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High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Ann Catherine Adams Whitney Hersey

7 Jan 1802 – 22 May 1842 · about 40 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Ann Catherine Adams Whitney Hersey lived from 7 Jan 1802 to 22 May 1842, a span of about 40 years.

Born a Whitney, 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 8relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Rev Nicholas Bowes Whitney1772–1835also hereAnn Adams Whitney1776–1864also here
Ann Catherine Adams Whitney Herseym.Caleb Hersey1796–1882also here
Caleb Francis Hersey1823–1885also hereAnn Catherine Hersey Groce1833–1920also hereLydia Whitney Hersey1839–1906also here

SiblingsLydia Bowes Whitney1807–1838 · Benjamin Lincoln Whitney1810–1855

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
Ann C. A. Whitney, dau. of Rev. Nicholas Bowes and Ann (Adams) Whitney. She was b. in Hing. Jan. 7, 1802, and d. 23 May, 1842, aet. 40 yrs. He m. secondly, Dec. 12, 1843, Clarissa Adams, sister of Mrs. Whitney. She d. in Hing. 30 Apr. 1857, sat. 70 yrs. For his third w. he m. Oct. 8, 1862, Mrs. Rosella (Ford) Gardner, wid. of James Gardner, and a native of Mf'd. Caleb d.

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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