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Capt John Cummings

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Capt John Cummings

Birth
Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
15 Aug 1770 (aged 72)
Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.6795841, Longitude: -71.4653683
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John Comings [Cummings], son of Nathaniell, born in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts 14 January 1698.

He was a captain of militia and died August 15, 1770. He gave a bond, February 3, 1729, to maintain his mother, Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Cummings, which was witnessed by Eleazer Tyng and William Butterfield.

Source: A History of the Town of Dunstable, Massachusetts: from its earliest settlement to the Year of our Lord 1873; by Elias Nason Page 77

CUMMINGS, Capt. John, died August 15, 1770 [in his 73rd year (on his gravestone)]
[NOTE: His actual age at time of death was 72y 7mo 1 day]

Source: Vital Records of Dunstable, Massachusetts
Births: Page 22
Deaths: Page 213
John Comings [Cummings], son of Nathaniell, born in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts 14 January 1698.

He was a captain of militia and died August 15, 1770. He gave a bond, February 3, 1729, to maintain his mother, Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Cummings, which was witnessed by Eleazer Tyng and William Butterfield.

Source: A History of the Town of Dunstable, Massachusetts: from its earliest settlement to the Year of our Lord 1873; by Elias Nason Page 77

CUMMINGS, Capt. John, died August 15, 1770 [in his 73rd year (on his gravestone)]
[NOTE: His actual age at time of death was 72y 7mo 1 day]

Source: Vital Records of Dunstable, Massachusetts
Births: Page 22
Deaths: Page 213

Inscription

MEMENTO MORI
Here lies the body of
CAPT. JOHN CUMMINGS
who departed this Life
Aug. 15, 1770
In ye 73 year of his age

Source: Nason, Elias "History of Dunstable, Massachusetts": A Mudge & Son, printers, Boston 1877



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  • Created by: Bette Hartman
  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30604154/john-cummings: accessed ), memorial page for Capt John Cummings (14 Jan 1698–15 Aug 1770), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30604154, citing Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery, Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bette Hartman (contributor 46633755).