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- From FindaGrave:
SOURCE: NEHGR 1847-2011, pg. 300
Mr. Somerby has given one generation farther back in England....thereby correcting an error in the genealogy [pg.128d], which states that William, one of the first settlers of Dorchester, was the son of William, whereas he was actually the son of ROGER. Roger had a brother named William, the only son and heir of Roger and Joan (Franklin) Sumner, was bapt. at Bicester, 27 Jan 1604/5.
SOURCE: "Record of William Sumner of Dorchester, MA. 1636", by William Sumner Appleton; pg. 13 of 258:
William Sumner, b. in Bicester, Eng in 1605; came to New England in 1636 and settled at Dorchester, MA; made freeman 17 May 1637, and at various times held many offices; Selectman of Dorchester 1637, and more than 20 other years. From 1663 to 1671 he was one of the Commissioners to try and issue small causes; in 1663 he was also clerk of the trained band; Deputy from Dorchester to General Court 1658, 1666-70, 1672, 1678-81m 1683-86; he does not, however, appear prominently on its records. William continued to own land at Bicester, Eng till 1650, as appears from a document in possession of one of the family.
MARRIAGE:
SOURCE #1: NEHGR 1847-2011, pg. 300:
He m. MARY WEST, 22 Oct 1625, and had children: William; Roger, bapt. at Bicester 8 Aug 1632; and George, bapt. Bicester, 1 Mar 1633/4; Samuel, Increase, Joan and Abigail, who were born in dorchester, MA. [see N.E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., vol.8, pg.128e].
SOURCE #2: Record of Desc. of Wm Sumner of Dorchester, MA. 1636, BY William Sumner Appleton, pg. 13 of 258:
William m. at Bicester, Eng, 22 Oct 1625, MARY WEST; removed to New England 1636, settled at Dorchester, MA. They had 6 children, first 4 b. Bicester; last 2 Dorchester, MA:
CHILDREN"
..William, born at Bicester, Eng.
..Joane, b. at Bicester, Eng; m. AARON WAY of Dorchester, afterwards of Boston and Rumney Marsh; he d. 1695, and she went to South Carolina with 2 of her brothers in 1696.
..Deacon Roger, b. Bicester, Eng. 1632
..Deacon George, b. Bicester, Eng. 1634
..Samuel, b. Dorchester, MA, 18 May 1638
..Increase, b. Dorchester, MA, 23 Feb 1643
~Baptized in Bichester, Oxfordshire, 27 Jan 1604/5, son of Roger Sumner. (On 23 Dec 1685, William Sumner deposed "aged eighty ot thereabouts.") Yeoman who came from Bichester to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 (based on grant of land at Dorchester on 4 Jan 1635/6)& settled at Dorchester MA. Died at Dorchester 9 Dec 1688.
Married at Bichester, Oxford, 22 Oct 1625, Mary Swift. ("Mary the wife of William Sumner Senior" died at Dorchester on 7 Jun 1676.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
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Bef 1605 - 1688 (~ 83 years)
