Cummings
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Mar 1851 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 28 Mar 1851 - Orleans, Massachusetts 1
Burial:
Cause of Death: convulsions
Parents
Father: Deacon Calvin Cummings (1821-1872)
Mother: Mary Frances Freeman (1835-1915)
Notes
Medical:
age 14d
b Orleans, s/o Calvin & Mary Comings
Cummings
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Nov 1878 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 14 Nov 1878 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death: stillborn
Parents
Father:
Mother: Lydia M Cummings (1850-1890) 3
Notes
Medical:
male illegitimate
Alice S Cummings
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Mar 1859 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 11 Mar 1944 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 4
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Cummings (1818-1906) 5
Mother: Sarah A Wiles (1824-1922) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel Emerson Sparrow (1 Aug 1845 - 28 Jul 1921) 4
Marriage: 29 Nov 1877 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Sparrow (1878-1878) 2
2. Charles Emerson Sparrow (1879-1901)
3. Aurilla S Sparrow (1882- )
4. Blanche Sparrow (1888-1931)
5. Deborah C Sparrow (1893- ) 2
Notes
Marriage Notes (Samuel Emerson Sparrow)
1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 US census, Orleans
Alton R Cummings
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Jun 1883 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Fred L Cummings (1860-1954)
Mother: Susan E Snow (1859-1942)
Amos Smith Cummings
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Dec 1804 - Gerry, Massachusetts 6
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Stephen Cummings (1766-1843)
Mother: Polly Brown (Est 1770- )
Augusta Louretta Cummings
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Jun 1812 - Gerry, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Stephen Cummings (1766-1843)
Mother: Polly Brown (Est 1770- )
Benjamin Cummings
Sex: M
AKA: Benjamin Comings 8
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Oct 1816 - Orleans, Massachusetts 9
Baptism:
Death: 5 Jul 1839 - Orleans, Massachusetts 10
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 4
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Cummings (1781-1857) 4
Mother: Lydia Sparrow (1782-1872) 5
Betsey Cummings
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Jun 1792 - Gerry, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Stephen Cummings (1766-1843)
Mother: Polly Brown (Est 1770- )
Deacon Calvin Cummings
Sex: M
AKA: Calvin Comings 8
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Mar 1821 - Orleans, Massachusetts 9
Baptism:
Death: 25 Sep 1872 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 4
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Cummings (1781-1857) 4
Mother: Lydia Sparrow (1782-1872) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Frances Freeman (8 Apr 1835 - 1915)
Marriage: 30 Nov 1848 - Orleans, Massachusetts 11
Status:
Children:
1. Cummings (1851-1851)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Mary Frances Freeman)
wrong Mary F Freeman or wrong birthdate
Celistia Jane Cummings
Sex: F
AKA: Celesta J Cummings
Individual Information
Birth: 22 May 1864 - Orleans, Massachusetts 12
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Cummings (1818-1906) 5
Mother: Sarah A Wiles (1824-1922) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Charles E Kimball (1857 - )
Marriage: 3 Jun 1914 - Winthrop, Massachusetts 13
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Charles E Kimball)
1927, of Harvard, Mass.
Charles Adams Cummings
Sex: M
AKA: Charles A Comins 14
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Jul 1807 - Gerry, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Stephen Cummings (1766-1843)
Mother: Polly Brown (Est 1770- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Eunice Rich (29 Dec 1810 - 2 Dec 1831) 15
Marriage: 2 Mar 1828 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 14
Status:
Charles R Cummings
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1857 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 26 Dec 1860 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 4
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Deacon George Washington Cummings (1824-1906) 16
Mother: Sukey Freeman (1824-1878) 17
Clara A Cummings
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1844 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Cummings (1804-1883)
Mother: Hannah S Knowles (1806-1849)
Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Smith (1839 - )
Marriage: 14 Jan 1866 - Orleans, Massachusetts 2
Status:
Children:
1. Thomas A Smith (1869- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Thomas Smith)
" Thomas Smith, son of Sylvanus and Persis (Rogers) Smith, was born in 1839. He was for eighteen years a merchant at Orleans, retiring in 1887. He married Clara A., daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Knowles) Cummings. They have one son\emdash Thomas A." 18
Daniel Cummings
Sex: M
AKA: David Cummings
Individual Information
Birth: 20 May 1768 - Athol, Massachusetts 19
Baptism:
Death: 24 Mar 1776 - Athol, Massachusetts 20
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Cummings (Est 1745- )
Mother: Elizabeth (Est 1750- )
Daniel Cummings
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Dec 1818 - Orleans, Massachusetts 21
Baptism:
Death: 8 Nov 1906 - Orleans, Massachusetts 5
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 22
Cause of Death: accident 23
Parents
Father: Daniel Cummings (1781-1857) 4
Mother: Lydia Sparrow (1782-1872) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah A Wiles (27 Jun 1824 - 8 Dec 1922) 5
Marriage: 30 May 1858 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Alice S Cummings (1859-1944)
2. Sarah E Cummings (1861- )
3. Celistia Jane Cummings (1864- )
4. Julia L Cummings (1867-1927)
5. Martha Cummings (Est 1869- )
2. Olive S Lewis (1820 - 6 Dec 1856)
Marriage: 1839
Status:
Children:
1. Elvira S Cummings (1835-1858)
2. Olive Lizzie Cummings (1843- )
3. Daniel Johnson Cummings (1846-1919)
4. Mary A Cummings (1848- )
5. Lizzie Maria Cummings (1850-1890) 5
6. Lydia M Cummings (1850-1890) 3
7. Ephraim I Cummings (Cir 1851-1852) 5
Notes
General:
gravestone verse:Medical:
"Rest for the toiling hand,
Rest for the anxious body
Rest for the weary waysore feet
Rest from all labor now."
