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i. RUTH MORSE, b. April 1, 1817. m. Jan. 8, 1837, John B. Corser, b. Sept. 12, 1809. He was from Boscawen, and removed to Clarksville, where he d. Dec. 28, 1864. She m. second, Nov. 30, 1867, Daniel West, of Fairlee, Vt. She d. Feb. 4, 1882. Henry John Corser, of Holderness, is the youngest of five children.
ii. CYRUS C., b. March 2, 1819. d. March 7, 1840.
iii. ALMIRA M., b. April 4, 1821. m. May 9, 1843, Asa B. Chandler, of Bridgewater. She d. June 15, 1850.
5. iv. WILLIAM HARRISON, b. June 8, 1823.
v. MATILDA R., b. Jan. 16, 1826. m. Oct. 17, 1848, Jonathan Jewett Mitchell. He went to California, and there became blind by an accident. IIe d. in Ashland. She d. August 17, 1892.
vi. HANNAH E. F., b. Oct. 22, 1828. d. March 21, 1848.
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vii. CHARLES MITCHELL, b. Oct. 22, 1828; a sergeant in U. S. Army. d. Key West, Fla., April 30, 1856.
6. viii. CEPHAS ROBBINS, b. April 3, 1835.
5. WILLIAM HARRISON CRAWFORD, son of William 4, b. Jan. 8, 1823. m. Feb. 8, 1845, Mary Ann Swett, of Colebrook. m. second, about 1852, Imogene Fuller, of Stratford. He was a manufacturer of rakes, sash, and blinds in Colebrook a few years, and after about 1850 a carpenter in Plymouth. He removed to Stratford, 1859. He was a soldier, 1864-1865, serving in a New Jersey regiment. He d. Camp Hill Hospital, in May, 1865. Four children.
i. PRENTISS HARRISON, b. Colebrook, March 5, 1846. He m. Feb. 8, 1870, Etta A. Silver, b. Campton, Oct. 17, 1819, dau. of Albert W. and Abbie N. (Nason) Silver. She d. Dec. 27, 1893. He m. second, Dec. 18, 1895, Melissa L. (Sawyer) Piper, dau. of Elbridge G. Sawyer, and widow of James Wm. Piper, of Holderness and Plymouth. Enlisted Dec. 2, 1862, 3d Vt. Infantry ; dis- charged July 11, 1865. He has lived in Plymouth from childhood, and has built several houses in the village. Was of the firm Craw- ford & George, hardware, and now conducts that business himself.
ii. HANNAH EMILY, b. April 6, 1818. m. Calvin Fuller. removed " West."
iii. WILLIAM FULLER, b. 1854; res. California ; ranchman and miner.
iv. MARY, b. 1857. d. Stratford, 1862 ; accidentally burned.
6. CEPHAS ROBBINS CRAWFORD, son of William 4, b. April 3, 1835, m. June 23, 1855, Eliza Jackson. He. in. second, Nov. 20, 1871, Anna Louisa Gray, b. Alexandria, August 4, 1848, dau. of Osborn K. and Mary J. (Ackerman) Gray. Enlisted August 11, 1862, Co. E, 12th N. H. Infantry ; prisoner, Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863 ; served till July 18, 1863; sergeant. He is a mason, and has lived in Plymouth almost continuously from childhood. Now res. in Bristol. Three children.
i. CLORA CHASTINA, b. June 30, 1856. d. July 9, 1879.
ii. ADA BELLE, b. June 20, 1859. m. Alva Huckins, of Ashland. She d. August 28, 1883. One child.
iii. MINNIE MAY, b. May 5, 1862. m. Jesse Hill. m. second, C. W. Davis. She d. Providence, R. I., Sept. 15, 1897.
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1. STEPHEN CROSS, son of Stephen and Peggy (Bowen) Cross, of Salisbury, b. July 20, 1773. m. June 23, 1799, Sally Durgin, b. Sanbornton, March 17, 1782, dau. of Winthrop and Sarah (Elliot)
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Durgin. He was a tailor, living in Sanbornton and Canterbury. He d. in Sanbornton, April 30, 1841. She d. at the home of her son in Plymouth, August 20, 1867. A dau., Martha Ann, b. Jan. 8, 1816, m. John Gould (see).
