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3. Anna, born November 14, 1721, married Stev- ens. 4. Francis, born October 26, 1723, men- tioned below. 5. Philip, born September 14, 1725, married, February 15, 1749, Miriam Webster. 6. Joanna, born July 16, 1731, married, April 30, 1754, John Hubbard.
(IV) Captain Francis Davis,
son of
Francis Davis (3), was born at Amesbury, October 26, 1723, and baptised July 6, 1729, in the second parish. He was drowned at.Derry, New Hampshire, November 26, 1784. He married, September 3, 1745, Elizabeth Ferrin, who was born at Amesbury, September 20, 1724, and died at Davisville, Warner, New Hampshire, December 20, 1793. Both owned the covenant at Warner, New Hampshire. In 1765 he bought of Samuel Hadley, of Ames- bury, a half-share, and of Joseph Peaslee, of Amesbury, - in Warner ; December, 1767, he and his wife sold their homestead and re- moved to Warner about 1767. He built the mill at Davisville which was named for him and others of the family. The mill and home- stead have remained in the possession of the family, his lineal descendants. He was active in procuring the charter for Warner, was auth- orized to call the first town meeting of the inhabitants, was chosen the first moderator and the first representative to the legislature, was captain of the military company and the first citizen and patriot of the town during
the revolution. He was drowned November 26, 1784, on his way from Warner to Ames- bury. . Children: 1. Gertrude, born at Ames- bury, December 22, 1746, baptized there May 17, 1747. 2. Zebulon, born June 2, 1748, mar- ried Hannah Currier. 3. Sarah, born 1749. 4. Joanna, born October 22, 1751. 5. Wells, born March 29, 1753, married, October, 1776, Abigail Sawyer, soldier in the revolution. 6. Ichabod, born February 21, 1755. 7. Francis, born May 27, 1758, married, October 19, 1780, Lavinia Thurber ; soldier in revolution. 8. Elizabeth, born February 1, 1759, died October 23, 1763. 9. Aquila, born June 27, 1760, mentioned below. 10. Paul, born March 28, 1762, married, September 7, 1783, Betty Eastman ; died October 31, 1784. 11. Nathan, born November 9, 1765, married, March 9, 1786, Molly Fox.
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(V) General Aquila Davis, son of Captain Francis Davis (4), was born at Amesbury, June 27, 1760, baptized August 31, 1760. He was a soldier in the revolution and served in campaigns on the Hudson, in New Jersey and at Saratoga. He witnessed the surrender of General Burgoyne. He rose to the rank of colonel after the war, and commanded the Thirtieth New Hampshire Regiment from 1799 to 1807, and was brigadier-general of the Fourth Brigade from 1807 to 1809. He resigned, but when the war broke out in 1812 he raised the first regiment of New Hamp- shire Volunteers, enlisted for one year and was commissioned colonel by President Madi- son. Subsequently his regiment was trans- ferred to the Forty-fifth United States Infan- try and he accepted the lieutenant-colonelcy. After the war he returned to his mills and a farm at Davisville, and was one of the leading citizens of Warner until his death. Following is his discharge from the revolutionary service, after three years of hard service: "Aquila Davis, of the Third New Hampshire Regi- ment, formerly an inhabitant of Amesbury, having faithfully and honorably served as a soldier in the service of the United States of America, the term of three years, it being the term of his enlistment, is discharged from the service, and is at liberty to return to his home. D. Livermore, Captain Third New Hampshire Regiment, May 10, 1780."
It is related of him that while stationed on an island on Lake Champlain, he mounted a battery of guns and kept the British at a respectable distance, although his artillery was nothing but painted logs-the kind known to the army as "Quaker guns." General Davis was a man of sound judgment in peace as well as war; he served the town many years as representative in the legislature, and was a shrewd and sagacious legislator well known throughout the State. In many walks of life he demonstrated his ability. He was a man of sharp wit and exceptional humor, genial and magnetic in manner. He died February 27, 1835, and was buried at Warner, March 3, following, with Masonic honors. He had always enjoyed good health until his last ill- ness. He died at Cumberland while on a journey to Sharon, Maine.
