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Senator Daniel Cummins

Senator Daniel Cummins[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1737 - 1797  (59 years)

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  • Name Daniel Cummins 
    Title Senator 
    Born 28 Jul 1737  Dover, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Jun 1797 
    Buried St Peter's Episcopal Church, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I601062970  Master Tree
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2021 

    Father Timothy Cummins,   b. 1689, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1746  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Agnes Horton,   b. Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1748 
    Married 26 Sep 1727 
    Family ID F539541120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Frances Wells,   b. 1 Apr 1740, Queen Anne's, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1784  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 7 Sep 1756  St. Luke's Parish, Queen Anne, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 6
    Children 
    +1. Timothy Cummins,   b. 9 Aug 1758,   d. 24 Jul 1823  (Age 64 years)
    +2. George Cummins, Esq.,   b. 17 Mar 1759,   d. 22 Sep 1827  (Age 68 years)
     3. Daniel Cummins, Jr.,   b. 25 Dec 1761,   d. 3 Feb 1788  (Age 26 years)
     4. Hannah Cummins,   b. 12 Jun 1764,   d. 15 Aug 1772  (Age 8 years)
    +5. Frances Ann Cummins,   b. 15 Feb 1767, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1796  (Age 29 years)
     6. Sebellah Cummins,   b. 4 Jul 1770,   d. 16 Oct 1837  (Age 67 years)
     7. Elizabeth Cummins,   b. 27 Feb 1773,   d. 1773
     8. Agnes Nancy Cummins,   b. 10 Jun 1774
    +9. John Cummins,   b. 3 Apr 1777, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1833  (Age 56 years)
     10. David James Cummins,   b. 16 Nov 1779,   d. 21 Nov 1856  (Age 77 years)
    +11. James Cummins,   b. 28 Sep 1784, Kent, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1843, Harrison, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Last Modified 20 Jun 2007 
    Family ID F539541119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Barrow 
    Married 1 Jan 1788  Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2007 
    Family ID F2593225020  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Jul 1737 - Dover, Kent, Delaware, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Sep 1756 - St. Luke's Parish, Queen Anne, Maryland, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Jan 1788 - Delaware, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St Peter's Episcopal Church, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Senator Daniel Cummins ratified the US Constitution on behalf of Kent County, Delaware on December 7, 1787

  • Sources 
    1. [S5352861864] Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800, 528.
      Cummins, Daniel.Yeoman. Will. Made June 8, 1797. Duck Creek Hd. Heirs: wife Mary; sons Timothy, George, John, David; daus. Sibbey & Nancy; grandson Daniel Cummins Lockwood. Exec'rs, sons Timothy, George, John. Wits., James McDowel, Daniel McDowel. Prob. June 21, 1797. Arch. vol. A12, pages 98 & 100-103. Reg. of Wills, Liber N, folio 178 & Liber P, folio 166. Note:—Arch. vol. A12, page 102 mentions Francis Cummins.

    2. [S8072066282] Wells Family, [email protected], (OneWorldTree).

    3. [S8072068442] COLONIAL ANCESTORS - The Johnson & Freeburn Ancestry & Related Families, William Raymond Johnson, S.A.R, [email protected], (OneWorldTree).

    4. [S8072066284] Digital Library on American Slavery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, (Electronic Resources & Information Technologies, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, http://library.uncg.edu/depts/erit/), Petition 20377902, 27 Jul 1779.
      Jude Fisher, a free-born mulatto, states that she was sold as a slave by John Hudson of Sussex County to Daniel Cummins of Kent County. She was then sold to Thomas Shain of Kent County. She asks that the court "restore her to the Freedom she is intitled to by her Birth.".
      Result: Partially granted.

    5. [S8072066281] Delaware Marriages, 1645-1899 , (The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, Provo, Utah).
      Record of this marriage may be found at the Family History Library under microfilm reference number(s) 0006417.

    6. [S2600122392] History of Delaware 1609-1888, J. Thomas Scharf, A.M., LL. D., (Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY/London), Vol. 87A pg 113.9.