26050.Joseph Cummings. Born ca Jan 1689/90 in Topsfield, MA. Joseph was baptized 26 Jan 1689/90.149 Joseph died in Topsfield, MA on 24 Dec 1729.149 He died of smallpox.
From the Cummings Memorial:149
Joseph “lived in Topsfield. January 13, I729-30, Capt. Joseph Cummings administered for the estate of Joseph, deceased, ‘his brother-in-law.’ The estate which the father, John, left to Joseph and John, sons, was, Oct. 26, 1722, divided equally. It contained 100 acres. Thos. Potter, of Ipswich, was appointed guardian of Joseph; Jacob Peabody, of Ipswich, of Jacob; Jos. Cummings, of Ipswich, of Moses; Aaron Estey, of Topsfield, of Daniel; and John Perkins, whose wife was Mary Estey, of Abigail. The children ‘on coming of age, sold their shares in the estate, so that the homestead passed out of the family name.’ (Hist. Coll. Topsfield.)”
On 22 May 1712 Joseph married Abigail Estey (14434) , daughter of Isaac Estey (ca 1656-1714) & Abigail Kimball (5059) (22 Mar 1667-12 Feb 1760).149 Born on 8 Jan 1691. Abigail died in Topsfield, MA 10 Jan 1729/30.149 She died of smallpox.
26051.John Cummings. Born ca Jul 1692 in Topsfield, MA. John was baptized in Ipswich, MA, on 17 Jul 1692. John died in Southboro, MA on 22 May 1756.
From the Cummings Memorial:149
John “lived first in Middleton and afterward in Andover. He died May 22, 1756, having made his will Dec. 19 previous, being then of Southboro. December 16, 1727, John and Stebbins, brothers, ‘exchallged messuages’ given by their father. In 1732, he is spoken of as belonging to Middleton, now ‘Porter-Gould place.’ March 13, 1739-40, mention is made of a deed of gift of one-half acre, known as ‘the burying place’ to him, and David Cummings and others, with privilege to pass for burial across the land of Joseph Herrick, of Topsfield. March 1, 1753, he bought of Nicholas Holt, land near Holt’s saw mill. Mary, the widow, administratrix, deeded in 1757, a four-acre piece, same tract as above, to Thomas Holt, Jr. In 1767, to same party, 15 acres on Salem road, Andover, bounded on Osgood’s farm; also four acres in Andover to Timothy Fuller, to which sale Jonathan and Lydia Cummings were witnesses. Jonathan Cummings and Lydia Oakes were married in Andover, Nov. 6, 1766. The inventory of John’s estate at his death was £95 5s. 5d. He seems to have removed to Southboro by I 748, buying land there of a Jolm How; his son-in-law, Thomas Goodale, buying an adjoining tract of a John Gould.”
18 Feb 1715/6 (Int.) John married Mercy Larrabee, daughter of Isaac Larrabee (ca 1663-10 May 1755).149 Born 26 Jan 1689/90 in Lynn, MA. Mercy died aft 1767.
Mercy, also called Mary, of Lynn. Children of John and Mercy (Larrabee) Cummings:
i. John Cummings, b. 19 Arp 1717;
ii. Hannah Cummings, b. 6 Nov 1718, m. 13 Dec 1739 Thomas Goodale;
iii. Mercy Cummings, b. 26 Oct 1720, m. 1 Jul 1740 Thomas Pike;
iv. Benjamin Cummings, b. 12 Jan 1723, d. 27 Nov 1731;
v. Reuben Cummings, b. 29 Jan 1726, m. Hannah Booth;
vi. Sarah Cummings, b. 30 May 1729, m. a Mr Nichols;
vii. Benjamin Cummings, b. 7 Oct 1731; and
viii. Joseph Cummings, b. 5 Feb 1733.149
26052.Isaac Cummings. Born on 25 Dec 1695 in Topsfield, MA.149 Isaac died in Topsfield, MA, on 13 Sep 1766; he was 70.
5 Jan 1720/1 Isaac married Hannah Estey (14435) , daughter of Isaac Estey (ca 1656-1714) & Abigail Kimball (5059) (22 Mar 1667-12 Feb 1760), in Topsfield, MA.149 Born on 18 May 1702 in Topsfield, MA. Hannah died in Stoughton, MA, on 23 Jun 1743; she was 41.149
Children of Isaac and Hannah (Estey) Cummings, born at Stoughton, MA:
i. Hannah Cummings, b. 26 Oct 1721, m. 23 Mar 1743 Phineas Rice;
ii. Isaac Cummings, b. 12 Feb 1723, d. 19 Dec 1743;
iii. Mary Cummings, b. 30 Sep 1726;
iv. Mehitabel Cummings, b. 8 Aug 1730;
v. Rebecca Cummings, b. 7 Aug 1738;
vi. Ebenezer Cummings, b. 17 Jun 1738;
vii. Sarah Cummings, b. 17 Jul 1740; and
viii. Noah Cummings, b. 14 Sep 1742.
26053.Cornet David Cummings. Born on 15 Apr 1698 in Topsfield, MA.149 David died in Topsfield, MA, on 2 Apr 1765; he was 66.149
From the Cummings Memorial:149
“David was known as ‘Cornet David.’ Several purchases and sales in Tops field are recorded in his hame. With his brohter John, he gave the land for the south side burying ground there. He woned land in Middleton also. In his will, dated 1761, provision was made for his widow’s home—’in the east end of my house with my mother, Susanna Cummings.’ Portions were willed to the older children, Samuel to have the residue of the estate, and to provide for Daniel and Archelaus.”