He married, August 8 or 10, 1785, Abigail Watts Stevens, of Concord. She was born July 12, 1766, and died January 14, 1862, at Davis- ville. Children : Paine, born February 2, 1786, died March 28, 1832; married Mary Dow. 2. Sarah Ambrose, born February 4, 1788,
died October 10, 1856; married Simeon Vir- gin. 3. Abigail Watts, born March 24, 1790, died February 4, 1869; married Alpheus Davis. (See sketch of Nathaniel Davis, of Lowell). 4. Theodore Stevens, born June 3, 1792, died January 15, 1835. 5. Nathaniel Ambrose, born June 29, 1794, mentioned be- low. 6. Persis H., born October 3, 1796, died October 27, 1841 ; married Stephen Currier. 7. Nathan, born February 7, 1799, died August 25, 1841; married Judith Buswell. 8. Daughter, born and died June 6, 1801. 9. Charles, born April 12, 1803, died October 30, 1882; married Sarah Currier Foss. IO. Aquila A., born August 2, 1806, died March 27, 1866; married Rhoda Straw. II. James, born June 3, 1809, died December 1, 1842; married Adaline Eastman.
(VI) Nathaniel A. Davis, son of General Aquila Davis (5), was born at Davisville, Warner, June 29, 1794, and died there Octo- ber 24, 1866. He was in the lumber and mill- ing business, as well as farmer, and was a well-to-do citizen. He married Mary Clough, who was born May 7, 1808, in Boscawan, New Hampshire, and died in Warner, Sep- tember 29, 1892. Children: I. Stephen C., born in Warner, March 28, 1830, mentioned below. 2. Walter Scott, born at Warner, July 29, 1834, educated in the high school at Contocook, Gilmanton Academy, Tubbs Union Academy at Washington, New Hampshire; Thetford (Vermont) Academy; the New London Scientific Institution ; he taught school for a time and in 1854 entered partnership with Samuel H. Dow, dealing in wood, hem- lock bark, and lumber; in 1865 Paine Davis became his partner ; in 1871 the firm was dis- solved and Walter S. retained the lumber business; then he entered partnership with George W. Dow in the paper and straw board business; bought out Mr. Dow in 1875 and took in as partner Henry C. Davis, his brother ; had a grist mill, saw mill, and threshing ma- chine; in February, 1871, he patented a tur- bine water wheel; in April, 1874, removed from Davisville to Contocook; March, 1878, he was representative in the legislature from Hopkinton, New Hampshire; May 3, 1857, married Dollie Jones, daughter of Daniel Jones, Sr., once a partner of General Aquila Davis. 3. Gilman. 4. Lucretia A. 5. Mary E. 6. Stillman E. 7. Henry C., partner ยท of. Stephen C., mentioned above.
(VII) Stephen C. Davis, son of. Nathaniel A. Davis (6), was born in Davisville, Warner, March 28, 1830. He attended the public
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schools of his native town, the Gilmanton Academy, Tubbs Union Academy at Wash- ington, New Hampshire, and the Academy at Hancock. He assisted his father in his vari- ous enterprises when he was not in school and remained at home until he was of age. In 185I he removed to Lowell, and in 1866 es- tablished the lumber business in which he has continued with conspicuous success to the present time. He is known as a shrewd, care- ful and far-sighted business man. He is a Unitarian in religion and a Republican in politics. He married, January 1, 1855, Mary Alnette Greene, daughter of Francis and Nancy (Steele) Greene, of Wilton, New Hampshire. Child, Caroline, born October 13, 1855, married, March, 1883, Edward A. Scrib- ner, at present commander of the United States navy yard at Charlestown, Massachu- setts ; their children: Ernest D., Warren F. and Stephen H. Scribner.
CUMMINGS David Cummings, head of the firm known as the David Cummings Company,
and The Cummings Company, and prominent- ly identified with a number of important busi- ness enterprises, is a representative of the eighth generation of this branch of the Cum- mings family in this country. The family seems to have had its origin in Comines, near Lille, between France and Belgium, and from there emigrated to Scotland. Some members of the family believe it to be descended from the famous Red Cumin of Badenoch, in the southeastern part of Invernessshire, Scotland. The name is variously spelled in the records of England, Scotland and America.