2. HAZEN NEWELL CROSS, son of Stephen 1, b. August 15, 1807, was a tailor in Sanbornton, and an inn-keeper in Thornton until 1849, when he removed to Plymouth. In the census of 1850, he was called a farmer. He removed, 1870, to Tilton. He m. Nov. 22, 1842, Eliza Barnard, b. Nov. 29, 1817; d. Feb. 20, 1850 ; m. second, Dec. 23, 1851, Ann Whitcher, b. March 5, 1805, d. August 9, 1869 ; m. third, Feb. 11, 1871, Julia Barstow (Smith) Horner, b. Oct. 19, 1814, dau. of Robert and Sally (Keniston) Smith, of Campton, and widow John Horner, of Thornton. Three children.
i. MARY ANN, b. August 7, 1843. m. Jan., 1869, George H. Little, of Campton. She d. Sept. 3, 1870.
ii. SARAHI FRANCES, b. May 21, 1816. m. June 14, 1870, Alva Burton Chase, of Deerfield.
iii. ALVIRA ELIZA, b. March 21, 1849. m. Dec. 25, 1872, Frank C. Miles, b. Millbury, Mass., Nov. 4, 1849, son of Clough R. Miles.
3. HIRAM CROSS, son of Abraham and Ruth (Sawyer) Cross, grand- son of Stephen1 and Sally (Durgin) Cross, b. Sanbornton, Sept. 15, 1804. m. August 28, 1832, Lydie M. Robie, b. 1817. He was a carpenter and was in Plymouth, 1850, 1861, 1862, 1864, and worked here at other times. He d. Northfield, Nov. 7, 1874.
i. HIRAM BLISS, b. Franklin, July 9, 1833. Homoeopathic Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, 1866. IIe practised in South Boston, and subsequently in Jamaica Plain, Mass. He m. Sept. 2, 1857, Harriet Mckenzie, who d. Oct. 16, 1859; m. second, June 20, 1871, Emily L. Haskins.
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1. WILLIAM CROSS, b. Sept., 1847. From St. Johnsbury, Vt., re- moved to Plymouth, 1895. He m. Jennie Leothed, b. 1848. He is a carpenter. He was soldier, Civil War, 2d Vermont Regiment.
i. JOHN H., b. Feb. 20, 1872. m. Jennie A. Rogers, of Cavendish, Vt. Res. at the Weirs. Plymouth, 1904.
ii. LUCINDA, b. Sept. 26, 1873. d. May 8, 1880.
iii. SARAH AVERY, b. Dec. 10, 1875. m. Dec. 23, 1896, James W. McLeod, b. Nova Scotia, 1875, son of James McLeod. Res. Plymouth. Two children : (1) Sarah Avery, b. Jan. 1, 1901. (2) Lizzie Christina, b. August 23, 1902.
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1. PEARSON S. CROSS, b. Piermont, 1801, came to Plymouth, 1831. He was a farmer. He m. in Plymouth, Feb. 28, 1832, Sophronia Dearborn, dau. of Benjamin Dearborn (see). She d. May 5, 1833. He m. second, 1838, Nancy Ann Cross, b. Orford, Oct. 16, 1798, dau. of Bethuel and Electa (Taylor) Cross.
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1. JOSEPH A. CROSS, son of Joseph and Ruth (Ames) Cross, b. Salem, Jan. 3, 1823. m. Mary E. Marston, b. Jefferson, Me., Oct. 20, 1832, dau. of John Marston. He was a clothier. He removed to Plymouth 1881. He d. March 15, 1899. She d. Oct. 21, 1888.
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1. ISAAC CUMMINGS, emigrant ancestor of the Cummings families of Plymouth, was in Ipswich, 1638, or earlier. Freeman, 1642. In 1652 he removed to Topsfield. He was a grand juror, 1675, and moderator of a town meeting, 1676. He survived his wife and d. in Topsfield, 1677, aged 76.
