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John William Sumner Jr (abt. 1618 - aft. 1670)

John William [uncertain] Sumner Jr
Born about in Kent, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1639 in Elizabeth River, Norfolk, Virginia,map
Husband of — married about 1641 in Nansemond, Colony of Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 52 in Nansemond County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Biography

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John Sumner Jr was a Virginia colonist.

John Sumner is estimated to have been born about 1618 in England. His parents,William Sumner and Anne Bingham, at this time are unconfirmed.

A John Sumner was transported to Virginia in 1631 at about age 13 as an orphaned indentured servant from Bridewell Royal Hospital, Beckenham, Kent. It is unconfirmed it was this John Sumner.[1] (It seems unlikely it was this John Sumner, since both his purported parents were still living at the time. Strutton-11 14:50, 5 July 2022 (UTC))

Marriages & Children

John married first Elizabeth (Thompson) Sumner about 1639 in Nansemond County, Virginia. They had one son, John Sumne, Jr., who was born about 1640 and died without heirs before 1695.

John married second about 1641, her name is unconfirmed, possibly Elizabeth C Clemen/Clement. Possible children:

Joseph Sumner
Richard Sumner
Francis Sumner
William Sumner

Death & Legacy

The will of John Sumner was written 7 March 1670 and probated in Nansemond County, Virginia, in 1670. He left land purchased on 8 April 1656 in Nansemond County to his eldest son John, or in case he died without heirs, to youngest son William.

  • "WILLIAM SUMNER, 110 acs, Nansemond Co; on W. side of the S. br. of Nansemond Riv., 21 Apr. 1695, p. 421. 78 acs. part of 300 acs. granted William Brooks, 6 Jan 1642, who sold to Abraham Pitt, who sold to John Ridding, who sold to John Sumner, 8 Apr. 1656; bequeathed to his eldest son John & to his heires male, but in case of his son's decease or want of such heirs, then he did give sd. 78 acs. to his youngest son, the aforesaid William & to his heires, as by his will dated 7 March 1670; sd John being dead without children, sd. William is now in possession; 32 acs., the remainder, is a poynt bet. his own & the S. br. of said river; adj. Hampton's land; & on Aires' Creek. Imp. of: Thomas Walker."[2] 

Research Notes

  • Needs Biography: Minimal information in current Biography. Strutton-11 18:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
  • Needs Relationship Review: Sources for birth/death/marriage dates and locations, and attached family profiles are needed; especially linked mother whose birthdate in dicates she was only 12 years old when John was born. Strutton-11 18:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Maintenance categories of "needs Relationship Review" and "needs Biography" added to US Southern Colonist Sticker can be removed once sources and/or biography are added. Strutton-11 18:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Sources

  1. HUME, ROBERT. Early Child Immigrants to Virginia, 1618-1642, Copied from the Records of Bridewell Royal Hospital. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1986. 52p. Ancestry Record 16040453 #456073307
  2. "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS", Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, abstracted by Nell Marion Nugent, Volume Two: 1666 - 1695 - Virginia State Library, Richmond, 1977, pages 399 and 400 (From patent Book 8

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Acknowledgments

  • WikiTree profile Sumner-314 created through the import of worthington Family Tree.ged on Jun 16, 2012 by JoAnne Worthington.


 





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Please see research notes left by Strutton-11 on $ July 2022. The parents seem unlikely (mother only 12 at birth of child, and lived in Yorkshire). Please detach them if no sound sources can be found.

Thanks, Jo, England Project Managed Profiles team / Data Doctor

posted by Jo Fitz-Henry
Hi! I'm looking for a James Sumner who was named in the will (test.) of George Billingsley (bef.1657-1678) of Upper Norfolk, Va. (the county was renamed Nansemond in 1645; not sure why he referred to himself as being of Upper Norfolk in his will, dated 1681).<ref>Jane Baldwin, Maryland calendar of wills, page 149, pdf, 157 of 292 (accessed 19 March 2022).</ref>

Anyway. This profile's children were born in Nansemond County, so I wondered if you had heard of a son James who just doesn't have a profile yet?

Thanks! Liz

P.S. Of interest - one of my Billingsley ancestors married a daughter of William and Mary (Clement) Sumner: Mary (Sumner) Billingsley (1696-1740). Could this profile's wife Elizabeth Clemen have been a Clement?

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Please add reliable pre-1700 quality sources to this profile.
posted by S (Hill) Willson