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![Show Contents]() Cuming History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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. 1 "This ancient family claim descent from the great house of Comines in France. They seem to have come into Britain at the Conquest, though they do not appear eo nomine in Domesday. " 2 Early Origins of the Cuming familyThe surname Cuming was 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. 3 Other early records of the family shown with a myriad of early spellings include: Godwinus filius Cumine in the Pipe Rolls of Norfolk in 1173; Eustachius filius Cumini in the Assize Rolls for Lincolnshire in 1219; Petrus filius Kymine in the Subsidy Rolls for Yorkshire in 1301; Hugh Coumini listed in France in 1157; Walter Cumin in the Pipe Rolls for Wales in 1158; John Comin in Lincolnshire in 1175-1179; and William Cumyn in the Pipe Rolls for Hampshire in 1230. 4 The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 included: Florentina Comin, Oxfordshire; Peter Comyn, Wiltshire; Stephen Comyng, Essex; and Thomas Comyn, Gloucestershire. 5 Another source notes that Admund le Comyn was listed in Norfolk, 14 Edward II (during the fourteenth year of King Edward III's reign.) 6 Today Commins is a small hamlet in Denbighshire and Commins Coch is a small village in the county of Powys, Wales. Saint Comman of Ross-Commain (fl. 550), was son of Faelchu and "descendant of Fiacha Araidhe, of the family of Rudhraighe, and race of Ir, king of Ulster, A.D. 236." 7 Early History of the Cuming familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cuming research. Another 487 words (35 lines of text) covering the years 1124, 1133, 1153, 1289, 1296, 1302, 1306, 1667, 1688, 1690, 1696, 1714, 1729, 1730, 1740, 1747, 1751, 1775, 1833, 1835, 1844, 1849, 1851, 1867, 1870, 1875, 1876 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Cuming History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cuming Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Cumin, Cumins, Cumine, Cummin, Cummins, Cummine, Comings, Comins, Commin and many more. Early Notables of the Cuming familyOutstanding amongst the family at this time was Alexander Comyn (d. 1289), Earl of Buchan, a Scotish-Norman nobleman, son of William Comyn and Marjory, Countess of Buchan, the heiress of the last native Scottish Mormaer of Buchan, Fergus...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Cuming Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- James Cuming, who landed in Virginia in 1702 8
- David Cuming, who landed in Virginia in 1704 8
- Alexander Cuming, who arrived in South Carolina in 1729 8
- John Cuming, who arrived in Grenada in 1770 8
Cuming Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Fortescue Cuming, who arrived in New York in 1803 8
- Robert Cuming, who landed in New York in 1834 8
- Thomas Cuming, aged 23, who settled in America, in 1892
Cuming Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Frederick Cuming, aged 43, who immigrated to the United States from New Zealand, in 1904
- Elizth. Ross Cuming, aged 49, who settled in America from Adelaide, Australia, in 1909
- Robert Burns Cuming, aged 20, who landed in America from Adelaide, Australia, in 1909
- Russell James Cuming, aged 24, who immigrated to the United States from Plymouth, England, in 1911
- Mabel Cuming, aged 22, who immigrated to the United States, in 1911
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Cuming Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Andrew Cuming, aged 35, a weaver, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the brig "Ugoni" from Belfast, Ireland
- Rebecca Cuming, aged 35, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the brig "Ugoni" from Belfast, Ireland
| Contemporary Notables of the name Cuming (post 1700) | + |
- Thomas B. Cuming (1827-1858), American military officer and politician, the first Secretary of Nebraska Territory and served twice as the territory's Acting Governor
- Thomas B. Cuming (d. 1858), American politician, Secretary of Nebraska Territory, 1854-58; Governor of Nebraska Territory, 1854-55, 1857-58 9
- George H. Cuming, American politician, Prohibition Candidate for New York State Assembly from Chenango County, 1915 9
- Hugh Cuming (1791-1865), English collector and naturalist, often described as the "Prince of Collectors," eponym of the genus of bivalved shells Cumingia in 1833 10
- Frederik George Rees "Fred" Cuming RA (b. 1930), contemporary British landscape painter
- Frederick William Cuming (1875-1942), British gold medalist cricket player at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020
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