2. JOHN CUMMINGS, son of Isaac 1, b. 1630. m. Sarah Howlet, dau. of Ensign Thomas and Alice (French) Howlet, and soon after removed to Boxford. He removed about 1680 to Dunstable and was one of the early settlers of that place. He was a selectman, 1682, and many subsequent years. His wife d. Dec. 7, 1688. He d. Dec. 1, 1700.
3. JOHN CUMMINGS, son of John2, b. in Boxford, lived in Dun- stable. He m. Sept. 13, 1680, Elizabeth Kinsley, dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Brackett) Kinsley, of Billerica, Mass. She was killed by the Indians, July 3, 1706. (See Fox's " Dunstable," p. 81 ; also "N. E. Hist. Gen. Register," 1901, p. 186.) At her death the youngest of her eight children was about four years of age.
4. SAMUEL CUMMINGS, son of John 3, b. Oct. 6, 1684. m. Jan. 14, 1708/9, Elizabeth Shedd. He lived in Groton, Mass. He d. 1717 or 1718. She m. second, Jan. 23, 1720, Robert Robbins, of Littleton, Mass.
5. JARAHMAEL CUMMINGS, son of Samuel 4, b. Groton, Oct. 10, 1711. m. Hampton Falls, Feb. 13, 1736, Hannah Farwell, dau. of Henry Farwell, the date of the marriage in History of Hampton Falls is
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1738, probably an error for 1736. He was a surveyor, and he es- tablished the bounds of several townships in New Hampshire. He settled, 1738, in West Dunstable, which became Hollis in 1746. He d. Oct. 25, 1747. His widow m. second, 1752, Dea. Stephen Jewett (see). Rev. Henry Cummings, b. Sept. 16, 1739, Harvard Univ., 1760, the beloved minister of Billerica, Mass., was a son of Jarahmael 5. Hannah, a dau., b. July 13, 1737, m. James Hobart (see) and Caty, b. Feb. 28, 1744, m. Thomas Pratt (see).
6. CAPT. JOTHAM CUMMINGS, son of Jarahmael 4, b. West Dunstable now Hollis, Dec. 29, 1741. m. in Hollis, April 27, 1763, Anna Brown, b. Hollis, Oct. 23, 1744, dau. of Lieut. Josiah and Anna (Farwell) Brown (see). He was one of the pioneers in the settle- ment of Plymouth, removing from Hollis in 1764. He served in Col. Goffe's regiment from April 7 to Nov. 27, 1760, in the final and successful expedition to Canada. For an account of his good citizenship in peace, and his service in the Revolution, see Vol. I. He d. April 14, 1808. His widow d. Nov. 8, 1829, having lived to welcome seventy-one grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. Several of the ten children of Capt. Jotham Cummings removed from Plymouth, and several having the custody of family records have not responded to repeated inquiry. To others I am greatly indebted, and especially to Mr. A. O. Cummins, of Montpelier, Vt., who is compiling a family record, and to his continued kindness I am indebted.
i. ANNA, b. March 11, 1764, in Hollis. m. Dec. 18, 1783, John Phillips (see).
7. ii. JOTHAM, b. Nov. 6, 1766. m. Elizabeth Senter.
8. iii. HENRY, b. Nov. 5, 1768. m. Jane Merrill.
9. iv. JARANIMAEL, b. Dec. 9, 1771. m. Mary Taylor.
10. v. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 16, 1774. m. Ruth George.
11. vi. JOSEPH FARWELL, b. Sept. 16, 1776. . m. Susannah Senter.
12. vii. LEONARD, b. Jan. 17, 1779. m. Hannah Cheney.
viii. KATE, b. August 2, 1781. m. Walter Harriman (see).
13. ix. NOAH, b. April 2, 1784. m. Elizabeth Connor.
