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Born
17 February 1788 Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA
Died
22 September 1855 Ware, Massachusetts, USA

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son of James Fitch Sumner and Adah Bullard

m. Mary Polly Osbourn
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Recorded occupation: Farmer

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Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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BirthBirth — 1788
17 February 1788
Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Name: Benjamin Sumner
Gender: Male
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Place: Hardwick
Death Date: 22 Sep 1855
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Place: Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 67
Birth Date: 1788
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Place: Ashfield, Ct
Occupation: Farmer
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01229-2
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
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Film Number: 1870254
Reference ID: v 4 p 9

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F416-SPX : 10 December 2014), Benjamin Sumner, 22 Sep 1855; citing Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference v 4 p 9; FHL microfilm 1,870,254.'
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Hardwick Baptist Cemetery Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

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Hardwick Baptist Cemetery Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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