High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Thomas Fearing III

4 Jun 1814 – 3 Apr 1893 · about 79 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Thomas Fearing III lived from 4 Jun 1814 to 3 Apr 1893, a span of about 79 years.

Theirs is one of 41 markers bearing the name Fearing in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 8relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Thomas Fearing Jr1778–1827Patty Whiton Fearing1776–1851
Thomas Fearing IIIm.Susan R York Fearing1823–1885also here
Charles Thomas Fearing1846–1922also hereSusan Maria Fearing Groves1850–1929also here

SiblingsSophia G. Fearing Hersey1809–1892 · Mary Fearing Spaulding1811–1906 · William Fearing1818–1904

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • ParentsThomas Fearing
  • MarriedSusan York
  • TradeShoemaker

Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Thomas › John › Israel › John.

Matched exact birth date in their own Fearing family entry (no. 38), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
38. Thomas 7 (Thomas 6~5 John w Israel 2 John x), b. in Hing. June 4, 1814. m. Susan York. She was b. at Newfield, Me., Jan. 1, 1823, and d. 3 Feb. 1885, aet. 62 yrs. " Shoemaker." Resides on the pater- nal homestead, Free St. Ch., b. in Hing., — 45. i. Charles Thomas, ii. Susan Maria, . m. Feb. 27, 1873, George C. Reed.

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 38. Read on archive.org ↗

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

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