14. X. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 24, 1786. m. Sally Hazeltine.
7. JOTHAM CUMMINGS, son Capt. Jotham6, b. Nov. 6, 1766. m. March 5, 1793, Elizabeth Senter, dau. of Col. Joseph Senter, (see). He lived in Plymouth until 1811. He was a selectman, 1791, and 1801-1809 inclusive, and deacon of the Cong. church, 1801- 1811. He removed to Morgan, Vt., and while living in that town
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for several years he was a member of the church in Derby. At the organization of a church in Morgan he transferred his relations and was again chosen a deacon. He was a representative in the Vermont legislature and prominent in town affairs. " A man of rare talents and sterling piety." He d. Oct. 16, 1833. His widow, Elizabeth, d. April 12, 1851. Six children b. in Plymouth.
i. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 23, 1793. m. August 1, 1815, Albert Hinman, b. Conn., Dec. 27, 1788, son of Timothy Hinman. They lived in Derby, Vt. He d. Feb. 13, 1866. She d. April 4, 1852. Three children : (1) David S., b. June 7, 1816. m. Harriet Lindsey. (2) Eliza Ann, b. April 13, 1820. m. Adams McPherson. (3) Phebe S., b. Oct. 24, 1825. m. Chester Carpenter. She d. Nov. 11, 1875. ii. NANCY, b. Oct. 21, 1795. m. Jan. 6, 1814, William Cobb, b. Hartland, Vt., Oct. 29, 1786, son of William and Sarah (Bates) Cobb. They lived in Morgan, Vt. IIe d. Feb. 11, 1854. She d. August 10, 1867. Seven children : (1) Adaline, b. Dec. 31, 1814. unm. d. March 26, 1897. (2) William, b. July 6, 1817. m. June 27, 1854, Harriet Morse. He d. March 1, 1894. (3) Elizabeth, b. March 20, 1819. m. Sept. 2, 1846, Dr. Gray. (4) Lucy, b. Oct. 11, 1821. d. unm. August 21, 1878. (5) Curtis, b. Oct. 6, 1826. m. March 2, 1861, Emma Barnes. Killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. (6) Jotham Cummings, b. Oct. 15, 1828. m. June 5, 1861, Lucinda Fletcher. He d. April 9, 1804. Miss Mary Elizabeth Cobb, the youngest of five children, b. July 14, 1874, has kindly furnished this record of the family of her parents. (7) Sarah Bates, b. Oct. 7, 1832. m. Nov. 24, 1856, Cephas Adams, M.D., an eminent physician of Island Pond, Vt.
iii. JOTHAM, b. March 31, 1797. m. Oct. 2, 1820, Sally Cobb, dau. of William and Sarah (Bates) Cobb. Ile lived in Morgan, Vt., -- was a good citizen, a representative, 1826. Ile d. Oct. 16, 1861. She d. July 17, 1874. Two children : (1) Sarah, b. Sept. 5, 1821. m. Dec. 15, 1815, Orrin Taylor. (2) Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1838. m. Oct. 12, 1857, Willard Morse, son of David Morse. He enlisted in 11th Vt. Infantry, and d. in Andersonville Prison. She m. second, Sept. 25, 1866, John H. Taylor.
iv. PRISCILLA, b. Dec. 27, 1798. m. March 31, 1824, Mason Lyon, b. Oct. 30, 1798. Res. Charleston, Vt. He d. May 29, 1875. She d. April 18, 1883. Three children : (1) Jerusha L., b. Feb. 3, 1825. m. - Nims. (2) Mary C., b. August 8, 1827, m. Egbert Robinson. (3) William, b. August 11, 1832. d. Nov. 18, 1853.
v. CHARLES, b. Nov. 22, 1801. m. Feb. 28, 1826, Jerusha Little, b. Campton, April 22, 1799, dau. of Ebenezer and Jane (Burbeck ) Little. Res. Morgan, Vt. He was a deacon. IIe d. in Charleston, Vt., Dec. 12, 1873. She d. Dec. 17, 1873. Six children : (1) George Perkins, b. Nov. 18, 1826. m. Hannah E. Rupes. (2) VOL. II. - 11
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Jane Milk, b. Sept. 14, 1828. m. Jan. 6, 1857, Rev. Richard Knight. (3) Rockwood, b. May 14, 1830. m. Mrs. Jane Meneffe. (4) Alice, b. Feb. 4, 1832. (5) Jotham, b. Oct. 8, 1833. m. Jan. 24, 1866, Kate Buchanan. IIe d. Oct. 7, 1898. (6) Charles Colby, b. Dec. 8, 1838. d. Dec. 6, 1861.
vi. MARTHA, b. June 1, 1806. unm. d. Dec. 4, 1842.
