Hingham LivesHigh Street Cemetery

High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Lucy Jacobs Hersey

1773 – 1861 · about 88 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Lucy Jacobs Hersey lived from 1773 to 1861, a span of about 88 years.

Born a Jacobs, 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.

View family network 11relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Capt. Joshua Jacobs1734–1808Elizabeth "Betsey" Richmond Jacobs1743–1788
Lucy Jacobs Herseym.Joshua Hersey1766–1853also here
Elizabeth Richmond Hersey1795–1819also hereLucy Hersey Cushing1803–1885also hereRachel Hersey1806–1870also hereHannah Hersey1808–1887also hereWilliam J. Hersey1815–1884also here

SiblingsJoshua Jacobs1767–1840 · Rhoda Jacobs Beal1778–1858 · Sylvester Jacobs1782–1864

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

Born in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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