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Desire Sumner (Higgins)

Also Known As: "Desiree"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, British America
Death: February 24, 1794 (69)
Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Beriah Higgins and Desire Higgins
Wife of Lt. Hezekiah Sumner and Hezekiah Sumner, Sr.
Mother of Clement Sumner; Tabitha Haven; Hezekiah Sumner, Jr.; Abigail Kibbe; Daniel Sumner and 5 others
Sister of Thankful Higgins; Jemima Higgins; Deborah Sedgwick; Beriah Higgins, Jr. and Phoebe Higgins

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About Desire Sumner

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Francis Cooke

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Thomas Rogers and Joseph Rogers


AKA Desiah

Born 10 AUG 1724. Truro MA. [1][2][3]

Desiah Higgins married Hezekiah Sumner on 10 Feb 1743 at Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut[4] Among their children are:

Samuel, b. 25 Sep 1744[5] Clemence, b. 26 Sep 1748[6] Tabitha, b. 16 Jul 1750[7] Abigail, b. 13 Jun 1752[8] Desiah, b. 15 Sep 1754[9] Hezekiah, b. 13 Aug 1757[10] Daniel, b. 26 May 1759[11]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Higgins-4073

Desire (Higgins) Sumner (1724 - 1794)

Desire Sumner formerly Higgins

Born 10 Aug 1724 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of Beriah Higgins and Desire (Cooke) Higgins

Sister of Thankful (Higgins) Rathbone, Jemima Higgins, Deborah (Higgins) Sedgwick, Beriah Higgins and Phoebe Higgins

Wife of Hezekiah Sumner — married 10 Feb 1744 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Mother of Samuel Sumner, Tabitha Sumner, Clement Sumner, Tabitha (Sumner) Haven, Abigail (Sumner) Kibbe, Desire Sumner, Hezekiah Sumner, Daniel Sumner and Desire (Sumner) Manley

Died 24 Feb 1794 in Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Profile last modified 23 Dec 2020 | Created 23 Apr 2016

Sources

↑ Source: #S011364 99 ↑ Source: #S008240 435 ↑ Source: #S008270 215 1724 ↑ Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906

Source: S008240 Mayflower Families Five Generations Stephen Hopkins Vol. 6 John D. Austin F.A.S.G. Publication: 1992 Repository: Note: #NS082403 Call Number: R929.1 M453m Media: Book No NOTE record found with id NS082403.

Source: S008270 Mayflower Families for Five Generations Vol 2 Robert M. Sherman, F.A.S.G. Publication: Thomas Rogers Repository: Note: #NS082703 Call Number: R292.1 Media: Book No NOTE record found with id NS082703.

Source: S011364 Richard Higgins of Plymouth, Eastham and Piscataway and His Descendants Mrs. Katherine Chapin Higgins Publication: 1918 Repository: Note: #NS113643 Call Number: Media: Book No NOTE record found with id NS113643.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW5-VRH : 10 February 2018), Desire Higgins, 10 Aug 1724; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761.

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Desire Sumner's Timeline

1724
August 10, 1724
Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, British America
1748
September 26, 1748
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
1750
1750
1752
June 13, 1752
Bradford, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
1752
Wales
1759
May 26, 1759
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1765
January 7, 1765
Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
1794
February 24, 1794
Age 69
Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States