Cumston, Joshua M. (1784-1835)

Name:

Cumston, Joshua M. (1784-1835)

Other Names:

Cumston, Joshua Moody / a.k.a. Cumpston

Born:

1784

Birthplace:

Saco, ME (aka Pepperrellborough)

Died:

1835

Death Location:

Limerick, ME

Residence:

Saco, ME, as a young boy
Greenland, NH, growing up with his aunt & uncle, after death of his mother.
Saco, ME, by 1808
other Maine locations, until death

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Cabinetmaker, established shop in Saco, ME, by 1808

Father:

Cumston, John (1752-1787)

Mother:

Moody, Sarah (1753-1795)

Relations:

Partnership, cabinetmakers: worked with David Buckminster starting 1809; business name changed to Cumston & Buckminster, 1811-1816; then sold business to Buckminster, 1816.
Stepfather: Aaron Burnham (1742-1834), Scarborough, ME
Stepmother: Mary Fairfield (b.1751), Saco, ME
Aunt, who he has sent to live with: Mary Moody (1738-1817; m. Greenleaf Clark), Greenland, NH.
Cousin: Joseph Clark (1767-1857), cabinetmaker; Joshua Cumston apprenticed with this cousin.
Sarah Moody Cumston was grandniece to Sir William Pepperrell (1696-1759), Saco, ME.

Children:

William (1813-70; famous maker of pianofortes in Boston, 1840s).

Notes:

Thomas Hardiman, Jr. "Veneered Furniture of Cumston and Buckminster, Saco, Maine," The Magazine Antiques, (May 2001), 754-761.

"Take Notice," Advertisement, Weekly Visitor, Kennebunk, Maine, May 11, 1816, 3. (Dissolution of partnership, February 29, 1816)