Joseph Cummings

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Joseph was born March 20, 1724 had 9 children. He was married 3 times. Mary Hovey Hale, Judith Patty Perkins and Lucy Knowlton. He was a very wealthy man. He lived in Topsfield. He had 9 children.

Joseph married Mary Hovey Hale between 1741 and 1756. Mary was born in 1725; died in 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died suddenly on his way home from Winser, Ohio. Pastor of Marlboro N. H. where ordained. Graduated from Harvard in 1768, taught school prior to be ordained. Joseph and Anna had 10 children.

Joseph married Anna Grove on 05 Dec 1776. Anna was born in 1753; died on 22 Jul 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ordained as Baptist Pastor in 1805 - settled in Sullivan, N.H. in 1810. Later moved to Roxbury, which is an Historical place now. He formed baptist churches in Keene - Swansey - Marlboro - Peterboro - Hillsboro - Lyndeboro - Antrim. He had a strong physical constitution. The had 7 children. Daughter Mary married Luke Hemingway who wrote articles for the Saturday Evening Post, a well known writer. She died at 'Villa Altroeche', near Florence, Italy on Feb 20, 1885. Two children (of Mary and Luke) Rosalie and Pauline. Pauline married Domenico Altroechi who died in 1879. Pauline continued living in Italy where her mother joined her after Luke Hemingway's death. Mary Hemenway is buried in the Protestant Cemetary in Florence with her daughter and her daughter's busband.

Charles married Polly Hemingway on 09 Oct 1798 in Marlboro, N.H.. Polly was born between 1763 and 1787; died between 1813 and 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Moving to Lexington, MI in the spring of 1837 (the year that MI became a state) and settling on a homestead two mile north and two miles west and building a log house on N>E> corner of what is now Roach Road and Wixon Road.

Daphne's brother Ruebin Wright (born 1801) and his wife arrived at the same time and settle on the land adjoining them to the north.

Joseph and Daphine died in 1855 from the effects of fighting a big forest fire that swept through there that summer. Daphne's brother Rubin also lost his wife and child in the fire. He lived with Trueman E. and Susan Cummings until his death in 1890.

Joseph and Daphine are buried in the old Long Cemetary. Rubin is buried in the old Lexington cemetary.

Joseph married Daphne Wright on 30 Jun 1836. Daphne was born on 21 Jan 1811 in Washington, N.H.; died on 27 Sep 1855 in Lexington, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]