Vital Records of Hingham, Mass.

On October 29, 1917, NEHGS purchased four items from Goodspeed's Book Shop of Boston including a handwritten extract of the vital records of Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1639-1844, recorded by Reuben Hersey in two volumes. Reuben Hersey (1780-1844), a life-long resident of Hingham, began around 1832 to extract genealogical and vital statistic data from the original town and church records of Hingham, Mass. He finished his project in 1844.

The records produced by Hersey are in the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department with call number. Mss 901.

A handwritten note in the frontispiece to Volume 2 states: "Reuben [Hersey], b. Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1780, s. Reuben & Mary, d., March 13, 1844, in 64 year of his age."

[Purchased from the bequest of Robert Charles Billings.]

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