Matilda (Hutchins) Sumner (1783 - 1814)

Ancestors

Wife of George Wheaton Sumner — married Nov 1803 (to 7 Feb 1806) in Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States

Wife of Lemuel Hitchcock — married 18 Aug 1809 in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1814 at age 31 in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Matilda Hutchins was born on 24 September 1783, in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Phineas Hutchins, was 43 and her mother, Abigail Reed, was 39. She married George Wheaton Sumner about November 1803, in Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. Matilda married second Lemuel Hitchcock in August 1809 in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire. They were the parents of at least one son and one daughter. She died on 27 November 1814, in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Matilda Hutchins Sumner was laid to rest at Union Cemetery, Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States.

Research Notes

Phineas Hutchins had a daughter Matilda/Metilda born 24 May 1783 in Walpole NH (20 miles from Claremont, Matilda's place of death).

bapt. 28 Sep 1783 Walpole, Cheshire, NH Mother: Abigail (Reed) Hutchins-Grout Spouse1: George Wheaton Sumner m. Nov 1803 Spouse 2: Lemuel Hitchcock m2. 18 Aug 1809

Record of the Descendants of William Sumner of Dorchester, Mass. by William Sumner Appleton, pg 46; print, Boston, MA · 1879 (webgenealogy): VII. George Wheaton Sumner, b. at Claremont, N.H., 15 March, 1779; m. in November 1803, Matilda Hutchins; d. 7 February 1806; his widow m. secondly Samuel [Lemuel] Hitchcock. Children: i. Caroline Matilda, b. in 1805; m. at Charlestown, N. H., 31 October 1825, James Hall of Claremont and Baltimore; d. in 1829.

Sources

See also:

• The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer Author: Ronald Longaker Roberts Publication: South Lake Tahoe, CA:1984 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Page: 240

• Find A Grave Index, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 13 June 2019), memorial page for Matilda Hutchins Sumner (unknown–1814), Find A Grave: Memorial #163396603, citing Union Cemetery, Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Robert Kessell (contributor 46868258).

• "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDL4-5FC: 24 January 2020), Matilda Sumner in entry for Lemuel Hitchcock, 1809.

• "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNH-W5Y: 18 January 2020), Matilda Hutchins, 1781.

• "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDL4-5FC: 24 January 2020), Matilda Sumner in entry for Lemuel Hitchcock, 1809.

• "New Hampshire Birth Records, early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5F-Z92: 23 February 2021), Matilda Hutchins in entry for Caroline Sumner, 30 May 1805; citing Claremont, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,043.

• "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLG3-WVS: 23 February 2021), Matilda Sumner in entry for Esther Hitchcock, 06 Apr 1810; citing Claremont, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,006.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFVN-5HG: 19 February 2021), Matilda in entry for Lorenzo Hitchcock, 1811.