Show I II I III II II 1 Corner in Ancestors II III t I IF I F CUNNINGHAM FAMILY A Powerful and Ancient House House St St ring Story Regarding Heraldic Herald Charges I I m BY ELEA ELEANOR On LEXI LEXINGTON Variations of this name are aro Cunningham Gun Cun- Cuningham Conyngham mo and antl Cun Ithe Ii I In Inthe the northern of or Ayrshire part pait is t a town called calle Cunningham also Cun Cun- antI ant Irons from this the family tam lam ily Il may have O been heen named In the tue r records cor s the time Cunninghams an arc called a powerful family and at au ancient house In n l 1200 OU lived lI Edward Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward Cunningham of Kilmaurs who trac traced d back to a Ya vat vassal l lof of Jr High Moro ill constable ll of or Scotland Scotland Scot Scot- land and in the twentieth century Warne bald took the name namo of Cunningham Tho The Earls of or were 01 ol or Cunningham lInea lineage e. e The last Int of this line inc was John fifteenth Earl of or Ol Gi Glencairn Glen Glen- a n I cairn who was a n friend of Burns the j poet Joet OCt whoso Whose Lament adds new y lustre lustro lus lus- tre tro 10 to 10 the name of or Glencairn 1 and Fairies 0 are arc homes of the Scottish Cunninghams At U Cunningham in from trade rade Is one of great importance and the he whole holo manufacturing if In the hands of or three great companies of which one Is now carried on iii by b the Cunninghams as it has keen been c. c n for 01 cen cen- urics J JAndrew Andrew tho Cunningham founder of I one ne branch of the lr in America is S called a 0 or Bostone In I 1684 His name as Coning Coning- ham tiam ruin and also Audi eu l U u Ho lie I a warehouse la in m Boston an and Ought bought land and ancl Chouses for which he paid laid pounds pound Tho house where he ic C lived and ft ll ed d on Newberry street has ya al been In the family and ind today is J. J b by a descendant of if t Andrew eL v-f v J- J The Granary burying round ground notion ia Is tho the last last- resting taco laco of or mn 1 Cunning Cunninghams An Andrew rew Larded Sarah Su-lh Oll Gibson Chit Rh also o of or ScottI Scot- Scot tI h ancestry ind anti they lurid had nine o cl ch II ii- ii ren Cr n Jill or 1101 f f J v hIJ mc antI and was was' on ono t r r. loston first jc lila his son An An- hl lib liH 5 successor or Of or Andrew th Vt coni It Is re recorded that ho was a merchant and late In life a n Ho lie was a n sergeant ot or Ancient and antI Honorable Artillery and tax collector March 14 14 7 9 he ha bought of or Nicholas Davis and eter Luco lan land on Cot Corn Hill Hili paying 63 pounds for It Tho The house but with itil a new fron front still stands His rat first wife was Mary an Cheever his see sec ond Mary first Hirst Other marriage connections Include the he families of or Wheeler Adams Adams- resident President anti Adams dams Adams and n Boylston James ames Cunningham ham grandson randson of or Andrew An An- drew and pilgrim married Elizabeth Boylston Bolston and Martha lartha two Chaloner-two two wives each ench being characteristic of or the Cunninghams shall we say James was ras a member of or tho the Sons of or Liberty and nd pre present ent at a dinner August 1769 at t tho the Liberty Tree Dorchester Three years ears later he ho l e was major majo of a lies Bos ton regiment 1 Ills lis portrait Is still extant ex ox- tant and rind alFo o the copybook of another early father Thc Tho good gooe word ord regarding Peter Cunningham Cun Con who married Elizabeth Pier Pier- pont is that he lie was the proud father of or 17 Elizabeth was something of an heiress and after her hel marriage to Petel Peter Pe Pe- ter tel at Boston the they removed to her es estate estate es- es tate trite of or acres at Conn Comm Tho The Cunningham Cunninghams have o been a power pow pow- er or In the time South as well as In irs New England Cornelius Cunningham was Justice of or the peace pence and living In Prince G George orge county Maryland 19 1797 and one line lino of the Maryland Cunninghams Cunning Cunning- hums hams traces back lack to a Mayflower grins gilm One of or the tile Interesting relics of or the tile Historical Society of or Pennsylvania Is the will of Redmond Conyngham It was t probated in county PaIn Pa in 1784 It was Redmond's son David id who by financial aid aW proved his patriotism pa pa- ja- ja at the time of the tho Revolution Re he he and a n friend named Nesbitt They owned a ae e vessel cl antI and sent ent out privateers I one was tho the Surprise e and the captain was Gustavus Cunningham Cunning Cunning- ham possibly o son bon of David The first American Hag flag seen soon in the British channel was that raised by Captain Cunningham on the tho Surprise This Hag flag wa was owned by the state of or Penn- Penn sylvania hut but has now disappeared from mortal l ken en no one seems to tu know just how Cunningham names among mong Revolutionary Honan Include e Andrew tho lie fourth from Andrew Androw tho the first Lieutenants Lieutenants Lieu Lieu- tenants Henry and Cornelius of New NewYork ew York Colonel James Jam s of the time Flying Camp Cammi Pennsylvania 76 6 Ensigns and anti John of or Virginia and Captain John of o Georgia G Andrew w Just named married Mary MaryLewis 1 a 1 Lewis Lessis and hut hail ten children en Mary Mamy was wnM the daughter au of Joseph Lewis of or orthe the lie Lexington Alarm There Thero was wasul connection with that ul also ulo o a man marriage luge wull well known and arid patriotic family of or Virginia tho the s. s The Tho arms borne orne b by the Cunninghams CunnInghams Cunning CunnIng- hams of or Scotland Is la Argent a shako fork sable between two In gules gule Crest A boars boar's head hend azure Motto lotto Curo Cura et Care Constantia-Care Care and Constancy Constanc Curu et ct Candore Candore-by Candore by I Prudence antI and Sincerity is another motto o of tho the rami family Over Fork Over however Is the Cunningham motto par liar excellence and the story stOl about It I IH Is Interesting lIn A certain one named Malcolm u assisted Malcolm Prince of or Scotland afterwards Malcohn Malcolm Mal Mal- cohn colm to tu escape from Mac Mac- beth heth Being pursued tho Prince took holt r In a l. l barn arn where Malcolm concealed him hint by 11 forking hay over 01 him l Front From this his who iVilo tool toh tho time name of or Cun- Cun from flom a 0 grant ma made o to Malcolm Mal lal Ial- Ial J colm cohn of ot tho the of or Cunningham Cunning ham tool took a shake tori fork for Cor or a charge charo l upon their shield shiel and tho the motto mollo Over O Fork Over O This L Is a plausible theory at any any rate regarding tho the founding of the family and takes us back to tho ho eleventh elev elc century Other mottoes of or the tho Cunninghams arc are Fortitude Sum Non Dee Deo and ct et Labore The Tho MuIrs MuIr's Ste Stewarts Stewart's rt's and ana arms are aro with ono one branch of or the Iho Cunninghams Characteristics of or his family faintlY r j amiability and anel Integrity with Intellectual intellectual Intel intel- breadth and large larga thies |