farmer 1846, 1864, 1867 5
age 87-11-8Marriage Notes (Sarah A Wiles)
farmer
married
mother Lydia Sparrow, born Orleans
father Daniel, born Phillipton, NH
1880 US census, Orleans, MA:Marriage Notes (Olive S Lewis)
Daniel Cummings, head, 52, born MA, farmer, parents born MA;
Sarah A Cummings, wife, 56, born MA, keeping house, parents born MA;
Lidia M Cummings, daughter, 25, born MA, - , parents born MA;
Listia J Cummings, daughter, 17, born MA, at school, parents born MA;
Julia L Cummings, daughter, 13, born MA, at school, parents born MA;
Elkenah Wiles, brother-in-law, 60, born MA, laborer, parents born MA.
1900 US census, Orleans:
house 24, family 26.
Daniel Cummings, head, 81, b dec 1818, married 42 y, self and parents b Mass, farmer;
Sarah A Cummings, wife, 76, b jun 1824, married 42 y, 8 births 6 living, self and parents b Mass;
Julia L Cummings, daughter, 33, b apr 1867, single, self and parents b Mass. (occupation spaces blank for the women.)
Orleans Cemetery records for Cummings lot.
lot # 150, south block, section 2.
associate owners:
Daniel Cummings, Jr, Calvin Cummings, George W Cummings, Joseph Cummings.
burials: (no dates in record)
1. Lydia S Richmond
2. William W Richmond
3. Calvin Cummings
4. Frances F Cummings
5. Delilah M Cummings
6. George W Cummings
7. Sukey F Cummings
8. Charles R? Cummings
9. George W Cummings (son)
10. Elvran Cummings
11. Olive Cummings
12. Ephraim L Cummings
13. Daniel Cummings
14. Sarah A Cummings
15. Julia L Cummings
16. Maria Cummings
17. L Cummings
18. Mary Cummings
24
The family grave site has at least 24 markers, but many are too worn or lichened to read readily.
Daniel Cummings
Sex: M
AKA: Daniel Cumings 5
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Jan 1781 - Phillipston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 2 Dec 1857 - Orleans, Massachusetts 25
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
Cause of Death: marasmus
Events
• Alt Birth 26, , Athol, Massachusetts in Athol, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Joseph Cummings (Est 1745- )
Mother: Elizabeth (Est 1750- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Lydia Sparrow (19 Jul 1782 - 26 Jun 1872) 5
Marriage: 1 Dec 1803 - Orleans, Massachusetts 27
Status:
Children:
1. Captain Joseph Cummings (1804-1883)
2. Samuel Smith Cummings (1806-1829) 16
3. Josiah Sparrow Cummings (1809-1810) 16
4. Lucy Cummings (1812-1892)
5. Josiah Sparrow Cummings (1814-1863) 16
6. Benjamin Cummings (1816-1839)
7. Daniel Cummings (1818-1906) 5
8. Deacon Calvin Cummings (1821-1872)
9. Deacon George Washington Cummings (1824-1906) 16
10. Lydia Sparrow Cummings (1826-1826) 16
11. Lydia Sparrow Cummings (1828-1858) 16
Notes
General:
grave marker:Medical:
"In memory of
Daniel Cumings
who died Dec. 2, 1857
Æt. 76 yrs. 10 mos.
[worn verse]"
parents: Joseph Cummings, b 5 Feb 1733 Middleton, Mass. & Elizabeth Allard
http://www.isaaccummingsfamily.org/
Selectman 14 yr, Rep. to General Court 7 yr. 5
age 77
Daniel Comings
married
farmer
b Philipston 28
Daniel Johnson Cummings
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Sep 1846 - Orleans, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death: 30 Sep 1919
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 4
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Cummings (1818-1906) 5
Mother: Olive S Lewis (1820-1856)
Spouses and Children
1. *Eldora Eldredge (27 Oct 1849 - 5 Mar 1886)
Marriage: 1 Jan 1872 - Chatham, Massachusetts 29
Status:
Children:
1. Mary E Cummings ( -1886)
2. Eva F Cummings (1873-1959)
2. Mary E Eldredge (16 Jun 1856 - 30 Sep 1897)
Marriage: 13 Apr 1887 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Status:
3. Mary E Hopkins (Aug 1857 - )
Marriage: 22 Dec 1898 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
General:
Named for Orleans minister.
Ebenezer L Cummings
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1863 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1935
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Henry Cummings (1839-1922) 30
Mother: Helen Crosby Linnell (1841-1922) 31
Spouses and Children
1. *Ella W Smith (1863 - 1922)
Marriage: 7 Oct 1884 - Orleans, Massachusetts 2
Status:
Children:
1. Marguerite Cummings (1893- ) 2
Notes
General:
1893 foreman, Orleans
Elvira S Cummings
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1835 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 6 Apr 1858 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans, Massachusetts 4
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Cummings (1818-1906) 5
Mother: Olive S Lewis (1820-1856)
Notes
General:
Age at death looks like 23, which does not fit.
Ephraim I Cummings
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1851 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 22 Sep 1852 - (Orleans, Massachusetts) 5
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 22
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Cummings (1818-1906) 5
Mother: Olive S Lewis (1820-1856)
Notes
General:
death year unclear from gravestone, no birth date given.
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