High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Lydia Dyer Hersey Jacob

15 Aug 1817 – 8 Oct 1885 · about 68 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Lydia Dyer Hersey Jacob lived from 15 Aug 1817 to 8 Oct 1885, a span of about 68 years.

Born a Hersey, and known here by the name Jacob. Theirs is one of 28 markers bearing the name Jacob in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 5relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Capt Seth S. Hersey1790–1878also hereBetsey Reed Hersey1796–1873also here
Lydia Dyer Hersey Jacobm.Joshua Jacob1817–1879also here

SiblingsMary Stowers Hersey Cushing1818–1892 · Henrietta Hersey Ripley1836–1868

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
Insur- ance Company, and held other positions of trust. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Lydia Dyer, Aug. 15, 1817. m. Aug. 29, 1847, Joshua Jacobs, widr„ ii. Mary Stowers, Sept. 15, 1818. m. Robert Cushing. 96. iii. Henry, May 2, 1820. iv. Anna C, May 10, 1822. m. May 31, 1843, Pyam C. Burr, v. Betsey Reed, Nov. 23, 1823. ra. Nov. 27, 1845, Theophilus Burr, Jr. 97. vi. Seth Stowers,

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

Born in Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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