Isaac CUMMINGS

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17 March 1633 , England

Died

19 June 1721 , Topsfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Born: 17 March 1633 in England

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Isaac was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1659.

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Isaac married Mary ANDREWS 27 November 1659 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Mary ANDREWS was born abt. 1638 in England (United Kingdom). Mary died abt. 1712 in Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA.

Isaac CUMMINGS died 19 June 1721 in Topsfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay.

son of Isaac Cummings and Marie Margaret Kinsley

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Mary ANDREWS
Marriage date: 27 November 1659
Marriage place: Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Perley, Sidney, The History of Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts: From the earliest settlement known to the present time, a period of about two hundred and thirty years, Boxford, The author, 1880. Online: Ancestry.com.

Children of Isaac CUMMINGS and Mary ANDREWS

Isaac CUMMINGS

Born: 15 September 1664, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 6 August 1746, Boxford, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Alice HOWLETT 25 December 1688

Married: Frances SHERWIN 23 November 1696

John CUMMINGS

Born: 7 June 1666, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 16 July 1722, Topsfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Susannah TOWNE 23 January 1688 Place: Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas CUMMINGS

Born: 27 June 1670, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 25 December 1749 , Boxford, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Mehitable PORTER 20 March 1705 Place: Boxford, Massachusetts, USA

Mary CUMMINGS

Born: 16 February 1672, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 16 December 1698, Boxford, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Rebecca CUMMINGS

Born: 1 April 1674, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: October 1745, Topsfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Thomas HOWLETT 13 January 1695 Place: Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Michael WHIDDEN 20 December 1715 Place: Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Abigail CUMMINGS

Born: abt. 1677, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 27 January 1725, Rowley, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Stebbins CUMMINGS

Born: 27 February 1680, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 3 July 1706, Topsfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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1632/33
He was baptised on 17 Mar 1632/ 3 in Mistley. (England)

Plummer, John, 'Isaac Cummings of Essex County, Massachusetts,' New England Historical and Genealogical Register 145, 1991, 239.

Birth — 1633
17 March 1633
England

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

1659 Marriage / Partner
Isaac CUMMINGS and Mary ANDREWS 27 November 1659, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

He was 26 years old.

1664 Birth of Child
Isaac CUMMINGS was born 15 September 1664, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Isaac was 31 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
John CUMMINGS was born 7 June 1666, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Isaac was 33 years old.

1670 Birth of Child
Thomas CUMMINGS was born 27 June 1670, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Isaac was 37 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
Mary CUMMINGS was born 16 February 1672, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Isaac was 38 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Rebecca CUMMINGS was born 1 April 1674, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Isaac was 41 years old.

1681 Birth of Child
Stebbins CUMMINGS was born 27 February 1680, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Isaac was 46 years old.

1688 Marriage of Child
John CUMMINGS married 23 January 1688, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA to Susannah TOWNE

1692
Isaac Cummings testified at the 30 Jun 1692 trial of Elizabeth How for witchcraft. Elizabeth was executed on 19 July of that year.

Mather, Cotton, 'From 'The Wonders of the Invisible World',' in George Lincoln Burr, ed., Narratives of the New England Witchcraft Cases, Dover Publications, Mineola, NY, 2002.

1695 Marriage of Child
Rebecca CUMMINGS married 13 January 1695, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA to Thomas HOWLETT

1696
He deposed that he was 63 on 22 Feb 1696.

Plummer, John, 'Isaac Cummings of Essex County, Massachusetts,' New England Historical and Genealogical Register 145, 1991, 239.

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

1698 Death of Child
Mary CUMMINGS died 16 December 1698, Boxford, Massachusetts, USA

Isaac was 65 years old.

1705 Marriage of Child
Thomas CUMMINGS married 20 March 1705, Boxford, Massachusetts, USA to Mehitable PORTER

1706 Death of Child
Stebbins CUMMINGS died 3 July 1706, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Isaac was 73 years old.

1712
In his will, signed 27 Apr 1712 and proved 19 Jan 1721/ 2, Isaac mentions his sons John and Thomas, his daughters Abigail Perly and Rebecca Howlett, and his son Isaac's daughter Lydia.

Mooar, George, The Cummings Memorial: A genealogical history of the descendants of Isaac Cummings, an early settler of Topsfield, Massachusetts, New York, B.F. Cummings, 1903. Online: Ancestry.com, Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.

1715 Marriage of Child
Rebecca CUMMINGS married 20 December 1715, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA to Michael WHIDDEN

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

Death — 1721
19 June 1721
Topsfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay
He died at the age of 88.

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