Cummings Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Cummings

Cummings

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Cummings history with Cummings Family Crest
Suggested Readings for Cummings
Surname Notables

About Family Crests

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Origins Available: English, Irish, Scottish

Where did the Irish Cummings family come from? What is the Irish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Cummings family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

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.

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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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
Notable contemporary bearers of the name
A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Benjamin Cummins, who settled in Nova Scotia in 1759; Andrew Cummins, who settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1825; Patrick Cummins, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1828.

For more information on the last name Cummings, the PDF Surname History is available for purchase as well as other products.

Suggested Readings for the name Cummings

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.

Some noteworthy people of the name Cummings

Kathleen Sprows Cummings, Notre Dame concurrent assistant professor of history and associate director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at Notre Dame
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)
David Cummings, Scottish musician
Bruce Frederick Cummings (1889-1917), English zoologist

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Cummings family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Cummings coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Cummings genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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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.