8. HENRY CUMMINGS, son of Capt. Jotham 6, b. Nov. 5, 1768. m. Plymouth, Jan. 23, 1794, Jane Merrill, dau. of Jacob Merrill. (see). He lived in Plymouth and was taxed here continuously until 1800, when he removed to Groton. He was a captain in the militia, and by occupation a carpenter and a farmer. He d. August 5, 1820. She d. April 25, 1851.
15. i. HENRY, b. Nov., 1794. m. Sally Cheney.
16. ii. DANIEL, b. May 18, 1796. m. Lois Kidder.
iii. HANNAH, b. 1798. m. Leonard Cheney, b. March 11, 1800, son of Isaac and Sarah (Ames) Cheney; lived in Groton until 1847; removed to Minnesota.
iv. SALLY, b. 1800. m. Franklin Blood, and had sons Parker, Samuel, and Cyrus.
v. ANSON, b. 1802. m. Sybel Lucas, of Rumney.
17. vi. JOTHAM, b. May 19, 1804. m. Mary Cheney.
9. JARAHMAEL CUMMINGS, son of Capt. Jotham 6, b. Dec. 9, 1771. m. June 8, 1794, Mary Taylor, dau. of Edward Taylor (see): He was a prosperous farmer, living in Plymouth until 1802, when he removed to Groton, where he d. Dec. 25, 1831. She d. 1842. Four children b. Plymouth and six Groton.
i. NANCY, b. Jan. 26, 1796. d. 1804.
ii. MARY, b. April 22, 1797. unm. d. 1825.
18. iii. IRA, b. March 23, 1799.
19. iv. EDWARD TAYLOR, b. Groton, Dec. 14, 1800.
v. LUCINDA, b. Oct. 15, 1803. m. 1826, Walter R. Hall, of Rumney. They lived in Dorchester, where she d. Jan. 3, 1885. He d. about 1890. Their son Jeremiah C. served in 1st N. H. Artillery. He d. in Groton, Nov. 30, 1884. Their dau. Mary Ann m. Stillman Merrill.
vi. ANN, b. Jan. 26, 1806. m. Jan. 26, 1826, Benjamin Powers, b. Jan. 25, 1801. He d. May 4, 1884. Seven children.
vii. JESSE, b. May 22, 1809. unm. d. 1838.
viii. ROSETTA, b. April 2, 1814. m. Sept. 3, 1835, Ethan White, b. Unity, April 15, 1809, son of Mace and - White. They res. in Dorchester. He d. Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 25, 1879. She d. Stoneham, Mass., April 15, 1882. Five children. (1)
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Lucinda M., b. Feb. 23, 1837. d. Feb. 16, 1842. (2) Nelson W., b. Feb. 21, 1838. Res. Hartford, Vt. (3) Anna P., b. March 29, 1839. (4) Francena M., b. April 13, 1841. (5) Rosie C., b. Nov. 30, 1848.
ix. CATHERINE, b. May 17, 1816. m. Arthur Hall. Three children : (1) Alfred, b. April 27, 1838. m. Eliza Kidder. (2) Ella, b. July 2, 1846, m. Irving Murray. (3) Annette. m. Artemas Crosby. x. FLORINDA.
10. JONATHAN CUMMINGS, son of Capt. Jotham, 6 b. Plymouth, Feb. 16, 1774. He was a farmer and a surveyor. He was an active and useful townsman, and a selectman, 1815, and a justice of the peace from 1824 until his death. He was much employed in surveying lands and in the adjustment of disputed lines. He made the maps of Plymouth and of Campton for the Carrigain map of New Hampshire, and also a special plan of the township locating the lots of each proprietor. He was a fife major in the militia. He m. March 27, 1796, Ruth George, dan. of William George (see). She d. August 28, 1833. He m. second, Nov. 13, 1834, Alice Blodgett, widow of Simeon Blodgett (see). She d. March 27, 1844. He m. third June 9, 1845, Sophronia Durrell. He d. April 15, 1849. Ten chil- dren of Jonathan and Ruth Cummings :
i. SUSAN, b. August 8, 1796. m. Joseph Reed (see).
ii. ELIZABETII, b. Sept. 17, 1798. m. Nov. 11, 1824, David Weed Gordon, of New Hampton. She d. May 7, 1866. He was a grocer in Milton, Mass., where she d. May 25, 1866.
20. iii. JONATHAN GEORGE, b. August 1, 1800.
21. iv. DRURY FAIRBANKS, b. Oct. 30, 1802.
v. SALLY, b. August 15, 1804. unm. d. Jan. 19, 1881.
22. vi. NOAH, b. August 4, 1806.
vii. APPHIA, b. Oct. 19, 1808. d. Oct. 13, 1810.
viii. WILLIAM H., b. July 2, 1811. d. April 1, 1823.
ix. APPHIA, b. March 9, 1815. d. Sept. 25, 1819.
x. SON, b. July 2, 1817. d. same day.
11. JOSEPH FARWELL CUMMINGS, son of Capt. Jotham, 6 b. Sept. 16, 1776. m. June 12, 1800, Susannah Senter, dau. of Col. Joseph Senter (see). He was a carpenter living near Ward Hill. He d. Jan. 12, 1817. The widow Susannah, with five children, removed to Danville, Vt., during the summer of 1818. She d. May 15, 1849.
i. SABRINA, b. Nov. 12, 1800. m. John Tilton.
ii. JOSEPHI, b. Nov. 8, 1803. m. April 10, 1831, Sarah C. Morse. They had five children.
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iii. JANE EMILY, b. June 13, 1809. m. John Gillies. She d. in Rich- mond, Vt., 1884.
iv. LOUISA SUSAN, b. July 29, 1811. m. March 24, 1836, Francis Sam- son. They had six children.
V. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. March 16, 1816. Removed to Arkansas, and d. in St. Louis, aged about 50.
12. LEONARD CUMMINGS, son of Capt. Jotham 6, b. Jan. 17, 1779. m. July 14, 1801, Hannah Cheney, b. March 19, 1779, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Ela) Cheney (see).
He d. May 2, 1834. She m. second, Feb., 1836, Thomas Stevens, of Rumney. Seven children.
i. LEONARD. Left home in youth and d. at sea.
ii. MAHALA. m. March 7, 1832, Nathaniel Gilman, of Gilford ; m. second, Samuel Rogers.
iii. DANIEL, b. August 15, 1815, was a locomotive engineer and was killed in a railroad accident, Jan. 11, 1818. He m. Ann Pilking- ton. (1) Daniel L., b. Sept. 19, 1838, was a jeweller in Newport, R. I. IIe m. Mary L. Hildreth.
iv. HANNAH, b. Sept. 23, 1817. m. Erastus Sanford, of Taunton, Mass.
v. HENRY, b. April 3, 1821. m. Hannah Whitney, who d. Oct. 15, 1855. Ile d. Quincy, Mass., Feb. 22, 1895. No children.
vi. JOSEPII, b. April 28, 1824. m. Susan T. Howland. He d. August 22, 1866.
vii. JOTHAM, b. 1827. Lived in Quincy, Mass.
13. NOAH CUMMINGS, son of Capt. Jotham 6, b. April 2, 1784. m. July 12, 1807, Elizabeth Connor. He was a lieutenant in the militia, a selectman six years and a substantial citizen. He lived many years on Cummings hill and subsequently on the farm, recently of Harris J. Goss, which he gave to his only son. He then removed to the village, living on the site of the Cottage Hospital, Highland Street. He d. Jan. 23, 1858. She d. Jan. 5, 1864.
i. ELIZA ANN, b. August 26, 1811. m. March 21, 1830, Dearborn Henry Hilton, b. Andover, Dec. 31, 1803, son of Henry Dearborn and Deborah (Clough) Hilton. He was a clerk in Major Weld's store, and proprietor of a hotel and first postmaster at West Plymouth, living in Plymouth about eight years. In 1831 he removed to Chester, Vt., where he was a successful merchant, a representative, and State senator. Ile d. July 23, 1860. She d. August 11, 1893. (1) George II., b. 1831. m. 1853, Helen M. Farwell, b. Nov. 10, 1833, dau. of Dr. Abraham and Miriam (Whiting) Far- well. He d. Jan. 16, 1901. Eight children.
