High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Frances Whitney Hersey

10 Jul 1859 – 16 Oct 1949 · about 90 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Frances Whitney Hersey lived from 10 Jul 1859 to 16 Oct 1949, a span of about 90 years.

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

View family network 5relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Caleb Francis Hersey1823–1885also hereBetsey S. Shute Hersey1820–1890also here
Frances Whitney Hersey

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 birth 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
1885, aet. 62 yrs. " Farmer." Resided on Main St., So. Hing. Child, — i. Frances Whitney, July 10, 1859. Hersey. 325 99. William H.7 (Warren A.6 Abijah w Jeremiah3 John2 Wil- liam l), b. in Hing. Nov. 27, 1840. m. first, Aug. 31, 1869, Sarah L., dau. of Stephen P., and Sarah L. (Nye) Goold ; and secondly, Nov. 10, 1880, Effie A. Whiton, dau. of Albert and Sarah A. (Hersey)

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

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