Abraham and Sarah were married by the Rev. Jabez Fox in Woburn, MA. Their children's births are recorded in Woburn with the exception of one in Dunstable. N.H. Dunstable was a wilderness frontier settlement and endured many Indian raids. Sarah was the granddaughter of Richard and Joanna Hassell, both of whom were killed by the Indians in Dunstable. During that same attack three other members of this family were killed and another son taken prisoner in Sep 1691.
John and wife were members of the church in Topsfied, MA. They were dismissed to the Church in Dunstable, N.H. where they were among the first settlers there. Two of John's sons were killed by Indians on 2 Nov. 1688. They were around 20 years of age.
The immigrant ancestor,Isaac Cummings, is said to have come from Scotland. In 1639 he owned property in Ipswich, MA. No mention remains of his wife. Whe was not living when his will was made.
Killed by Indians at Dunstable, N.H.
Killed by Indians at Dunstable, N.H.
Nathan, third son of John Jr. was admitted Freeman of Westerly, RI 4 May 1736. He was a farmer in Westerly until about 1750-1 when he removed to Voluntown where he bought lands, 160 acres of Amos Kinney on 3 Aug 17l50 for "Two thousand and five hundred, money of ye Old tener bills" - 20 acres of Andrew Elliot on 6 apr 1755 for "Five hundred Pounds in good and passable bills of credit "Old tener'".
He sold to his son, Amos, 45 acres of land on 16 Nov 1768 and 70 acres to his son Peleg, 29 Mar 1773.
The year 1796 and following witnessed the great exodus of the descendants of Nathan Randall. Oneida, Madison, Onondaga, Saratoga and Essex Counties, NY, were selected as thier future homes by some, while others settled in Vermont and Eastern Conn. , and but few were left in Voluntown as representatives of the original family.--
from GENEALOGY OF A BRANCH OF THE RANDALL FAMILY
Ref: GENEALOGY OF A BRANCH OF THE RANDALL FAMILY, Paul K. Randall p. 546-8
HISTORY OF THE TWON OF STONINGTON, CONN. Richard Anson Wheeler, 1900 p. 546
NEW LONDON COUNTY, CONN. GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 1905, p. 585
GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF RHODE ISLAND, John Osborne Austin 1887John Randall lived with his father in Westerly on land purchased of Thomas Bell of Stonington until he reached manhood, when he came to Stonington and bought large tracts of land, which was intersected by the society line that divided the town of Stonington into two religious societies in 1721.
He was a farmer by occupation and as such reduced his land grants to cultivation, which he industriously and successfully improved during the remainder of his life.
Abigail, first wife of John jr. was admitted to the church by "owning of ye covenant", 1 Sep. 1695. We suppose she had recently been married.See GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF RHODE ISLAND, comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690, by John Osborne Austin, pub. 1887, for the families of John Randall. (This is a large book available in the Logan library).
Notes regarding the father of John Jr. or John Sr. who was the progenitor of the Randall family of Westerly and Stonington. He first appears at Newpower, RI from which place he came to Westerly as early as 1667 where the remainder of his life was spent,- - -Gen. of a Branch of Randall Family
John Randall was at Westerly, RI in territory claimed by Conn. as in Stonington in 1667, and was recorded as a farmer in 1669. In 1670 he bought a lot of land on the Pawcatuck Rivesr and was admitted an inhabitant of Stonington Nov 30, 1670. In 1682 he was a deputy from Westerly to the RI Assembly and in 1679 took the oath of fidelity to RI. He died at Westerly about 1684-5.
He was a corporal in Capt. Giles Russells's Company in the Havana, Expedition under Adm. Pocock and Lord Albemarle. (Note from Grolier Encyclopedia, 1957 Ed, Vol. 6, p. 243: "Cuba...was a possession of Spain, except for the British occupation of 1762-3." Ichabod was probably a casuality of this occupatin. No marriage has been found for him.
The Cottrell lines have been extended and need to be checked in the Archives. Copies of the Wills of Nicholas Sr. and Major Brian Pendleton can be fouNd in THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Ref: Manuscript from Boise Lending Library: DESC. OF NICHOLAS COTTRELL OF NEWPROT AND WESTERLY, R.I. 1638, by Ellen Rowland Cottrell and Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Cottrell Homer, N.Y. 1952. HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN. by R. A. Wheeler, 1900 p. 326, 531-2.