Increase Sumner¹ (M)
b. 23 February 1642/43
3 Generation Pedigree
Relationship=8th great-granduncle of Seth Alexander Moore.

Notes and Citations:

1. [S443] Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society, History of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts (Boston: Ebenezer Clapp, Jr., 1859; reprint Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com). page 86.
2. [S157] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1860-1862; reprint Rio Vista, California: American History and Genealogy Project, 2000). Online version used. Alphabetical by surname. [SUMNER] "WILLIAM, Dorchester 1636, came prob. with w. Mary, and ch. William, Roger, George, Joan, and perhaps Abigail, wh. d. 19 Feb. 1658, was made freem. 17 May 1637 had Samuel, b. 18 May 1638; and Increase, 23 Feb. 1643; very oft. selectman, and rep. many yrs. His w. d. 7 June 1676, it is report. and he perhaps d. Mar. 1692, aged a. 86. He is thot. to have been only ch. of Roger of Bicester in Co. Oxford, 12 ms. from the city of O. and could only be two yrs. old when his f. made nuncup. will 3 Dec. 1608, pro. 22 Mar. foll. as set out in Geneal. Reg. IX. 300."