James S Cummins b.1770 d.aft.1850

James S Cummins took to be his wife one Lucy Noel on July,14 . 1804. in Mercer County KY The bondsman was one Dudley Noel the brides father was Benjamin Noel and the Teste was Joshusa Cummins. This marriage produced the following children:

i. HUGH3 CUMMINS, b. KENTUCKY; d. January 1861, TARSNEY LAKE, MISSOURI.
ii. MARTHA CUMMINS.
iii. THERESA CUMMINS.
iv. ELIJAH CUMMINS, b. 1805, KENTUCKY; d. August 13, 1853; m. MARY ANN BISHOP, 1830; b. 1812, KENTUCKY.
More About ELIJAH CUMMINS and MARY BISHOP:
Marriage: 1830
v. PRISCILLA CUMMINS, b. April 14, 1808, MERCER COUNTY, KENTUCKY; d. September 25, 1891, MERCER COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
vi. GREENUP CUMMINS, b. 1809, KENTUCKY.
vii. SARAH CUMMINS, b. 1825, KENTUCKY.
viii. MARGRET JANE CUMMINS, b. 1828, KENTUCKY.

I have linked the Family together by the use of Marriage Records and Federal Census records in 1850 James and Lucy lived not far from Greenup Cummins and his family James was said to be 80 and Lucy was listed to be 69. James died some time after 1850 but I have not located any specific dates. In 1860 we have Lucy Cummins living with her daughter Sarah Higgins and her Family she died sometime after 1860. Green or Greenup Cummins will be whom we will focus on he was born about 1809 in Kentucky and is my GGGG-Grandfather

The Beginnings of a Legacy

Matthew Cummins

Made his way to the wild frontiers of Kentucky after the Revolutionary War.

he and his wife were the forbears of the Cummins legacy. They fostered to adulthood the following children.

i. ALEXANDER2 CUMMINS, d. Abt. 1854.
ii. HANNAH CUMMINS,
iii. ISAAC CUMMINS, d. Bef. 1850

v. JAMES S. CUMMINS, b. 1770, PENNSYLVANIA.
vi. ?LEVI CUMMINS, b. 1776, HALIFAX, VIRGINIA; d. 1840.
vii. MATTHEW CUMMINS, b. June 07, 1777, HALIFAX, VIRGINIA; d. October 08, 1865

viii. JOHN CUMMINS, b. 1779, VIRGINIA; d. 1850
ix. JOSHUA CUMMINS, b. Abt. 1780
x. MARY (POLLY) CUMMINS, b. 1783; d. October 04, 1852

xi. MICHAEL CUMMINS, b. July 10, 1786, ; d. March 22, 1863
xii. WILLIAM CUMMINS, b. 1788, KENTUCKY; d. Aft. 1860

xiii. SAMUEL CUMMINS, b. Abt. 1791 KENTUCKY; d. Abt. 1870
xiv. ELIZABETH (BETSEY) CUMMINS, b. 1801

Certain records indicate that there were as many as eleven sons and seven daughters. We will focus on our descendant James S Cummins I have compiled records of which contain census , military records ,Death Certificates and Newspaper articles that substantiate our Heritage back to Matthew Cummins. During my research I have found a town in Mercer County, KY.called Salvisa that has a camp ground named Cummins Ferry Rd. I am not sure if there is any connection but will further investigate these findings. The family stayed in and around the Anderson, Mercer County area and what was to become Franklin County and to this day there are Cummins decendants still in these areas.