Jethro Sumner

  General Notes:

The 1830 Federal Census for Nansemond Co., VA records Jethro Sumner (indexed as Summer at ancestry.com): 1 male (30-40), 1 male (5-10), 1 female (20-30), 1 female (5-10), 1 female (<5), and 1 female 60-70) ... perhaps Jethro's mother, Martha, is living with the family.


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Bible Records of Suffolk and Nansemond County, Virginia
records the following Bible Record:
Jethro Sumner Bible
Jethro Sumner, Son of Jethro Sumner, was Born in the year of our Lord 1798
And was Married unto Elizabeth Mary Lawrence the 29th day of June 1820 --
The said Elizabeth M. Lawrence was born in the year of our Lord 1796
Dempsey L. Sumner son of Jethro Sumner and Elizabeth his wife was born August 1st, 1823
Elizabeth Mary Sumner Departed this life December 13th, 1823
Jethro Sumner Departed this life March 10, 1836
Jethro Sumner Son of Jethro Sumner was Married with Ann Norfleet the 11th day of June 1824
Mary Eliza Sumner Daughter of Jethro Sumner and his wife was born July 11th, 1825
Martha Jane Daughter of Jethro Sumner and Ann Sumner was born the 5th of September, 1829
Charles Edward Sumner was born Oct. the 4th, 1831
(Copied by Wilbur E. McClenny and published in Va Mag. Vol. 36, pp. 194-195)

Jethro married Elizabeth Mary Lawrence. (Elizabeth Mary Lawrence was born circa 1798 and died on 13 Dec 1823 in Nansemond Co, VA.)

Jethro next married Ann Norfleet, daughter of John Norfleet and Polly Rawls, on 8 Jun 1824 in Nansemond Co, VA. (Ann Norfleet was born on 10 Jan 1808 in Nansemond Co, VA.)