In brief, the author states that the Mumme name is found written as:
Mummo, Momme, Momm, Mom, Mumme, Mumm, Mum, and undoubtedly belonged to
the earliest ones named.
   Since the name "Mummo" was entirely uncommon in the region of
Holland, it is assumed that they were descendants of old Roman Plebes of
the Mummius family.
   The family stood next to the Dutch rulers as well as the government rulers
of ancient Roman times.  (All but consuls, praetors and censors, were
counted as inferior magistrates.)
   In B.C. 187, there existed in the Nation's Tribune, a Q, and a Lucius
Mummius, and the latter was Praetor of Sardinien.
   In B.C. 146, the second Lucius Mummius was the Roman consul who was
placed in command of an army of 30,000 men which conquered the Greek
city of Corinth.  After his victory, he built a temple to Hercules
Victor.  This temple still stands in Rome.
   Scipio Mummius, brother of Lucius, was Legat (assistant to the General)
at the field battle against Corinth.  He was also a poet and was often
mentioned by Cicero as orator at the Stoa. Cicero also accompanied the
young Scipio Mummius to Asien in 132, B.C.
   Mummia Achaica, a great-granddaughter of the Consul Lucius Mummius, was
the mother of Kaiser (Emperor) Galba.
   Servius Sulpicius Galba, successor of Nero, was born Dec. 24, B.C. 3.
He was made Praetor 20 A.D., and afterwards, the governor of Aquitania.
In 33 A.D. he was raised to a consulship.  Caligula appointed him General
in Germany, and Claudius sent him in 45 A.D. as proconsul to Africa.  He
then lived in retirement until the middle of Nero's reign, when the emperor

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