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ii. NOAH CONNOR, b. Feb. 26, 1813.
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14. WILLIAM CUMMINGS, son of Capt. Jotham 6, b. Sept. 24, 1786. m. March 12, 1800, Sally Hazeltine, b. Feb. 28, 1790, dau. of John and Hannah Hazeltine, of Concord. He d. Dec. 12, 1847. She d. Jan. 29, 1868. His children were born in Rumney and in Delhi, N. Y.
He was an earnest and devoted preacher of the Christian faith and was instrumental in the organization of many churches of that denomination. His field of labor was in the States of Vermont and New York.
i. DORCAS, b. April 5, 1810. d. Jan. 18, 1827.
ii. PETER, b. April 7, 1812. d. April 11, 1812.
iii. DAMARIS, b. Sept. 14, 1814. d. Jan. 16, 1831.
24. iv. MOSES, b. Jan. 14, 1816.
v. AARON, b. Dec. 11, 1817. m. August 9, 1847, Harriet Squires. He lived in Honesdale, Penn. Merchant. He d. August 5, 1882. Seven children.
vi. SARAH MARION, b. Feb. 8, 1820. m. Feb. 8, 1848, Hiram G. Combes. He was a salesman, res. in Brooklyn, N. Y. She d. March, 1891. One son, William Anson, b. Nov. 14, 1850. d. May 4, 1874.
vii. LYDIA W., b. Nov. 18, 1827. m. August 11, 1849, Edward Harris.
15. HENRY CUMMINGS, son of Henry8, b. Nov., 1794. m. Sally Cheney, b. April 8, 1798, dau. of Isaac and Sarah (Ames) Cheney, of Groton. Six children.
i. LUCY ANN. m. Otis Hall.
ii. SARAH JANE.
-iii. CAROLINE, b. April 10, 1824. m. July 4, 1843, John B. Fairbanks. He d. Natick, Mass., Feb. 6, 1891.
iv. ANNETTE. m. Edgarton.
v. HANNAH. m. Abbot.
vi. ELIZABETH.
16. DANIEL CUMMINGS, son of Henry 8, b. May 18, 1796. m. June 1, 1824, Lois Kidder, dau. of John and Lois (Buel) Kidder, of Groton. He was a farmer on the paternal homestead. He d. Groton, August 25, 1854. Eight children b. in Groton.
i. MARY J., b. Sept. 20, 1825. d. Sept. 10, 1830.
ii. ALICE, b. Nov. 26, 1827. m. March 25, 1817, Elbridge Tilton, b. April 10, 1822, son of Silas B. Tilton, of Bristol. He was a farmer in Groton until 1864, in Gilford until 1871, and subsequently in Bristol. He d. May 6, 1889. Two children. (1) Zerah Elbridge, b. May 23, 1858. m. May 22, 1887, Georgiana Weeks. He is a
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farmer in Bristol. (2) Della Alice, b. Dec. 8, 1867. m. Dec. 28, 1885, Fred Herman Briggs, b. Oct. 1, 1858, son of Sherman S. Briggs, of Bristol, photographer. Res. Amesbury, Mass.
iii. LOIS ANN, b. Nov. 21, 1829. m. 1851, Joseph A. Judkins, a florist, of Natick, Mass. He d. 1876. She d. March 14, 1900. (1) Emma Frances, b. 1864. unm.
25. iv. DANIEL KIDDER, b. Dec. 1, 1831.
26. v. HENRY, b. Nov. 4, 1833.
vi. ADELAIDE CROSBY, b. June 2, 1836. m. May 1, 1860, Romanzo J. Hunkins, b. Oct. 14, 1830, son of Moses and Hannah (Cheney) Hunkins, of Sanbornton. She d. June 12, 1891. He is a farmer, of Groton. Two children : (1) Frank E., b. August 19, 1862. d. May 11, 1861. (2) William Henry, b. Feb. 12, 1866. m. August 20, 18SS, Mary A. Hardy, who d. July 4, 1899.
