Blake, Seth (Elisabeth)

Notes:

Seth Blake was likely of native descent through her mother. The likely ancestor was Queen Cockacoeske (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=136257380).
There is compelling evidence that Seth Blak was, daughter of Robert Blake and Miss Harrison; granddaughter of Thomas Harrison and "Jane Totopotomoi" (West); great-granddaughter of Totopotomoi ("Toby") West and Queen Cockacoeske; and great-great-granddaughter of William West, Lord Delaware.

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Cautionary Note:
Some researchers show Seth Lucas Summers as the daughter of Capt. Thomas Harrison and Seth Elizabeth Short; granddaughter of Col. Burr Harrison, the Indian translator, member of the Virginia House of Burgesses (1679) and Ambassador to the Piscataway Indians (1699), and his wife Sarah Frances Burdette. Capt. Thomas Harrison and Seth "Short" did have a daughter Seth Harrison but she married John McMillion and was a second cousin of Seth Blake Lucas Summers, both their great-grandparents being Cuthbert Harrison and Susannah Burr Harrison. They were also probably cousins through Cockacoeske and Seth Short.
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TIMELINE:
1716: Maj. John West's will in Stafford County, VA. gave to Seth Lucas "1000 lbs. tob'o" and also deeded land to brothers John and Benjamin Blake as well as a suit of cloths to their father Robert Blake.

1717: In a sworn deposition John Summers states that he married the widow Lucas in the Winter of 1717.

1723: Thomas Harrison gave "Seith Lucas and her second husband John Summers and their son John" a lease of land for life."In 1723 Thomas Harrison, denoted as of the "Retirement," leased one hundred acres, part of the West-Pearson-Harrison-Harrison patent, to Seth's second husband, John Summers, for the "natural lives" of himself, herself, and their son John. Such a "lease-for-lives" was a common form of long-term lease throughout the eighteenth century.
Source Five Genera7ions of Family of Burr of Virginia, 1650-1800, John P. Alcock, (Heritage Books, 1991), page 50

1723, unsourced: Died after 1723.

1767: John and Elizabeth Summers [Possibly the grandson John Summers b. 1749 m. Elizabeth Dulin] joined the Chopawamsic Baptist Church, Stafford County, Virginia, Mar. 3, 1767. Nicholas Anderson joined Nov. 24, 1767 and Barbery Anderson joined on May 21, 1768. Other members at Chopawamsic include Sary Summers, Samuel Summers, Thezeah Summers.

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Seth Blake Lucas and, perhaps her brothers, and John Summers were mentioned in the will of Maj. John West of Stafford Co.:

Will of Maj John West

In the name of God Amen. I, John West of Stafford County, sick and weak of body, but thanks be to God, of sound and perfect memory and understanding do make, will and consitute this my last will and testament. Imps's. I recommend my sould to God, hoping through his mercy, a full remission of my sisn, a joyful resurrection and eternal happiness thro' the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ my Saviour.

Item. My body I recommend to the earth from whence it proceeded, to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor, hereafter named.

Item. I give, grant and bequeath to my Grandson, Hugh West, 300 acres of land, lying on the North Side of Aquatink Creek, to him and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, the aofresaid 300 being that land that I purchased of William Green and in default of such heirs, I give, grant, and bequeath the said 300 acres unto my Grandson, John West, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten.

Item. I give and bequeath to my afs'd grandson Hugh West 3000 lb. Tob'o when at the age of twenty one.

Item. I give and bequeath to my grandson John West, 313 acres of land lying on the north side of great Hunting Creek, being the land I bought of John Simson, to him and his heirs of his body lawfully begotten and in default of such heirs lawfully begotten, my will is that the aforesaid 300 bequeathed unto my Grandson, Hugh West, and the 313 acres of land to John West, be given granted and bequathed unto my loving son, John West, him his heirs and assigns forever.

Item. I give bequeath and bequeath unto my aforesaid Grandson, John West 3000 lbs Tobacco when at the age of 21.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter-in-law, Ann Turley, 300 acres of land being the plantation where Edward Carter lived, to her and the heirs of her body lawfuly begotten and in default of such heirs, to my sons, John West, him his heirs or assigns forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to the afores'd Ann Turley, 3000 lbs at the day of her marriage or at the age of sixteen.

Item. I give grant and bequeath to Benjamin Blake, fifty acres of land, being the plantation where John Summers, now lives, to him and his heirs lawfully begotten, and in default of such heirs to his brother, John Blake, to him and his heirs lawfully begotten.