David first married Anna. Born ca 1710.149 Anna died in Topsfield, MA on 9 Feb 1741.149
30 Oct 1741 (Int.) David second married Sarah Goodhue, daughter of John Goodhue (ca 1679-ca 1771) & Sarah Sherwin (7 Oct 1683-).149 Born in 1713 in Ipswich, MA.149 Sarah died in Topsfield, MA on 30 Jun 1776.149
Children of David and Sarah (Goodhue) Cummings:
i. David Cummings, b. 26 Mar 1729;
ii. Jonathan Cummings, b. 14 Feb 1730/1, d. 5 Apr 1731;
iii. Samuel Cummings, b. 28 Feb 1731/2;
iv. Anna Cummings, b. 20 Oct 1734, d. 9 Feb 1825, m. 11 Apr 1754 Moses Perkins (b. 17 Dec 1732 at Topsfield, d. 7 Aug 1807, son of John & Mary (Estey) Perkins)
v. Susannah Cummings, b. 8 May 1737, m. 8 Dec 1763 Edmund Towne, moved to New Ipswich, NH;
vi. Elizabeth Cummings, b. 17 Sep 1739, d. 13 Feb 1741;
vii. Jonathan Cummings, b. 14 Oct 1743;
viii. Stephen Cummings, b. 27 Jan 1744/5, d. 27 May 1765;
ix. Elizabeth Cummings, b. 19 Jan 1746/7, d. 13 or 14 Feb 1746/7;
x. Daniel Cummings, b. 30 Aug 1749; and
xi. Archelaus Cummings, b. 1 Jan 1752.149
26054.Mary Cummings. Born on 13 May 1700 in Topsfield, MA.149 Mary died in Sutton, MA bef 1732.149
Children of Nathaniel and Mary (Cummings) Hutchinson:
i. Mary Hutchinson, bp. 15 Mar 1723/4;
ii. Susanna Hutchinson, bp. 28 Nov 1725; and
iii. Bethiah Hutchinson, bp. 14 Jul 1730.149
24 Jan 1722/3 Mary married Nathaniel Hutchinson (27640) , son of Benjamin Hutchinson (11288) (7 Jun 1666-ca Jun 1722) & Jane Phillips (say 1669-7 Nov 1711), in Topsfield, MA.149 Born on 3 May 1698 in Salem, MA.149 Nathaniel died in Sutton, MA in 1757.149
26055.Susanna Cummings. Born 13 Jan 1701/2 in Topsfield, MA.149
14 Feb 1721/2 Susanna married John Whipple (15490) , son of Joseph Whipple (31 Oct 1666-11 May 1699) & Mary Symonds (5771) (6 Jan 1672-20 Jun 1703).149 Born on 23 Oct 1695 in Salem, MA. John died in Sutton, MA ca 1740.
26056.Stebbins Cummings. Born on 3 Aug 1706 in Topsfield, MA. Stebbins died in Sutton, MA aft 22 Apr 1760. Occupation: Cooper.
Stebbins was named for his father’s brother Stebbings, who had died ‘by hand of the Indians’ earlier in the year.
On 26 Feb 1730 when Stebbins was 23, he married Ruth Giles, daughter of John Giles (ca 1671-10 May 1731) & Abigail Raymond (ca 1676-), in Topsfield, MA. Born ca 1705 in Salem, MA. Ruth was baptized in Salem, MA, on 16 Sep 1705.
26057.Samuel Cummings. Born 14 Feb 1708/9 in Topsfield, MA.149 Samuel died in Stoughton, MA (the part now Sharon) on 11 Dec 1804.149
Samuel transferred 23 Nov 1733 his title to the property in Middleton to his brother John and moved to Stoughton, MA.149
On 7 Nov 1733 Samuel married Susanna Hood (36175) , daughter of Nathaniel Hood (17392) (9 Jun 1669-30 Oct 1748) & Joanna Dwinnell (5 Sep 1684-1 Mar 1731/2).149 Born ca 1714 in Topsfield, MA. Susanna died in Stoughton, MA (the part now Sharon) on 14 Jan 1812.149
Children of Samuel and Susanna (Hood) Cummings:
i. Samuel Cummings, b. 12 Sep 1734;
ii. Susanna Cummings, b. 20 Dec 1735, m. 2 Dec 1762 Samuel Holmes of Stoughton;
iii. Joanna Cummings, b. 19 Sep 1737;
iv. Ruth Cummings, b. 9 Aug 1737, m. 1st 29 Nov 1759 WIlliam Hewins (b. 16 Dec 1733, d. 4 mar 1802), m. 2nd Col. Hammond of Watertown, MA;
v. Anna Cummings, b. ca. 1740, m. 14 Nov 1759 William Richards (b. 2 Aug 1734, d. 29 Jan 1801, son of William & Elizabeth (Baker) Richards);
vi. Solomon Cummings, b. 26 May 1741;
vii. Nathaniel Cummings, b. 8 May 1743;
viii. Mary Cummings, b. 20 Aug 1745;
ix. Rebecca Cummings, b. 14 oct 1748;
x. Richard Cummings, b. 19 Feb 1750;
xi. John Cummings, b. 22 Jun 1753; and
xii. Joseph Cummings, b. ca. 1755.149
26058.Rebecca Cummings. Born ca Nov 1713 in Topsfield, MA. Rebecca was baptized on 1 Nov 1713.149 Rebecca died in Topsfield, MA on 13 Aug 1734.
Children of Thomas and Rebecca (Cummings) Perkins:
i. Enoch Perkins, b. 16 Dec 1731; and
ii. Susanna, b. 30 Jul 1733, d. 24 May 1761.149
2 Feb 1730/1 Rebecca married Thomas Perkins, son of Zaccheus Perkins (ca 1647-1 Dec 1732) & Rebecca (-15 May 1747).149 Born on 30 Mar 1707 in Topsfield, MA.149 Thomas died in Topsfield, MA, on 4 Mar 1786; he was 78.149