CUMMINGS, Ephraim

1706 - Abt 1771  (65 years)

• Name	CUMMINGS, Ephraim
  Born	10/10 Mar 1705/1706	Dunstable (Now Hudson), New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 11 Mar 1771	Hudson, New Hampshire, (Coffin Built On This Date)
  Person ID	I10973	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	CUMMINGS, Thomas Deacon,   b. 6 Oct 1658, Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 20/20 Jan 1722/1723, Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	WARNER, Pricilla,   b. 25 Sep 1666, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 1725  (Age > 60 years)
  Married	19 Dec 1688
  Family ID	F1170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BUTLER, Elizabeth,   b. 4 Sep 1704, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1732	Nottingham West, New Hampshire
  Children	1. CUMMINGS, Peter,   b. 8 Dec 1733, Nottingham West, New Hampshire ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. CUMMINGS, Sarah,   b. 12 May 1736, Nottingham West, New Hampshire ,   d. Bef 1790, Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire  (Age < 53 years)   3. CUMMINGS, David Captain,   b. 20 May 1738, Nottingham West, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire ,   d. 28 Feb 1803, Nottingham West, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire  (Age 64 years)   4. CUMMINGS, Elizabeth,   b. 26 Oct 1740, Nottingham West, New Hampshire ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. CUMMINGS, Ephraim,   b. 9 Apr 1743, Nottingham West, New Hampshire ,   d. 22 May 1803  (Age 60 years)   6. Hannah,   b. 29 Apr 1745, Nottingham West, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire ,   d. 7 Dec 1776  (Age 31 years)   7. CUMMINGS, Priscilla,   b. 7 Jul 1747, Nottingham West, New Hampshire ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F1410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ephraim settled on land in the south easterly part of what is now Hudson (Nottingham West), on land that had been laid out to his father and grandfather as part of their share of the proprietary lands of the town of Dunstable more than 40 years earlier. Ephraim's home was located on the south side of Bush Hill at the bottom of a long descent on the south side of the present highway. It seems likely that Ephraim settled there about the time of his marriage in 1732. The incorporation of the town of Nottingham took place in 1770. He was one of the prominent early citizens of the town. He was moderator of annual town meetings in 1762 and 1763, and was a member of the board of selectmen in 1756, 57, 62, 63 and 1766, he was a delegate to the General Court of New Hampshire, in 1760. We find no record of the death of Ephraim or of that of his wife Elizabeth. He died about March 9, 1771, according to the diary of Nathaniel Merrill, who made Ephraim's coffin, and he gave the date of Ephraim's funeral as March 11, 1771. - Recorded information regarding Ephraim: 1. His name appears on the tax list of Nottingham West,1733. ( History of Hudson, N.H., p. 95 ) 2. In 1737 he received 2 pounds for providing breakfast at the ordination of Rev. Nathaniel Merrill. 3. He and Elizabeth sold land in1740. 4. Oct. 29, 1746 Warrant issued for Ephriam Cummings and Robert Evans to appraise the estate of Phineas Spaulding. He signed the inventory on Nov. 7, 1746. (Probate Records Of The Province Of new Hampshire Volume 3 1741-1749 • New Hampshire Wills • 1746 ).