High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

David Loring

15 Sep 1671 – 27 Jul 1752 · about 81 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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David Loring lived from 15 Sep 1671 to 27 Jul 1752, a span of about 81 years.

Theirs is one of 18 markers bearing the name Loring in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 2relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
David Loringm.Elizabeth Otis Allyn Loring1671–1748 (m. 1699)
Mrs Lydia Loring Lincoln1711–1799

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 on a child line in the Loring family genealogy and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
v. David, Sept. 15, 1671

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

The inscription

Here lies the body of Mr David Loring late of Barnstable who died July ye 27th 1752. Aged 80 years & 10 months.

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

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