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Where did the Irish Cummings family come from? What is the Irish Cummings family crest and coat of arms? When did the Cummings family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Cummings family history?
The surname Cummings comes from the old Irish Gaelic surname O Coimín, and has come to have many different English variants. The Gaelic name also appeared as O Comáin, especially in Munster.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Cummins, Comines, Cummings, Comine, Cummin, Comyn, Cumming, Cummine, Cuming, Cumine, Cumyn, Cummyn, Commyn and many more.First found in Connacht, where the family were "erenaghs" (Administrators) of the church of St. Cuimín Fada. It is said that in the 6th century, St. Common, a pupil of St. Finian was a missionary in Connacht, founding a monastery in Roscommon. The parish of Kilcummin on the western side of the Bay of Killala is named after a family of this name.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cummings research. Another 415 words(30 lines of text) covering the years 1182, 1213, 1264, 1688, 1703, 1704, 1760, and 1786 are included under the topic Early Cummings History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early notables!
Another 41 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cummings Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Cummings. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Cummings Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Isaac Cummings, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1630
- Samuel Cummings, who arrived in Maryland in 1663
Cummings Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Archibald Cummings, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1725-1726
- Frances Cummings, who arrived in New England in 1733
- Thomas Cummings, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1773
- John Cummings, who arrived in New York in 1774
- Andrew Cummings, who landed in America in 1795
Cummings Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- George Cummings, aged 28, arrived in New York in 1800
- Robert Cummings, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1808
- Margaret Cummings, aged 50, arrived in Maine in 1812
- Sussan Cummings, aged 32, landed in Massachusetts in 1812
- James Cummings, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1817
Cummings Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Edward Cummings, who landed in Alabama in 1917
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- Candy William Arthur Cummings (1848-1924), American baseball pitcher
- Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962), American writer and painter
- Maria Susanna Cummings (1827-1866), American writer
- Homer Stillé Cummings (1870-1956), American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General (1933-39)
- Burton L. Cummings OC, OM (b. 1947), Canadian musician and songwriter, lead singer and frequent keyboardist for the Canadian rock band The Guess Who
- David Cummings, British musician and scriptwriter
- Bruce Frederick Cummings (1889-1917), English zoologist
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We have comprised a great deal of suggested readings that would be of interest to you and your family.
- Ancestors and Descendants [including the Cummings Family] of James Comins by Lucia B. Comins.
- The History and Genealogy of the Cummins (also Cummings) Family by Nora B. Cummins.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Kennedy, Patrick. Kennedy's Book of Arms. Canterbury: Achievements, 1967. Print.
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- McDonnell, Frances. Emigrants from Ireland to America 1735-1743 A Transcription of the report of the Irish House of Commons into Enforced emigration to America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1331-5).
- Shaw, William A. Knights of England A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of all the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, Ireland and Knights Bachelors 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print. (ISBN 080630443X).
- Bullock, L.G. Historical Map of Ireland. Edinburgh: Bartholomew and Son, 1969. Print.
- Vicars, Sir Arthur. Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
- Donovan, George Francis. The Pre-Revolutionary Irish in Massachusetts 1620-1775. Menasha, WI: Geroge Banta Publsihing Co., 1932. Print.
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Leyburn, James Graham. The Scotch-Irish A Social History. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1962. Print. (ISBN 0807842591).
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The Cummings Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Cummings Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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