(I) Isaac Cummings, the immigrant an- cestor of David Cummings, was born in 1601. He appears in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1641, in the list of commoners, and is said to have had a planting lot in Reedy marsh and a house lot in the town as early as July, 1638. He was admitted a freeman in 1642; was a constable in 1666 with his son Isaac as his deputy ; was elected deacon of the church in 1676, and was often moderator of the town meetings. His will was dated May 8, 1677. His children were: Ann, born 1629, mar- ried John Pease; John, born about 1630; Isaac, see forward; Elizabeth, married John Jewell.
(II) Deacon Isaac Cummings, second son and third child of Isaac Cummings (I), was born about 1633. He was a commoner in
1672 and admitted a freeman in 1673; was a sergeant in the Ipswich company in King Philip's war; was often moderator of the town meetings, and held office as highway surveyor, town treasurer, tithingman, con- stable and selectman. He was elected deacon in 1686, and served in that office during the remainder of his life. He fell into the pre- valent error of his day and was a firm believer in witchcraft, testifying against Elizabeth How that a mare of his had been strangely affected by her influence, and she was con- demned on such evidence and executed in July, 1692. He deeded the homestead to his son John, March 1714-5. His will was dated April 27, 1712, and proved January 19, 1721-2. He married, November 27, 1659, Mary An- drews, born 1638, daughter of Robert and Grace Andrews, of Rowley Village. Her father came there from Boxford, England, in 1656, and was the immigrant ancestor of the family to which the war governor belonged. Deacon Cummings and his wife had children : I. Son, born and died August 28, 1660. 2. Son, born and died November 2, 1661. 3.
Son, born and died December 6, 1662. 4. Isaac, born September 15, 1664. 5. John, see forward. 6. Thomas, born June 27, 1670. 7. Mary, born February 16, 1671-2, married Daniel Beach. 8. Robert, born April 1, 1674. 9. Abigail, married Samuel Perley. 10. Steb- bins, born February 27, 1680.
(III) John Cummings, fifth son and child of Deacon Isaac (2) and Mary (Andrews) Cummings, was born in Ipswich, Massachu- setts, June 7, 1666. He inherited the home- stead, and the house was still standing in 1882, when it was destroyed by fire. It is now known as the Peterson farm, and was divided between his two sons, Joseph and John. His will was made May 8, 1722, and proved July 16, of the same year. His son David, who was the executor, was given the lands on the south side of the river and on the eastern side of Nichols brook. He married, January 23, 1688, Susanna Town, born in Topsfield, Mass- achusetts, December 24, 1671, died September 13, 1766, daughter of Joseph and Phoebe (Perkins) Town. They had children: I. Joseph, baptized January 26, 1689-90. 2. John, baptized July 12, 1692. 3. Isaac, born December 25, 1695. 4. David, see forward. 5. Mary, born May 13, 1700; married Nathan- iel Hutchinson. 6. Susanna, born January 13. 1701-2; married John Whipple. 7. Stebbins, born August, 1706; married Ruth Giles. 8. Samuel, born February 14, 1708-9. 9. Re-
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becca, baptized November 1, 1713; married Thomas Perkins.
(IV) Cornet David Cummings, fourth son and child of John (3) and Susanna (Town) Cummings, was born in Ipswich, Massachu- setts, April 15, 1698, and died at Topsfield, same state, April 2, 1765. David Cummings and his brother John gave the land for the burying ground on the South Side. He also owned land in Middleton, Massachusetts. He married (first) Anna - , born 1710, died February 9, 1741, by whom he had children : I. David, born March 26, 1729. 2. Jonathan, born March 14, 1730-1; died April 6, 1731. 3. Samuel, see forward. 4. Anna, born Octo- ber 20, 1734; married, April II, 1754, Moses Perkins. 5. Susanna, born May 8, 1737; married, December 8, 1763, Edmund Town. 6. Elizabeth, born September 17, 1739, died February 13, 1741. . He married (second), published October 30, 1741, Sarah Goodhue, daughter of John and Sarah (Sherwin) Good- hue, and they had children: I. Jonathan, born October 14, 1743. 2. Stephen, born January 27, 1744-5. 3. Elizabeth, born January 19, 1746-7, died February 13, 1746-7. 4. Daniel, born August 30, 1749. 5. Archelaus, born January 1, 1652. Sarah (Goodhue) Cum- mings married (second), May 25, 1769, Dea- con George Bixby, and died June 30, 1776, aged sixty-four years.
