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High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Ann Adams Whitney

18 Jan 1776 – 22 Oct 1864 · about 88 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Ann Adams Whitney lived from 18 Jan 1776 to 22 Oct 1864, a span of about 88 years.

Born an Adams, and known here by the name Whitney. Theirs is one of 5 markers bearing the name Whitney in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 10relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Rev Moses Adams1749–1819Abigail Stone Adams1749–1812
Ann Adams Whitneym.Rev Nicholas Bowes Whitney1772–1835 (m. 1800)also here
Ann Catherine Adams Whitney Hersey1802–1842also hereLydia Bowes Whitney1807–1838✓also hereBenjamin Lincoln Whitney1810–1855

SiblingsDr Moses Adams1777–1839 · Josiah Adams1781–1854 · Joseph Adams1783–1814 · Clarissa Adams Whitney Hersey1787–1857

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

  • LivedMain St.
  • ChildrenLydia Bowes (b. Aug. 27, 1807)

Matched matching birth and death dates in the Whitcomb family entry of the 1893 History of Hingham, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
00, Ann, or Anna, dau. of Rev. Moses Adams. She was b. at Framingham, Jan. 18, 1776, and d. in Hing. 22 Oct. 1864, aet. 89th yr. He d. 26 Nov. 1835, aet 64th yr. Representative 1831 and 1832. Resided on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., b. in Hing., were — i. Ann Catherine Adams, Jan. 7, 1802. m. Dec. 25, 1821, Caleb Hersey, and d. 23 May, 1842, fet. 40 yrs. ii. Lydia Bowes, Aug. 27, 1807, d. unm. 5 July, 1

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). 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 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. 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 Ann'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.