Senator Daniel Cummins^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1737 - 1797  (59 years)

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

  
  

  Father	Timothy Cummins,   b. 1689, Scotland, United Kingdom ,   d. 17 Apr 1746  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Agnes Horton,   b. Scotland, United Kingdom ,   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 ,   d. 11 Nov 1784  (Age 44 years)
  Married	7 Sep 1756	St. Luke's Parish, Queen Anne, Maryland, United States   [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 ,   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 ,   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 ,   d. 1843, Harrison, Ohio, United States  (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   [3, 5]
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2007
  Family ID	F2593225020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Jul 1737 - Dover, Kent, Delaware, United States Married - 7 Sep 1756 - St. Luke's Parish, Queen Anne, Maryland, United States Married - 1 Jan 1788 - Delaware, United States Buried - - St Peter's Episcopal Church, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Senator Daniel Cummins ratified the US Constitution on behalf of Kent County, Delaware on December 7, 1787

  
  

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  [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. [S8072066282] Wells Family, twells@comcast.net, (OneWorldTree). [S8072068442] COLONIAL ANCESTORS - The Johnson & Freeburn Ancestry & Related Families, William Raymond Johnson, S.A.R, WJohn55447@comcast.net, (OneWorldTree). [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. [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. [S2600122392] History of Delaware 1609-1888, J. Thomas Scharf, A.M., LL. D., (Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY/London), Vol. 87A pg 113.9.