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Waitstill Sumner 1661–1743 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Dec 1661

Birth Location: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 08 Apr 1743

Death Location: United States

Father: Roger Sumner

Mother: Mary (Josselyn)

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The story of Waitstill Sumner began in 1661 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Waitstill Sumner passed away in 1743 in United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Waitstill Sumner began in 1661 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
  • Waitstill Sumner passed away in 1743 in United States.

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Waitstill Sumner's Ancestors

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Waitstill Sumner
1661–1743
Birth Place: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Roger (Deacon) Sumner
1632–1698
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Mary (Joslin) (Josselyn)
1633–1711
Barnham, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
William (Sumner (Swift) I of Bicester, Oxfordshire, and Dorchester, MA (Winthrop) Fleet)
1605–1688
Bicester, Cherwell District, Oxfordshire, England
Mary West
1606–1676
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Thomas Josselyn
1592–1661
Roxwell, Essex, England
Rebecca (Jude or) Marlow
1592–1669
London, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
Roger Sumner
1589–1608
Joane Franklin
1583–1657
* York
1563–1648
Elizabeth Blackmore
1578–1641
Ralph Josselyn
1556–1632
Mary Bright
1562–1636
William Kerley
1563–1626
Elizabeth 13
1565–1610
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sumner
1531–1596
Mary Mercer
1566–1604
William Ovenden
1530–1604
Lady Swift,
1534–1600
Ralph Blackmore
1540–1600
Elizabeth Weld
1540–1563
Lord Bright*
1537–1587
Margaret (Bright)
1533–1599

Waitstill Sumner's Timeline

2 Records

1661
20 Dec 1661
Birth of Waitstill Sumner in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1743
08 Apr 1743
Age 82
Death of Waitstill Sumner in United States
United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Dec 1661
    Event Place: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Apr 1743
    Event Place: United States

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