vii. FRANK EDWIN, b. March 4, 1839, a real estate agent in Boston. Res. Natick, Mass. He m. Nov. 16, 1864, Emma Ramsdell. Three children : (1) Eva Frances, b. Nov. 27, 1871. d. Dec. 8, 1871. (2) E. Louise, b. Oct. 6, 1875. (3) HIelen A., b. August 10, 1878. viii. JAMES ALFRED, b. Oct. 1, 1843. m. Nov. 24, 1872, Mary A. Chambers, b. Lawrence, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1845, dau. of William and Eliza (Gilbert) Chambers. She d. Plymouth, Dec. 1, 1895. IIe m. second, August 30, 1899, Nettie B. Jacobs, b. Hiland, Kan., August 25, 1874, dau. of Stanley and Emma Louise (Chambers) Jacobs. He was farmer in Plymouth, removing to Bristol, 1897, where he d. Sept. 1, 1902. His widow removed to California. One child. (1) Mary Lois, b. April 5, 1883. Res. Bristol.
17. JOTHAM CUMMINGS, son of Henry 8, b. Groton, March 19,-1804. m. Jan. 1, 1833, Mary Cheney, b. Sept. 24, 1808, dau. of Isaac and Sarah (Ames) Cheney, of Groton. In early manhood he was a cooper in Boston; returning to Groton he was a substantial farmer and a useful citizen. He d. Jan. 8, 1893. She d. Oct. 23, 1895.
i. EMILY JANE, b. Nov. 7, 1833. m. Nov. 7, 1852, Luther H. Clark. Res. Hardwick, Vt., and Bridgton, N. J.
ii. SARAH JERUSHA, b. May 25, 1835. m. William George Piper. Res. Vineland, N. J.
iii. GEORGE JOTHAM, b. July 6, 1838. Dartmouth College, 1869. Pro- fessor, Howard University, Washington, D. C. m. July 26, 1869, Lucy E. Hardy. (1) Lucy Webster, b. March 6, 1875. (2) Alice Ames, b. April 29, 1878. d. Dec. 12, 1880.
iv. MARY EMELINE, b. Sept. S, 1840. d. Dec. 11, 1840.
v. CHARLES WILSON, b. August 20, 1846. m. 1873, Emily E. Merrill, daughter of Ira and Mary (Whitcher) Merrill, of Warren. He attended Newbury, Vt., and Meriden academies. Has been a successful merchant in Groton and in Meriden. He has retired from business, and res. in Warren.
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18. IRA CUMMINGS, son of Jarahmael 9, b. March 23, 1799. Was a prosperous farmer of Groton, where he d. Oct. 3, 1853. He m., 1825, Betsey Hardy, who d. Dec. 4, 1850. He m. second, L. Abigail Berry.
i. CHILD born and d. 1826.
ii. MARY, b. May 2, 1828. d. August 13, 1851.
iii. IRA, b. Dec. 23, 1831. m. May 14, 1853, Elvira B. Colburn, b. Jan. 19, 1836. They were married in Natick, Mass. Ile d. Jan. 14, 1859. Three children : (1) Charles I., b. Sept. 11, 1854. m. Sept. 25, 1874, Emma Temple, of Hopkinton, Mass. She d. Jan. 14, 1882. He m. second, Sept. 30, 1884, Jennie Marriner. Seven children. (2) Frank C., b. Oct. 21, 1856. m. May 13, 1876, Abbie G. Morse, of Natick, Mass. She d. Jan. 1, 1891. Four children. (3) Bertha, b. Dec. 20, 1859.
iv. EDWARD T., b. Dec. 16, 1834. in. April 2, 1851, Martha A. Clark, b. Feb. 19, 1834, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Neal) Clark. He was a farmer of Groton, where he d. Sept. 22, 1863. She d. Sept. 5, 1889. Two children : (1) Ira, b. March 11, 1855, is a farmer of Groton, and has conducted a mica mine and a stage line from North Groton to Rumney. He has ever been a loyal promoter of the town library. He m. August 25, 1874, Effie A. Bailey, b. Jan. 6, 1856, dau. of Abel Bailey, of Groton. Five children. (2) Mary E., b. June 14, 1857. m. 1876, Horatio N. Bryer, son of Clark and Mary (IIall) Bryer. She d. Dec. 14, 1886.
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