He married Mary Bigelow in Mendon, Massachusetts on Jan 13, 1743. [2]
James Sumner died on Aug 29, 1795, probably in Mendon, Massachusetts. He is buried at Vernon Groave Cemetery in Milford, Massachusetts. [3]
Grave Inscription
In Memory of
Mr. James Sumner
who died Aug. 29th
1795 in the 77 year
of his age
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-MLMM : Thu Oct 26 03:56:22 UTC 2023), Entry for James Sumner and Joseph Sumner, 10 Dec 1718.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-M2DL : Wed Oct 25 15:27:39 UTC 2023), Entry for James Sumner and Mary Bigelow, 13 Jan 1743.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143104924/james-sumner: accessed 24 November 2023), memorial page for James Sumner (1719–29 Aug 1795), Find A Grave: Memorial #143104924, citing Vernon Grove Cemetery, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).
See also:
Thomas W. Baldwin, A.B., S.B., comp., Vital Records of Mendon Massachusetts, to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1920), p. 167 (birth)
Appleton, William S. Record of the Descendants of William Sumner, of Dorchester, Mass., 1636. Boston: D. Clapp & Son, 1879.
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