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Deacon William Benjamin Sumner

Ancestors

Son of Reuben Augustus Sumner and Elizabeth (Mack) Sumner

Brother of Hannah (Sumner) Warner, Meribeh (Sumner) Cook, Lydia (Sumner) Strong, Reuben Sumner Jr., Sibyl (Sumner) Norton, Abigail Sumner [half], Mary Sumner, Henry Peterson Sumner, Abigail (Sumner) Ellis and Mary (Sumner) Goslee

Husband of Jemima (Tarbox) Sumner — married Jun 1784 in Hebron, Connecticut

at age 22

Father of Jemima (Sumner) Bigelow , Elizabeth (Sumner) Carpenter , Deborah (Sumner) Root , William Augustus Sumner , Laura (Sumner) Reed , Mary Polly (Sumner) Goslee , George Oliver Sumner , Cynthia Maria (Sumner) Root , Benjamin Thomas Sumner and Florilla (Sumner) Palmer

Family Tree of William Sumner

William

Deacon William Benjamin Sumner

Ancestors

Son of Reuben Augustus Sumner and Elizabeth (Mack) Sumner

Husband of Jemima (Tarbox) Sumner — married Jun 1784 in Hebron, Connecticut

at age 22

Parents

Reuben Augustus Sumner

29 May 1727 - 02 Apr 1807
Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Elizabeth Mack

1735 - 10 Jul 1805
Hebron, Tolland, Colony of Connecticut

Grandparents

William Sumner Sr.

18 Mar 1699 - 04 Mar 1778
Claremont, Sullivan, Province of New Hampshire

Hannah Hunt

03 Oct 1702 - 02 Apr 1781
Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

Josiah Mack I

16 Dec 1691 - 21 Nov 1769
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Abigail Peterson

abt 1693 - 29 Apr 1767
Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut Colony

Great-Grandparents

Clement Sumner

06 Sep 1671 - 1740
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Margaret Harris

1680 - 1738
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Thomas Hunt Sr

23 Jan 1663 - 04 Apr 1746
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Mary Verde

1668 - 23 Feb 1709
Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

Sarah Bagley

02 Mar 1663 - 15 May 1742
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Marah Wood

abt 1654 - abt 1719
Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony

2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Sumner Jr.

bef 06 Dec 1629 - Feb 1675

Elizabeth Clement

bef 02 Mar 1634 - abt 1682

James Harris

abt 1640 - 09 Jun 1714

Sarah Sumner

1650 - 1715

Jonathan Hunt

bef 04 Jun 1637 - 29 Sep 1691

Clemence Hosmer

abt 1642 - abt 1705

[Verde g-g-grandfather?]

[Verde g-g-grandmother?]

[Mack g-g-grandfather?]

[Mack g-g-grandmother?]

Orlando Bagley

abt 1620 - abt 1663

Sarah Colby

abt 1635 - 18 May 1663

[Peterson g-g-grandfather?]

[Peterson g-g-grandmother?]

George Wood

1614 - 1655

Ann Sherman

abt 22 Sep 1614 - abt 14 Jan 1690

Descendants of William Sumner

Biography

William was born in 1773, son of Reuben & Elizabeth (Mack) and made his home in Hebron, where he became prominent and was a deacon in the Church. On June 3, 1784 he was married to Jemima Tarbox. They had ten children. He died in 1838 and was buried in Gilead Cemetery in Hebron, Connecticut.

Sources

The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer Author: Ronald Longaker Roberts Publication: South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) On Ancestry.com

Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 On Ancestry.com

Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 found Ancestry.com

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Found on Ancestry.com

Find A Grave: Memorial #45208575 Gilead Cemetery - Hebron, Connecticut

Photos of William: 1

DNA Connections for William: 1

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~1.56% Timothy Robinson : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A573633, Ancestry member SRobinson80

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William Benjamin Sumner (1761 - 1838)