High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Lydia French Hersey
? – 24 Sep 1861
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Lydia French Hersey died in 24 Sep 1861. The year of their birth has not survived in the record we hold.
Born a French, 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 9relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsLieut Nathaniel French Jr1828–1862 · Sarah L. French Prouty1832–1917 · Mary E French Pratt1834–1920 · Sgt Henry Chubbuck French1836–1864 · Patience French Prouty1838–1866 · Charles Edwin French1842–1864
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 French 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
Hingham in the Civil War.") ii. Lydia, Feb. 28, 1830. m. Oct. 2, 1853, Albert Hersey, and d. 24 Sept. 1861. iii. Sarah Leavitt, Sept. 19, 1831. m. (1) Edward A. F. Spear, and (2) Wil- liam Prouty, wid^. iv. Mary Elizabeth, Jan. 28, 1834. m. Harvey M. Pratt, v. Henry Chubbuck, June 30, 1836. m. Nov. 8, 1859, Anna M. Clapp of So. Scit., and d. while a prisoner at Belle Isle,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
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 Lydia'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.