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Waitstill Sumner 1674–1735 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1674

Birth Location: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Death Date: 1735

Death Location: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Deacon Sumner

Mother: Mary Josselyn

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Children(s):

The story of Waitstill Sumner began in 1674 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. Waitstill Sumner passed away in 1735 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Waitstill Sumner began in 1674 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  • Waitstill Sumner passed away in 1735 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Waitstill Sumner's Ancestors

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Waitstill Sumner
1674–1735
Birth Place: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Parents
Deacon Roger Sumner
1632–1698
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Mary Josselyn
1634–1711
England
Grandparents
William (Sumner (Swift) I of Bicester, Oxfordshire, and Dorchester, MA (Winthrop) Fleet)
1605–1688
Bicester, Cherwell District, Oxfordshire, England
Mary (Swift) West
1606–1676
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Roger Sumner
1576–1608
Joane Franklin
1582–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sumner
1531–1570
Esther Suffer
1535–1570

Waitstill Sumner's Timeline

2 Records

1674
1674
Birth of Waitstill Sumner in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
1735
1735
Age 61
Death of Waitstill Sumner in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1674
    Event Place: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1735
    Event Place: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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