Jacob Cummings (1717 - 1814)

Born 12 May 1717 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 13 Oct 1814 at age 97 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Constable Jacob Cummings was a Civil Servant in the American Revolution.

Biography

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Christening

Christening:

Date: 19 May 1717

Place: Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

Burial

Burial:

Place: Old Cemetery, Sutton - Behind Town Hall

Note

Note: BIRTH

b. May 12, 1717 (2)

MARRIAGE

Husband: Jacob Cummings

Wife: Mary Marble

Child: Daniel Cummings

Marriage:

Date: 21 Jan 1740/1741

Place: Sutton, Massachusetts

He and Mary Marble were married by Rev. David Hall of Sutton on Jan. 21, 1740-41 (1)

m. Jan. 21, 1740, in Sutton, Mary, dau. of Freegrace and Mary (Sibley) Marble, b. Apr. 4, 1721. (2)

CHILDREN

Mary b 1741 m.John Putnam Jr.

Jacob b 1742

*Daniel b 1743

Jesse b 1745

Betty b 1747

Hannah b. 1748

Free b 1751

Asa b 1753

Zipporah b 1756

Ann b 1758

Huldah b 1763

DEATH

d. Oct. 13, 1814, aged 97 years, 5 months and one day. (2)

BURIAL

He is buried in the old cemetery behind the present Town Hall. His lot is situated between the Dike family monument and the Rifenger family lot, on which is a very permanent headstone. There is quite a space with plain indications of several graves, at the head of one of which is a slate headstone in perfect condition marked "Miss Anna, dau. of Jacob and Mary Cummings, died Oct. 4, 1794, int he 37th year of her age," thus establishing the identity of Jacob's family lot; although there had evidently never been placed anything but this lone marker on the lot. Under the above inscription are these two lines:

"Stop passenger and cast an eye,

For here remember you must die." (2)

WILL

BIOGRAPHY

At the age of twelve years, he was left an orphan, his father and mother having suddenly died from small-pox. At the death of the parents, the children were placed under guardianship, and on coming of age, at different times, sold their shares in the estate, so that the homestead passed out of the family name. At the age of sixteen years, he went to Sutton and lived with relatives there. (2)

He lived in Sutton, having bought land there (lot 13) on April 29, 1736 He was a "house-wright" by trade. (2) Note Deeded his one-sixth interest in his father's estate 1740 to his brother Joseph (Isaac Cummings Family Association )

Revolutionary War - Civil Service (Isaac Cummings Family Association )

His wife d. July 10, 1799.

Sources

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHW8-BLW : 10 November 2020), Jacob Cummings, 21 Jan 1741; citing Marriage, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F5-TFL : 10 November 2020), Jacob Commings in entry for Mary Commings, 5 May 1741; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F5-TF5 : 10 November 2020), Jacob Commings in entry for Jacob Commings, 21 Jul 1742; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F5-YWG : 10 November 2020), Jacob Commings in entry for Daniel Commings, 17 Oct 1743; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F5-YWR : 10 November 2020), Jacob Commings in entry for Jesse Commings, 6 Nov 1745; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F5-Y4G : 10 November 2020), Jacob Commings in entry for Betty Commings, 29 Jul 1747; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F5-Y4R : 10 November 2020), Jacob Commings in entry for Hannah Commings, 4 Oct 1748; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F5-Y4B : 10 November 2020), Jacob Commings in entry for Free Commings, 3 Aug 1751; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F5-YH9 : 10 November 2020), Jacob Commings in entry for Asa Commings, 4 Nov 1753; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F5-YHQ : 10 November 2020), Jacob Commings in entry for Lipporah Commings, 17 Oct 1756; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F5-YH4 : 10 November 2020), Jacob Commings in entry for Anne Commings, 28 Apr 1758; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F5-YHZ : 10 November 2020), Jacob Commings in entry for Huldah Commings, 20 May 1763; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHFX-LXN : 10 November 2020), Jacob Cummings in entry for Mary Cummings, 10 Jul 1799; citing Death, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHFF-86R : 10 November 2020), Jacob Cummings in entry for Asa Cummings, 24 Jan 1841; citing Death, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-01-01), "Record of Jacob Cummings", Ancestor # A028544.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 3, p. 864

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-W8SH : 15 December 2020), Jacob Comings, 21 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711082.

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK5-GTVV : 15 November 2020), Jacob Comings, 21 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK5-GTVK : 15 November 2020), Jacob Comings or Cummings, 10 Dec 1776; citing Military Service, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6D-GQ48 : 15 November 2020), Jacob Commings or Cummings, 30 Jul 1780; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-7BF : accessed 1 January 2021), Jacob Cummings, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 548, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• Cummins, Albert Oren. Cummings Genealogy (Argus and Patriot, Montpelier, VT, 1904)

• Mooar, George. The Cummings Memorial (B.F. Cummings., New York, 1903)

• S155Ancestry Family Trees; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Family Line.ged on 01 March 2011.
• WikiTree profile Cummings-800 created through the import of Winn.ged on Dec 20, 2011 by Elizabeth S.