Rebekah Sumner, 1682

Name
Rebekah /Sumner/
Given names
Rebekah
Surname
Sumner
Birth
1682 39 37
INDI:BIRT:_PRIM: Y
Marriage
FAM:MARR:_PRIM: Y
FAM:MARR:_SDATE: BEF 1707
Death of a maternal grandfather
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Death of a brother
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Death of a sister
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Birth of a brother
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Birth of a sister
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Death of a paternal grandfather
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Death of a brother
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Death of a father
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Note: removed from MA to SC
Birth of a son
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Note: Location probably in what is now Dorchester (historical), Dorchester County, South Carolina.
Birth of a daughter
Note: In the Parke-Gildersleeve book, the author lists Sarah as the first child of Moses Norman and (probably) Rebecca Sumner, but he doesn't give a birth date for her. Their second child, Joseph Norman, was born probably by 1710, so the same would be true for Sarah Norman. We suppose 1708 as a reasonable guess for the year of her birth.
Birth of a son
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Birth of a son
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Note: Location is an educated guess, based upon the location of Historic Dorchester settlement. Possible location could be St. Paul's Parish, Carolina, British America.
Birth of a daughter
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Birth of a daughter
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Marriage of a daughter
FAM:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Note: We suppose Sarah was born about 1708 (see note for her birth date), which would make her 16 years old in 1724. Before her husband died in between 14 Nov 1732 and 16 Feb 1732/3, she gave birth to (at least) 5 children, all of whom were enumerated as minors in her husband's will dated 14 Nov 1732. Assuming one child born every 2 years, we derive that she married Job Chamberline about 1723-1725.
Death of a daughter
Note: Sarah was sworn in as executor of her late husband's estate on 06 Mar 1732/3; thus, she died after that date.
Marriage of a son
FAM:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Note: The will of Major Richard Bedon, dated 03 Oct 1738, mentions "my Son-in-law John Norman," so John and Elizabeth were married prior to this date.
Death of a husband
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Address: St. James Parish
Note: On 12 Aug 1740, Moses Norman sold 735 acres of land to James Martin. On 05 Mar 1740/1, a notice in the newspaper announced his estate was in probate. Thus he must have died between these two dates. James Martin's will of 04 Feb 1746/7 mentions "Moses Norman, deceased".

On 12 Aug 1740, Moses Norman sold 735 acres of land to James Martin. On 05 Mar 1740/1, a notice in the newspaper announced his estate was in probate. Thus he must have died between these two dates. James Martin's will of 04 Feb 1746/7 mentions "Moses Norman, deceased".


The South-Carolina Gazette
PAGE 4
Charleston, South Carolina
Sunday, March 05, 1741

ALL Persons who have any Demands on the Estate of the late Moses Norman, deceased, are desir'd immediately to bring in their Accounts duly attested to his Executors Baruch, John & Joseph Norman, and Samuel Stevens in order to have them discharged; and all Persons that are indebted to said Estate, are desired to pay the same to the said Executors.

Marriage of a son
Marriage of a son
FAM:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Note: marriage would have taken place after 18 Aug 1752 since that is the date of their prenuptial marriage contract
Death of a son
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Death of a daughter
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Death of a son
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
Death of a daughter
Death of a son
INDI:EVEN:_PRIM: Y
ChildParent
Note: N. Grier Parke, II, in his book, "The Ancestry of Rev. Nathan Grier Parke and his wife Ann Elizabeth Gildersleeve," presents a compelling argument why Moses Norman's wife is Rebecca Sumner, daughter of Increase Sumner. Reference that book, pages 92--98, but especially pages 94 & 95. The crux of the argument is that the following are factually known:

N. Grier Parke, II, in his book, "The Ancestry of Rev. Nathan Grier Parke and his wife Ann Elizabeth Gildersleeve," presents a compelling argument why Moses Norman's wife is Rebecca Sumner, daughter of Increase Sumner. Reference that book, pages 92--98, but especially pages 94 & 95. The crux of the argument is that the following are factually known:

  • Moses had a wife named Rebecca (1720 deed)
  • Moses married a daughter of Increase Sumner (1725 deed)
  • Increase Sumner had 11 children (not 10) (deductive reasoning based on several facts):
    -- The four eldest children died before 1728
    -- A 1728 deed describes a seven-part interest in the residual property of Increase Sumner
    -- The eldest living son did not take a double share of the residual property (as was his right)
Death of a mother
INDI:_AMTID
342254659812:1030:173207176
Death
yes
Family with parents
father
16421696
Birth: February 23, 1642 38 36 Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Death: after 1696Dorchester, Berkeley, Carolina, British America
mother
Marriage MarriageMarch 26, 1666Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British America
10 months
elder brother
16671683
Birth: January 15, 1667 24 22 Massachusetts, United States
Death: September 30, 1683
2 years
elder sister
1669
Birth: May 12, 1669 27 24 Massachusetts, United States
Death:
14 months
elder brother
16701690
Birth: July 9, 1670 28 25 Massachusetts Bay, British America
Death: 1690
2 years
elder sister
16721683
Birth: July 15, 1672 30 27 Massachusetts, United States
Death: October 22, 1683
2 years
elder brother
1674
Birth: August 24, 1674 32 29 Massachusetts, United States
Death:
2 years
elder brother
1676
Birth: August 29, 1676 34 31 Massachusetts, United States
Death:
22 months
elder sister
1678
Birth: June 20, 1678 36 33 Massachusetts, United States
Death:
22 months
elder brother
1680
Birth: April 24, 1680 38 35 Massachusetts, United States
Death:
3 years
herself
3 years
younger brother
1684
Birth: July 27, 1684 42 39 Massachusetts, United States
Death:
23 months
younger sister
1686
Birth: June 18, 1686 44 41 Massachusetts, United States
Death:
Family with Moses Norman
husband
16721740
Birth: between 1672 and 1674 26 17
Death: between August 12, 1740 and March 5, 1740Goose Creek, Berkeley, South Carolina, British America
herself
Marriage Marriage
daughter
17081732
Birth: about 1708 36 26
Death: after March 6, 1732
son
17071770
Birth: 1707 35 25 Saint Andrew's Parish, Carolina, British America
Death: between July 27, 1770 and December 14, 1770Saint Paul's Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, British America
4 years
son
17101764
Birth: before 1710 38 28
Death: between November 2, 1764 and November 30, 1764Colleton County, South Carolina, British America
1 year
son
17101756
Birth: about 1710 38 28 Saint Andrew's Parish, Carolina, British America
Death: October 28, 1756Midway, Georgia, British America
4 years
daughter
17131768
Birth: about 1713 41 31
Death: before September 17, 1768
5 years
daughter
Marriage
ChildParent

N. Grier Parke, II, in his book, "The Ancestry of Rev. Nathan Grier Parke and his wife Ann Elizabeth Gildersleeve," presents a compelling argument why Moses Norman's wife is Rebecca Sumner, daughter of Increase Sumner. Reference that book, pages 92--98, but especially pages 94 & 95. The crux of the argument is that the following are factually known:

  • Moses had a wife named Rebecca (1720 deed)
  • Moses married a daughter of Increase Sumner (1725 deed)
  • Increase Sumner had 11 children (not 10) (deductive reasoning based on several facts):
    -- The four eldest children died before 1728
    -- A 1728 deed describes a seven-part interest in the residual property of Increase Sumner
    -- The eldest living son did not take a double share of the residual property (as was his right)