Lummis Family History

My Ancestors

I had always been intrigued as to how both my parents had the same surname as I knew that their two families were not closely related. Eventually curiosity get the better of me and, having a bit more time after taking early retirement, I started researching my family tree.

That was over 20 years ago when little could be found on the Internet and I spent many hours in the Suffolk Record Office peering at microfiche and reels of film. On an occasional visit to London, I also managed to search for births, deaths and marriages from the bound indexes at the Family Records Centre in London and also visited the Metropolitan Archives so my quest took some considerable time.

Now it is so much easier and about 7 years ago I managed to find the final link and discovered that the common ancestors were John Lummis and his wife Ester Dickerson who were married in Stoke Ash in 1713. My parents were married in the same church so the family did not travel far!

The chart below shows their ancestry with the common ancestors annotated.

Legend:
Subject
Mother
Father
Common Ancestor

(b. 1907, d. 1965)

John Lummis, Junior

(d. Bef 1728)

(b. Bef 1687, d. Bef 1766)

(d. Bef 1744)

(b. Bef 1714, d. Bef 1803)

Ester Dickerson

(d. Bef 1772)

(b. Bef 1753, d. Bef 1826)

(b. Abt 1723, d. Abt 1801)

(b. Bef 1776, d. Bef 1857)

(b. Abt 1743, d. Bef 1827)

(b. 1809, d. 1881)

(d. Bef 1763)

(b. Bef 1746, d. Bef 1783)

(b. Bef 1776, d. Bef 1827)

Christian Williams

(b. Abt 1751, d. Abt 1796)

(b. 1832, d. 1911)

(b. Bef 1732, d. Bef 1795)

(b. Bef 1770)

Margaret Markham

(d. Bef 1797)

Elizabeth Palmer

(b. 1795, d. Bef 1866)

Elizabeth Elmer

(b. 1771, d. Bef 1800)

(b. 1857, d. 1923)

(b. Abt 1748, d. 1836)

(b. Bef 1775, d. Bef 1853)

Elizabeth [Sexton]

(d. 1796)

(b. Abt 1811, d. Bef 1884)

Marianne Rivers

(b. Bef 1775, d. Bef 1849)

(b. Bef 1833, d. 1913)

(b. Bef 1759, d. Bef 1846)

(b. Abt 1805, d. 1882)

(b. Bet 1771 and 1776, d. Bef 1847)

(b. 1887, d. 1963)

(b. Est 1774, d. Abt 1844)

(b. Cal 1799, d. Bef 1878)

Elizabeth Flatman

(b. Bef 1774, d. Bef 1854)

Elizabeth Wells

(b. Abt 1828, d. Bef 1871)

(b. Cal 1795, d. Bef 1878)

(b. 1855, d. 1926)

Benjamin Anderson

Benjamin Anderson

(b. 1775, d. Bef 1811)

Elizabeth [Anderson]

John A. Anderson

(b. Cal 1804, d. 1876)

Sarah A. Anderson

(b. 1828, d. 1906)

(b. Cal 1797, d. Est 1839)

Brian E. Lummis

(b. Bef 1780, d. Abt 1865)

Elizabeth J. Ager

Creasy W. Lummis

(b. Bef 1812, d. Bef 1886)

(b. Abt 1767, d. 1828)

(b. Bef 1794, d. Bef 1835)

(b. Bef 1769, d. 1842)

Henry E. Lummis

(b. 1842, d. 1921)

(b. Cal 1750, d. Bef 1819)

(b. Abt 1780, d. Bef 1851)

(b. Cal 1751, d. Bef 1820)

(b. Bef 1808, d. Bef 1884)

(b. Abt 1752, d. 1829)

(b. Abt 1782, d. Bef 1842)

(d. 1819)

(b. 1880, d. 1956)

(b. Abt 1758, d. Bef 1824)

(b. Bef 1794, d. Bef 1865)

(b. Abt 1762, d. Bef 1848)

William Collins

(b. 1823, d. 1901)

(b. Bef 1780, d. Bef 1854)

Harriet Collins

(b. 1847, d. 1937)

(b. Bef 1687, d. Bef 1766)

(b. Abt 1719, d. Bef 1804)

Ester Dickerson

(d. Bef 1772)

Dickerson Lummis

(b. Bef 1747, d. 1831)

Elizabeth [Lummis]

(b. Abt 1721, d. Bef 1806)

(b. Bef 1769, d. Abt 1796)

(b. Abt 1741, d. Bef 1807)

(b. 1796, d. Bef 1870)

(b. Abt 1744, d. 1826)

(b. 1775, d. 1867)

Susannah Weavers

(b. 1824, d. 1903)

Elizabeth Steggall

(b. Abt 1800, d. Bef 1840)

Annie G. Lummis

(b. 1909, d. 1985)

Ruth M. Godbold

(b. 1881, d. 1970)

Jonathon Godbold

(b. Abt 1752, d. Bef 1833)

Jonathon Godbold

(b. Bef 1781, d. Abt 1846)

(b. Abt 1747, d. Bef 1808)

William Godbold

(b. 1819, d. Abt 1864)

(b. Abt 1790, d. 1879)

Kerenhappuch Godbold

(b. Abt 1858, d. 1939)

Eliza A. Armstrong

(b. Abt 1822, d. Abt 1891)

Mary A. Armstrong

Legend:
Subject
Mother
Father
Common Ancestor