Family Group Record


Husband: William Sumner 1
Born: 27 MAR 1605 Place: Bicester, Oxford County, England 2
Died: 9 DEC 1688 Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 3
Married: 22 OCT 1625 Place: Bicester, Oxford County, England 4
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Father: Roger Sumner
Mother: Joan Franklin
Other Spouses:
Wife: Mary West 5
Born: BET. 1605 - 1607 Place: Bicester, Oxford, England
Died: 7 JUN 1676 Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 6, 7
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Children

Child 1 (M): William Sumner 8
Born: ABT. 1627 Place: Bicester, Oxford, England 9
Died: FEB 1674/75 Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 10
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Spouses: Elizabeth Clement
Child 2 (F): Joane Sumner 11
Born: ABT. 1629 Place: Bicester, Oxford, England 12
Died: 1695 Place: South Carolina 13
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Spouses: Aaron Way
Child 3 (M): Roger Sumner 14
Born: BET. 1630 - 1632 Place: Bicester, Oxford, England 15
Died: 26 MAY 1698 Place: Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Spouses: Mary Joslin
Child 4 (F): Abigail Sumner 16
Born: ABT. 1635 Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Died: 19 FEB 1656/57 Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts 17
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Child 5 (M): George Sumner 18
Born: 14 FEB 1634/35 Place: Oxford, Bicester County,England 19, 20
Died: 11 DEC 1715 Place: Brush Hill, Milton, Massachusetts 21
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Spouses: Mary Baker
Child 6 (M): Samuel Sumner 22
Born: 18 MAY 1638 Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 23, 24
Died: Place: South Carolina
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Spouses: Rebecca Staples
Child 7 (M): Increase Sumner 25
Born: 23 FEB 1641/42 Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 26, 27
Died: Place: South Carolina
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Spouses: Sarah Staples
HUSBAND NOTES:
William Sumner was the only child of Roger Sumner of Bicester in the County of Oxford (12 miles from the city of Oxford) in England. William was only 2 years old when his father made his will on 3 Dec 1608, it was probated 22 Mar 1609. William Sumner came to America in 1636 with his wife Mary. He was a Selectman and Representative for many years (Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England, Volume IV, page 232).

William Sumner was born in 1605. Willian Sumner settled in Dorchester Massachusetts. in 1636 when he immigrated to the Colonies. He married Mary West in Bicester on 22 Oct 1625 (Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume III, page 550-551).

This reference gives death date of about 1688. He came to Dorchester in 1636. He was Deputy of the General Court in 1658, Clerk of the Train Band in 1663. He married Mary West in 1625 and she died in 1676 (Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume I, page 992).

William Sumner was made a freeman in 1637. He Deputy to the General Court and a Selectman. He was a rater and a Commissioner from 1663 to 1671. In 1645 he was appointed one of a committee for building a new meeting house and in 1663 was chosen clerk of the Training band.

!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHIDLREN: Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England, Volume IV, by James Savage, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990, page 232.

!SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Family tree chart prepared by Stanwood E Flitner, Englewood, New Jersey, 1934 for Orlando Nelson Dana and Clara H. Lequin. Copies in possession of Diane Blanton Bargeron and June Blanton.

!SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Colonial Families of the United States of America, edited by George Norbury Mackenzie, Volume III, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1966, page 550-551.

!SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume I, edited by Frederick A. Virkus, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1968, page 992.



SOURCES:
1The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
2Arthur Meredyth Burke, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1975, Book, page 76.
3Arthur Meredyth Burke, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1975, Book, page 76.
4Arthur Meredyth Burke, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1975, Book, page 76.
5The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r, Gives name only as Mary.
6The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
7Arthur Meredyth Burke, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1975, Book, page 76.
8The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
9Arthur Meredyth Burke, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1975, Book, page 76.
10Arthur Meredyth Burke, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1975, Book, page 76.
11The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
12E-mail letter, sfszi@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us 17 Jul 1998.
13Arthur Meredyth Burke, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1975, Book, page 76.
14The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
15Arthur Meredyth Burke, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1975, Book.
16The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
17The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
18The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
19The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
20Arthur Meredyth Burke, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1975, Book, page 76.
21The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
22The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
23The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
24Arthur Meredyth Burke, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1975, Book, page 76.
25The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
26The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Book, Volume VIII, published 1854, pages 128d-128r.
27Arthur Meredyth Burke, The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Heraldic Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1975, Book, page 76.


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