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6 unusual facts about Hingham


Brittany Curran

Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, she also lived in other parts of the Massachusetts area including Avon, Marstons Mills, Cape Cod and Hingham.

Harold Hackett

Born in Hingham, Massachusetts, but a long-time resident of New York, Hackett turned in his best results in doubles with Fred Alexander.

Kevin Chapman

He is a Hingham, Massachusetts native and, as of 2013, currently lives there with his wife and two children.

USS LST-1064

She was laid down on 9 January 1945 at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts and was launched on 14 February 1945, called simply USS LST-1064.

USS LST-906

LST-906 was laid down on 24 January 1944 at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 11 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Henry Levine; and commissioned on 27 April 1944.

USS LST-953

Originally laid down as USS LST-953 on 15 September 1944 by the Bethlehem Steel Company of Hingham, Massachusetts; launched on 15 October; and commissioned on 7 November with Lieutenant T. W. Sexton in command.


Charles Henry Bromedge Caldwell

Charles Henry Bromedge Caldwell (1823, Hingham, Massachusetts – 1877, Waltham, Massachusetts) was a United States Navy officer during the American Civil War.

Christopher J. O'Hara

Chris has served on the faculties of the Shenandoah Arts Academy (Winchester, VA), the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (Lenox, MA), the Festival de Musica de Camara (Aguascalientes, Mexico), the International Institute and Festival at Round Top (Round Top, TX), and the South Shore Conservatory (Hingham, MA).

Hingham Bay

Military posts were established on Peddocks Island and Fort Revere at the strategically important Hull Gut entrance to Hingham Bay beginning in the American Revolution.

Isaac Hinckley

Hinckley was born on Oct. 28, 1815, in Hingham, Massachusetts, a son of Isaac Hinckley (1793-1818), who had gone to sea at a young age and rose to command three ships: the brig Reaper (1809-10), which he sailed on a trading voyage from Boston to Aden and Calcutta; the ship Tartar (1812-13), on another voyage to Calcutta; and finally the ship Canton (1815-18) for three voyages from Boston to Canton, China.

Jotham Gay

Gay later moved to Westmorland County, New Brunswick, then returned to Hingham where he died at the age of 69.

Marion Rice

Rice was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, settled in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and founded the "Marion Rice Studio of the Dance" where she taught and performed Denishawn technique for over 60 years.


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