Cumbo Family Reunion Group Photos
We celebrated our 2016 Cumbo Family Reunion July 15-17 in Williamsburg, Virginia. The reunion reconnected Cumbo family branches literally separated by hundreds...
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A Brief History of the Cumbo Family
Here is the family history I presented on July 16th at our 2016 Cumbo Family Reunion in Williamsburg, VA, where over 200 Cumbo descendants from across the natio...
Cumbos as Free People of Color
If I were to ask you, “Who were free people of color in America?” how would you answer? If you were to survey say 100 Americans with a reasonable gr...
Were the Cumbos Melungeon?
The origins of the American Melungeon have always been considered mysterious. Melungeons are generally known as a group of families from relatively unknown but ...
Were the Cumbos Portuguese?
My Cumbo ancestors migrated to Northampton County NC at the turn of the 19th century likely from Virginia. Census records tracked them starting in 1820, as fre...
The Origins of the Name Cumbo
Cumbo is a very unique sounding name. It stands out from the traditionally Anglo names associated with the first inhabitants of Jamestown. The origins of the ...
The Cumbos as mixed race people
According to Tim Hashaw’s book “The Birth of Black America: The First African Americans and the Pursuit of Freedom at Jamestown”: The African Cumbo family...
The Origins of Emanuell Cambow
Tim Hashaw in his book “The Birth of Black America: The First African Americans and the Pursuit of Freedom at Jamestown” makes reference to the orig...