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(IV) Joseph Holt, son of Joseph Holt (3), was born in 1727. Married, September 19, 1751, Abigail Bean or Brian. Children: I.' Surviah, born 1752, married (first) Rev. Mr. Sparhawk, of Lynnfield, Massachusetts ; (sec- ond), John Meade. 2. Joseph, 1754, mention- ed below. 3. Benjamin, 1756. 4. Phebe, 1758. 5. Lydia, June 1, 1760, married Na- thaniel Eaton. 6. Abigail, September 22, 1765, married Jacob Holt, of Charlestown, Massa- chusetts. 7. Hannah, December, 1767, mar- ried (first), Ruben Jones; (second), Michael Charton. 8. Elizabeth, 1769. 9. Sarah, Aug- ust, 1771, married Joseph Brown. 10. Easter, 1773, married John Perry.
(V) Joseph Holt, son of Joseph Holt (4), was born in North Reading in 1754. He was educated in the district schools, and remained on his father's farm until the breaking out of the Revolution. He was in Captain John Bachellor's company, Colonel
Ebenezer Bridge's regiment, which answered the alarm on April 19, 1775. Later in the same year he served in the companies of Captain Amos Up- ton and Lieutenant Ebenezer Damon. He served also in 1776. He married, December 9, 1779, Mary Eaton, of Wilmington, and soon settled near his birthplace. His farm of one thousand acres or more was in North Reading on the Andover road near the Andover line. He became a large grower of hops, much of his product going west into New York state. He also supplied the Boston market with pigeons, and was known all through that sec-
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tion as "Pigeon Joe." He was a very popular man in his town, and was very religious, being particularly strict about Sunday observance. He carried on his farm and raised large quan- tities of corn. He was a member of the Or- thodox church. He died suddenly, February, 1847, while carrying corn up into his corn chamber. Children: 1. Benjamin, born Aug- ust 7, 1781, mentioned below. 2. Mary, Aug- ust, 1783. 3. Lois, March 13, 1785. 4. Sur- viah, October, 1787. 5. Sally, 1792. 6. Joseph Elbridge, 1795.
(VI) Benjamin Holt, son of Joseph Holt (5), was born at North Reading, Massachu- setts, August 7, 1781. He was brought up on his father's farm, receiving the education of a farmer's son of that period. He followed farming all his life, and carried on successfully his father's business of hop growing, becoming well off. He also made a business of snaring wild pigeons, carrying great numbers to the markets in Boston. In this he was even more successful than his father. His farm produced large quantities of lumber which brought him much money. He was a great worker and speculator, and died well to do. He was of tall stature and very jovial disposition. He was a Whig in politics, and much interested in town affairs. He was a member of the Orthodox church. He married, April 3, 1804, Hannah Sheldon, of North Reading. Children : I. Benjamin, born April 12, 1805, died March 31, 1857 ; married Mary Killam, of Boxford. 2. Hannah, born June 12, 1807, married In- galls Damon, of North Reading. 3. Susan, born February 24, 1809, married Henry Car- ter, of North Reading. 4. Charles, born May I, 18II, married Sylvany Batcheller, of North Reading. 5. Joseph Warren, born August 8, 1813, married Amanda Shattuck, of Berlin, Massachusetts. 6. Varnum, born September 17, 1815, married, June 19, 1838, Sarah Upton, of North Reading; died April 15, 1863. 7. Lyman. born April 6, 1818, died at Batavia, Ohio, February. 1847. 8. Albert Harman, born May 6, 1820, married Rebecca Batch- eller, of Reading, Massachusetts. 9. Mary, born April 2, 1823, married Levi Smith, of Linfield. Massachusetts; died July 18, 1870. IO. Sarah Brown, born November 27, 1825, married John Lemp, of Iowa City, Iowa. II. Joseph Elbridge, born July 27, 1828, men- tioned below. He died at North Reading, August 25, 1882.
