John Cummings was born in 1630 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He died on 1 December 1700 at the age of 70 in Dunstable, Massachusetts. He received by his father's will the homestead, consisting of 40 acres with houses, barns, orchards and fences. In 1680 he sold the farm to Edward Nealand (or Kneeland). This farm was bounded by Nealand, and by Tobijah Perkins and the Ipswich common land. About 1658 he removed to Boxford, Massachusetts. He was made freeman in 1673. Both he and his wife were members of the church in Topsfield, Dec. 7,1685; "voted dismission to John Cummings without commendation and dismissed his wife with commendation to the church to be shortly gathered at Dunstable." (Topsfield Church records). He removed his family to Dunstable, Massachusetts about 1680 where he was one of the first settlers. He was a selectman in 1682, and a member of the church in 1684. Parents: Isaac Cummings.

Spouse: Sarah Howlett. Sarah Howlett and John Cummings were married in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Children were: John Cummings, Thomas Cummings, Nathaniel Cummings, Sarah Cummings, Abraham Cummings, Isaac Cummings, Ebenezer Cummings, William Cummings twin, Eleazer Cummings twin, Benjamin Cummings, Samuel Cummings.

John Cummings was born in 1657 in Boxford, Massachusetts. They lived in Dunstable and settled on the Nathaniel Cutler place in the south part of Nashua, where Elizabeth was killed by the Indians on Jul 3 1706. He was also wounded with a broken arm, but escaped to a swamp about a half mile south and near the present state line. He remained in hiding over night and then made his escape to Farwell blockhouse (near the Fay Bros. Hermitage 1904). Parents: John Cummings and Sarah Howlett.

Spouse: Elizabeth "Goody" Kinsley. Elizabeth "Goody" Kinsley and John Cummings were married on 13 September 1680. Children were: John Cummings, Samuel Cummings, Elizabeth Cummings, Hannah Cummings, Ebenezer Cummings, Anna Cummings, Lydia Cummings, William Cummings.

John Cummings was born on 7 July 1682. Parents: John Cummings and Elizabeth "Goody" Kinsley.

Jonathan Cummings was born on 16 February 1774 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Parents: Jotham Cummings Captain and Anna Brown.

Joseph Farwell Cummings was born on 16 September 1776 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Parents: Jotham Cummings Captain and Anna Brown.

Jotham Cummings Captain was born on 29 December 1741 in Hollis, New Hampshire. He died on 14 April 1808 at the age of 66 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. He removed to Plymouth New Hampshire in 1764, having been there the previous year and prepared for his family. Ebenezer Samuel, Esq., Samuel Williams and Jotham were among the original grantees of Plymouth. The charter for Plymouth was granted July 15, 1763. A son says "My mother rode through from Hollis on horse back, brought a child on her lap, and baggage which contained all her furniture to keep house with. Thier sufferings for a few of the first years were most distressing. They had to go to the meadows and pull wild onions and fry them in the fat of bears' meat to subsist upon, without a morsel of bread. My father, with others, went to Concord on snowshoes, with hand sleds, and drew up three bushels of cornmeal each; and for a number of years - as late as the Revolutionary War - I well remember how good a piece of bread tasted, after being without it for three weeks. Most of the efficient men were gone to meet the invading army of Burgoyne, and left their wives and children to be prey to wild beasts and tories, etc." He was a soldier in the French War, 1755, and marched to Crown Point in 1760. He was a lieutenant in a company of New Hampshire Rangers in the war of the revolution. They were members of the Congregational Church in Plymouth, being admitted before 1800. He removed to Rumney in 1766, returning to Plymouth in 1769 where he died. Parents: Jerahmael Cummings Ensign and Hannah Farwell.

Spouse: Anna Brown. Anna Brown and Jotham Cummings Captain were married on 27 April 1763. Children were: Anna Cummings, Jotham Cummings Deacon, Henry Cummings, Jeramael Cummings, Jonathan Cummings, Joseph Farwell Cummings, Leonard Cummings, Kate Cummings, Noah Cummings, William Cummings.

Jotham Cummings Deacon was born on 6 November 1766 in Rumney, New Hampshire. He died on 15 October 1833 at the age of 66 in Morgan, Vermont. They lived in Plymouth several years where he was selectman in 1791, 1801, and 1809. In 1810 he removed to Morgan Vermont with his family and was one of the original settlers there. He was a man of sterling worth, and much mechanical skill and ingenuity; was a practical surveyor, and took a leading part in the management of town affairs.

