Lieutenant John Cummings served with New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.
John was born in 1735. John Cummings ... He passed away in 1805. [1]
The History of Hancock, New Hampshire has the following:
John, [son of Lieut. John and Sarah (Lawrence) Cummings], born March 6, 1736-1737. In 1761 he married Rebecca Reed [2] and settled in Hollis [New Hampshire] as early as 1758. He answered the call for soldiers in the war of the Revolution April 19, 1775. He was ensign in a company of seventy men from Hollis under Captain Reuben Dow, in Colonel Prescott's regiment, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He attained the rank of Captain in the service. It is not known how long he remained in the army.
In June, 1779 he was in Hollis and brought his family here in 1782 or 1783. He died Oct 5, 1805. His wife died Oct 28, 1807 aged 65. [3]
Sources
↑ Entered by Dee Christophel D'Errico, Nov 4, 2011
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89XF-Z5S3?cc=2061550 : 29 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
↑The History of Hancock New Hampshire 1764-1889 by William Willis Hayward. Published by Orland Eaton, Agent. Joshua Stanley Lakin, John Peabody Hills, Town History Committee. Lowell, Mass. Vox Populi Press: S.W.Huse & Co. 1889. (Page: 474)
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 6 May 2019), "Record of CUMMINGS, JOHN JR", Ancestor # A028552.
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