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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Sollomon Ford

circa September 1778 (computed from age at death) – 27 Mar 1866

87 years 6 months · transcribed from the original coffin plate

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

27 Mar 1866

Date of birth

circa September 1778 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

87 years 6 months

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Sollomon Ford
Died March 27, 1866
Aged 87 Yrs. 6 Mos
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

About this record

I wanted to see if I could find out some more info on Sollomon, so I went to Ancestry.com and looked him up in the 1860 United States Federal Census.

1860 United States Federal Census for Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Household of Solomon Ford

NameAge in 1860BirthplaceGender
Solomon Ford81, carpenterMassachusettsMale
Lydia Ford70MassachusettsFemale
Lucy G Ford38MassachusettsFemale

I found this coffin plate in the state of New York. Some of his descendants may have ended up in that state.

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  • 1860 US Federal Census

    Solomon Ford 81, carpenter, b Massachusetts Male

    Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts

    1860 US Federal Census

    Lydia Ford 70 b Massachusetts Female

    Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts

    1860 US Federal Census

    Lucy G Ford 38 b Massachusetts Female

    Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-05-12
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