Item. I give grant and bequeath to Jno. Blake 50 acres of the aforesaid tract, to him and heirs of his body lawfully begotten and in default of such lawful heirs my will is that the afs'd 100 be granted given and bequeathed to Burr Harrison, son of Capt. Thomas Harrison, to him his heirs or assigns forever.

Item. I give grant and bequeath to my loving son, John West, three Negroes called Dennis, Glascow and Silan and all my plate.

Item. I give grant and bequeath to my loving son, John West, all my lands and real estate on Hunting Creek branches, about 2000 acres, him his heirs or assigns forever. Likewise 500 acres at Pumunky, likewise all my lands above the Falls of Potomac and 100 acres below the aforesaid Falls and my plantation after my wife's natural deceased and all my other real estate, on the south side of Hunting Creek, not otherwise given or bequeathed to him the afores'd son, John West, his heirs or assigns forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to Will Harrison, Jun'r, a young horse about three years old, bought of John Gowen, after my deceased immediately.

Item. I give and bequeath after my deceased to Thos West, two cows and calves.

Item. I give and bequeath to Burr Harrison, the son of Capt. Thomas Harrison, the gun that I commonly use.

Item. I give and bequeath the gun I had of John Gowen to James Turley.

Item. I give John Turley my Long gun.

Item. I give grant and bequeath to my godson, John Symmonds, the son of Thomas Symmonds, 100 acres of land, his father now lives on and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and in default of such lawful heirs, my will is that the aforesa'd 100 acres be given, granted and bequeathed to my son, John West, him, his heirs or assigns forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to Seith Harrison, the wife of Capt. Thomas Harrison, after my deceased, 500 lbs. tob'o, to buy her a mourning ring.

Item. I give and bequeath to Seith Anderson, the daughter of Jacob Henderson, two cows and calves, at my deceased.

Item, my will and pleasure is that my negro Bastin be set free at my decease and that he have one flock bed and furniture and one iron pot and land to work on in the fork of great Hunting Creek branches during his natural life.

Item. I give and bequeath at my deceased to Seith Lucas, 1000 lbs. tob'o.

Item. I give and bequeath to William Custer, Davis Innes and Francis Ballenger, the one half of the debts due to me per accounts.

Item. I forgive Robert Blake, all the debts he owes me per accounts or otherwise and I give to the aforesaid Robert Blake, one suit of Druggit apparell, two shirts, two pr. of stockings, one hat and as much new jersey as will make him a suit with trimmings to it.

Item. I give grant and bequeath to my loving wife, Elizabeth West, her heirs or assigns, one negro girl called Combar.

Item. I give and bequeath to my loving wife, Elizabeth West, the plantation I now live on during her natural life and after he decase, to my loving son, John West, him, his heirs or assigns as aforesaid.

Item. My will and pleasure is that after my just debts and legacies are paid, that my persoanl estate not given, except Pegg hereafter mentioned, be equally divided between my loving wife, Eliza and my loving son, John.

Item. I give grant and bequeath mulatto Pegg, during the time of her servitude to my wife, Eliza West, her heirs or assigns, whom I appoint constitute and ordain, whole and sole ex'x of this my last will and testament, revoking renouncing disproving and disannuling all other Testament or Testaments heretofore made if any such can be found, and I ordain my loving friend, Capt. Thomas Harrison and Wm. Simon, to be assistants unto my wife, Elizabeth West, and that my wife bring up and educate my son, John West, in the reformed religion according to the Doctrine of the Church of England and in case of failure, that my good friend the Reverend John Frazer, take special care of his sound education at the charge of the estate herein mentioned. This is my last will and testament. I publish, sign and seal this 16th day of Nov. Anno Dom. 1716.

