Cunningham

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Cunningham Surname Origin

Cunningham Lineage
Christopher Columbus Cunningham Jr 1731-1781, father of Susannah Cunningham 1749-1806

Susannah Cunningham > Jamers Randolph Robertson > James Robertson > James Edward Robertson > Eddie Morris Robertson > James Clifton Robertson

Cunningham Migration
 Alexandria, Augusta County, Virginia > Washington County, Tennessee

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Susannah Cunningham, Cheryl's 4th Great-Grandmother
1749 - 13 October 1809
b. Alexandria, Augusta County, Virginia
d. Washington County, Tennessee

Elijah Robertson Family Cemetery
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

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Residences:

Parents: 
Christopher Columbus Cunningham Sr 1710-1783  FamilySearch | Find a Grave
Susannah Patton 1710-1785 FamilySearch | Find a Grave

Maternal Lineage:
Susannah Patton 1710-1785

Spouse: Charles Sterling Robertson 1754-1806
Married: 1774 in Washington County, Tennessee
Children: 

1. Agnes Nancy Robertson 1774-1857
2. Elizabeth Robertson  1777-1784
3. James Randolph Robertson 1780-1830
4. Elijah Sterling Robertson 1784-1858
5. Christopher Cunningham Robertson 1785-1836
6. Mary "Polly" Robertson 1789-1846
7. Rhoda Robertson  1791-TBD
8. Susannah Robertson TBD

Source Documents

1.    Ancestry TBD | FamilySearch TBD

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Bibliography 

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FamilySearch. "Public Member Database." © 2026 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family Search. familysearch.org

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Geneanet. "Public Member Database." © 1996. Geneanet. en.geneanet.org  

Google. Google Search. Google, www.google.com

Newspapers.com™ by Ancestry®. Newspapers.com www.newspapers.com/

Robertson, Marielle. "Robertson," "Whitney." Family Research Book. ca. 2010. Marielle Robertson, daughter of Clifton James Robertson and Anna Louise Cooper. Print, limited copies reproduced.

The Paducah Sun. © 1898-2025. Archived at Newspapers.com™ by Ancestry®. 

Wikipedia Contributors. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page  

WikiTree contributors,  WikiTree: The Free Family Tree. https://www.wikitree.com/

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Endnotes

Ancestry ®. "Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2025 Ancestry®.  Ancestry.  ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree. www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/10075800/family  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. Accessed 5 January 2026.

Google. "AI Overview." Search term: "Cunningham Surname Origin." Google. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Cunningham+Surname+Origin  Accessed 5 January 2026.

---. "Search Results." Search term: "Susannah Cunningham 1749-1806" Google.   https://www.google.com/search?q=Susannah+Cunningham+1749-1806  Accessed 5 January 2026.

WikiTree contributors, "Susannah (Cunningham) Robertson (1749-1806)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cunningham-3642 : accessed 05 January 2026).

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