Sarah (Henry) Cummings (abt. 1758 - 1825)

Born about 1758 in , Hanover County, Virginia

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Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1825 at about age 67 in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States of America

Biography

Sarah Henry was born about 1758 in , Hanover County, Virginia., the youngest of ten known children and six daughters of John and Sarah Dabney Winston Henry.

From Ancestry.com

Sarah Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1757.

Ancestry says she married three times, {but I think this is a mistake). Ancestry says her first husband was William Campbell (1760-1800) and that she next married Thomas Thomas (no dates), and finally Thomas Cummins or Cummings (1754-1815), by whom she had 4 known children, all boys:

1. Uriah Cummings, 1783-1831
2. William Cummings, 1784-1843
3. Josiah Cummings, 1792-1848
4. Eli Cummings, 1798-1844

Sarah died in Virginia in 1831.^[1]

From W.W.Henry Life . . . Patrick Henry

Evidence for marriage to Thomas Thomas (but no dates and no source):

Sarah's marriage to Thomas Thomas, Vol. II, p640.

Gravestone for Sarah Henry Cummings, 1758-1825. Photograph from Findagrave.com.

From Findagrave.com

Sarah Henry Cummings

Birth: 1758; Death: Jan. 1, 1825, Perry County, Indiana, USA.

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 claim that Sarah was the sister of Virginia Governor Patrick Henry, but that seems unlikely. According to the records of 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 Sarah 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.

Family links: Spouse: Thomas Cummings (1754 - 1814); Children: Uriah Cummings (1780 - 1831), William Cummings (1782 - 1847), Josiah Cummings (1796 - 1848), Ely Cummings (1798 - 1845).

Burial: Lower Cummings Cemetery, Derby, Perry County, Indiana, USA^[2]

Citations

1. ↑ Anon., "Sarah Henry," Ancestry.com. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/sarah-henry_6660764. Accessed 25 July 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
2. ↑ Eric Atkisson, "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.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.

Sources

• Anon., "Sarah Henry," Ancestry.com. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/sarah-henry_6660764. Accessed 25 July 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin

• 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.