Barbara’s family
Sarah Estey
4 OCT 1694 – 1750 · 8th great-grandmotherSarah Estey, also identified in the supplied notes as Sarah Estey Cummings, was born 4 October 1694 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. She married Captain Joseph Cummings in 1714 and died in 1750. She is identified as Barbara’s 8th great-grandmother.
Sarah Estey was born on 4 October 1694 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, to Isaac Estey Jr. and Abigail Kimball.
On 1 December 1714, she married Captain Joseph Cummings. He was born on 1 September 1692 in Topsfield, the son of Abraham Cummings and Sarah Wright. Their children included Thomas Cummings, born in 1716, and Sarah Cummings, born in 1720, who married Benjamin Lamson.
The supplied family-tree notes state that Joseph Cummings bought and sold real estate and that as many as twenty-three deeds relating to his transactions were recorded between 1719 and 1763.
According to the notes, when Sarah’s sister, Abigail Estey Cummings, died on 10 January 1729/30, Sarah became guardian of her nephew, Moses Cummings.
Sarah died in 1750.
On 1 December 1714, she married Captain Joseph Cummings. He was born on 1 September 1692 in Topsfield, the son of Abraham Cummings and Sarah Wright. Their children included Thomas Cummings, born in 1716, and Sarah Cummings, born in 1720, who married Benjamin Lamson.
The supplied family-tree notes state that Joseph Cummings bought and sold real estate and that as many as twenty-three deeds relating to his transactions were recorded between 1719 and 1763.
According to the notes, when Sarah’s sister, Abigail Estey Cummings, died on 10 January 1729/30, Sarah became guardian of her nephew, Moses Cummings.
Sarah died in 1750.
Historical context
Sarah’s life was connected with Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, where both she and her husband were born. The supplied notes also place the Cummings family in local real-estate transactions during the eighteenth century.
Sources & research
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