. Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ;. born at Burlington, March 7, 1794,and died at Woburn of dropsy, January 26,1866. She was the daughter of Jonathan andPhebe Simonds, of Burlington. Children: , mentioned below. 2. Phebe Sim-onds, born April 25, 1825, died July 25, 1880;married, January 6, 1848, John R. Lane, bornJuly 10, 1824; resided in Bedford. (VIII) Ebenezer Cummings, son of Sam-uel Cummings (7), was born at Burlington,December 26, 1820. He received his earlyeducation in the common schoo
. Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ;. born at Burlington, March 7, 1794,and died at Woburn of dropsy, January 26,1866. She was the daughter of Jonathan andPhebe Simonds, of Burlington. Children: , mentioned below. 2. Phebe Sim-onds, born April 25, 1825, died July 25, 1880;married, January 6, 1848, John R. Lane, bornJuly 10, 1824; resided in Bedford. (VIII) Ebenezer Cummings, son of Sam-uel Cummings (7), was born at Burlington,December 26, 1820. He received his earlyeducation in the common schools of Woburn,attending the winter terms until he was abouttwenty years old. He worked with his fatheron the homestead until the latter died in 1847,when by inheritance he received a hundredacres of the land, the remaining forty acresgoing to his sister Phebe. When she died healso had her share. He was engaged to thetime of his death in general farming andmarket gardening and made his business prof-itable. He also bought wood lots and soldtimber and wood. His sons succeeded himin business after his death, and doubtless much. MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 801 of their success in life has been due to thecareful training they received under theirfathers direction. He was a man of quietmanner and simple life, with sterling qualitiesof heart and mind. He was an OrthodoxCongregationalist in religion, of strict princi-ples, model character, having the respect andesteem of all his townsmen. He was especiallyactive in the temperance movement. He diedApril 17, 1878. In politics he was a Whig inearly life, a Republican later. He served inthe Woburn militia company when a youngman. He married, April 28, 1845, Adeline , who was born in Farmington, NewHampshire, April 28, 1825, and died of con-sumption, May 6, 1846. He married (sec-ond), October 17, 1847, Sarah Wilson Haven,of Burlington, where she was born SeptemberI, 1823, and died May 18, 1906, the daughterof Jonas and Abigail (Simonds) Haven, o
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