W. M. Dixon, Kith and Kin: Dixon and Allied Families (Los Angeles, 1922)

By a son of Marion (Cumins) Chapin’s sister Charlotte, so Ella (Chapin) Browne’s first cousin; the preface thanks “Mesdames, E. P. C. Browne” among those “who have contributed details,” and names its printed sources: the Converse genealogies of C. A. Converse and J. J. Putnam, the Cummings genealogy of A. O. Cummings, Mooar’s Cummings Memorial, Shedd’s Daniel Shed and Wallbridge’s Henry Wallbridge and Descendants. Read in the archive.org full text (research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md).

• Joseph Cumins “was b. 15th January, 1781, at Windsor, Vermont; d. 18th October, 1851, at Grandetour, Illinois; m., 2nd October, 1808, at Randolph, Vermont, Hannah Converse, who was b. 8th April, 1785, at Randolph; d. 21st August, 1856, at Grandetour” (p. 30; p. 54 has 31 August).
• Marion O. Cumins, b. 8 Sept 1818 in Vermont, “d. 1889, at Wausau, Wisconsin; m., 11th February, 1847, at Parkman, Ohio, Marvin Chapin … son of Lorin and Sally (Brace) Chapin.” Their issue: “i. Ella Persis Chapin, b. 13th February, 1848, Parkman, Ohio; m. in Michigan, Edward Browne,” Frank W. and Robert L. No child is given for Ella (pp. 31-32).
• Cummings (pp. 27-30): “ISAAC CUMMINGS, the emigrant ancestor, supposed of Scotch ancestry, is first mentioned in Essex County records by the Town Clerk of Watertown, where he received a grant of land in 1636; in July, 1638, he received another grant of land and in 1639 he owned a house and lot in the village of Ipswich. His wife’s name is unknown.” “JOHN CUMMINGS, (Isaac) of Boxford, Massachusetts; b. in 1630; d. 1st December, 1700; m. Sarah Howlett, who d. 7th December, 1700; dau. of Ensign Thomas and Alice (French) Howlett”; two of their sons were “killed by Indians, 2nd November, 1688.” “JOHN CUMMINGS, (John-Isaac) of Chelmsford, Massachusetts; was b. in Boxford, Massachusetts, in 1657; m., 13th September, 1680, Elizabeth Kingsley, who was b. 22nd November, 1657; d. 3rd July, 1706; dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Brockett) Kingsley.” “SAMUEL CUMMINGS, (John-John-Isaac) of Groton, Massachusetts, was b. 6th October, 1684, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts; d. 1718; m., 14th January, 1708, Elizabeth Shedd, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Shedd, of Billerica and Chelmsford”; their sons included “Jerahameal Cummings, b. 10th October, 1711.” “LEONARD CUMMINGS, (Samuel-John-John-Isaac) of Londonderry, New Hampshire, was b. 1714, in Dunstable (?), Massachusetts; d. 1758; m., circa 1738, Jane, surname unknown.” “JERAHAMEAL CUMMINGS, (Leonard-Samuel-John-John-Isaac) of Amherst, New Hampshire, and Windsor, Vermont; b. 20th September, 1750, in Londonderry (?), New Hampshire; d. Windsor, Vermont. He was First Lieutenant, in 1781, of a company of Vermont Militia under Capt. Samuel Stow Savage, 3rd Regiment, Col. Ebenezer Hood … m., 13th May, 1771, Deborah Kendall, who was b. 13th May, 1751, dau. of John and Hannah (Whittemore) Kendall.” Their eleven children, the first two born at Amherst, N.H., in 1772 and 1773, include Joseph (b. 15 Jan 1781). Two points differ from the Cummings Memorial it follows: Mooar does not make Leonard a son of Samuel Cummings (he gives Samuel three sons only and prints Leonard Cummins of Litchfield, N.H., as unplaced), and he dates Jerahmeel’s marriage 30 Apr 1771 (see Leonard Cummings).
• Shedd (pp. 37-38): Samuel Shedd, b. 13 Aug 1660 at Billerica, “m., 1688, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Bowers … dau. of Jerathmeal (Capt.) Bowers”; their daughter “Elizabeth Shedd, b. 1688, m., (1) 14th January, 1708, Samuel Cummings … She m., secondly, Robert Robbins, 1720-21.”
