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Where did the English Cumming family come from? What is the English Cumming family crest and coat of arms? When did the Cumming family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Cumming family history?
It is generally believed that this name comes from a Breton personal name, derived from element "cam," meaning "bent," or "crooked;" or perhaps from the herb called "cummin" (cumin). Or the name may have come from the place name Comines, in Flanders, Northern France.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Cumin, Cumins, Cumine, Cummin, Cummins, Cummine, Comings, Comins, Commin and many more.First found in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire in England, in the 12th and 13th centuries. Robert of Comyn (Comines,) a noble who accompanied William the Conqueror in 1066 and was made Earl of Northumberland. Today Commins is a small hamlet in Denbighshire and Commins Coch is a small village in the county of Powys, Wales.
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Some of the Cumming family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 107 words(8 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included 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 Cumming. 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:
Cumming Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- George Cumming, who came to New Jersey in 1685
Cumming Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Antho Cumming, who arrived in Virginia in 1704
- George Cumming, who arrived in Leeward Islands in 1709
- William Cumming, who landed in Maryland in 1716
- William Cumming, who arrived in Annapolis, MD in 1717
- Thomas Cumming, who arrived in New England in 1773
Cumming Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Elnr Cumming, who landed in America in 1805
- Jannett Cumming, who arrived in America in 1805
- James Cumming, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1812
- Tho Cumming, who landed in New York, NY in 1815
- Ham Cumming, who landed in New York, NY in 1815
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- Alfred Cumming (1829-1910), American soldier, brigadier general for the Confederacy in the American Civil War
- Joseph George Cumming (1812-1868), English geologist and archaeologist
- William Cumming (1769-1852), Irish portrait painter
- Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Edward Cumming (1896-1971), British soldier awarded the Victoria Cross during WWII
- Arthur Cumming (1889-1914), British Olympic figure skater
- Craig Cumming (b. 1975), New Zealand cricket player
- Sir George Mansfield Smith- Cumming (1859-1923), first director the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)
- Alan Cumming (b. 1965), Scottish actor, and director.
- John Cumming (1807-1881), Scottish clergyman
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- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
- Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
- Humble, Richard. The Fall of Saxon England. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-88029-987-8).
- Bullock, L.G. Historical Map of England and Wales. Edinburgh: Bartholomew and Son, 1971. Print.
- Holt, J.C. Ed. Domesday Studies. Woodbridge: Boydell, 1987. Print. (ISBN 0-85115-477-8).
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
- Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
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The Cumming Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Cumming 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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