Jerahmeel Cummings

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name
Jerahmeel Cummings
aka
[Lt. Jerahmeel Cummings, Jerahameal Cummings, Jerathmel Cumins, Jerathmel Cummings]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Lieutenant of the Vermont militia in the Revolution, born in New Hampshire in 1750, probably a son of Leonard Cummings of Litchfield and Londonderry, who died when he was about eight. He married Deborah Kendall of Dunstable in 1771, lived first at Amherst and by 1781 at Windsor, Vermont, where his wife's nephew Amos Kendall, later Postmaster General, visited the family. Probably the father of Joseph Cumins.
born
date
20 Sep 1750
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin, book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial]
note
Kith and Kin has 20 Sept 1750, "in Londonderry (?), New Hampshire"; Mooar gives the year 1750 only. His descendant Ella Browne's DAR application has "born in Nottingham, N. H., 1749," and WikiTree 23 Sept 1749 at Nottingham.
died
place
Windsor, Vermont
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin, book-dar-lineage-book-33-browne]
note
No date in either. WikiTree has 20 July 1817 at Champion, New York.
residences
date
1772
place
Amherst, New Hampshire
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin]
note
Two children were born at Amherst in 1772 and 1773.
date
1781
place
Windsor, Vermont
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin]
note
At Windsor by 1781, when his son Joseph was born and he was first lieutenant of a Vermont militia company.
father
id
leonard-cummings-d1758
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin, online-tree-wikitree-browne-chapin]
research
research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
note
When Leonard Cummins died at Londonderry, N.H., in 1758, Joel Parkhurst was appointed guardian of his children "Jerahmeel, Rachel and Silas" (Mooar, from the probate).
mother
name
Jane
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin]
note
"His wife's name was Jane and appears to have been of Dunstable" (Mooar); "Jane, surname unknown" (Kith and Kin). WikiTree gives her 1717-1806.
spouses
id
deborah-kendall-1751
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin, book-dar-lineage-book-33-browne, book-stickney-1872-autobiography-amos-kendall]
married
date
30 Apr 1771
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial, book-dar-lineage-book-33-browne]
note
"married Apr. 30, 1771" (Mooar, p. 478). Kith and Kin, which follows Mooar, has "m., 13th May, 1771," the day and month it gives for Deborah's birth; neither calls its date an intention. The DAR line has "m. 1771."

Father of Joseph Cumins, and a lieutenant of the Vermont militia in the Revolution. He was one of the children of Leonard Cummins of Litchfield and Londonderry, New Hampshire, who died in 1758, when Jerahmeel was about eight; their guardian was Joel Parkhurst, who married his sister Betty in 1762 (source). His unusual name was already in the Cummings family of Groton, where Samuel and Elizabeth (Shedd) Cummings named a son Jerahmeel in 1711.

He married Deborah Kendall of Dunstable in 1771 and lived first at Amherst, New Hampshire, where a record has two children born "to Jonathan (Jerahmeel may be) and Deborah Cummings": Deborah (28 Mar 1772) and Leonard (June 1773). By 1781 the family was at Windsor, Vermont, where Joseph was born. Kith and Kin, written by a great-grandson: "JERAHAMEAL CUMMINGS ... of Amherst, New Hampshire, and Windsor, Vermont ... He was First Lieutenant, in 1781, of a company of Vermont Militia under Capt. Samuel Stow Savage, 3rd Regiment, Col. Ebenezer Hood (see 'Vermont Records', pp. 351 and 359)" (source). His descendant Ella (Chapin) Browne joined the DAR in 1900 partly on that service (source). The eleven children Kith and Kin lists were Deborah (1772), Leonard (1773), Jane (1777), Jerahameal (1779), Joseph (1781), John (1782), Asa (1784), Bera (1786), Hannah (1787, Mrs. Joel Hinckley), Polly (1789) and Fanny.

The Ascutney climb. His wife's nephew Amos Kendall, later Postmaster General under Andrew Jackson, walked over from Dartmouth College to "Windsor, Vt., West Parish, where lived a Mr. Cummings who married a sister of his father," and two of the Cummings sons took him and a classmate up Mount Ascutney. The students set out on foot "With a lunch and a bottle of rum," fell asleep on the summit, and had to be helped down by the cousins, Kendall concluding "that rum is not always the safest restorative of exhausted strength." On a later visit one of the cousins tried his divining-rod for ore on the mountain, and in August 1809 Kendall spent several days "at the residence of his uncles, Cummings and Wilkins" (source).

Research: Patricia Hatten's Browne–Chapin side: the pedigree, notable ancestors and famous kin.

