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James Sumner (1718 - 1795)

James Sumner
Born in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 13 Jan 1743 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 76 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 14 May 2016
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Biography

James Sumner was born Dec 10, 1718 in Massachusetts, son of Joseph Sumner and Sarah Lovett.[1]

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

  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. 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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