(VII) Joseph Elbridge Holt, son of Ben- jamin Holt (6), was born at North Reading, Massachusetts, July 27, 1828. He began his
education at an early age, attending the com- mon school and helping on the farm. He fitted himself for college and entered Harvard. After eighteen months his father died, and he was obliged to leave college to help his brothers carry on the farm. About the time of his marriage he bought the farm adjoining that of the old homestead, a plot of one hun- dred acres situated on what was called Holt Row, on the road leading from North Read- ing to Andover in the west part of the town- ship. He was successful as a farmer, raising milk which he sold in and around Reading. About 1857 he sold his farm to David Batch- eller and moved his family to Sterling, Massa- chusetts, where he bought an extensive farm of Eben Taylor, which he conducted success- fully. He enlisted in Company K, Fifty-third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, in the Civil war, and was in New Orleans under General Butler. He was also in the battle of Shiloh and Vicksburg under General Grant. After remaining in the service a year he was honorably discharged, returning to Sterling where he continued farming till 1872, when he returned to North Reading, after selling his farm to James Jewett. He conducted the farm which came to him through his uncle, Elbridge Holt, until his death. He took an active part in the social functions of his town and was quite musical, playing double bass and flute at times in the choir. He also sang in the choir of the Orthodox church in Sterling and North Reading. He was leader of Father Kemp's concerts in different towns in his county and sang in the Peace Jubilee at Boston. He was a Republican in politics. He died August 25, 1882. He married, at Reading, December 28, 1849, Francis Ann Cheever, born August 15, 1830, daughter of James Osgood and Henri- etta (Wilkins) Cheever, of Andover, Massa- chusetts. Her father was a ship owner at Salem, Massachusetts, with a farm in And- over. Children : I. Emma Francis, born October 24, 1850, married, December 28, 1873, Frank Paul Winn, of Arlington, Massachu- setts ; children : i. Herbert Francis, born July 3, 1876, married. August 23, 1899, Bessie El-
well Gott, of Arlington, and had Warren Bail- ey, born October 26, 1900; Richard Wilkins, born June 19, 1903, Francis, born September 17, 1906. ii. Edward Elbridge, born August 26, 1877, died October 17, 1877. iii. William Warren, born March 8, 1880, died May 12, 1881. iv. Arthur Stanley, born June 5, 1885. v. Pauline Louise, born January 14 .. 1896. 2. Henrietta Cheever, born July 18, 1852, died
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September 14, 1877. 3. Mary Carter, born ber 7, 1893. 2. Osgood Wellington, July 12, January 28, 1858, died October 22, 1862. 4. 1895. Ann Wilkins, born July 22, 1860, died Novem- ber 17, 1887; married, December 15, 1881, George H. Putnam, of North Reading; chil- CUMMINGS dren : i. Ralph Holt, born October 9, 1882, died September 3, 1898; ii. Henry Whitfield, born January 8, 1885, married, September 3, 1907, Norma Elliott, of South Bend, Indiana. 5. James Osgood, born March 28, 1867, men- tioned below.
(VIII) James Osgood Holt, son of Joseph Elbridge Holt (7), was born at Sterling, Massachusetts, March 28, 1867. At the age of five years he removed with his parents to North Reading, Massachusetts, where he received his education in the common and high school of the town, helping his father on the farm. He subsequently went to Arlington, Massachusetts, where he found employment in the grocery store of C. M. Hall, 14 Pleasant street, where he remained eight months. From there he went to Boston and apprenticed him- self for four years to Richardson & Young on Beverly street, learning the trade of carpenter. He then returned to Arlington and took a clerkship with his brother-in-law, Frank P. Winn, in the provision business on Pleasant street, where he remained eight years. In 1893 he resigned his position and bought the grocery business of his former employer, C. M. Hall, which he has since conducted with much success. In 1901 Mr. Holt added the adjoining provision business of Ransom Adams, formerly owned by Frank P. Winn, making one of the largest markets in the town of Arlington. He enjoys the patronage of the high class trade, making it a point to keep only the best goods. He resides on Pleasant street. Mr. Holt is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the First Universalist church, a trustee and for some time was treas- urer of the parish, was for some time superin- tendent of the Sunday school, and has for the past seventeen years been bass soloist in the choir. He is a member of Menotomy Council, Royal Arcanum, of the Young Men's Club of Arlington, is president of the Trades' Associa- tion and has been for twelve years director of the Arlington Co-operative Bank. He is also director of the Boston Retail Grocers' Asso- ciation. He married, October 20, 1892, Angie Emeline Wellington, born July 8, 1865, at Charlestown, Massachusetts, daughter of Wil- liam Franklin and Emeline Locke (Peirce) Wellington, of Arlington, Massachusetts. Children: I. Harriet Francis, born Septem-
The name of Cummings in various spellings is of com- mon occurrence in Great Britain. While the prevailing tradition among families descended from Isaac Cummings of Ipswich and Topsfield, Massachusetts, is that he was of Scottish descent, this is, according to present belief, extremely doubtful. The name appears early in France under the form of Comyns. On this side of the Atlantic there have been settled several families of the name, among whom there appears to be no line of kinship. In 1903 the number of descendants of Isaac Cummings of Ipswich and Topsfield was said to be at least ten thousand, an esti- mate which is probably below the actual num- ber.
