Person:John Cummins (4)

We know that one of Jacob Cummins' sons died a soldier during the US Revolution. William McMannes and others in Knowlton on July 24 1796 signed an affidavit in support of Daniel Cummins' petition for land in Upper Canada. The affidavit stated in part "... his Father and all the family was good friends to loyalty in the late war one of his brothers died a Soldier in his Majesty's servis." This son appears to have been John Cummins. We know that John Cummins was recruited on Jan 26 1777 into the 5th Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers by William Hutchinson. On Aug 22 1777 Private John Cummins was taken prisoner of the rebels. The property of John Cummins of Sussex County was offered for sale by a republican Committee of Safety after an inquisition in 1778. This was a usual fate for the property of a loyalist who had taken arms. John was still listed as a prisoner in Feb 9 1781 from the Fifth Battalion. From then until Mar 4 1783 he was listed as a prisoner from the First Battalion.