From a history of Morgan Vermont in Hemenway's Gazetteer:
JOTHAM CUMMINGS was born in Rumney NH Nov 6 1766 he married Elizabeth Senter born in Marlow NH 1768 For a number of year after his marriage he resided in Plymouth NH. In 1811 he came to Morgan bringing with him a family of two sons and four daughters. He was a man of rare talents and sterling piety. Previous to coming here he was deacon of the Congregational church in Plymouth. In the Derby church with which he united he retained the office and when the church here was organized he was chosen as their first deacon. By close application in his younger days he obtained a good common school education and of some of the higher branches of mathematics he had acquired considerable knowledge. Thus he was well qualified for the transaction of any business to which he might be called in a community like this. Being a practical surveyor a good farmer and a thorough mechanic he found no difficulty with close economy in providing for his family the neccessaries of life By the proprietors of land both in this and the adjacent towns he was frequently employed as agent to look after and dispose of their lands and the integrity and fidelity with which he performed the business committed to him secured the confidence and respect of his employers and marked him as a man worthy to be trusted In the business of the town. He took a prominent part and always manifested a deep interest in all its affairs. When chosen to represent the town in the legislature he sustained the position with honor. For several years he held the office of justice of the peace and so far as is known ably discharged its duties. On account of his business qualifications he was often called upon to execute deeds bonds leases contracts and other writings of various kinds in all of which he was thought to excel. As a member and officer of the church he was always found in his place To him as an instrument under God the church to some extont owed its existence In the settlement of the pastor he was prompt and active. He took the lead in devising means for his support contributed largely himself and to the end of his life continued to be one of his firmest friends. As a counselor he was judicious and safe. Few if any who sought and followed his advico in difficult circumstances ever had reason to regret it Though a man of but few words whatever he said on any subject was to the point. He was uniform and consistent in his Christian walk in his deportment quiet in his pretensions unassuming. Being ready to every good work he took a peculiar interest in all the benevolent enterprises of the day. Towards the latter part of his life his health failed so as to disable him for the harder part of farm labor. Accustomed to habits of industry he turned his attention to the lighter business of his trade. With his work bench in his long kitchen he manufactured measures and boxes of different descriptions and other articles convenient for family use. For these he found a ready sale the avails of which contributed much toward supplying the wants of his family. In many families throughout this County and also in other places specimens of his workmanship may still be seen. Having well served his generation he suddenly departed from this as we trust to another world. On the evening of Oct 15 1833 he was taken with a violent headache and died at the early dawn of the 16th aged 67 years. His wife Elizabeth lived till she was about 84 years old when she received an injury by a fall from which she never recovered. She died Apr 12 1851 Parents: Jotham Cummings Captain and Anna Brown.

Spouse: Elizabeth Senter. Elizabeth Senter and Jotham Cummings Deacon were married on 5 March 1793. Children were: Elizabeth Cummings, Nancy Cummings, Jotham Cummings, Priscilla Cummings, Dea. Charles Cummings, Martha Cummings.

Jotham Cummings was born on 31 March 1797 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. He lived in Morgan, Vermont. Parents: Jotham Cummings Deacon and Elizabeth Senter.

