William Thomas Sumter Sr (1695 - 1752)

Born 18 Aug 1695 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Husband of Elizabeth Patience (Iveson) Sumter — married 18 Jun 1728 in Hanover, Virginia

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1752 at age 56 in Louisa, Virginia

Problems/Questions Profile managers: James Cross [send private message], Edna Wood [send private message], Phyllis Linton [send private message], and Julia Carswell [send private message]

Biography

From Sumter-29:
The name of the father of General Thomas Sumter is not known. Nor is where and when he was born or died. The two merged profiles have a birth date of 1716 and a death date of either 1752 or 1763.

He is not the William SUMPTER of Histon in Cambridgeshire, England, who did not emigrate.

Others claim that he married Elizabeth Iveson on 18 Jun 1729 in Virginia, which just happens to be the same date when a William Sumpter married Elizabeth Iveson at Histon, Cambridgeshire, England.

This William T Sumpter has been detached as a child of Nicholas Sumpter-30 and Katherine Mathews-643.
Nicholas and Katherine were of Histon in Cambridgeshire, England, and had a son William who married and raised a family in Histon.

This William Sumpter was created as the father of General Thomas Sumpter, and as such should be merged into William Sumter-24.

William Sumpter-252 is also a duplicate of this profile and should also be merged into Sumter-24 as the lowest numbered correct LNAB

William Sumter-97 is another duplicate profile created and should be merged to Sumter-24 as the lowest numbered correct LNAB.

From Sumter-24:

The forename of William is uncertain as the father of General Thomas Sumter.

He did not marry Elizabeth Iveson - this was the William who lived in Histon.

I have added the will for William Sumter (senior). His wife was named Elizabeth. I believe it has been proven that his wife was not Elizabeth Patience Archer Iveson as many have in their trees. William Sumter died 7 July 1752 in Louisa County, Virginia. This will was probated in Louisa County, Virginia in November of 1752. The will also mentions his sons William Sumter and John Sumter.

William was born in 1695. He passed away in 1752.

Sources

• William Sumter, Louisa County Will book, v. 1 1745-1761 (Vol. 1 includes poll lists for 1790 and a deed recorded in 1763.) Pg. 16 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P6-5SLD

• Ancestry Family Trees (may be/is inaccurate.) SLL
• personal family tree papers
• Ervin, Sara Sullivan. South Carolinians in the Revolution. with Service Records and Miscellaneous Data. Also, Abstracts of Wills, Laurens County (Ninety-Six District), 1775. United States: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2011. "South Carolinians in the Revolution. with Service Records and Miscellaneous Data. Also, Abstracts of Wills, Laurens County (Ninety-Six District), 1775." Accessed 17 Aug 2023.
• England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975: Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Ancestry Record 9841 #47968116
• England, Select Norfolk Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1900: Ancestry.com. England, Select Norfolk Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1538-1900. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Ancestry Record 9858 #175604
• London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923: London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P84/JS/003 Ancestry Record 1558 #153846076
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Source number: 20003.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY Ancestry Record 7836 #1184522

Acknowledgements

• First-hand information as remembered by Edna Wood, Tuesday, October 7, 2014.
• Sumpter-252 was created by Steve Lord through the import of Lord Family Tree.ged on Aug 24, 2015.

Acknowledgements

Created by Phyllis Linton, Nov 23, 2011.

• Son's biography