Josiah Cummings

1763 - 1837  (74 years)

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• Name	Josiah Cummings
  Birth	12 Jan 1763	Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Sep 1837	Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I9595	Watson Clan Tree
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	Captain Oliver Cummings,   b. 10 Apr 1728, Dunstable, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA d. 15 Aug 1810, Dunstable, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Sybil Whitney,   b. 4 Feb 1733, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Dec 1812, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1753	Killingly, Windham, Conecticut, USA   [3]
  _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
  Family ID	F505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sally Taylor
  Family ID	F5838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2011

  
  

  Family 2	Olive Taylor
  Family ID	F5839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, (beta.familysearch.com) (Reliability: 3). Name: Josiah Cumings Gender: Male Baptism/Christening Date: Baptism/Christening Place: Birth Date: 12 Jan 1763 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: [S269] Dunstable, Massachusetts: Town History 1873 (Reliability: 2). JosiAH CuMMiNGS, son of Oliver and Sybil (Bailey) Cum- mings, entered the army when a mere boy, and served as a guard over the soldiers of Gen. Burgoyne, subsequent to their capture in October, 1777. He also performed duty with the army in New Jersey. After the Revolution he was commis- sioned as captain of the Dunstable militia company. He mar- ried first Sally and then Olive Taylor, sisters, and Hved on the place now occupied by his son, Josiah T. Cummings. His death occurred Sept. 11, 1834 [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: