Deacon William Sumner, II

Male 1628 - 1676  (47 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name William Sumner 
    Prefix Deacon 
    Suffix II 
    Born 18 May 1628  Bicester, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID KNZ9-FRD 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 180589981 
    Died 6 Feb 1675/76  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Aft 6 Feb 1675/76  Central Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22556  New England Hall Families Master Tree
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2023 

    Father William Sumner, Sr.,   b. Bef 27 Jan 1604/05, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1688, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Mother Mary Swift,   b. Bef 20 Jun 1606,   d. 7 Jun 1676, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married 22 Oct 1625  Bicester, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Clement,   b. Bef 2 Mar 1633/34,   d. 1 Oct 1687, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Married Abt 1650  Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Deacon William Sumner, III,   b. 9 Feb 1656/57, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1703, Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, New England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2023 
    Family ID F10716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 May 1628 - Bicester, Oxfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1650 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Feb 1675/76 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Aft 6 Feb 1675/76 - Central Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • From FindaGrave:

      SOURCE #1: Record of Desc. of Wm Sumner of Dorchester, MA. 1636, pg.2 of 204:
      " William Sumner, b. Bicester, Eng, son of William Sumner; mariner; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Augustine Clement of Dorchester; moved to Boston, where he d. Feb 1675; his widow d. bef 1687." They had 10 children; the first 2 born at Dorchester, the remaining 8 born at Boston.

      SOURCE #2: NEHGR, VOL.8; FOR YEAR 1854; p.128e:
      William, 1st son of William and Mary; b. in England; m. Elizabeth Clement, daughter of Augustine Clement of Dorchester. He was a mariner; Inventory of his estate taken 13 May 1675; owned "one eighth part of ye Catch Tryall". Children: Elizabeth3, bapt. Dorchester, 27 June 1652, m. Joshua Henshaw; Mary, bapt. Dorch. 6 May 1654, m. Nicholas How, 19 Jan 1671, afterwards m. John Trow, she d. 16 Feb 1705 at Newport.~SOURCE #1: Record of Desc. of Wm Sumner of Dorchester, MA. 1636, pg.2 of 204:
      " William Sumner, b. Bicester, Eng, son of William Sumner; mariner; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Augustine Clement of Dorchester; moved to Boston, where he d. Feb 1675; his widow d. bef 1687." They had 10 children; the first 2 born at Dorchester, the remaining 8 born at Boston.

      SOURCE #2: NEHGR, VOL.8; FOR YEAR 1854; p.128e:
      William, 1st son of William and Mary; b. in England; m. Elizabeth Clement, daughter of Augustine Clement of Dorchester. He was a mariner; Inventory of his estate taken 13 May 1675; owned "one eighth part of ye Catch Tryall". Children: Elizabeth3, bapt. Dorchester, 27 June 1652, m. Joshua Henshaw; Mary, bapt. Dorch. 6 May 1654, m. Nicholas How, 19 Jan 1671, afterwards m. John Trow, she d. 16 Feb 1705 at Newport.~SOURCE #1: Record of Desc. of Wm Sumner of Dorchester, MA. 1636, pg.2 of 204:
      " William Sumner, b. Bicester, Eng, son of William Sumner; mariner; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Augustine Clement of Dorchester; moved to Boston, where he d. Feb 1675; his widow d. bef 1687." They had 10 children; the first 2 born at Dorchester, the remaining 8 born at Boston.

      SOURCE #2: NEHGR, VOL.8; FOR YEAR 1854; p.128e:
      William, 1st son of William and Mary; b. in England; m. Elizabeth Clement, daughter of Augustine Clement of Dorchester. He was a mariner; Inventory of his estate taken 13 May 1675; owned "one eighth part of ye Catch Tryall". Children: Elizabeth3, bapt. Dorchester, 27 June 1652, m. Joshua Henshaw; Mary, bapt. Dorch. 6 May 1654, m. Nicholas How, 19 Jan 1671, afterwards m. John Trow, she d. 16 Feb 1705 at Newport.~SOURCE #1: Record of Desc. of Wm Sumner of Dorchester, MA. 1636, pg.2 of 204:
      " William Sumner, b. Bicester, Eng, son of William Sumner; mariner; m. ELIZABETH CLEMENT, daughter of Augustine Clement of Dorchester; moved to Boston, where he d. Feb 1675; his widow d. bef 1687." They had 10 children; the first 2 born at Dorchester, the remaining 8 born at Boston.

      SOURCE #2: NEHGR, VOL.8; FOR YEAR 1854; p.128e:
      William, 1st son of William and Mary; b. in England; m. ELIZABETH CLEMENT, daughter of Augustine Clement of Dorchester. He was a mariner; Inventory of his estate taken 13 May 1675; owned "one eighth part of ye Catch Tryall". Children: Elizabeth3, bapt. Dorchester, 27 June 1652, m. Joshua Henshaw; Mary, bapt. Dorch. 6 May 1654, m. Nicholas How, 19 Jan 1671, afterwards m. John Trow, she d. 16 Feb 1705 at Newport.

      SPOUSE:
      Elizabeth Clement, bapt. 2 Mar 1633, St. Lawrence, Reading, Reading Borough, Berkshire, Eng; d. 1687, Boston, MA. Daughter of Augustine Clement, b. 1603, Reading, Reading Borough, Berkshire, Eng; d. 1 Oct 1674, Dorchester, MA; and Elizabeth (Bullock?), b. ca1608, Eng; d. aft 27 Jan 1680, Dorchester, MA.

      CHILDREN:
      1. ELIZABETH, b. 1652, Dorchester, MA; d. 1728, Dorchester, MA.; she m. 1670 at Dorchester, MA, Joshua Henshaw, b. ca1645, Wavertree, Lancashire, Eng; d. 1719, London, London, Eng.

      2. MARY, bapt. 6 May 1654, Dorchester, MA; d. 16 Feb 1706, Newport, R.I. (SOURCE: Record of Descendants of William Sumner of Dorchester, MA. 1636, by William Sumner Appleton, p.2 of 204: "Mary, b. 1654, Dorchester, MA; m. 19 Jan 1672, Nicholas Howe of Roxbury, who d. bef 1676; she m. 2nd, John Trow; she d. Newport, RI, 16 Feb 1706.")

      3. Deacon WILLIAM, Jr., b. 9 Feb 1656, Boston, MA; d. 20 July 1703, Middletown, CT. He m. 1/wf, 22 May 1677 at Dedham, MA, RACHEL AVERY, b. 20 Sept 1657, Dedham, MA, daughter of William Avery. She died soon after marriage and William m. 2/wf, Hannah____[Henchman?]; moved ca1687 to Middletown, CT. There were 6 children:
      (1.) WILLIAM, b. 22 Nov 1678, Boston, MA; died young.
      (2) HANNAH, b. Sept 1681, Boston; d. 18 Mar 1689, Middletown, CT.
      (3) LT. HEZEKIAH, b. 21 Feb 1684, Boston, MA; d. 7 May 1749, Middletown, CT, buried at Riverside Cem. at Middletown, CT; he m. 1/wf, 10 Feb 1703 at Middletown, CT, Abigail Bidwell, bapt. 4 Mar 1683, Middletown, CT; d. 13 May 1772, Middletown, CT; they had 6 children born at Middletown, CT. The widow Abigail m. 2nd, ____Frary and d. 13 May 1772.
      (4) SARAH, b. 29 Dec 1685, Boston, MA; d. 22 Feb 1759, Middletown, CT; Sarah m. 11 Feb 1703, at Middletown, CT, Nathaniel Snow, b. 22 Feb 1675, Middletown, CT; d. 5 May 1727, Middletown, CT; They are both buried at Riverside Cemetery at Middletown, CT.
      (5) DANIEL, b. 26 Sept 1688, Middletown, CT.
      (6) EBENEZER, b. 28 Sept 1691, Middletown, CT; d. 17 Mar 1698 at Middletown, CT.

      4. HANNAH, B. 10 June 1659, Boston, MA; she m. John Goffe of Boston, MA, he d. 24 July 1716 at Boston, MA.

      5. SARAH, b. 14 Feb 1662, Boston, MA; d. 12 Feb 1736, Dorchester, MA. She m. 1st, ____Turell, who d. bef 1695; Widow Sarah Turell m. 2nd, Joseph Weeks, b. 3 Sept 1667, Dorchester, MA; d. 8 Jan 1745, Dorchester, MA.

      6. EXPERIENCE, b. 22 Sept 1664, Boston, MA; she m. Thomas Gould of Boston.

      7. EBENEZER, b.30 Oct 1666, Boston, MA.

      8. DELIVERANCE, b. 18 Mar 1669, Boston MA; she m. May 1689, Ebenezer Weeks of Dorchester. He was b. 15 May 1665, Dorchester, MA; d. 1712, Boston, MA.

      9. CLEMENT, b. 6 Sept 1671, Boston, MA; he m. 18 May 1698 at Boston, MA, Margaret Harris, b. ca1677, Boston, MA; lived at Boston; 7 children, all born Boston, MA:
      (1) DR. WILLIAM SUMNER, b. 18 Mar 1699, d. 4 Mar 1778, Claremont, N.H., he m. 11 Oct 1721, Lebanon, CT, Hannah Hunt, b. 1700, Lebanon, CT, d. 2 Apr 1781, Claremont, N.H. and they had 11 children, the 1st born at Lebanon, the remaining born at Hebron, CT.
      (2) EBENEZER, b. 1 Sep 1701; d. 26 Dec 1783, Boston, MA; he m. 8 Oct 1723 at Boston, MA, Elizabeth Cox, b. ca1703, Boston, MA.; they had 8 children, all born at Boston.
      (3) MARGARET, b. and d. 7 Dec 1702.
      (4) MARGARET, b. 18 Jul 1705; d. 29 Dec 1783 at Boston; she m. 19 May 1726 at Boston, MA, William Jepson of Boston.
      (5) ELIZABETH, 8 Oct 1707; she m. 20 Oct 1726, John Bennet of Boston.
      (6) SAMUEL, b. 31 Aug 1709; d. 26 Jan 1784, Boston, MA; he m. at Charlestown,MA, 16 May 1734, Abigail, dau. of Samuel Frothingham of Charlestown; lived at Boston; d. 26 Jan 1784; she d. Oct 1772; 8 children, all born Boston.
      (7)BENJAMIN, b. 28 May 1711; d. 21 July 1795, Boston, MA; he m. 1/wf at Boston, 11 Apr 1733, Mercy Melvil, who d. 22 Feb 1768 at Boston, MA; 10 children born at Boston. He m. 2/wf, 19 Jul 1768, Boston, MA, Elizabeth Hudson, who d. 27 Nov 1804 at Boston, MA.

      10. MERCY, b. Jan 1675; died young.