Katherine (Baldwin) Cummings (1727 - 1807)

Born 27 Sep 1727 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Cummings — married 29 Nov 1749 in Billerica, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1807 at age 80 in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Baldwin Name Study.

Birth and Parents

Katherine (Baldwin) Cummings was born in Massachusetts.

Katherine, the eldest of eight children of John Baldwin and Sarah (Hill) Baldwin was born on 27 Septenber 1727 at Billerica, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Katherine married Nathaniel Cummings (1724-1773), the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Whitney) Cummings on 29 November 1749 at Billerica, Massachusetts.^[2] They had five children born at Billerica:

1. Nathaniel Cummings (b. 3 Feb 1751; d. 21 May 1812, Dunstable, MA)^[3][4] m. 20 Jun 1774, Rebecca Wilson (1752-1808)
2. Sarah Cummings (b. 2 Jun 1753; d. 1823)^[5] m. 1 Dec 1772, Josiah Crosby (1746-1819)
3. Kate Cummings (b. 21 Jul 1756; d. )^[6] m.
4. Patty Cummings (b. 5 Mar 1757; d. 1818)^[7] m. 27 Feb 1777 at Billerica, MA, Benjamin Dutton (1754-1814)
5. Bette Cummings (b. 17 Jun 1761; d. )^[8] m. say 1784 at Ashby, MA, Benjamin Hill (1752-1796)

Death and Burial

Katherine died on 4 November 1807 in her 80th year at Dunstable, and is buried in Central Cemetery at Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[9].

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-48Q : 20 May 2022), Sarah Baldwin, 25 Sep 1727; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7J-WQY : 20 May 2022), Katharine Baldwin in entry for Nathaniel Cummings, 29 Nov 1749; citing Marriage, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-5PN : 20 May 2022), Katharine in entry for Nathaniel Cumings, 3 Feb 1753; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38671156/nathaniel-cumings
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD1-VM2 : 15 January 2020), Katharine in entry for Sarah Cumings, 1753.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-5PK : 20 May 2022), Katharine in entry for Kate Cumings, 21 Jul 1756; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-5PG : 20 May 2022), Katharine in entry for Patley Cumings, 5 Mar 1757; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-5PR : 20 May 2022), Katharine in entry for Bette Cumings, 17 Jun 1761; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38671219/catharine-cumings: accessed 07 July 2023), memorial page for Catharine White Cumings (1727–4 Nov 1807), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38671219, citing Central Cemetery, Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bette Hartman (contributor 46633755).

Acknowledgements

• Profile adopted, connected to correct parents and full biography written with inline sourcing and photo added following extensive research by Baldwin descendant Carol Baldwin on 7 July 2023.