John West

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us

James Turley, Lewis Saunders, David Annise, Mary Mitchison, Eliz. Woodward

At a Court held for Stafford County the 13 day of Febr in the year of our Lord 1716. The last will and testament of John West, Gent. dec'd, was presented in Court by Eliza West, widow, his ex'tx, who made oath thereto and being proved by the oaths of Lewis Sanderson, James Turley and Elizabeth Woodward, witnesses thereto is admitted to record and upon the motion of the said Elizabeth West and her performing what is usual in such cases, certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

Test. F. Fitzhugh, Clk Court

Birth:
date uncertain

Died:
date uncertain

Seth married Summers, III John before 1717 in Stafford Co, Virginia, USA. John (son of Summers, John and Thompson, Elizabeth) was born before 14 Nov 1686 in Christ Church, Middlesex Co., VA; was christened on 14 Nov 1686 in Christ Church, Parish, Middlesex Co., Va; died on 4 Dec 1790 in Alexandria, Fairfax Co., VA; was buried in Summer Grove, Alexandria, Fairfax Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Seth married Lucas, Henry in Stafford Co, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-PARENTS-DEATH: Research of Ronda Berry-documents recorded on research repor t of 30 Mar 1995,NOTE: has b. abt 1715(per LDS).

Aug 2002 Ronda Berry
Death date is from LDS, but I also had note of sale of land in Fairfax Va in 1813

RESEARCHER: problem- children born 40 yeas aft marriage.

George married S., Nancy about 1820. Nancy was born about 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Will Abstract: (Will book Fairfax Co, Va) Book E-1 page 236

SUMMERS, John.

Will of John Summers of Fairfax County dated 25, Jan. 1786 and proved 28 Jan. 1788. Feb. 1788. Fairfax County, Virginia

To wife Marey (sic) land for life.
To son, John Summers land on he now lives. Children, Simon, William, Mary Humphreys (sic) and Sara Ferguson . Son - Simon, 100 acres on Ohio River, Daughters, Mary Humphreys (sic) and Sarah Ferguson, 400 acres on the Ohio equally to be divided between them. Sons-in-law, William Ferguson and James Sharpe Ferguson, 400 acres on the Ohio equally to be divided between them.
Exrs: wife and sons Simon and John.
Wit: William Lewis, Charles Broadwater, William Summers.

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Deed dated Nov 1740 was transferred to his children in 1785, for 1000 acres of land in Kentucky County, N & S of Mill Creek, bordering the Ohio River. John's 3rd wife, Marey, was widow of Joshua Ferguson (will proved 7 Apr 1770), and the Mother of John' s children;s spouses- Elizabeth Ferguson and James Sharp Ferguson.

Mary's maiden name unproven.

Noting the name James Sharp Ferguson, some researchers believe that Mary Sharp and Mary Knchloe are the same person

Marey Summers was on the tax rolls until 1796.



! Nina Thomas has John md to Elizabeth Thompson which is the Montaque line no proof yet
! IGI has JOhn Summers son of John Summers and Elizabeth Thompson c. 8 Apr 1683

John married Adams, Susanna about 1746 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia. Susanna (daughter of Adams, SR Gabriel and Pearson, Priscilla) was born about 1726 in Fairfax Co, Virginia; died after 1770 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sharp, Mary after 1770 in Virginia. Mary was born before 1728; died before Sep 1809 in Fairfax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Summers.FTW]

!Research by Ronda Berry -has 8 children ,has b. abt 1719;

Ray Isbell has birth 1714

Aug 2002
Source Ronda Berry
John married 2nd to Sybil Moxley. His will is in Will Book E., pg 349 Fairfax co. Va.

Elizabeth married Hurst, John in 1740 in , Prince William, Virginia. John was born in in Of, Stafford, Virginia; died on 26 Apr 1789 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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!Research by Ronda Berry - b, 1723,VA d. 1799 Fairfax Co.,VA

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-PARENTS-DEATH: Research of Ronda Berry-documents recorded on research repor t of 30 Mar 1995.

Aug 2002-
Source: Ronda Berry
Notes for DANIEL Summers:
Daniel taxed in Fairfax Co in 1787. His father deeded land to him and Francis in 1761. Fairfa x Co deed book M, pg 324 Daniel & Rebecca summers sold land to John Moss, 11 Sept 1777. Name d in brother William Summers will in 1799. His home was known as "Difficult Hill".

Daniel married Rebecca about 1762 in Of, Virginia. Rebecca was born about 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Summers.FTW]

!Ancestral File has b. abt 1723;
BIRTH: Ronda Berry - abt 1724

Family/Spouse: Deskins. was born about 1734. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Summers.FTW]

!Ancestral File has b. abt 1725;

Family/Spouse: Leister. was born about 1736. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Summers.FTW]

!Research by Ronda Berry -d. wp- unmarried;

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-PARENTS-DEATH: Research of Ronda Berry-documents recorded on research repor t of 7 May 1995. NOTE: has b. abt 1717 of Stafford Co.?.

