High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Maria Thomas Cook

17 Mar 1857 – 25 Nov 1860 · about 3 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Maria Thomas Cook was a child, who lived from 17 Mar 1857 to 25 Nov 1860, about 3 years.

Theirs is one of 6 markers bearing the name Cook in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 5relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Charles Robert Cook1822–1902also hereLucy Baily Merritt Cook1830–1920also here
Maria Thomas Cook

SiblingsCharles W. Cook1862–1868

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

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 Cobb family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
1851, d. 22 Aug. 1852. Ch., b. in Hing., by w. Lucy, — iii. Maria Thomas, March 17, 1857, d. 25 Nov. 1860. iv. Charles Wallace, May 24, 1862, d. 7 June, 1868. Nathan E., m. in Hing. Dec. 22, 1849, Sarah E., only dau. of Thomas and Caroline Cook. She d. 30 Aug.,1856, aet. 29 yrs. " Mari- ner." Resided at the harbor. Ch.,— i. Walter, , d. aet. 8 mo's. ii. Adrian C, , d. aet.

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

Born and died in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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