Ancestry of
William H. Avery

37th Governor of Kansas

Delilah Comings

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• • Great-grandmother of William H. Avery — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 9 
  • Father:
  • David Comings Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Phebe Wyman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Jan 1803 
  • Birth Location:
  • Nottingham West (now Hudson), Hillsborough, New Hampshire 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Jul 1876 
  • Death Location:
  • Wakefield, Clay, Kansas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Highland Cemetery, Wakefield, Clay, Kansas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • George Avery
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Jan 1827 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cornish, Sullivan, New Hampshire 
  • Child:

  Henry Avery (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • Delilah Comings's maiden name is also seen as Cummings.

    Delilah's tombstone gives her birth location as Cornish, New Hampshire.

• Sources for Delilah Comings

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/03/2025).
  • ² New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1654-1969, Births C to 1901, p. 40514, Birth record for Deliah Cummings.
  • ³ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National No. 87182, Membership application for William Henry Avery.
  • ⁴ Cummins, Albert Oren, Cummings Genealogy: Isaac Cummings 1601-1677 of Ipswich in 1683 and Some of His Descendants, Montpelier, Vermont: Argus and Patriot Printing House (1904), 147.