Captain Oliver Cummings

1728 - 1810  (82 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Oliver Cummings  [1]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	10 Apr 1728	Dunstable, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Event	28 Oct 1766	White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA   [6]
  Residence	1790	Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [7]
  _UID	7AD3D17746C837418F4138E5E3A0E454C355
  _UID	A4FB558109DE9D49AA861557A03428D2AC3A
  Death	15 Aug 1810	Dunstable, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA   [4, 8, 9]
  Burial	Central Cemetery, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [9]
  Notes	It appears that Oliver Cummings and Sybil Whitney were first cousins, so the shared ancestry is not an accident.
  Person ID	I680	Watson Clan Tree
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Cummings, Jr.,   b. 2 Sep 1699, Dunstable, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth Whitney,   b. 23 Jul 1702, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. Abt 1785, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 1712	Massachusetts
  _UID	FCD6AFB793A37B45B82F76812DB932496D25
  Family ID	F1145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sybil Whitney,   b. 4 Feb 1733, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Dec 1812, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)  [10]
  Marriage	1753	Killingly, Windham, Conecticut, USA   [8]
  _UID	438911F568E256418FEF2122CC08AF211809
  _UID	770E303918680C4F847B3D4CD96321C9779D
  _UID	D169A309CD0453409C073200FA1326C21448
  _UID	FF83652265463C479C5FC8E7A276B9C5773F
  Notes	"Cummings Memorial" and "A History of Dunstable, Massachusetts" list Sybil Bailey as Oliver's wife. I believe this to be wrong. First, "Cummings Genealogy" lists Sibyla Whitney, and this seems to be the current consensus. I have found no marriage records or references to a maiden name for either name. Second, Sybil Bailey is actually the name of the wife of Joseph Willard, grandmother of James Willard Cummings. It would seem unlikely that these two are not connected in some way, even if in error. I am presuming that "Cummings Memorial" used "A History of Dunstable, Massachusetts" as its source, and the author of that just got it wrong somehow. A marriage record or any original document with a maiden name would be very enlightening and solve this dilemma. As it stands though, I am going with Sybil Whitney as the wife, and proceeding on that course. -- Watsonclan.com Admin
  Children	1. Oliver Cummings,   b. 12 Jul 1757, Dunstable Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA + 2. James Cummings, Sr.,   b. 26 May 1759, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 Sep 1840, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] 3. Josiah Cummings,   b. 12 Jan 1763, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Sep 1837, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)   4. Nathaniel Cummings,   b. 20 Jun 1767, Dunstable Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   5. Sibbel Cummings,   b. 14 Aug 1773, Dunstable Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   6. Richard Whitney,   b. 22 Apr 1743, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: Foster]  [Mother: Foster]
  Family ID	F505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2011

  
  

• Documents

  Oliver Cummings 1728-1810 - Birth Record New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 for Oliver Cummings Name: Oliver Cummings Date of Birth: 10 Apr 1728 Place of Birth: Dunstable, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Father's Name: Nathaniel Cummings Mother's Name: Elizabeth Cummings Place Recorded: Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States GS Film Number: 1000379 Digital GS Number: 4243702 Image Number: 02862

  
  

  Headstones

  Oliver Cummings (1728-1810) and Sybil Whitney (1733-1812) - Headstone

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Charles H. Browning, Americans of Royal Descent, 229, http://books.google.com/books?id=eyik0rO0HlsC&lpg=. (Reliability: 2). Sybil Whitney, 1733-1812, who m. Captain Oliver Cummings, of Dunstable, Massachusetts, d. 1810, and had: [S48] Albert Oren Cummins, Cummings Genealogy, A, (http://www.archive.org/details/cummingsgenealog00cumm) (Reliability: 2). [S57] New Hampshire Births and Christenings, (beta.familysearch.com) (Reliability: 3). Name Oliver Cummings Gender Male Baptism/Christening Date Baptism/Christening Place Birth Date 10 Apr 1728 Birthplace DUNSTABLE TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE Death Date Name Note Race Father's Name Nathaniel Cummings Father's Birthplace Father's Age Mother's Name Elizabeth Mother's Birthplace Mother's Age Indexing Project (Batch) Number 7540018 System Origin New_Hampshire-ODM Source Film Number unknown Reference Number [S270] Millennium File (Reliability: 2). Name: Oliver Cummings Spouse: , Sybil Whitney Birth Date: 10 Apr 1728 Birth City: Dunstable Birth County: Middlesex Birth State: Massachusetts Birth Country: USA Death Date: 15 Aug 1810 Death City: Dunstable Death County: Middlesex Death State: Massachusetts Death Country: USA Parents: Nathaniel Cummings, Elizabeth Whitney Children: Oliver Cummings Other Information: Notes [S56] New Hampshire Birth Records, (beta.familysearch.com) (Reliability: 3). Name: Oliver Cummings Date of Birth: 10 Apr 1728 Place of Birth: Dunstable, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Father's Name: Nathaniel Cummings Mother's Name: Elizabeth Cummings Place Recorded: Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States GS Film Number: 1000379 Digital GS Number: 4243702 Image Number: 02862 [S269] Dunstable, Massachusetts: Town History 1873 (Reliability: 2). Oliver Cummings, Jr., was a private in the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776. He returned to Dunstable and subsequently removed to the town of Sumner, Me., where he died. [S257] 1790 United States Federal Census (Reliability: 2). Name: Oliver Cummings Township: Dunstable County: Middlesex State: Massachusetts Number of Free White Males Under 16: 1 Number of Free White Males 16 and Over: 2 Number of Free White Females: 4 Number of Household Members: 7 [S75] Charles H. Browning, Americans of Royal Descent, 229, http://books.google.com/books?id=eyik0rO0HlsC&lpg=. (Reliability: 2). II.--Nathaniel Whitney, of Weston, Massachusetts, 1646-1732; m., 1673, Sarah Hagar, and had: [S88] Headstone (Reliability: 3). [S50] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, (beta.familysearch.com) (Reliability: 3). Name James Cumings Gender Male Baptism/Christening Date Baptism/Christening Place Birth Date 26 May 1759 Birthplace DUNSTABLE,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS Death Date Name Note Race Father's Name Oliver Cumings Father's Birthplace Father's Age Mother's Name Sibbel Mother's Birthplace Mother's Age Indexing Project (Batch) Number C50073-1 System Origin Massachusetts-ODM Source Film Number 823729 Reference Number