SUMNER, Seth^[1]

1710 - 1771  (60 years)

• Name	SUMNER, Seth
  Birth	15 Dec 1710	Milton, MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 18998217
  _COLOR	11
  Death	11 Nov 1771	Milton, MA   [1]
  Burial	Milton, MA
  	Address: Milton Cemetery
  Person ID	I21089	Puffers
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	SUMNER, Deacon William,   b. 26 Jan 1673, Dorchester, MA d. 22 Dec 1738, Roxbury, MA (Age 65 years)
  Mother	PUFFER, Esther,   b. Abt 1675, Mendon, MA d. 27 Jun 1748, Mendon, MA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1697	Milton, MA   [2]
  Family ID	F3921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	BABCOCK, Hannah,   b. Abt 1712   d. 13 Aug 1739 (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1734	Milton, MA   [1]
  Family ID	F5453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	BABCOCK, Lydia,   b. 9 Sep 1722, Milton, MA d. 2 Sep 1800, Milton, MA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1742  [1]
  Children	1. SUMNER, Ebenezer,   b. 11 May 1745, Milton, MA d. 11 May 1745, Milton, MA (Age 0 years)   2. SUMNER, Dr. Enos,   b. 25 Sep 1746, Milton, MA d. 8 Jun 1795, Milton, MA (Age 48 years)   3. SUMNER, Lt. William,   b. 6 Aug 1748, Milton, MA d. 30 Jan 1836, Dorchester, MA (Age 87 years)   4. SUMNER, Esther,   b. 12 Sep 1750, Milton, MA d. 9 Nov 1804, Milton, MA (Age 54 years)   5. SUMNER, Clement,   b. 2 Feb 1752, Milton, MA d. 16 Mar 1839, Dorchester, MA (Age 87 years)   6. SUMNER, Job,   b. 23 Apr 1754, Milton, MA d. 16 Sep 1789, New York, NY (Age 35 years)   7. SUMNER, Rufus,   b. 19 Feb 1756, Milton, MA d. CA 1790, at sea (Age 33 years)   8. SUMNER, Hannah,   b. 15 Apr 1757, Milton, MA d. 12 Oct 1828, Gardiner, ME (Age 71 years)   9. SUMNER, Abigail,   b. 18 Aug 1760, Milton, MA d. 11 Mar 1835, MA (Age 74 years)   10. SUMNER, Jesse,   b. 15 Nov 1763, Milton, MA d. 13 Oct 1847, Boston, MA (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F5454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	CA 1761	MA
  Children	1. SUMNER, Seth Jr.,   b. 18 Aug 1763, Milton, MA d. 25 Apr 1764, Dorchester, MA (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F15566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  His 2nd wife, Lydia Babcock, "daughter of William and Elizabeth Babcock , in 1742;... their son Seth was the grandfather of General Edwin V. Su mner of Civil War fame; their son Job, b. April 23, 1754, Harvard Colle ge 1778, buried in Trinity churchyard, New York City; father of Job, Jr ., b. at Milton, Jan 20, 1776 (who had his name changed to Charles Pinc kney Sumner by act of General Court); graduate of Harvard in 1796, sher iff of Suffolk County, Mass.; father of Hon. Charles Sumner, the states man, who was b. in 1811. (See Sumner Genealogy.)"

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 29. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 21, 29.