(V) Samuel Cummings, third son and child of Cornet David (4) and Anna Cummings, was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 28, 1731-2, and died in the same town March 29, 1796. He purchased land at An- dover, February 27, 1777, of Abiel Abbot, and later added considerably to his extensive holdings in that town. He married, April 25, 1756, Eunice Bradstreet, born in Topsfield, April 15, 1733, died there July 20, 1810, daugh- ter of Samuel and Sarah (Clark) Bradstreet, and great-granddaughter of Governor Simon Bradstreet, and they had children: I. Sarah, born March 27, 1759; married Francis Pea- body, of Middleton. 2. David, see forward. 3. Mehitable, born August 3, 1767; married Thomas Emerson, Jr. 4. Samuel, born Septem- ber IO, 1774.
(VI) David Cummings, eldest son and second child of Samuel (5) and Eunice (Bradstreet) Cummings, was born in Tops- field, Massachusetts, May 19, 1762, and died there March 22, 1826. He gave land in 1814 to enlarge the South Side cemetery, which had originally been donated by one of his ances- tors, and built a wall around the grounds.
He married, October 21, 1784, Mehitable Cave, born in Middleton in 1765, and died there October 10, 1831, and they were the par- ents of children as follows: I. David, born August 13, 1785. 2. Abigail, born December 4, 1786; married Samuel Hood, Jr. 3. Pa- mela, born August 25, 1788; married Allen Porter. 4. Samuel, see forward. 5. Sylves- ter, born March 17, 1793. 6. Hiram, born November 20, 1794, died October 8, 1805.
(VII) Samuel Cummings, second son and fourth child of David (6) and Mehitable (Cave) Cummings, was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, July 7, 1790, died at Danvers, in the same state, September 9, 1860. He was a successful teacher, and was known among his pupils as "Master Sam." He inherited the Cave farm in Middleton, Massachusetts, from his mother, and resided there. He married (published June 17, 1825) Joanna Andrews, of West Gloucester, Massachusetts, born Feb- ruary 28, 1805, died March 26, 1875. They had children : I. David, see forward. 2. Samuel Augustus, born November 4, 1829, was a manufacturer of shoe knives; he mar- ried, August 18, 1859, Julia Ann Perley, of Boxford, and has one daughter: Julia Augusta, born November 26, 1860. 3. Char- lotte Porter, born December 30, 1832, died on the eve of her marriage, March 21, 1853. 4. Sylvester, born November 20, 1835, resided at Springvale, Maine. 5. Porter Emerson, born July 6, 1839, was a partner of his brother David in the shoe business. 6. Joanna Pa- mela, born October 17, 1841, died unmarried, August 17, 1901.
