Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Joseph Cummings (39267) & Mary Hale (41384)
55054. Joseph Cummings. Born on 27 Dec 1745 in Ipswich, MA.149 Joseph died in Marlborough, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, on 24 Sep 1788; he was 42.149 Education: Harvard 1768.

From the Cummings Memorial:149
    Joseph “taught school after leaving college and studied divinity in his native town. In July, 1778, being then of Saybrook, N. H., he bought for £150, 1OO acres of land in Dublin, N. H., which he afterward sold to his brother Amos. He came to Marlboro, N. H., in 1778, as a candidate, and having received a call to become pastor was ordained there Nov. 11th of the same year, the first pastor of the church. He was dismisred Dec. 26, 1780, under certain charges impugning his ministerial standing, which were sustained by a council. He then returned to Topsfield and soon after went to Ohio as land agent for a Massachusetts company. On his way home he was taken suddenly ill, and came to Marlboro to the house of his brother, Amos, where he died.”
On 5 Dec 1776 when Joseph was 30, he married Anna Gove, daughter of Jonathan Gove (2 May 1695-6 Aug 1761) & Hannah Wathen (14 Feb 1711-9 Dec 1801).149 Born on 2 Apr 1754 in Seabrook, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Anna died on 22 Jul 1792; she was 38.149

Children of Joseph and Anna (Gove) Cummings:
    i. Charles Cummings, b. 23 Sep 1777 at Seabrook, d. 27 Dec 1849, m. Polly Hemenway;
    ii. Mary Cummings, b. 31 Aug 1779, d. 22 Jun 1871 at Boxford, m. 8 Jun 1802 Jacob Batchelder (b. 2 Jul 1779, d. 1 Feb 1853);
    iii. Cyrus Cummings, b. 30 Jul 1782, d. 26 Apr 1827 at Topsfield, m. 25 May 1809 Susanna Wildes (d. 7 Jan 1852, dau. of Moses & Susanna Wildes);
    iv. Cynthia Cummings, b. 5 Apr 1783, d. 6 Jul 1853 at Sanbornton, NH, m. 2 Mar 1812 Simon Lane (d. 5 Jun 1837, he 1st m. 1807 Abigail Pillsbury);
    v. Samuel Cummings, b. 5 Apr 1785, d. Jun 1802 at Topsfield; and
    vi. Sophia Cummings, b. 12 Jul 1787, d. 2 Jan 1845, m. Daniel Story of Portmouth, NH.
55055. Jonathan Cummings. Born ca Jul 1747 in Ipswich, MA. Jonathan was baptized in Ipswich, MA, on 26 Jul 1747.149 Jonathan died in Ipswich, MA on 13 Jun 1752.
55056. Hannah Cummings. Born ca Jun 1751 in Ipswich, MA. Hannah was baptized in Ipswich, MA, on 30 Jun 1751.149 Hannah died in Ipswich, MA on 4 Apr 1758.
55057. Mary Cummings. Born ca Sep 1753 in Ipswich, MA. Mary was baptized in Ipswich, MA, on 23 Sep 1753.149 Mary died in Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, Maine.
On 29 Aug 1776 Mary married Zebulon Smith (49548) , son of Zebulon Smith (32730) (ca 1726-1759) & Rachel Tilton (13 Sep 1731-May 1794), in Wenham, MA. Born ca 1754 in Ipswich, MA. Zebulon died in Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, Maine in 1809. Marriage intention published on 7 Jul 1776 at Ipswich, MA.

Zebulon, of Ipswich.
55058. Jonathan Cummings. Born on 7 Oct 1755 in Ipswich, MA.149 Jonathan was baptized on 9 Nov 1755. Jonathan died in Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont, on 28 Feb 1846; he was 90.

From the Cummings Memorial:149
    Johnathan “was taken prisoner during the Ware of Independence and confined for some time in Jamaica, West Indies. ... His father left him land near Stone Bridge, in Ipswich, which he sold and removed to Topsfield, where he lived till somewhere about 1806, when he went to Upper Coos County, N. H., and in 1820 settled in Guildhall, Vt.”
On 23 May 1780 when Jonathan was 24, he first married Elizabeth White, daughter of Josiah White (14 Apr 1703-7 Feb 1761) & Sarah Prime (Feb 1714/5-bef 1750). Born on 10 Jun 1744 in Wenham, MA. Elizabeth died on 20 Oct 1797; she was 53.149

Elizabeth, of Wenham, was of Topsfield when she married. Children of Jonathan and Elizabeth (White) Cummings:
    i. Polly Cummings, b. 15 Sep 1781, d. 22 Apr 1783;
    ii. Elizabeth Cummings, b. 26 May 1783, d. 18 Aug 1851, m. 1st 17 Sep 1804 John Lummiss, m. 2nd a Mr Dodge, m. 3rd a Mr Knowleton; and
    iii. Lydia, b. 1 Dec 1784, d. 17 Jun 1817.149
On 20 Dec 1798 when Jonathan was 43, he second married Lucy Kimball. Born on 31 Jan 1765. Lucy died on 9 Nov 1857; she was 92.

child of Jonathan & Lucy (Kimball) Cummings:
    i. Isaac Cummings, b. 18 Oct 1799.
55059. Hannah Cummings. Born ca Jan 1758. Hannah was baptized on 8 Jan 1758.149 Hannah died on 4 Apr 1758.149
55060. Mehitabel Cummings. Born ca Dec 1758. Mehitabel was baptized on 13 Mar 1759.149 Mehitabel died bef 1795.
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