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Increase Sumner (1642 - 1725)

Increase Sumner
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married 1 Jan 1667 in Dorchester, Massachusettsmap
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Died at about age 82 in Dorchester, Dorchester, South Carolinamap
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Biography

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Increase Sumner was a South Carolina colonist.

Increase was born on 23 February 1642[1]. He was the son of William Sumner and Mary West.

He married Sarah Staples in 1667 - they had 11 children.

He was Freeman of Dorchester in 1678, and then selectman in 1693, and Constable in 1694. He went with Rev. Joseph Lord and a few others to form the settlement of Dorchester, South Carolina. He was made a deacon of the Church of Christ that he and Peter O'Kelly founded in Dorchester, South Carolina.

Marriage 26th day of the 1st month 1667 Increase Sumner, son of William, married Sarah Staples by Captain Clap. [2][3]

Sources

  1. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. [1] Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
  2. City Document #59 Page 22 of Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825 https://books.google.ca/books?id=mUEOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA235&lpg=PA235&dq=Dorchester+Baker+AND+Withington&source=bl&ots=vfJEr1_w4i&sig=yTEAQYb00K-4ccnSDJF9V89shuw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tzABVMf4BqasigKPuoDYBg&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=snippet&q=sumner&f=false
  3. American Marriages Before 1699.

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