(I) Isaac Cummings was the first Cum- mings who emigrated from England and set- tled in this country. In a deposition made by him in March, 1666, he gave his age as sixty- five years, showing his birth to have been about 1601. His will shows his death to have occurred, per date of the instrument and filing of the inventory and probating of the will, between May 8 and May 22, 1677. The spell- ing of the name has been various in this coun- try, but Cummings appears to be the standard form. We take no note of the numerous tra- ditions tracing the connection back to a Scot- tish clan which flourished from 1080 to. 1330, also to 1093, to the times of Malcolm III, also the name as taken from the town of Comines in France. These are treated in full in the different genealogies which have been published upon the subject of the family. In 1639 Isaac Cummings owned a house and lot in Ipswich village, and also possessed land being partly in Ipswich and partly in Tops- field. He was made a freeman in 1642, and at different periods bought more or less land. He was called Goodman, was chosen grand juryman in 1675, and was moderator of the town meeting in 1676, and deacon of the church in Topsfield for many years. When he arrived in this country he was for a brief per- iod an inhabitant of Watertown. No mention remains of the name of his wife, and she was not living when his will was made. Children : I. John, born about 1630, died December I, 1700; married Sarah Howlet, who died December 7, 1700. 2. Isaac, born about 1633, see forward. 3. Elizabeth, died July 9, 1679, married April 2, 1661, John Jewett. 4. Ann,
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died June 29, 1689, married October 8, 1669, John Pease.
(II) Isaac Cummings, son of Isaac Cum- . mings (I), born about 1633, died 1721, mar- ried, November 27, 1659, Mary Andrews, born 1638, died before 1712, daughter of Robert and Grace Andrews, of Rowley Village. Isaac Cummings resided in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He received by a deed from his father, in 1663, a farm of one hundred acres. He built his house on this estate, was elected a deacon of the church in 1686, and was an influential man in the town, holding the various offices of moderator of town meetings, constable, tithingman, selectman, and treasurer. He was farmer and also a surveyor. He was a soldier in Captain Appleton's company in King Phil- ip's war in 1675, and in 1678 he is called "ser- geant" in a list of those who took the oath of allegiance in that year. 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, died August 7, 1746, mar- ried (first), December 25, 1688, Alice How- lett, and (second) November 23, 1696, Frances Sherwin. 5. John, born June 7, 1666, see forward. 6. Thomas, born June 27, 1670, married March 20, 1705, Mehitable Porter. 7. Mary, born February 16, 1671; married Daniel Black, of Boxford, Massachusetts. 8. Rebecca, born April 1, 1674, married (first), January 13, 1695-6, Thomas Howlett, and (second), December 20, 1715, Michael Whid- den, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 9. Abigail, married March 28, 1695-6, Samuel Perley, of Rowley, Massachusetts. 10. Steb- bins, born February 27, 1680, died "by hand of the Indians," July 3, 1706.
