Roger Sumner b 1570, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, d 3 Dec 1608, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. He md Joane Franklin 2 Nov 1601, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. She was b 13 Feb 1560/61, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, d 1620, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England.
Child of Roger Sumner and Joane Franklin was:
William Sumner [a] b 22 Jan 1604/05, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, d 9 Dec 1688, Dorchester, MA. He md Mary West 22 Oct 1625, Oxfordshire, England. She was b abt 1606, d 7 Jun 1676, Dorchester, MA.
Children of William Sumner and Mary West were:
- William Sumner b abt 1628, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, d 1675, Boston, Suffolk, MA; md Elizabeth Clement.
- Joan Sumner b abt 1630; md Aaron Way.
- Roger Sumner b 8 Aug 1632.
- George Sumner bapt 1 Mar 1633/34, prob Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, d 11 Sep 1715, Milton, MA.; md Mary Baker 7 Nov 1662.
- Samuel Sumner b 18 May 1638, Dorchester, MA; md Rebecca Staples 7 Mar 1659, Dorchester, MA.
- Increase Sumner b 23 Dec 1642, Dorchester, MA, d South Carolina; md Sarah Staples 26 Mar 1667, Dorchester, MA.
Children of Roger Sumner and Rebecca Marlowe were:
- Abigail Sumner b 16 Nov 1657, Dorchester, Lancaster, MA, d 19 Feb 1657/58, Dorchester, Lancaster, MA.
- Samuel Sumner b 6 Feb 1658/59.
- Waitstill Sumner b 20 Dec 1661, Dorchester, Lancaster, MA; md Manasseah Tucker 29 Dec 1679.
- Mary Sumner b 5 Aug 1665, Dorchester, Lancaster, MA; md Israel Nichols 10 Jan 1668/69, Dorchester, Lancaster, MA.
- Jaazaniah Sumner b 11 Apr 1668, Dorchester, Lancaster, MA, d 1690, prob Canada.
- Rebecca Sumner b 9 Oct 1671, Dorchester, Lancaster, MA; md (1) Aaron Hobart, (2) Edward Derby, 27 Jan 1696/97, Hingham, MA.
- William Sumner b 26 Jan 1673/74, Dorchester, Lancaster, MA, d 22 Dec 1738, Roxbury, MA; md Esther Puffer 2 Jun 1697, Milton, Norfolk, MA.
- Ebenezer Sumner b 28 May 1678, Dorchester, Lancaster, MA, d 12 Feb 1751/52, Milton, Norfolk, MA; md Elizabeth Clapp 14 Mar 1700/01, Milton, Norfolk, MA.
Samuel Sumner b 6 Feb 1658/59, Dorchester, MA, d 1690, Canada. He md Experience Blake 15 Mar 1683/84, Milton, Norfolk, MA, daughter of William Blake.
Children of Samuel Sumner and Experience Blake were:
- Samuel Sumner b abt 1685, of Taunton, MA; md [1] Miss Willis, [2] Hannah Tucker 3 Apr 1732, Milton, Norfolk, MA.
- Seth Sumner b abt 1687, of Taunton, d 29 Mar 1769, Taunton, MA; md Elizabeth.
- Waitstill Sumner b 1688.
Waitstill Sumner b 1688, Milton, Norfolk, MA, d bef 5 Dec 1744, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA. She md Israel Washburn 3 Nov 1708, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, son of Samuel Washburn and Deborah Packard.
SOURCES:
a. He came with his wife, Mary West, to New England in 1636, and settled at Dorchester. He was made a freeman of the Colony on 17 May 1637. He served as a Selectman of Dorchester in 1637 and in more than twenty other years. From 1663-1671, he was one of the Comissioners to try and issue small causes. He also served as Deputy from Dorchester to the General Court in 1658, 1666 to 1670, 1672, 1681, and 1683 to 1686. He continued to own land in his english home of Bicester in Oxfordshire, until 1660.
b. He was a freeman of the Colony on 6 May 1657. He resided at Lancaster from 1660-1675, and then removed to Milton, where he and his wife were admitted to the Church 20 Nov 1681, and was ordained Deacon 20 Aug 1682.
GL: English Origins of New England Families, Josselyn, by Elizabeth French, p 496; Record of the Descendants of William Sumner, by William Sumner Appleton, 1879, pp 1-9.
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