Will written 5 Sep 1799, Will proved 22 Oct 1700, Left everything to nephews sons of Daniel.

Notes:

[Summers.FTW]

!Ancestral File has b. abt 1727;

Family/Spouse: Pratt. was born about 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ballinger. was born about 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

West Virginia and its People, Volume 3 by Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell, Lewis Publishing Company, 1913, page 951-953

The Summers family is said to be of Flemish origin, SUMMERS and to have been first known in England at the time of the Reformation. Property was granted to them at a former religious seat a short distance from Worcester, and this became the family seat. Here they resided and here they entertained Queen Elizabeth in her progress through Worcestershire in 1585. Many of the members of this family became men of distinction and renown. One branch of the family moved into Dorsetshire, England, and it is from this branch that the Virginian family is descended. The name is variously spelled Somers, Sommers, Sumers and Summers, but the Virginians of this stock have in general used the form Summers. As is well known, the tracing of ancestries in Virginian families is attended with much difficulty and many dangers of error, so that the results are often incomplete or uncertain, if not both. In the present case there is much more material for judgment than in many, and the following account is based on good evidence and confidently believed to be correct from the time of the settlement of the family in Virginia, which cannot have been greatly posterior of the coming of the family to America.

(I) John Summers, the first member of this family about whom we have definite information, was born in Maryland, in 1687, died near Alexandria, Virginia, December 4, 1791. Coming early into Virginia he settled on the Potomac, where the city of Alexandria now is, and his cabin was the first building erected on the site of this city. The first framed house ever put up at this place was prepared under his direction and on his land, being afterward hauled therefrom to its intended site. The country abounded at that time in deer, bears, wolves, wild turkeys and other animals, and his earlier years were largely passed in hunting. He became an active leader of the white settlers and a pioneer in the campaigns against the Indians west of the Blue Ridge. Hunting, however, was still a favorite employment. So little did he care about the acquisition of land that he refused a deed from the patentee for the land on which Alexandria has been built and on which he lived in exchange for a rifle. In his later years he was much engaged in pointing out the best vacant lands and in conducting surveyors and others through the forests. At last he did acquire from four hundred to six hundred acres of land for each of his sons, but he did not do this for his daughters. He lived to see Alexandria become a place of some importance. The home, on the Little river turnpike, about four miles west of that city, which he bequeathed to his son Francis was long known as one of the finest estates in Fairfax county. At the time of the revolution John Summers was too old to take a part. He was a man of robust constitution, broad of chest and powerful, and retained his faculties to a remarkable degree, although he lived to be more than one hundred years old, but about a year before his death he was disabled by a severe fall. He was a member of the Church of England. The name of his wife is not known, but among his children the youngest son was Francis, of whom further.

(II) Francis, son of John Summers, was born in Fairfax county, Virginia, March 3, 1732, died at "Summers Grove," October 14, 1800. "Summers Grove" is the estate which he had inherited from his father, four miles west of Alexandria. His life was the quiet and uneventful life of a Virginia planter. For many years he held the office of magistrate. Being, like his father, a member of the Church of England or Protestant Episcopal church, he was a vestryman of Christ Church, Alexandria. He married Jane (Watkins) Charlton, born in 1735, died August 22, 1814. Children, so far as known to us: George, born October 5, 1758, died January 10, 1818, married, in 1776, Ann Smith Radcliffe; Thomas, of whom further; Francis; Samuel. All these sons settled in the Kanawha valley in 1810; George, accompanied by his daughter Jane, made an exploration of the Kanawha valley and of the Ohio valley between Wheeling and Guyandotte, and settled three years afterward at Walnut Grove, Kanawha county, Virginia, to which he brought his family in the winter of 1813-14. From him has come a prominent family of West Virginia.

(III) Thomas, son of Francis and Jane (Watkins-Charlton) Summers, came from Fairfax county, Virginia, and settled on the Kanawha river, in Mason county, Virginia, one mile above Winfield; according to the best information his settlement was made about 1816. He was a farmer. He married Hooper. Child, George W., of whom further.