(III) John Cummings, son of Isaac Cum- mings (2), born at Topsfield, Massachusetts, June 7, 1666, died there before July 16, 1722; married, January 23, 1688, Susanna Towne, born December 24, 1671, died September 13, 1766, aged ninety-five years, daughter of Joseph and Phebe ( Perkins) Towne, of Tops- field. Children: I. Joseph, baptized January 26, 1689-90, died December 24, 1729; married May 22, 1722, Abigail Estey, who died Jan- uary 10, 1729-30. 2. John, baptized July 12, 1692, died May 22, 1756; married (intention dated February 18, 1715-16) Mercy (or Mary) Larrabee. 3. Isaac, born December 25, 1695 ; married (first) January 5, 1720-1, Han- nah Estey, who died at Sutton, Massachusetts, June 23, 1743, and (second), at Sutton, March 13, 1743-4, Mrs. Susanna Holden. 4. David,
born April 15, 1698, see forward. 5. Mary, born May 15, 1700; married January 24, 1722-3, Nathaniel Hutchinson. 6. Susanna, born January 13, 1701-2, married February 14, 1721-2, John Whipple, of Salem, Massachu- setts. 7. Stebbins, born August 3, 1706, mar- ried Ruth Giles, of Salem, Massachusetts. 8. Samuel, born February 14, 1708-9, died at Stoughton, Massachusetts, December 1I, 1804, aged ninety-four years; married, November 7, 1733, Susannah Wood. 9. Rebecca, bap- tized November 1, 1713; married February 2, 1730-I, Thomas Perkins.
(IV) David Cummings, son of John Cum- mings (3), born at Topsfield, Massachusetts, April 15, 1698, died there, April 2, 1765. He married (first) Anna , who died Feb- ruary 9, 1741, aged thirty-one years, and (sec- ond), (intention dated October 30, 1741), Sarah Goodhue, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, bern at Ipswich, 1713, died at Topsfield, June 30, 1776, aged sixty-four years, daughter of John and Sarah (Sherwin) Goodhue; she married (second) May 25, 1769, Deacon George Bixby, of Topsfield, who died there, May 3, 1783, "in the 92 year of his age."
David Cummings was known on the records as "Cornet David." With his brother John he gave the land for the south side burying ground in Topsfield. Children by his first wife: I. David, barn March 26, 1729, see forward. 2. Jonathan, born March 14, 1730-I, died April 5, 1731. 3. Samuel, born February 28, 1731-2, died March 29, 1796; married Eunice Bradstreet, great-granddaughter of Governor Simon Bradstreet; she died July 20, 1810. 4. Anna, born October 20, 1734, died February 9, 1825, in her ninety-first year ; married April II, 1754, Moses Perkins, of Topsfield, born December 17, 1732, died Aug- ust 7, 1807. 5. Susanna, born May 8, 1737; married December 8, 1763, Edmund Towne, removed to New Ipswich, New Hampshire. 6. Elizabeth, born September 17, 1739, died February 13, 1741. Children by second wife : 7. Jonathan, born October 14, 1743, died May 1805; married (first), Mary Eastman, daugh- ter of Job Eastman, of Pembroke, New Hampshire, who died July 26, 1801, aged fifty-nine years; and married (second), De- cember 30, 1802, Mrs. Mary (Lovejoy) Park- er, widow of James Parker, who died April 15, 1826, aged eighty years. He resided at Andover, Massachusetts, and was a soldier in the revolutionary war. 8. Stephen, born Jan- uary 27, 1744-5, died coming home from sea, May 27, 1765. 9. Elizabeth, born January 19,
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1746-7, died February 14, 1746-7. 10. Daniel, born August 30, 1749, was soldier in the revo- lutionary war. II. Archelaus, born June I, 1752, died at Temple, New Hampshire, July 4, 1814; married Rachel Rowell, who died June 10, 1848.
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(V) David Cummings, son of David Cum- mings (4), born at Topsfield, Massachusetts, March 26, 1729, died at Burlington, Massa- chusetts, October 7, 1799, aged seventy-one years : married first, (intention dated July 16, 1748), Joanna Jones, of Boxford, Massachu- setts, born in Wilmington, Massachusetts, about 1730, died at Woburn, Massachusetts, October 10, 1794, aged sixty-five years, daughter of Captain Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Dale) Jones, of Woburn and Wilmington, Massachusetts. Captain Ebenezer Jones com- manded a company of soldiers which were in the colonial service, and he was killed in a battle with the French and Indians at Lake George, near Fort William Henry, July 20, 1758. David Cummings married (second), April 16, 1795, Mrs. Chloe (Green-Blaney- Trask) Harrington, of Lexington, Massachu- setts, born at Malden, Massachusetts, April 21, 1742, died at Lexington, Massachusetts, previous to October 2, 1804, daughter of James and Deborah (Brown) Green, and widow respectively of Nehemiah Blaney, of Malden, Jonathan Trask and Robert Harring- ton, of Lexington, and David Cummings, of Woburn and Burlington.
