High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Peter Lane

17 Feb 1791 – 21 Oct 1805 · about 14 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Peter Lane was a child, who lived from 17 Feb 1791 to 21 Oct 1805, about 14 years.

Theirs is one of 14 markers bearing the name Lane 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 birth date on a child line in the Lane family genealogy and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
i. Peter, Feb. 17, 1791, d. at Capt. Charles Cushing's, Oct. 1805, aet. 15th yr

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

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Peter'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.