Jotham Cummings was born on 8 October 1833 in Morgan, Vermont. He died on 7 October 1898 at the age of 64 in West Charleston, Vermont. He was buried in West Charleston, Vermont. From a brief sketch by Paul Kebabian: "They moved four miles west to a home on Main Street in West Charleston some time prior to 1870. He engaged in farming, as did most Vermonters in the nineteenth century, and his granddaughter Helen recalls a 1916 visit to the site of the family orchard. Here, her mother Emily remembered, Jotham had planted apple and other fruit trees on a protected slope with the hope that they would withstand the severe winters. Jotham's principal occupation was that of Miller, at a mill located in West Charleston on the Clyde river. With this vocation, it is understandable that he invented and produced new types of mill picks, a tool used for dressing mill stones. Jotham patented one of these picks on July 11, 1871, and another on June 24, 1873. Jotham's father, Charles, helped him market these picks. In October 1872, Charles was on a sales trip calling on millers in the South Hadley, Holyoke, and Springfield area. He was, at that time offering the first brass-head model of the mill pick. On the 25th of October he wrote to Jotham: "I went yesterday to So. Hadley, called at Mr. Smith's Mill. On exhibiting the pick he said he had seen it before & had no confidence in it, & was unwilling to try it. He thought the head, being made up of so many parts, would not hold the blade sufficiently firm. I however, prevailed on the miller to try it on a block of Burr [or buhr, the stone from which the mill stones were made] to show its solidity, & they finally consented to make a further trial of it. So they took up their wheat run [i.e., raised the runner stone of the pair off the bed] which had not been dressed for a year. It was worn perfectly smooth & was a close hard stone. On trial the miller was perfectly astonished at the result. In about 3 hours he thoroughly threaded the whole surface using only 3 blades without sharpening, besides being hindered a considerable portion of the time in tending his mill, which he said was more than he could have done in a whole day with his own picks. Mr. Smith of course was ready to buy, & said he knew he could sell a lot of them to millers of his acquaintance in the vicinity & wished me to furnish him with at least four & thought he could sell them & perhaps more before my return if they come the last of this week or first of next. . . . . Mr. Smith's miller says the blades are far superior to anything he has ever seen & that the whole thing is just right in every respect. He is an old miller & appears to be a man of understanding. Please write at once. -- Your Father, C. Cummings" Jotham died of silicosis, a common result of breathing the dust of burr millstones."

At the time of the 1860 census, Jotham gave his occupation as harness maker.

At the time of the 1880 census, Jotham and his family were living in Salem, Vermont. Parents: Dea. Charles Cummings and Jerusha Little.

Spouse: Catherine (Kate) Holt Buchanan. Catherine (Kate) Holt Buchanan and Jotham Cummings were married on 24 January 1866 in Holland, Vermont. Children were: George Rockwood Cummings, Edward Cook Cummings, Emily Cummings, Jotham Cummings, Archibald Leigh Cummings, Frank Cummings.

Jotham Cummings was born on 16 June 1872 in West Charleston, Vermont. He died on 15 December 1900 at the age of 28 in Portland, Maine. Died of pneumonia and tuberculosis. Parents: Jotham Cummings and Catherine (Kate) Holt Buchanan.

Jotham Flanders Cummings was born in April 1902 in Charleston, Vermont. He died in 1986 at the age of 84. Joe attended the University of Vermont. Lived in Vermont for many years. Moved to Fort Meyers, Florida late in life and died there. Remained good friends throughout his life with his cousins Robert & Helen McKelvey and Helen's husband Royce Pittkin. I remember visiting Joe and his wife Ruth while travelling in Florida in the 1970s. Parents: George Rockwood Cummings and Sarah Maria Flanders.

Kate Cummings was born on 2 August 1781 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Parents: Jotham Cummings Captain and Anna Brown.

Leonard Cummings was born on 17 January 1779 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Parents: Jotham Cummings Captain and Anna Brown.

Lydia Cummings was born on 24 March 1701. She died in April 1701 at the age of 0. Parents: John Cummings and Elizabeth "Goody" Kinsley.

Martha Cummings was born on 1 June 1806 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Parents: Jotham Cummings Deacon and Elizabeth Senter.

Nancy Cummings was born on 21 October 1795 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Parents: Jotham Cummings Deacon and Elizabeth Senter.

Nathaniel Cummings was born on 10 September 1659 in Boxford, Massachusetts. Parents: John Cummings and Sarah Howlett.

Noah Cummings was born on 2 April 1784 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Parents: Jotham Cummings Captain and Anna Brown.

Priscilla Cummings was born on 27 December 1798 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Parents: Jotham Cummings Deacon and Elizabeth Senter.

Rockwood Cummings was born on 14 May 1830 in Morgan, Vermont. Fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side, from Georgia. Enlisted in 1863. Served in Phillips Legion, Companies D and K. He was taken prisoner.

In 1886 he filed a Canadian patent for a "gouge shaped shovel".

In 1900 Rockwood lived in Palmetto, Georgia. Seems to have lived in a boarding house and worked as a silversmith. He was widowed.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RooKwooD CUMMINGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Palmetto. in the county of Campbell and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful implement for Digging Holes in the Earth, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in post-hole diggers in which the earth is retained in the implement when the same is thrust in the ground, so that the operation of loosening the earth and removing it can be performed at the same time. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings. in which Figure l is a front View of my device; Fig. 2, a detailed view of the same; Fig. 3, a detailed view of a modification of the same de vice.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My post-hole digger is formed somewhat like agarden-trowel, with the exception of my improvements; and it consists of a semi-cylindrical blade, A, with a handle, B, and cuttingedge G, the latter being formed generally on a plane at right angles to the imaginary axis of the blade, and also to the side edges, D D, of the blade. At the lower ends of the side edges, D D, at the junction of the cuttingedge C, a right-angled corner, E E, is formed on each side, and at a little distance above each of these corners the edges D D are provided with a small projection, a a, on the inside. These are formed, generally, by crimping in the edges of the blade at these points, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or by making a solid projection inward, as shown in Fig. 3.