David Cummings was of Andover in 1756, at which time he purchased a lot of land in Woburn of Abijah Smith, on which he built one of the first tanneries in that town. He was a tanner and currier by trade, and his descendants in large measure have followed the same trade to the present time. His res- idence was in that parish of Woburn which is now known as the town of Burlington. Until 1773 he had lived in the first parish of Woburn, and then he removed to the second parish, where he resided until his death. He was a private in Jabez Carter's company, in the regiment of militia of which Eleazer Tyng Esq. was colonel, June 20, 1758, and hired a man to go as a soldier in the expedition against Canada in that year. During the revolution he was a member of Captain Joshua Walker's company, and served for two days in that com- pany at the time of the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. Children: I. Ebenezer, born at Topsfield, September 21, 1749, see forward. 2. Elizabeth, born at Topsfield, September 19, 1751 ; married August 31, 1773, Josiah
Hall, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 3. Joan- na, born at Middleton, November 27, 1752; married (first) November 19, 1771, Jonas Brooks, of Woburn and Athol, Massachusetts, and married (second) James Stratton. 4.
Phebe, born at Andover or Woburn, Massa- chusetts, May 26, 1756, died March 6, 1824, aged sixty-eight years; married, December 13, 1781, Jonathan Simonds, of Woburn, who died May 27, 1827, aged seventy-five years. 5. Susanna, baptized, at Woburn, first parish, December 30, 1759; married April 20, 1778, Calvin Moore, of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 6. David, 'baptized at Woburn, first parish, April 12, 1761 ; married at Moncon, Massa- chusetts, Elizabeth , and had daughter Polly. 7. Abigail, born at Woburn, April 26, 1763; married, January 2, 1783, Caleb Sim- onds, of Woburn. 8. Sarah, baptized at Wo- burn, second parish, September 15, 1765 ; mar- ried April 22, 1787, Aaron Winchester, of Brookline, Massachusetts. 9. Mary, born at Woburn, April 28, 1768; married March 20, 1788, Uriah Goodwin, of Woburn. 10. Steph- en, baptized at Woburn, first parish, Septem- ber 23, 1770, died April 12, 1804; married January 22, 1795, Mrs. Polly ( Brooks) Co- burn, of Woburn, daughter of Isaac and Joan- na (Holden) Brooks, of Woburn, and widow of Francis Coburn, of Dunstable, Massachu- setts. II. Samuel, born at Woburn, August 12, 1773; married December 29, 1795, Avis Peirce, daughter of Ephraim and Lydia (White) Peirce, of Lexington. In 1799 he was a member of the United States marine corps, and serving on the United States ship "Herald." 12. Ruth, baptized at Woburn, second parish, April 28, 1776; married, April 9, 1795, John Lovering, of Waltham, Massa- chusetts.
(VI) Ebenezer Cummings, son of David Cummings (5), born at Topsfield, Massachu- setts, September 21, 1749, died at Woburn, June 4, 1821, aged seventy-three years, records ; married (first) June 22, 1774, Jemima Hart- well, of Bedford, Massachusetts, born Septem- ber 6, 1753, died June 15, 1809, aged fifty-six years, daughter of Joseph and Jemima (Bat- chelder ) Hartwell; married (second) Novem- ber 29, 1810, Lydia Tay, of Woburn, born June 12, 1772; died October 27, 1859, aged eighty-nine years four months and fifteen days, daughter of Joshua and Susanna (Rich- ardson) Tay, of Woburn, Massachusetts.
