High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Priscilla Stodder Hersey

16 Aug 1797 – 25 Sep 1874 · about 77 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Priscilla Stodder Hersey lived from 16 Aug 1797 to 25 Sep 1874, a span of about 77 years.

Born a Stodder, and known here by the name Hersey. 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
Priscilla Stodder Herseym.Nathaniel Hersey1797–1867also here
Hollis Hersey1833–1865Susan H. Hersey Eberle1844–1912Albert Herseyunknown–1901also here

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

  • MarriedNathaniel Hersey (Dec. 12, 1824)

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Stodder family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
ii. Priscilla, Aug. 16, 1797. m. Dec. 12, 1824, Nathaniel Hersey, Jr

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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