Hi, I'm about 90% convinced that James Cummings likely came from Onondaga County, NY. Quite a few of my Cummings kin moved from Onondaga out to Calhoun County in the mid-1800's. My guess is that he is probably the brother of my 3G-Gfather Willard Cummings who later settled in Convis. If I'm correct, then his father would be Asher Cummings (b. 1799 CT), although there were a few other Cummings families living in Onondaga/Marcellus NY area, all descended from Oliver Cummings, born in Ashford CT. Also, I don't have all my records with me right now, but I seem to recall a sibling James Cummings of that family who was written up in some sort of History of Calhoun County book that I ran into at one of the genealogy libraries. I do know for a fact that that James Cummings did descend from Oliver Cummings of Onondaga. Hope this helps some. If you want more info I can provide it once I get to all my records. Aloha, Ken Waters Honolulu, HI --- [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Surnames: Case Cummings > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFB.2ACE/514.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > This was an old thread but I thought I'd reply as it > might help someone: > > James and Mary Abigail (Case) Cummings are both > buried in the West Leroy Cemetery, Leroy Twp., > Calhoun Co. MI > > James Cummings - 1836 - 1916 > Mary Abigail - 1838-1877 > > Mary's death is in the Michigan GENDIS death Index. > Mary's parents are listed as Ira and Mary Ann Case. > I'd like to know the maiden name of her mother. > > Census records show James Cummings is of New York > and his parents are of NY. He's said to be possibly > of Cayuga Co., NY but I haven't verified that. > > I'd like to know who his parents are. Also, marriage > date for James and Mary Abigail is given as 1860 in > Leroy Twp., Calhoun Co., MI. She still lives with > her father in 1860 and is 22 years of age and not > yet married at time of Census. > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush