Give Me Liberty. Bill Bensonâs findings, published in âThe Law That Never Was,â make a convincing case that the 16th amendment was not legally ratified and that Secretary of State Philander Knox was not merely in error, but committed fraud when he declared it ratified in February 1913.
Cummings is an Irish variant of Cumming, with the addition of English patronymic-s. The Cumming surname is of disputed origin. It may be from a Celtic personal name derived from the element cam bent, crooked a common element in such surnames as 'Campbell' and 'Cameron' .
ORIGINS OF THE NAME OF CUMMINGS. From the book Cummings Genealogy, Isaac Cummings 1601-1677 of Ipswich 1638 and Some of his Descendants, compiled and published by Albert Oren Cummins, Montpelier, Vermont, 1904.