(VIII) David Cummings, eldest child of Samuel (7) and Joanna (Andrews) Cum- mings, was born in Middleton, Massachusetts, June 24, 1827. He lived there and at West Wenham, Massachusetts, until he was ten years of age, when he went to reside with his uncle, Sylvester Cummings, at Boxford, Massachusetts. His uncle was a farmer, and for five years the lad worked on a farm dur- ing the summer, attending school only during' the winter months, but supplemented this to the best of his ability by close observation and home study, when his time permitted the indulgence. He then removed to Danvers, working on farms during the summers and at shoemaking during the winters, as was the fashion among the Massachusetts farmers of that period. Jonas Warren, a merchant of long standing in Danversport, and well known throughout Essex county, offered him a clerk- ship in 1847, having observed the ambition
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which animated the young man. This Mr. Cummings accepted, and after serving for two years in the general store he was com- pelled by illness to resign his position. Soon afterward he again commenced to make shoes in Danvers, continuing this occupation until 1850, when he removed to Lynn, where he was similarly engaged for two years. In 1852 he commenced the manufacture of shoes on his own account, and being very enterprising and possessed of keen foresight and sound judg- ment, was gratifyingly successful in his under- taking. In 1855 he removed to Worcester, and in the following year formed a partner- ship with William Hudson, the son of John Hudson, a well known resident of Lexington, Massachusetts, under the firm name of Cum- mings & Hudson, which continued until 1861, when Mr. Hudson went to the field at the beginning of the civil war, soon after contract- ing a fever from which he died. The business was continued by Mr. Cummings at Worces- ter, Massachusetts, until 1866, when it was found necessary to provide larger quarters for his business, and in that year he removed the salesroom to Boston and his manufacturing establishment to Sanford, Maine, in that part of the town known as Springvale. His brother, Porter Emerson Cummings, having entered his employ in 1855, was admitted as a partner under the firm name of David Cum- mings & Co., soon after the removal to San- ford, and managed the business at the factory for many years. In 1873, owing to the rapid increase of business and the introduction of improved machinery, it was found necessary to procure a much larger factory, and being unable to make a desired arrangement at San- ford, the firm was invited to erect a plant at South Berwick, Maine, which they accepted. and erected buildings for the accommodation of their business at an expense of about $100,- 000. Soon after removing to South Berwick, Mr. Charles T. Ferguson, brother-in-law of Porter E. Cummings, who had been in the em- ploy of the firm for several years, was admitted as a partner, the firm name remain- ing the same. In 1875 the firm erected a fac- tory at Worcester, Massachusetts, for the manufacture of boots, which were in those days popular footwear, and about this time Arthur H. Loring was admitted as a partner, having an interest in the entire business, and Mr. E. H. Hurlburt and Daniel C. Spencer were admitted as partners in the Worcester business.
In all these changes and great development
Mr. Cummings has been the leading spirit, from the inception of the business to the pres- ent day. The Cummings Company has been phenomenally successful in recent years with the Worth Cushion Sole, a shoe which gives great comfort to the wearer, and is in great demand, and the result of this invention Mr. Cummings regards with the greatest satisfac- tion, as it supplies a need in footwear that has never before been met, and a fitting tribute to crown his efforts after so many years devoted to this very important industry.
Mr. Cummings is also actively identified with a number of other important enterprises which his executive ability has largely aided in raising them to their present successful position. He was president of the Somerville Electric Light Company, which by his financial support he rescued from insolvency, built up to a self-supporting condition, and sold at a satisfactory profit. He is also a director in the Cotton and Woolen Manufacturers' Mu- tual Insurance Company, and a trustee of Tufts College, Medford, and of Dean Acad- emy, Franklin, Massachusetts. In religious faith he holds with the Universalists, and for forty years has been actively identified with the Charlestown parish, and has been a gener- ous contributor to its support, as well as to the aid of various charities and benevolences. His political affiliations are with the Republican party. He resides at No. 8 Union street, Som- erville, and is numbered among the most influ- ential and public-spirited citizens of the town. Mr. Cummings married, July 28, 1852, Olive Caroline Ross, of Lynn, Massachusetts, daughter of Deacon James and Lovey (Huntress) Ross, of Shapleigh, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Cummings have no children.
(For the first four generations see preceding sketch).
(V) David Cummings, son CUMMINGS of David Cummings, (4), was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, March 26, 1729. He mar- ried (published July 17, 1748) Joanna Jones, of Boxford. She died October 10, 1794, aged sixty-five years. He married (sec- ond), April 16, 1795, Chloe Harrington, of Lexington. He resided in that precinct of Woburn which was called Burlington. He was a private in the expedition to Canada in 1758; constable in 1766. In 1779 he joined General Glover's brigade in the regiment of Colonel Bigelow, Captain Hodgkin's company. His will was dated May 9, 1799, and he died
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during that year. His widow, Chloe, died in 1804. Children : I. Ebenezer, mentioned below. 2. Stephen, said to be a twin of Eben- ezer. 3. Betsey, born January 19, 1751, in Topsfield, married, August 31, 1773, Josiah Hall, of Cambridge. 4. Joanna, born in Mid- dleton, married Jonas, son of Ebenezer and Jemima (Locke) Brooks, settled in Athol, Massachusetts. 5. Susanna, married, April 20, 1778, at Lancaster, Calvin Moore, of Sterling. 6. Phebe, born May 26, 1756, in Andover, married, December 13, 1781, Jona- than Simonds, of Woburn. 7. Abigail, born April 26, 1766, married January 2, 1783, Caleb Simonds, of Woburn. 8. Mary, born April 28, 1768, married, March 20, 1788, Uriah Goodwin. 9. Samuel, born August 12, 1773, married, December 29, 1795, Avis Pierce. IO. Ruth, married, April 9, 1795, John Lovering, of Waltham. II. Sarah, married, April 22, 1787, Aaron Winchester, of Brookline. I2. David, living in 1799.
