His surname was Cummings and he was a sergeant in his regiment at the time of the battle. He was from Athol (later Phillipston) Massachusetts, and his grave is not identified, although I believe it to be in the cemetery adjacent to the town green in Phillipston. There is a base with the surname on it, ut the headstone is missing or buried.
The fact that his grave is missed on Memorial Day and July 4th has always bothered me...
He was at the Concord fight on April 19, 1775 and was also at Bunker Hill.
He served in Capt. Joshua Parker's company, and in Col. William Prescott's regiment.
The Temple farm was at the base of Winters Hill (Charlestown)just up from the neck. I did several searches on Google earth and figured out about where the farm was. I believe they call it ten hills or something like that.
They came came to the colonies 1636 or there abouts. Another, Mary Dwyer, was hanged at Boston Commons Jun 1 1660 for preaching the Quaker faith in Boston
The company of Capt Abijah Wyman, of Ashby, was in Col. William Prescott’s regiment in that battle. The return, made Oct 3, 1775, includes the following men from Westford:
Thomas Comings, Second Lieutenant; Daniel Dudley, Corporal; Philip Robbins, Corporal.
Thomas Robbins Caesar Bason
Oliver Barrett David Cowdry
Ebenezer Corey Simeon Kemp
David Fish Thaddeus Read
Abner Kent Daniel Whitney
Jeremiah Robbins
In all 14 men. The return states that “Cesor Bason died June 17.”
(p.113)
Mr. Francis Tinker in his sketch of Ashby, in Drake’s History of Middlesex County, Vol. I, p. 223, says that Lieutenant Comings and ten men in Captain Wyman’s company, were from Westford, but he does not give names.