Ebenezer Cummings resided in Woburn, and was a tanner and currier, and followed his father in that business. His house was
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located in the South School district of the Woburn second parish, now the town of Bur- lington. His gravestone is standing in the old Montvale avenue burying ground in Wo- burn. He served for five days in Walker's company on the alarm of April 19, 1775; was a private in Captain Timothy Winn's third foot company of Woburn, May 13, 1775; was in service two months guarding stores at Cambridge under Lieutenant Joseph Johnson in 1777, and was a member of the training band of Walker's company in 1775 and 1782, per the rolls of those years. Children by first wife: I. Ebenezer, born November 18, 1775, died January 12, 1845; married November 6, 1804, Ruth Skelton, born November 1, 1778, died February II, 1851, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Johnson) Skelton, of Woburn. 2. Jemima, born June 28, 1777, died January 16, 1861 ; married December 5, 1805, Zadock Rogers, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, who died February 16, 1844. 3. Joseph, born December 6, 1779; married (intention dated October 2, 1807), Martha Priest, of Concord, Massachusetts. 4. Phebe, born September 8, 1781, died November 29, 1871; married July I, 1802, Thomas Evans, of South Reading, Massachusetts, who died May 22, 1832. 5. Lydia, born April 3, 1783, died February 13, 1858; married Daniel Goodhue, of Danvers, Massachusetts, who died February 22, 1867. 6. John, born February 20, 1785, died June 8, 1867; married May 2, 1811, Marcia Rich- ardson, born June 26, 1793, died June 8, 1882, daughter of Jacob and Ruth (Wright) Rich- ardson, of Woburn. 7. David, born December 3, 1786, died at Winchester, Massachusetts, May 13, 1850 ; married October 20, 1814, Han- nah Vinton, of Smecham, Massachusetts, born July 17, 1793, died at Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, January 6, 1871, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Green) Vinton. 8. Hannah, born De- cember 24, 1788, died April 20, 1867 ; married January 10, 1815, Ezekiel Johnson, of Wo- burn, Massachusetts, who died March 30, 1866. 9. Joshua, born December 7, 1790, died at Woburn, Massachusetts, July 26, 1872; married May 16, 1813, Desire Hartwell Rich- ardson, born November 4, 1794, died June 9, 1873, daughter of Jesse and Submit (Brown) Richardson, of Woburn. 10. Ruth, born No- vember 12, 1792, died unmarried, April 27, 1867. II. Samuel, born December 8, 1794, died at Woburn, Massachusetts, October 20, 1847 ; married May 20, 1820, Joanna Simonds, born March 7, 1794, diced January 26, 1866, daughter of Jonathan and Phebe (Cummings)
Simonds, of Woburn. 12. Daniel, born Janu- ary 7, 1797, died July 24, 1877 ; married June I, 1817, Abigail Wright, born April 28, 1797, died September 21, 1887, daughter of Jacob and Lucretia (Richardson) Wright, of Wo- burn; resided at Bedford and Lexington, Massachusetts. 13. Moses, born October 15, 1800, see forward. Children of second wife: 14. Susan, born October 3, 1811, died unmar- ried, September 8, 1837, aged twenty-six years. 15. Stephen, born May 7, 1814, died unmarried, January 8, 1862, aged forty-eight years.
(VII) Moses Cummings, son of Ebenezer Cummings (6), born at Woburn, Massachu- setts, October 15, 1800, died there, September 10, 1840, aged forty years ; married November II, 1824, Harriet Cutler, born April 27, 1807, died August 19, 1887, aged eighty years three months and twenty-two days, daughter of James and Mary (Dean) Cutler, of Burling- ton, Massachusetts.
Moses Cummings learned the trade of tan- ning and currying of his brother David at Tewksbury. He then came to Woburn and established himself in business at North Wo- burn, which he continued until his death. His tannery was built by one John Tidd as early as 1760. In 1835 this plant was purchased by Moses Cummings, in whose shop many of the men who afterwards made a notable suc- cess in the leather business in Woburn, learn- ed their trade. Children :
I. Harriet, born April 22, 1825; married February 16, 1843, Ebenezer Norton Blake, of Woburn, Massachusetts, who died March 12, 1891. Children: i. Emma Louisa (Blake), born June 13, 1847, married, February 18, 1822, Joseph B. Parker, of Nashua, New Hampshire. ii. Warren Norton ( Blake), born January 4, 1851 ; married October 24, 1901, Emma Persis Bond, of Burlington, Massachu- setts. iii. George Freeman (Blake), born July II, 1853, died April 11, 1885. iv. Isabel Frost ( Blake), born February 4, 1856, died Decem- ber 25, 1896; married Roderick B. McDon- ald, of Woburn. v. Harriet Cummings (Blake), born May 18, 1859; married January 4, 1899, Frederick J. Pingree, of Boston, Massachusetts. vi. Charles Edward (Blake), born December 17, 1860, died November 3, 1862. vii. Harrison Gray (Blake), born Jan- uary 26, 1864; married February 19, 1890, Lizzie B. Dodge, of Woburn.
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