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Thankful Sumner 1675–1723 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 MAR 1675

Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1723

Death Location: Beech Hill, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA

Father: Increase Sumner

Mother: Sarah Staples

Spouse(s): Aaron II

Children(s): Jerusha Way-Stewart

Thankful Sumner was born in 1675 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Increase William Sumner And Sarah Staples. Thankful Sumner married Aaron Way Ii, and had children including Jerusha Way Stewart. Thankful Sumner passed away in 1723 in Beech Hill, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Thankful Sumner was born in 1675 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Increase William Sumner And Sarah Staples.
  • Thankful Sumner married Aaron Way Ii, and had children including Jerusha Way Stewart.
  • Thankful Sumner passed away in 1723 in Beech Hill, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Increase Sumner
1643–1683
Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
IS
Sarah Staples
1645–1696
Birth Location: Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
SS

Spouses(s)

Aaron II
1674–1736
Birth Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
AI

Children(s)

Jerusha Way-Stewart
1702–1762
Birth Location: Dorchester, Berkeley, South Carolina
JW

Thankful Sumner's Ancestors

Self
Thankful Sumner
1675–1723
Birth Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Increase William Sumner
1643–1683
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Sarah Staples
1645–1696
Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
William (Sumner) Sr.
1605–1688
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Roger Sumner
1570–1608
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sumner
1531–1570
Mary Aylles
1530–1589

Thankful Sumner's Descendants

1.
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Thankful Sumner (19 MAR 1675–1723) m. Aaron (Way) II (27 Jan 1674–03 FEB 1736)
  1. 1. Jerusha Way-Stewart 1702–1762 m. John (Stewart Sr Lt, 6th Laird of Ledcreich &) Stronslany, 1700–1763
    1. 1. John (Jr II Stuart) Stewart 1732–1776 m. Susannah Quarterman 1729–1766
      1. 1. Brig. (Gen. Daniel McLaughlin) Stewart 1761–1829 m. Sarah (Susannah Oswald (line to Pres. Theodore) Roosevelt) 1770–1807
        1. 1. Martha ("Patsy") STEWART 1799–1864 m. James (Stephens) Bulloch 1793–1849

Thankful Sumner's Timeline

2 Records

1675
19 MAR 1675
Birth of Thankful Sumner in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
1723
1723
Age 48
Death of Thankful Sumner in Beech Hill, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
Beech Hill, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 MAR 1675
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1723
    Event Place: Beech Hill, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
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