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He was taken severely sick about 1820 or 21, and never after enjoyed good health, tho he lived for many years- [[strikethrough]] of course his business was closed? [[/strikethrough]] He died in New York Dec 15' 1854 and lies in Greenwood in the ground of his son. He left no property

Rebecca Pittard his wife, and mother of Thomas S. is supposed to have been born about 1784 [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] in England.  she always said she was a year older than her husband and died at the house of her son in N.Y. June 25th 1865 probably about 81 years and reposes in Greenwood Cemetery by the side of her husband. Of the Pittard family [[strikethrough]] comparatively [[/strikethrough]] but little [[strikethrough]] or nothing [[/strikethrough]] is known. The father of Rebecca [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] is said to have been a Norman French by birth, [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] when or where he died is unknown. There was [[strikethrough]] said to have been left [[/strikethrough]] however at his decease as has been stated by the writer a very large, and numerous family left,[[strikethrough]] at his decease [[/strikethrough]] and to have been about equally divided in appearance between the dark Norman and Anglo Saxon blond - Rebecca was of the latter as may be seen by her portrait by Henry Inman in the pos. of the family. H.R Mary Pittard widow maiden name unknown lived to a very advanced age, and to see her family all grow up said to have been in the neighborhood of a hundred years [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] she had occupied "Cooks Folly" a castellated tower a small outline engraving of it as well as a mythical history of it in T.S.C. pos. on St Vincents Rocks, over looking the Avon as it enters the Severn below Bristol [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] some 60 years or more - when or precisely where she died unknown, probably with some of her sons- The family records of any such there be- or rather have been said to be in Westbury church Westbury parish somewhere [[strikethrough]] nr [[/strikethrough]] Bristol Eng

Thomas S. Cummings
The only child and son of Charles T. and Rebeca Cummings as the family Bible states (and no more) was born on the "26th day of August 1804."-Thomas is a New York boy and received his earliest and what education he possesses in that city, at a very early age Thomas was entered [[strikethrough]]into[[/strikethrough]] in the office of Sands Spooner & Friends, a heavy importing House in the hopes it is supposed of his becoming a merchant, and although so young he received many flattering attentions from his employers and others and promises of future preferment as his age advanced The Yellow fever of 1817 or 18 prevented that conclusion

The firm of S S S removed to Brooklyn - then reached by horse from boats only, and Thomas was asked to go the Post office daily in Garden St Exchange Place corner William and get the letters of [[?]] the house, and take them to