Cummings family of Dunstable, Mass., 1733-1834.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Cummings family of Dunstable, Mass., 1733-1834.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70689159

Documents belonging to the Cummings family of Dunstable, Mass. The bulk of the items pertain to Josiah and Oliver Cummings and their involvement in the Revolutionary War and later in the local Militia as well as Josiah Cummings service as town clerk of Dunstable circa 1807. Includes an original muster roll of Capt. Josiah Cummings Company, 1800 ; two signed documents by Capt. Oliver Cummings dated 1777 and 1778 regarding recruitment for the Continental Army; marriage intention of Daniel Larkin and Abigail Parker signed by Josiah Cummings, 1807; writ of execution, 1794, in the case of debts owed by Joseph Corken, Dunstable, to Primous Johnson of Dracut; small fragment of a will signed by Nathaniel Cummings 2 October 1752 and an 1834 appointment of Josiah Cummings as Justice of the Peace, signed by Levi Lincoln, Governor. The oldest document is a letter dated 6 May 1733 to Jonathan Howard of Chelmsford from his cousin James Lowden?

9 items.

New England Historic Genealogical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8035438

New England Historic Genealogical Society

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

Corken, Joseph.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb2wd7 (person)

Cummings, Oliver deWolf, 1900-1986

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp4q61 (person)

Parker, Abigail.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sv2b2c (person)

United States. Continental Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66m6x5k (corporateBody)

In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...

Larkin, Daniel Irving

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63b67jj (person)

Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f1snz (person)

Lawyer and U.S. representative and governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Papers of Levi Lincoln, 1807-1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015073 ...

Cummings, Josiah.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq7q65 (person)

Marriage intentions.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62c6jtw (person)

Johnson, Primous.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zh4cfk (person)