Open questions

  • His death: Windsor, Vermont (Kith and Kin; the DAR line), or Champion, New York, on 20 July 1817 (WikiTree)?
  • His service record (Vermont Records, pp. 351 and 359, as cited by Kith and Kin) has not been seen.
  1. ---
  2. name: Jerahmeel Cummings
  3. aka: [Lt. Jerahmeel Cummings, Jerahameal Cummings, Jerathmel Cumins, Jerathmel Cummings]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Lieutenant of the Vermont militia in the Revolution, born in New Hampshire in 1750, probably a son
  8. of Leonard Cummings of Litchfield and Londonderry, who died when he was about eight. He married
  9. Deborah Kendall of Dunstable in 1771, lived first at Amherst and by 1781 at Windsor, Vermont,
  10. where his wife's nephew Amos Kendall, later Postmaster General, visited the family. Probably the
  11. father of Joseph Cumins.
  12. born:
  13. date: 20 Sep 1750
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin, book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial]
  17. note: Kith and Kin has 20 Sept 1750, "in Londonderry (?), New Hampshire"; Mooar gives the year 1750 only. His descendant Ella Browne's DAR application has "born in Nottingham, N. H., 1749," and WikiTree 23 Sept 1749 at Nottingham.
  18. died:
  19. place: Windsor, Vermont
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin, book-dar-lineage-book-33-browne]
  23. note: No date in either. WikiTree has 20 July 1817 at Champion, New York.
  24. residences:
  25. - date: "1772"
  26. place: Amherst, New Hampshire
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: probable
  29. sources: [book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin]
  30. note: "Two children were born at Amherst in 1772 and 1773."
  31. - date: "1781"
  32. place: Windsor, Vermont
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin]
  36. note: "At Windsor by 1781, when his son Joseph was born and he was first lieutenant of a Vermont militia company."
  37. father:
  38. id: leonard-cummings-d1758
  39. basis: compiled
  40. confidence: probable
  41. sources: [book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin, online-tree-wikitree-browne-chapin]
  42. research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
  43. note: When Leonard Cummins died at Londonderry, N.H., in 1758, Joel Parkhurst was appointed guardian of his children "Jerahmeel, Rachel and Silas" (Mooar, from the probate).
  44. mother:
  45. name: Jane
  46. basis: compiled
  47. confidence: probable
  48. sources: [book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin]
  49. note: '"His wife''s name was Jane and appears to have been of Dunstable" (Mooar); "Jane, surname unknown" (Kith and Kin). WikiTree gives her 1717-1806.'
  50. spouses:
  51. - id: deborah-kendall-1751
  52. basis: compiled
  53. confidence: probable
  54. sources: [book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin, book-dar-lineage-book-33-browne, book-stickney-1872-autobiography-amos-kendall]
  55. married:
  56. date: 30 Apr 1771
  57. basis: compiled
  58. confidence: probable
  59. sources: [book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial, book-dar-lineage-book-33-browne]
  60. note: '"married Apr. 30, 1771" (Mooar, p. 478). Kith and Kin, which follows Mooar, has "m., 13th May, 1771," the day and month it gives for Deborah''s birth; neither calls its date an intention. The DAR line has "m. 1771."'
  61. ---
  63. Father of Joseph Cumins, and a lieutenant of the Vermont militia in the Revolution. He was one of the
  64. children of Leonard Cummins of Litchfield and Londonderry, New Hampshire, who died in 1758, when Jerahmeel
  65. was about eight; their guardian was Joel Parkhurst, who married his sister Betty in 1762
  66. ([source](/files/sources/book-mooar-1903-cummings-memorial/)). His unusual name was already in the Cummings
  67. family of Groton, where Samuel and Elizabeth (Shedd) Cummings named a son Jerahmeel in 1711.
  69. He married Deborah Kendall of Dunstable in 1771 and lived first at Amherst, New Hampshire, where a record
  70. has two children born "to Jonathan (Jerahmeel may be) and Deborah Cummings": Deborah (28 Mar 1772) and
  71. Leonard (June 1773). By 1781 the family was at Windsor, Vermont, where Joseph was born. *Kith and Kin*,
  72. written by a great-grandson: "JERAHAMEAL CUMMINGS ... of Amherst, New Hampshire, and Windsor, Vermont ...
  73. He was First Lieutenant, in 1781, of a company of Vermont Militia under Capt. Samuel Stow Savage, 3rd
  74. Regiment, Col. Ebenezer Hood (see 'Vermont Records', pp. 351 and 359)"
  75. ([source](/files/sources/book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin/)). His descendant Ella (Chapin) Browne joined the DAR
  76. in 1900 partly on that service ([source](/files/sources/book-dar-lineage-book-33-browne/)). The eleven
  77. children Kith and Kin lists were Deborah (1772), Leonard (1773), Jane (1777), Jerahameal (1779), Joseph
  78. (1781), John (1782), Asa (1784), Bera (1786), Hannah (1787, Mrs. Joel Hinckley), Polly (1789) and Fanny.
  80. **The Ascutney climb.** His wife's nephew Amos Kendall, later Postmaster General under Andrew Jackson,
  81. walked over from Dartmouth College to "Windsor, Vt., West Parish, where lived a Mr. Cummings who married a
  82. sister of his father," and two of the Cummings sons took him and a classmate up Mount Ascutney. The
  83. students set out on foot "With a lunch and a bottle of rum," fell asleep on the summit, and had to be
  84. helped down by the cousins, Kendall concluding "that rum is not always the safest restorative of
  85. exhausted strength." On a later visit one of the cousins tried his divining-rod for ore on the mountain,
  86. and in August 1809 Kendall spent several days "at the residence of his uncles, Cummings and Wilkins"
  87. ([source](/files/sources/book-stickney-1872-autobiography-amos-kendall/)).
  89. Research: `research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md`.
  91. ## Open questions
  93. - His death: Windsor, Vermont (*Kith and Kin*; the DAR line), or Champion, New York, on 20 July 1817
  94. (WikiTree)?
  95. - His service record (*Vermont Records*, pp. 351 and 359, as cited by *Kith and Kin*) has not been seen.
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