14. Margaret Tower, Ibrook Tower

Margaret Tower
1647 - 1705
Artistic Features

Tower has the oldest grave in the cemetery. Her gravesite was marked with a stone after her death in 1708. Margaret was from Braintree and she married Ibrook Tower with whom she had 12 children. She died in Hingham's Second Precinct, later Cohasset.

Ibrook Tower
1644 – 1732
Industry

Tower was a farmer and selectman in the Second Precinct in 1699. He married Margaret Tower, who has the oldest gravesite in the cemetery. He’s noted for his and his father's stronghold against the Indians during King Philip's War. His cellar and well on King Street can be traced back to that time period. The well is there but was filled in for safety.