James Rumsey

James Rumsey (* March 1743 in Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland, † December 18, 1792 in London) was an American engineer and inventor and was mainly known by its powered by steam engine ship.

Family

Charles Rumsey, James' great-grandfather emigrated in 1665 from Wales to South Carolina and settled in front of 1678 at the Bohemia River in Cecil County and married Katherine. 1703 her youngest son and James ' grandfather Edward Rumsey was born. James' father Edward Rumsey was a farmer in Bohemia Manor, and married Anna Cowman. James Rumsey had two brothers Charles and Edward and two sisters Jane and Mary. The son of his brother Edward was the American politician Edward Rumsey.

About 1775 married James Rumsey Susanna Spurgeon, with her he had a daughter named Susannah before his wife died. In his second marriage he was married to Mary Marrow. Their common children were James, Susan, Edward and Clarissa. Edward suffered as a result of an accident on deaf-mutism.

Works

• A Short Treatise on the Application of Steam. (1788 ) ( online)

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• James Rumsey at familysearch.org
• James Rumsey at dgmweb.net
• James Rumsey at beforeyouwereborn.familytreeguide.com
• James Rumsey Appletons ' Cyclopædia of American Biography
• James Rumsey in The New International Encyclopædia