High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Mary Adams Fearing Tower

27 Jun 1817 – 4 Dec 1838 · about 21 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Mary Adams Fearing Tower lived from 27 Jun 1817 to 4 Dec 1838, a span of about 21 years.

Born a Fearing, and known here by the name Tower. Theirs is one of 75 markers bearing the name Tower in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 6relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Ezekiel Fearing1787–1865also hereAnna Cushing Fearing1791–1878also here
Mary Adams Fearing Tower
Isaiah Fearing Tower1838–1909

SiblingsSarah Gilkey Fearing Whiting1814–1894 · Olive Cushing Fearing Whiting1819–1850 · Hannah Lincoln Fearing Whiting1825–1910

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 Tower 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
dau. of Eze- kiel and Anna (Cushing) Fearing. She was b. in Hing. June 15, 1817, and d. 14 Dec. 1838, aet. 21 yrs. He m. secondly, Oct. 22, 1840, Sally Higgins, dau. of Sylvanus and Sarah (Linnell) Higgins. She was b. in Hing. Sept. 25, 1818. Isaiah G. d. 5 Dec. 1841, aet. 28 yrs. " Har- ness-maker." Resided in the North Ward. Ch., b. in Hing., — i. Isaiah Fearing, .

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

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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