Sarah
Porter
Born in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ebenezer Porter
and Lydia (Cummings) Porter
Sister of
Mary Porter, Ebenezer Porter, Lydia (Porter) Stewart, Solomon Porter, David Porter, Joseph Porter, Hannah Porter, John Porter, Rebecca Porter, Cummings Porter, Priscilla (Porter) Culver, Mary Porter [half], Samuel Porter and Mary Porter
Wife of
Joseph Cummings
— married
about 1790 (to about 1819) in Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Eunice (Cummings) Plummer
Died
at about age 82
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Mar 2011
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Biography
Sarah was born to Ebenezer and Lydia (Cummings) Porter on 18 Feb 1766 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
She traveled with her family west.
In Braddock, PA She married fellow traveler Joseph Cummings.
- Children:
- Joseph Cummings Jr. 1791–1867
- Sophronia Lois Cummings 1796–1820
- James B. Cummings 1799–Deceased
- Eunice Cummings 1802–1865
- Elmira Cummins 1805–1848
- Jonas Boardman Cummings 1807–1884
Source
"Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2GG-MMF : 14 February 2020), Sarah Porter in entry for Jonas B. Cummings, 1882.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
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~0.78%
Tammi (Ruddell) Mizer
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tjkinard
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~0.78%
Robert Battle :
23andMe, GEDmatch M043192 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
J. Priest :
23andMe, GEDmatch YY2426224 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YY2426224 [compare], Ancestry member JFPriest
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch QR5655534 [compare], FTDNA kit #898127
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~0.78%
Charles Beach :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FQ247545 [compare]
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Julia Nelson
When Sarah Porter was born on 18 February 1766, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Ebenezer Porter, was 33 and her mother, Lydia Cummings, was 28. She married Joseph Cummings in 1790, in Braddock Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 3 January 1849, at the age of 82. (Source: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LX3Q-7D7/sarah-porter-1766-1849)
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