• Converse (pp. 38-48): pp. 38-40 give W. G. Hill’s pedigree of the Conyers of Sockburn and make Edward the son of Christopher and Mary (Halford) Conyers of Wakerley, Northamptonshire (not accepted here). The account of Edward’s life (p. 40): “In the spring of 1630, with his second wife, Sarah, and three children, he sailed for New England with the Company of Governor John Winthrop, and in July the party landed at Charlestown. In 1631 he was admitted a Freeman … and he served as a Selectman from 1635 to 1640. In consideration of forty pounds per year rental, he received a Legislative Grant, in 1631, of a franchise for a ferry from Charlestown to Boston, on the site of the present Charles River Bridge … His name heads the list of Seven Commissioners appointed to settle the town of Woburn … The Church was organized circa 1641 and Edward Convers was chosen one of the first Deacons, serving as such until his death. In 1660 he was Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts. In January, 1640 (O. S.), he completed the erection of his home … It was the first residence constructed in Woburn … Here he lived the remainder of his life, dying on 10th August, 1663.” Lt. James (pp. 41-42), “b. 1620, in England; d. 10th May, 1715, at Woburn … m., 24th October, 1643, at Charlestown … Ann Long, who d. 10th August, 1691, at Woburn, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth Long.” Major James (p. 43), “b. 16th November, 1645; d. 8th July, 1706, at Woburn … m., 1st January, 1688-9 [sic], at Woburn, Hannah Carter, who was b. 19th January, 1650; d. 10th August, 1691 [sic, Ann Long’s date] … dau. of John and Elizabeth (Kendall) Carter”; their children, from James (1670) to Ebenezer (1688), include John (1673) and Capt. Josiah (1684). Capt. Josiah (p. 45), “b. 12th September, 1684, at Woburn … d. in 1771; m., 30th December, 1706, Hannah Sawyer, who was b. 25th November, 1689; d. 18th June, 1747; dau. of Joshua and Sarah (Wright) Sawyer,” with “Lieut. Josiah Converse, b. 21st March, 1710, Woburn” among their children. Lt. Josiah (p. 46), “d. 11th September, 1775, at Stafford, Connecticut; m., 27th December, 1732, at Woburn, Eleanor Richardson, who was b. in 1714, at Woburn; d. 6th August, 1785, at Stafford … dau. of Nathaniel and Abigail (Reed) Richardson”; thirteen children, from Mary (1733) to Joseph (1754), with Col. Israel (b. 7 Aug 1743) sixth. But p. 44 also gives John Converse and Abigail Sawyer a son “Josiah Converse; m., (1) Hannah, surname unknown, in 1728; m., (2) Eleanor Richardson, in 1732,” the reading of the Woburn records’ Converse genealogy.
• Col. Israel Converse (pp. 47-48), “b. 7th August, 1743; d. 28th March, 1806, at Randolph, Vermont; m., firstly, 1765, Sarah Lewis; m., secondly, 1771, at Stafford, Connecticut, Hannah Walbridge, who was b. 11th October, 1752, at Stafford, Connecticut; d. 17th October, 1830, at Parkman, Ohio; dau. of Maj. Amos and Margaret Walbridge”; fourteen children, Hannah (b. 8 Apr 1785) ninth and Orinda (b. 1794) thirteenth. p. 54 has Hannah’s own entry.
• Wallbridge (pp. 56-57): “AMOS WALLBRIDGE, (Henry) was b. 9th April, 1693, in Preston, Connecticut; d. 27th February, 1788, at Stafford, Connecticut; m., 1719, Theodia Porter, who was b. 15th August, 1699, in Hadley, Massachusetts; d. 16th December, 1760.” “AMOS WALLBRIDGE, Jr., (Amos-Henry) was b. 15th December, 1724 [sic], in Norwich … d. 24th October, 1793, at Stafford … m., circa 1750, Margaret, whose surname is unknown, who was b. 1727; d. 13th August, 1794, at Stafford … He entered the service in the Revolutionary War as Captain; was promoted to Major of the 2nd Regiment Connecticut Continental Line, in 1777, and served until the close of the War. His three sons-in-law and his son, Porter, were in the service with him.”