Dea. Increase Sumner

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 Swift.

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]

In 1696 he moved to Dorchester, South Carolina, taking most of his children.

Family

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Sarah married Increase Sumner (1642 - 1725) on 1 Jan 1667 in Dorchester.[1][2] Their children were:

1. Increase Sumner (1667 - 1683)
2. Sarah Sumner (1669 - )
3. William Sumner (1670 - 1690)
4. Sarah Sumner (1672 - 1683)
5. Joseph Sumner (1674 - 1710)
6. Benjamin Sumner (1676 - 1707)
7. Thankful Sumner (1678 - 1723)
8. Roger Sumner (1680 - 1725)
9. Rebecca (Sumner) Norman (1682 - >1720)
10. Samuel Sumner (1684 - 1723)
11. Mehitable Sumner (1686 - ).

“Nov 1, 1696, Dea Sumner’s wife and familiy, and his borhter Samuel with his wife and familyi, with Peter OKelley’s wife and six children, dismissed to the Church of Chriswt neaar Newington in South Carolina (since called Dorchester),” Church Records Dorchester Mass. [NEHGR 8:128d]

References

1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQB-XQG : 14 January 2020), Increase Sumner, 1642.
2. City Document #59 Page 22 of Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825 < GoogleBooks > Increase Sumner, son of William, married by Captain Clap.
3. William Sumner Appleton, Record of the Descendants of William Sumner of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1636 (Boston, Massachusetts: David Clapp & Son, 1879), digitized by FamilySearch.org. < Catalog Entry >. Page 3. < GoogleBooks >
4. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~carrollrogers/family/ps56/ps56_364.htm