Sarah Cummings

Not the same as Sarah Adams

Her husband, Thomas Cummings, was a Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A028589

Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47302007/sarah-cummings

Sarah Henry married Thomas Cummings in 1779 and they moved to Perry County, Indiana as early as 1807, settling in the northern end of Tobin Township.

Sarah and Thomas had at least five children: Uriah, William, Josiah, Eli and Joseph. Joseph died in infancy in 1799, while the other four joined their parents in Perry County, Indiana soon after 1807.

Some family trees erroneously claim that Sarah Henry Cummings was the sister of Virginia Governor Patrick Henry. According to the Patrick Henry Museum in Virginia, Patrick's sister Sarah was born about 1740 and married a British merchant named Thomas Thomas, who took her back to England. When Patrick's mother died in 1784, she mentioned each of her living children specifically but there is no mention of her daughter Sarah, so she presumably died before her mother, while the Sarah Henry who married Thomas Cummings lived until 1825. It's possible that Sarah Henry Cummings was a cousin of Patrick Henry's, but more research is needed to prove the connection.

Family

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/d/e/s/Julie-A-Desoignie-KS/WEBSITE-00...

Thomas Cummings (son of Thomas Cummings and Unknown) was born 1754 in Virginia, and died 1814 in Lower Cummings, Tobin Twp., Perry, IN7, 7.He married Sarah Henry on 1779 in Virginia, [NOT the] daughter of John Henry and Sarah Winston.

Thomas was a soldier in Captain John Lewis' Company, 2nd Virginia State Regiment, June and July 1778 during the Revolutionary War. He was also reportedly in the Battle of Fort Sullivan, Charleston, South Carolina on June 28, 1776. He left Fauquier County, Virginia around 1789 and went to Washington County, Kentucky. In 1779 he married Sarah Henry, [NOT] the sister of Virginia Governor Patrick Henry, and they moved to Perry County, Indiana as early as 1807, settling in the northern end of Tobin Township. Thomas and Sarah had at least five children: Uriah, William, Josiah, Eli and Joseph. Joseph died in infancy in 1799, while the other four joined their parents in Perry County, Indiana soon after 1807.

Children of Thomas Cummings and Sarah Henry are:

• +Uriah Cummings, b. 1780, d. 30 Jul 1831, Rome, Perry County, IN.
• +William Cummings, b. 1782, Washington, KY, USA, d. 28 Apr 1847, Derby, Perry, IN, USA
• Josiah Cummings, b. 05 Jul 1796, Washington, KY, USA, d. 03 Dec 1848, Perry, IN, USA
• Eli Cummings, b. 09 Jul 1798, Washington, KY, USA7 d. 24 Aug 1845, Rome, Perry, IN, USA
• Joseph Cummins, b. 1799, d. 1799.

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Gravestone for Sarah Henry Cummings, 1758-1825

References

1. Atkisson, Eric. "Sarah Henry Cummings," Findagrave.com. Record added: Jan 29, 2010. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47302007. Accessed 25 July 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.