(VI) Ebenezer Cummings, son of David Cummings (5), was born in Burlington, Massachusetts, September 21, 1749. Married, June 22, 1774, Jemima Hartwell, of Bedford, daughter of Joseph and Jemima (Bachelder) Hartwell. She was born September 6, 1753, and died June 15, 1809. He married (second ) November 29, 1810, Lydia Tay, daughter of Joshua and Susanna Tay. Ebenezer Cum- mings died June 4, 1821. He resided at Wo- burn and was a tanner and currier. His widow died October 27, 1859, aged eighty- seven years, four months and fifteen days. He was in Captain Joshua Walker's company, Colonel David Greene's regiment, serving at the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775, a period of five days. Children : I. Ebenezer, born November 18, 1775. 2. Jemima, born June 28, 1777, married, December 5, 1805, Zadok Rogers, of Tewksbury; his farm was in the section annexed to Lowell and part of it was given to that city by their daughters, Emily and Elizabeth Rogers, and is known as the Rogers Fort Hill Park; the daughters also gave the sum of fifty thousand dollars to the American Bible Society of New York as a memorial to their parents. 3. Joseph, born December 6, 1779, married, (published Octo- ber 2) 1807, Martha Priest, of Concord; farmer in Littleton, New Hampshire. 4. Phebe, born September 8, 1781, married, July 15, 1802, Thomas Evans, of Reading, a gen- eral trader. 5. Lydia, born April 3, 1783, married Daniel Goodhue, of Danvers, farmer. 6. John, born February 26, 1785, died June 8,
1867; married, May 2, 1811, Maria Richard- son, of Woburn. 7. David, born December 3, 1786. 8. Hannah, born December 24, 1788, married, January 10, 1815, Ezekiel Johnson, who was born in Woburn, August 18, 1781, and died March 30, 1866; wheelwright and carpen- ter ; deacon of the Congregational church for twenty-seven years; in the service in the War of 1812. 9. Joshua, born December 7, 1790, died July 26, 1872; married, May, 16, 1813, Desire Hartwell Richardson, of Woburn. 10. Ruth, born November 12, 1792, died unmar- ried April 27, 1867. II. Samuel, mentioned below. 12. Daniel, born January 7, 1797, married, June 1, 1817, Abigail Wright, of Woburn. 13. Moses, born October 15, 1800, married, November II, 1824, Harriet Cutter, of Burlington. 14. Susan, born October 3, 18II, died unmarried September 8, 1837. 15. Stephen, born March 7, 1814, died January 8, I862.
(VII) Samuel Cummings, son of Ebenezer Cummings (6), was born at Woburn, Decem- ber 8, 1794, and died of heart disease, October 20, 1847. In early life he learned the trade of tanner with his brothers and followed it for a time. He owned the farm now known as Charles Cummings place and was a successful farmer to the time of his death. He was a member of the Congregational church. He was a Whig in politics, and was prominent in the state militia in his youth. He married, at Burlington, May 30, 1820, Joanna Simonds, who was born at Burlington, March 7, 1794, and died at Woburn of dropsy, January 26, 1866. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Phebe Simonds, of Burlington. Children: I. Ebenezer, mentioned below. 2. Phebe Sim- onds, born April 25, 1825, died July 25, 1880; married, January 6, 1848, John R. Lane, born July 10, 1824; resided in Bedford.
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