Nathaniel Cummlngs

8. NATHANIEL CUMMINGS (1761–1818), son of Elisha Cummings and Mary Andrews

9. MARY CRAWFORD, dauther of Captain Jonathan Crawford and Mary Heath

Nathaniel Cummings was born on 16 January 1761 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. [1][2] He died on 30 October 1818 in New Hampton, New Hampshire. [1][2][3] He married Mary Crawford in May of 1788, 1789 or 1790. [1][2].

Mary, the daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Heath) Crawford was born on 11 November 1770. [4] She married second unknown Cox of Holderness. [4]

Nathaniel's daughter Mary said that when she was about 13 she saw her father "hooked to death, being tossed on the horns of a mad animal." [1]

Nathaniel's death notice in the New Hampshire Patriot says: [3]

In New Hampton on Friday the 30th October Mr. Nathaniel Cummings, aged 59, by a wound he received from his own Bull, which tore him in such a shocking manner that he survived about twenty-five hours and expired: he has left a disconsolate widow and ten children to mourn the loss of a kind husband and one of the best parents, a good neighbor, a good citizen, and a good christian.

Children of Nathaniel Cummings and Mary Crawford, births recorded in [1].

i. Reverand Cyrus Cummings was born on 23 April 1791 in Bridgewater, New Hampshire. He died on 9 September 1859 in Portland, Maine. He married Elizabeth Curtis.

ii. Jonathan Cummings was born on 12 November 1793 in Bridgewater. [1][5] He died on 19 April 1853 in Holderness. [6][7] He married Nancy Brown on 25 March 1817 in Bridgewater. [8] She married second Thomas Webber of Center Harbor, New Hampshire in February 1862. [7]

Jonathan was a carpenter. [7]

iii. Elisha Cummings was born on 10 January 1796 in Bridgewater. [1][5] He married the widow Ann B. Noyes of Boston. [7]

iv. Pingry Cummings was born on 28 February 1798 in Bridgewater. [1][9] He died on 7 November 1864. [7] Pingry Cummings of New Hampton married first Martha Batchelder on 6 February 1820. [10] Martha was the daughter of Simon and Polly (Marston) Batchelder of New Hampton and Bridgewater. [11] She was born on 6 April 1799 and died on 8 April 1842. [7] He married second Priscilla Stearns of Plymouth, New Hampshire on 10 September 1844. She died on 8 April 1849. [7] Pingry Cummings of New Hampton married third Alvira H. Young of Stewartstown on 4 July 1851 in Plymouth, Grafton County. [12][13] She died on 28 February 1853. [7] He married forth Mary T. Ladd of Meredith New Hampshire. [7]

v. William Smith Cummings was born on 1 March 1800. [1] He died in January 1874. [7] He married Martha Tibbetts of Berwick, Maine in January 1823. [7]

vi. Samuel Cummings was born on 1 May 1803. [1] He died on 14 August 1836. [2] He marrried Martha Weeks. [1]

Samuel was a farmer. [2]

vii. Mary Cummings was born on 1 March 1805. [1] She married Andrew S. Cox of Holderness on 23 December 1828. [1]

viii. Julia Cummings was born on 11 June 1808. [1] She married Joel Wilson of Cumberland, Maine. [1] They are said to have died in Westbrook within an hour and a quarter of one another. [1]

ix. Relief Cummings was born on 3 April 1810. [1] She died on 3 January 1876 in Boston. [1] She married first Joseph Connell on 10 August 1828. [1] He died in July 1833 in Holderness. [1] She married second C. Hellesen of Denmark. [1] He died in 1843. [1] She married third Thomas H. Smith of New Hampton. [1]

x. Mahala Cummings was born on 3 March 1812. [1] She died on 23 December 1842 in Plymouth or Holderness, New Hampshire. [1] She may have married Nathaniel Gilman of Gilford, New Hampshire on 7 May 1832. [1]

xi. Unknown daughter Cummings died young. [1]

References

1. George Mooar, The Cummings Memorial: A genealogical history of the descendants of Isaac Cummings, an Early Settler of Topsfield, Massachusetts (New York: B.F. Cummings, 1903), 171–2. There is disagreement over Nathaniel and Mary's wedding date. Elisha born 2 January.

2. Albert Oren Cummins, Cummings Genealogy: Isaac Cummings, 1601-1677, of Ipswich in 1638 and Some of His Descendants (Montpelier: A.O. Cummins, 1904), 189–90. Nathaniel was killed by an infuriated bull.

3. New Hampshire Patriot, 10 November 1818, v. X, issue 32, 3.

4. Ezra S. Stearns, History of Plymouth, New Hampshire, vol. 2 (Cambridge, MA: University Press, 19060, 155.

5. "New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714–1904," database, Ancestry, entries for Jonathan and Elisha, sons of Nathaniel.

6. "New Hampshire, Death and Burials Index, 1654–1949," database, Ancestry.

7.Mooar, Cummings Memorial, 321–2.

8. "New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1636–1947," database, Ancestry, entry for Jonathan Cummings and Nancy Brown.

9. "New Hampshire, Birth Index, 1659–1900," database with images, Ancestry > Collins–Connors, image 2826.

10. "New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659–1947," database with images, Ancestry > Marriage > Pre-1901 > Collins–Converse, image 2878.

11. Frederick Clifton Pierce, Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy (Chicago: W.B. Conkey Co., 1898), 248. Married unknown Cummings.

12. "New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index," entry for Pingree Cummings, age 53, and Alvira H. Young, age 34.

13. "New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records" > Marriage > Pre-1901 > Collins–Converse, image 2868.

last revised 25-May-2020