The operation of this device is as follows: When the blade is thrust in the ground by means of the handle B, the earth is compressed slightly at or near the projections a a, and thus retained in the blade sufficiently to raise it out of the hole. By placing these projections on the edges of the blade the dirt is held sufficiently to prevent it from falling out when the digger is lifted, and at the same time it is so slightly held that it is easily released byaslight tap of the tool on the ground or other convenient object. This reduces the labor of digging holes to a great degree, and the operation is as easily performed in holes of considerable depth as when first begun, as

the difficulty of digging holes consists, generally,in the-trouble of getting out the dirt when loosened. Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A gouge-shaped blade, A, with a suitable handle, B, having a cuttingedge, O, and side edges, D D, the latter being constructed with inward projections a a, the whole being arranged and combined substantially as set forth.

ROCKWOOD CUMMINGS. Parents: Dea. Charles Cummings and Jerusha Little.

Samuel Cummings was born on 18 December 1677. Parents: John Cummings and Sarah Howlett.

Samuel Cummings was born on 6 October 1684 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. He died in 1718 at the age of 34 in Dunstable, Massachusetts. By act of the Legislature, a proposition, accepted by the towns the 7th day of June, 1753, that part of Groton in which Samuel Cummings resided, was annexed to Dunstable and became that part of town now known as "Joint-Grass District." Parents: John Cummings and Elizabeth "Goody" Kinsley.

Spouse: Elizabeth Shedd. Elizabeth Shedd and Samuel Cummings were married on 14 January 1708 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Children were: Samuel Cummings, Jerahmael Cummings Ensign, James Cummings, William Cummings.

Samuel Cummings was born on 6 March 1709. Parents: Samuel Cummings and Elizabeth Shedd.

Sarah Cummings was born on 27 January 1661 in Boxford, Massachusetts. Parents: John Cummings and Sarah Howlett.

Thomas Cummings was born on 6 October 1658 in Boxford, Massachusetts. Parents: John Cummings and Sarah Howlett.

William Cummings was born (date unknown). Parents: Samuel Cummings and Elizabeth Shedd.

William Cummings twin was born on 5 August 1671. He died on 30 March 1672 at the age of 0. Parents: John Cummings and Sarah Howlett.

William Cummings was born on 24 April 1702. Parents: John Cummings and Elizabeth "Goody" Kinsley.

William Cummings was born on 24 September 1786 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Parents: Jotham Cummings Captain and Anna Brown.

Bobby Curley was born (date unknown). Parents: Henry Eugene Curley and Mary Kathleen (Kay) O'Malley.

Henry Eugene Curley died in 1992. Parents: John M. Curley and Mary Sullivan.

Spouse: Mary Kathleen (Kay) O'Malley. Children were: Susan Jean Curley, Bobby Curley.

John M. Curley was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Mary Sullivan. Mary Sullivan and John M. Curley were married. Children were: Henry Eugene Curley.

Susan Jean Curley was born on 8 May 1959. Susan grew up in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and later attended Evergreen State College at Olympia, Washington. While her children were growing up, she worked at a variety of jobs in the Central Vermont area, most recently at the Cabot School. Parents: Henry Eugene Curley and Mary Kathleen (Kay) O'Malley.

Spouse: Seth Edward Pitkin. Susan Jean Curley and Seth Edward Pitkin were married on 3 January 1987 in Marshfield, Vermont. Children were: Molly Elizabeth Pitkin, Rachael Whitney Pitkin.

Jessica Lee Currier was born on 23 January 1980 in Newington, New Hampshire. Parents: Ronald Lee Currier and Karen Irene Cochrane.

Ronald Lee Currier was born on 26 December 1954 in Exeter, New Hampshire.

Spouse: Karen Irene Cochrane. Karen Irene Cochrane and Ronald Lee Currier were married on 22 June 1974 in Dexter, Maine. They were divorced on 7 November 1980. Children were: Jessica Lee Currier.

