Sarah HOWLETT

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abt. 1637 , Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died

7 December 1700 , Dunstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Thomas HOWLETT Alice FRENCH

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Born: abt. 1637 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father: Thomas HOWLETT

Mother: Alice FRENCH

Maternal grandparents: Thomas FRENCH , Susan RIDDLESDALE

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Sarah married John CUMMINGS abt. 1656 in Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
John CUMMINGS was born 8 May 1630 in Mistley, Essex, England. John died 1 December 1700 in Dunstable, Massachusetts, USA.

Sarah HOWLETT died 7 December 1700 in Dunstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Sarah HOWLETT married

John CUMMINGS
Marriage date: abt. 1656
Marriage place: , Massachusetts Bay Colony

Children of John CUMMINGS and Sarah HOWLETT

John CUMMINGS

Born: 7 June 1657, Boxford, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 20 May 1732, Dunstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Elizabeth KINSLEY 13 September 1680 Place: Dunstable, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas CUMMINGS

Born: 6 October 1658, Boxford, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 23 October 1722, Dunstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Priscilla WARNER 19 December 1688 Place: Dunstable, Massachusetts, USA

Nathaniel CUMMINGS

Born: 10 September 1659, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1720, Dunstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Abigail PARKHURST 14 April 1697 Place: Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah CUMMINGS

Born: 27 January 1661, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 4 November 1724, Dunstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Samuel FRENCH 28 December 1682 Place: Dunstable, Massachusetts, USA

Abraham CUMMINGS

Born: 10 September 1662, Boxford, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 3 July 1707, Dunstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Sarah WRIGHT 28 February 1687 Place: , Massachusetts, USA

Isaac CUMMINGS

Born: abt. 1668, , Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 22 November 1688, Nashua, New Hampshire Colony

Ebenezer CUMMINGS

Born: abt. 1669, , Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 2 December 1688, Nashua, New Hampshire Colony

Eleazer CUMMINGS

Born: 5 August 1671, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 30 March 1672, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

William CUMMINGS

Born: 5 August 1671, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 30 March 1672, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Benjamin CUMMINGS

Born: 23 February 1673, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

Samuel CUMMINGS

Born: 28 December 1677, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1722, , Province of Massachusetts Bay

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1657 Birth of Child
John CUMMINGS was born 7 June 1657, Boxford, Massachusetts, USA

1658 Birth of Child
Thomas CUMMINGS was born 6 October 1658, Boxford, Massachusetts, USA

1659 Birth of Child
Nathaniel CUMMINGS was born 10 September 1659, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1661 Birth of Child
Sarah CUMMINGS was born 27 January 1661, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1662 Birth of Child
Abraham CUMMINGS was born 10 September 1662, Boxford, Massachusetts, USA

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Birth of Child
Eleazer CUMMINGS was born 5 August 1671, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1671 Birth of Child
William CUMMINGS was born 5 August 1671, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1672 Death of Child
Eleazer CUMMINGS died 30 March 1672, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1672 Death of Child
William CUMMINGS died 30 March 1672, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1673 Birth of Child
Benjamin CUMMINGS was born 23 February 1673, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1677 Birth of Child
Samuel CUMMINGS was born 28 December 1677, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1680 Marriage of Child
John CUMMINGS married 13 September 1680, Dunstable, Massachusetts, USA to Elizabeth KINSLEY

1682 Marriage of Child
Sarah CUMMINGS married 28 December 1682, Dunstable, Massachusetts, USA to Samuel FRENCH

1687 Marriage of Child
Abraham CUMMINGS married 28 February 1687, , Massachusetts, USA to Sarah WRIGHT

1688 Death of Child
Isaac CUMMINGS died 22 November 1688, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable)

1688 Death of Child
Ebenezer CUMMINGS died 2 December 1688, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable)

1688 Marriage of Child
Thomas CUMMINGS married 19 December 1688, Dunstable, Massachusetts, USA to Priscilla WARNER

1697 Marriage of Child
Nathaniel CUMMINGS married 14 April 1697, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA to Abigail PARKHURST

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

Death — 1700
7 December 1700
Dunstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state