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Benjamin CUMMINGS was born 2 September 1778
Benjamin CUMMINGS was the child of Loved COMMINGS (CUMMINGS) and Nancy PERRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) John CUMMINGS and Hannah KILEYBenjamin CUMMINGS died 17 October 1861 in Somerset, Massachusetts, USA.
Father: Loval Cummings
Mother: Nancy Perry Cummings
m. Lydia Goff
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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
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Name: Benjamin Cummings
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 17 Oct 1861
Death Place: Somerset, Bristol, Massachusetts
Age: 83
Birth Date: 1778
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Father's Name: Loval Cummings
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Mother's Name: Nancy Perry Cummings
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I07677-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2020439
Reference ID: 11
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FCMJ-C8Z : 10 December 2014), Benjamin Cummings, 17 Oct 1861; citing Somerset, Bristol, Massachusetts, reference 11; FHL microfilm 2,020,439.'
Name: Benjamin Cummings
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 17 Oct 1861
Death Place: Somerset, Bristol, Massachusetts
Age: 83
Birth Date: 1778
Birth Place:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Loval Cummings
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Nancy Perry Cummings
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I07677-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2020439
Reference ID: 11
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FCMJ-C8Z : 10 December 2014), Benjamin Cummings, 17 Oct 1861; citing Somerset, Bristol, Massachusetts, reference 11; FHL microfilm 2,020,439.'
Benjamin is buried at: Simmons Cemetery Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
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