Alice
Cumberledge
formerly Cummins
Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Joseph Cumberledge
— married
1765 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Harvey George Washington Cumberledge
Died
in Dunkard Creek, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jan 2014
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Biography
Alice and husband Joseph were killed by Indians on 25 Apr. 1789. An article in The Pittsburgh Gazette described the attack:
Pittsburgh, May 2 [1789] It is with singular concern we announce to the public, that on Saturday the 25th ult, a party of Indians murdered, on the head waters of Dunkard creek, in Washington county, five persons, one man by the name of Joseph Cumbridge, and his wife, also, a man named William Thomas, and two children. It is unnecessary to make any comment on the impropriety of wasting time and money in holding treatie with the savages, as long experience has shown us the futility of such measures, we have now only to trust to the exertions and energy of our new government, and flatter ourselves such effective plans will be adopted, as to extirpate this country of such savage neighbours. The following deposition will show the truth of the above.
Washington County, ss.
Personally came before me Henry Vanmatre, one of the justices of the peace for the state of Pennsylvania, and county aforesaid, Absalom Vanmatre and Gabriel Eakins, and being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, deposeth and saith, that they helped to bury five people on Dunkard creek, on Saturday the 25th. of this ult. April, killed by the indians, and three of them scalped; the names was William Thomas and Joseph Cumbridge and his wife, the others children, and further say not. Absalom Vanmatre Gabriel Eakins Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of April, 1789. Henry Vanmatre [1]
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- ↑ The Pittsburgh Gazette, 2 May 1789
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alice by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alice:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alice by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alice:
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~1.56%
Paul Yost
:
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~1.56%
Dave Shaw :
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~0.78%
Wilma (Meredith) Richow :
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~0.39%
Leslie (Sweeney) LeRoy :
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Joseph and Alice were most likely the Joseph and wife killed by Indians on 25 April, 1789 at the headwaters of Dunkard Creek in Washington (later Greene) County, PA. The newspaper article appeared in the Pittsburgh Gazette on May 2, 1789. A neighbor, William Thomas, and two children were also killed. A deposition was given in Washington County court system by Justices of the peace for Washington County Absalom VanMatre and Gabriel Eakins that they helped bury the five people. Harvey George was married and most likely still in Frederick County, MD at this time.