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From "The Cummings Memorial, A Genealogical History of the Descendants ofIsaac Cummings, An E arly Settler of Topsfield, Massachusetts", compiledby Rev. George Mooar, New York, 1903:
Deacon Jonathan Cummings . . He settled in what is Merrimac, New Hampshire, on afarm known later as th e Wm. McKeen place. It was then in the bounds ofNaticook (Litchfield), which included the ea st and west sides of theriver, but is was set Merrimac in 1746. He was selectman in Litchfie ldin 1744; moderator of the first town meeting in Merrimac and selectmanthere, 1748-49-51 ; member of the Merrimac Church at it formation in1771; elected deacon, Nov. 2, 1772.
A Susanna Cummings married March 26, 1778, Capt. Thomas Barnes, whosefirst wife Rachel died 1 771. He died 1805. Was this Jonathan'sdaughter, or his son Joseph's widow?
From A.O. Cummins:
He bought about 6000 acres of land in Merrimac about two miles west ofThornton's Ferry, and t here settled. Sold a part but kept a large farmbordering on Naticook pond. Very good land b ut considerably uneven. Hewas one of the founders of the church in Merrimac, and one of th e firsttwo deacons. Was a leading man in the affairs of the town, and a deaconmany years. T he births of his children are recorded in the old Dunstablerecords. (This was when Merrima c was a part of Dunstable.)
Jonathan was the 'kinsman of Lovewell's 3rd Expedition who was toaccompany his kinsman, Willi am Cummings home.
From NEGHR, Vol. 63, July 1909, page 296, within an article aboutLovewell's Men on the 3r d & final expedition, by Ezra Scollay Stearns,A.M., of Fitchburg, MA:
"WILLIAM CUMMINGS, son if John & Elizabeth (Kinsley) Cummings . ..enlisted from Dunstable, an d it is stated by Symmes that on the outwardmarch at Contoocook he became disabled by a woun d previously received,and was sent home in care of a kinsman. . . .
"JONATHAN CUMMINGS, son of Dea. Thomas and Priscilla (Warner) Cummings .. . enlisted from Dun stable. On the outward march, 'when they came asfar as Coontoocook' Jonathan Cummings was de tailed to assist his kinsmanWilliam Cummings to his home. They were cousins, and were the on lyrepresentatives of the Cummings family who were grantees of Suncook. . .. The misstatemen t of Judge Potter that Josiah Cummings was the soldierwho was sent home with his kinsman Will iam Cummings is repeated in theCummings genealogies. In an official list of sixty-two men wh o served inthe second expedition under Capt. Lovewell, but did not serve in thethird expediti on, is found the name of Josiah Cummings. This list wasprepared by a committee of the Genera l Court. (See Massachusetts.Archives, Vol. 72, p. 367) On account of service in the seconde xpedition he was a grantee of Voluutown, now Petersham. Josiah Cummingswas a son of Abraha m and Sarah (Wright) Cummings. . . He was a cousin ofJonathan and of William Cummings."
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1703 - 1791 (87 years)