Caroline W. Curtis was born on 27 September 1854. She died on 29 November 1920 at the age of 66. Caroline was the daughter of Oliver J. Curtis of Boston.

Spouse: Charles Alfred Pitkin. Caroline W. Curtis and Charles Alfred Pitkin were married on 12 April 1876. Children were: Ethel Guild Pitkin, Caroline Whitmarsh Pitkin.

Elizabeth Curtis was born in 1677. Parents: Joseph Curtis and Bethia Booth.

Spouse: Samuel Ufford Lt.. Elizabeth Curtis and Samuel Ufford Lt. were married in 1694. Children were: Abigail Ufford.

Hepshibah Curtis was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Daniel Felch. Hepshibah Curtis and Daniel Felch were married. Children were: Sarah Felch.

Isaac Curtis was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Hannah (Polly) . Hannah (Polly) and Isaac Curtis were married. Children were: Susannah Curtis.

John Curtis was born about 1480 in Nazing, Essex, England.

Spouse: Mrs. John Curtis. Children were: John Curtis.

John Curtis was born in 1515 in Nazing, Essex, England. Parents: John Curtis and Mrs. John Curtis.

Spouse: Elizabeth Wells. Elizabeth Wells and John Curtis were married in Nazing, Essex, England. Children were: William Curtis.

John Curtis Sr. was born about 15 September 1577 in Nazing, Essex, England. He died in 1639 at the age of 62 in Weathersfield, Connecticut. John Curtis, Sr., his wife Elizabeth and their two younger sons, William and Thomas, undoubtedly left Nazing, Essex, England between 1637 and 1639 and they arrived in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where John, Jr. had gone in 1635. His widow and three sons moved to Stratford probably with the first company of settlers in 1639 Parents: William Curtis and Agnes .

Spouse: Elizabeth Hutchins. Elizabeth Hutchins and John Curtis Sr. were married on 19 April 1610 in Nazing, Essex, England. Children were: John Curtis Lt..

John Curtis Lt. was born on 26 February 1614 in Nazing, Essex, England. He died on 2 December 1707 at the age of 93 in Stratford, Connecticut. John Curtis, Jr. came to Stratford, Connecticut among the first settlers with his mother and brother William. His wife, Elizabeth was said to be a sister of Governor Thomas Welles. Parents: John Curtis Sr. and Elizabeth Hutchins.

Spouse: Elizabeth Welles. Children were: Joseph Curtis.

Joseph Curtis was born in 1650. He died in 1742 at the age of 92. Joseph Curtis was Deputy 1686, 1689-94, assistant 1698-1721; ensign 1693; Commissioner (Justice) 1692-1697; Judge of County Court 1711, 1725; Justice 1722-1728 Parents: John Curtis Lt. and Elizabeth Welles.

Spouse: Bethia Booth. Bethia Booth and Joseph Curtis were married in 1676. Children were: Elizabeth Curtis.

Lydia Curtis was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Henry D. Dwinell. Lydia Curtis and Henry D. Dwinell were married. Children were: William Dwinell, Frederick Dwinell, Samuel Dwinell.

Mehitabel Curtis was born in 1786 in Bethel, Vermont. She died on 9 March 1871 at the age of 85 in Plainfield, Vermont.

Spouse: Chauncey Bartlett. Mehitabel Curtis and Chauncey Bartlett were married. Children were: Chauncey Bartlett.

Mrs. John Curtis was born about 1487 in Nazing, Essex, England.

Spouse: John Curtis. Children were: John Curtis.

Prudence Curtis was born in 1689 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She died after 1753 at the age of 64.

Spouse: Joseph Dwinell. Prudence Curtis and Joseph Dwinell were married. Children were: Zacheriah Dwinell.

Sarah Curtis was born on 27 December 1675. She died before 1736 at the age of 61. Parents: Zacheus Curtis and Mary Blake.

Spouse: James Scales. Sarah Curtis and James Scales were married on 10 March 1702 in Boxford, Massachusetts. Children were: John Scales.

Susannah Curtis was born before 15 February 1654. She was baptized on 15 February 1654. She died in 1691 at the age of 37. Parents: Zaccheus Curtis and Joanna .

Spouse: James Scales. Susannah Curtis and James Scales were married on 7 November 1677 in Rowley, Massachusetts. Children were: James Scales.