. p. 293 : 16), left a will dated 7 Feb. 1777, in which he provides liberally for w. Mary, and for ch. Joanna, w. of Enoch Whiton ; Mary, w. of Lemuel Whiton ; Margaret ; and Judith,

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

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 Mary'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.