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Elijah Cummings 1765–1857 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Dec 1765

Birth Location: Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, USA

Death Date: 1 Sep 1857

Death Location: Newstead, Erie, New York, USA

Father: Stephen Jr

Mother: Mary Potter

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Elijah Cummings was born in 1765 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Stephen Cummings Jr And Mary Potter. Elijah Cummings passed away in 1857 in Newstead, Erie, New York, USA.

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Biography

  • Elijah Cummings was born in 1765 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Stephen Cummings Jr And Mary Potter.
  • Elijah Cummings passed away in 1857 in Newstead, Erie, New York, USA.

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Elijah Cummings's Ancestors

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Elijah Cummings
1765–1857
Birth Place: Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
Parents
Stephen Cummings Jr
1736–1815
Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Potter
1740–1808
Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
Grandparents
Abraham (Cummins) Jr
1690–1755
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Mary (Bourn) Richardson
1689–1755
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Jonathan (Potter) Major
1723–1806
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island Colony, North America, UK
Mary (Ann) West
1726–1788
Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA
Great-Grandparents
Abraham Cummings
1663–1706
Sarah Wright
1670–1752
John Richardson
1668–1749
Deborah Brooks
1669–1703
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elijah Cummings's Timeline

2 Records

1765
16 Dec 1765
Birth of Elijah Cummings in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
1857
1 Sep 1857
Age 92
Death of Elijah Cummings in Newstead, Erie, New York, USA
Newstead, Erie, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Dec 1765
    Event Place: Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Sep 1857
    Event Place: Newstead, Erie, New York, USA

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