Hi Joan, I want to pass onto you a website through Fayette County that you will be able to get some help on. Janet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fayette_pa/ If you join the list there are alot of very nice people here that can help you out. The best of luck to you. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Joan Pingry" <[email protected]> > I am trying to find the father of one J. Alexander Cummins (or just plain > Alexander Cummins) who lived in Somerset, Somerset County. He was born in > 1767 at sea per the 1880 census for his son Joseph. Alexander died in 1845 > and his son, Joseph, in 1883, in Somerset. > > I've noticed an online reference to a Revolutionary War soldier named > Alexander Comins (the name he used for his pension application as being his > birth name) who was born in 1750 in Antrim, Ireland. Since he served in the > Revolution, he had to emigrate from Ireland prior to the beginning of the > war. From reading online biographies published in books on Fayette County > (where it seems he lived most, if not all, of his life after emigrating), I > know that he had a first wife and wonder how I might go about finding more > info on her and any children they may have had. I'm only guessing but it > seems possible that this Alexander Comins could have been a very young > father of J. Alexander born at sea in 1767. > > His pension app only refers to one living son, that being William Cummings > (Alexander Comins went by Cummings in Fayette County) and names his second > wife as Jane Livingston. I have found Alexander, Jane, William and Samuel > all buried in a small family plot in Fayette County. There is DAR paperwork > on Alexander Comins but no mention of his having a first wife. > > Any help greatly appreciated. I would love to "cross the water" on this > one. > > Joan in Illinois > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message