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Samuel Sumner 1638–1698 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 May 1638

Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 1698

Death Location: Dorchester, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States

Father: William Sumner

Mother: Mary (Swift)

Spouse(s): Rebecca Staples

Children(s): Rebecca Sumner, John Sumner, Ann Sumner, Preserved Sumner, Samuel Sumner, Mary Sumner, Mehitable Sumner, Increase Sumner, Elizabeth Sumner, Thankful Sumner, Nathaniel Sumner, Samuel Sumner, Susanna Sumner

Samuel Sumner was born in 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, the child of William Sumner And Mary West Swift. Samuel Sumner married Rebecca Staples, and had children including Ann Sumner, Elizabeth Sumner, Increase Sumner, John Sumner, Mary Sumner, Mehitable Sumner, Nathaniel Sumner, Preserved Sumner, Rebecca Sumner, Samuel Sumner, Susanna Sumner, Thankful Sumner. Samuel Sumner passed away in 1698 in Dorchester, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States.

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  • Samuel Sumner was born in 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, the child of William Sumner And Mary West Swift.
  • Samuel Sumner married Rebecca Staples, and had children including Ann Sumner, Elizabeth Sumner, Increase Sumner, John Sumner, Mary Sumner, Mehitable Sumner, Nathaniel Sumner, Preserved Sumner, Rebecca Sumner, Samuel Sumner, Susanna Sumner, Thankful Sumner.
  • Samuel Sumner passed away in 1698 in Dorchester, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States.

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Samuel Sumner's Ancestors

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Samuel Sumner
1638–1698
Birth Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
William Sumner
1605–1688
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Mary (West) (Swift)
1606–1676
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
Roger Sumner
1589–1608
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Joane Franklin
1583–1657
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
* (Robert Swift (Blackmore) I * of) York
1563–1648
Rotherham, Yorkshire, , England
* (Elizabeth Blackmore Blackmer Swift) *
1578–1641
Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
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Samuel Sumner's Descendants

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Samuel Sumner (18 May 1638–1698) m. Rebecca Staples (27 Nov 1639–1696)
  1. 1. Rebecca Sumner 1662–1714
    1. 1. John Wilson 1702–1788 m. Joanna Morse 1707–1731
      1. 1. Mary Wilson 1730–1800 m. John Clark 1730–
        1. 1. John (T.) Clark 1750–1819 m. Barbara Lenoi 1750–1793
  2. 2. John Sumner 1670–1676
  3. 3. Ann Sumner 1678–1678
  4. 4. Preserved Sumner 1660–1675
  5. 5. Samuel Sumner 1666–1666
  6. 6. Mary Sumner 1664–
  7. 7. Mehitable Sumner 1668–
  8. 8. Increase Sumner 1684–1684
  9. 9. Elizabeth Sumner 1676–
  10. 10. Thankful Sumner 1671–1723
  11. 11. Nathaniel Sumner 1680–1736
  12. 12. Samuel Sumner 1674–1722
  13. 13. Susanna Sumner 1672–1678

Samuel Sumner's Timeline

2 Records

1638
18 May 1638
Birth of Samuel Sumner in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
1698
1698
Age 60
Death of Samuel Sumner in Dorchester, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States
Dorchester, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 May 1638
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1698
    Event Place: Dorchester, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States

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