High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Henry Hersey

8 May 1820 – 27 Aug 1853 · about 33 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Henry Hersey lived from 8 May 1820 to 27 Aug 1853, a span of about 33 years.

Theirs is one of 56 markers bearing the name Hersey in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 4relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Henry Herseym.Betsey S. Shute Hersey1820–1890 (m. 1845)also here
Henry Reed Hersey1847–1852also hereArthur Melville Hersey1851–1852also hereElizabeth H. M. Hersey Ripley1853–1918

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 Henderson 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
surviving him, m. secondly, Aug. 15, 1858, Caleb F. Hersey. Henry d. at New Orleans, La., 27 Aug. 1853, aet. 33 yrs. " Merchant." Resided in Hing., and at New Orleans. Ch., — i. Henry Reed, b. in Hing. July 14, 1847, d. 22 Sept. 1852. ii. Arthur Melville, b. at New Orleans, June 4, 1851, d. 26 Nov. 1852. in. Elizabeth Henry Melville, b. at New Orleans, Oct. 21, 1853. m.

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

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA.

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