Brief Life History of Leonard Cumming
When Leonard Cumming Blood was born on 17 April 1807, in Hawley, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Asa Blood, was 42 and his mother, Rhoda Read, was 34.
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- Leonard Cumming, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Leonard Cumming Blood, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Leonard Cummins Blood, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a blood-letter, based on the Middle English verb bloden ‘to let blood’. The usual Middle English terms for this occupation were bloodletter or blooder.
English: possibly also a nickname from Middle English blode ‘blood’, used as an oath (short for God's blood) but also as a term of address for a blood relative, as in: ‘Now beth nought wroth, my blode, my nece’ (Chaucer). It could also mean ‘child, near relative’ and ‘someone as dear to one as one's own offspring’.
Irish (of English origin): According to MacLysaght, the Irish family of this name came to Ireland (Clare) in the 16th century from Derbyshire, where they were originally called by the Welsh surname ap Llwyd (see Lloyd), but the Welsh origin is dubious, and it is more likely that the surname is derived from 1 or 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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