(IV) George W., son of Thomas and (Hooper) Summers,

was born, probably in Fairfax county, Virginia, January 17, 1812. He was a farmer, and about 1838 became a member of the state militia. He was a Democrat and a Methodist. He married, January 29, 1835, Sarah A., born in Cabell county, Virginia, May 12, 1813, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Cockburn) Black. Children: 1. Quintilian L., born March 12, 1836, died September 28, 1842. 2. Sylvester Adams, born January 23, 1838, died May 8, 1912; a Confederate soldier. 3. John William, born May 15, 1840. 4. Constantine Ruf us, born October 9, 1842; Confederate soldier. 5. Edgar Lewis, born October 29, 1844. 6. Thomas Bascom, born March 11, 1847. 7. Tyra Campbell, born November 6, 1849. 8. Matthew James, of whom further.

(V) Matthew James, son of George W. and Sarah A. (Black) Summers, was born in Cabell county, Virginia, June 9, 1852. His home is now at Huntington, West Virginia, and he is a baggage master on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad. Mr. Summers is a Democrat and a Methodist. He married, February 24, 1875, Elizabeth Handley, born June 6, 1855, daughter of Warren P. and (Handley) Rece. Children: 1. Gertrude Medora, born January 1, 1876. 2. Frederick Lindley, of whom further. 3. Olive June, born November 11, 1879. 4. Lewis Rece, born May 31, 1882, died December 5, 1883. 5. Florence Buffington, born June 6, 1885. 6. Harry Lee, born September 26, 1887. 7. Robert Pritchard, born November 1, 1889. 8. Herbert Sidney, born November 21, 1893.

(VI) Frederick Lindley, son of Matthew James and Elizabeth Handley (Rece) Summers, was born in Cabell county, West Virginia, near Milton, December 26, 1877. His education was received at Huntington, West Virginia; there he attended the public schools, including the high school, and he pursued also a business course at Marshall Business College in the same city. December 19, 1899, he became a stenographer at Parkersburg, West Virginia, for the Ohio River railroad, in the maintenance of way department, and in this position he remained until October 1, 1903. From that date to the first of May in the following year he was assistant cashier at Parkersburg for Armour & Company, Then he was general bookkeeper for the General Distributing Company, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, until August 15, 1906. He was secretary of the Penn Table Company, at Huntington, West Virginia, from August 15, 1906, to February 1, 1911. Since that date to the present time he has been a partner in the firm of Logan & Summers, insurance agents at Parkersburg. In this city also Mr. Summers now makes his home. He is a member of the United Commercial Travelers, Council No. 35, at Parkersburg. In Masonry he is a master mason, member of Mount Olivet Lodge, No. 3, of Parkersburg; a Royal Arch Mason, being a member of Adoniram Chapter, No. 11, at Clarksburg; a member of Huntington Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar, at Huntington; and of Beni Kedem Shrine, Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Charleston. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 198, of Parkersburg. Mr. Summers is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Baptist church.

He married, at Parkersburg, October 26, 1904, Donna, daughter of John A. and Mary E. (Cochran) Hutchinson, who was born at Parkersburg, February 26, 1879. Her father was a lawyer of this city. Children: Frederick Lindley, born at Clarksburg, July 23, 1905; Mary Elizabeth, born at Huntington, August 1, 1909.

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W.S. Laidley (ed.), West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly, West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society, Charleston, WV, , July 1903

Francis Summers, the youngest son of John, and the grand-father of Lewis Summers, was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, March 3rd, 1732, and died at his country seat of Summer Grove, four miles west of Alexandria, October 14th, 1800. He married Mrs. Jane Charlton, whose maiden name was Watkins, by whom he had six sons and two daughters. She was born in 1735 arid died August, 22nd, 1814.

Francis led the quiet, uneventful life of a "Virginia Planter," as he styles himself in his will, on his estate and died honored and esteemed by all who knew him. For many years he held the office of magistrate, then an office of much greater importance than at the present day, the duties of which he discharged with untarnished reputation. Like his parents, he and his wife were devoted members of the P. E. Church and communicants of old Christ Church Alexandria where he was a vestryman.

The children of Francis and Jane Summers were George, William, Francis, Samuel and Thomas, sons, and Jane and Susanah, daughters.

George, the eldest son was born October 5th, 1758, in Fairfax County, Virginia, and died January 10th, 1818, at Walnut Grove, Kanawha County. He married in 1776 Miss Ann Smith Radcliffe, of Fairfax and five sons and five daughters were born to them:
Lewis, born Nov. 7, 1778. Die'd August 27, 1843.
Collin, born Oct. 7, 1784. Died July 8,1782.
Jane Amelia, born Oct. 17, 1785. Died Jan. 8, 1862.
Elizabeth, born December 21,1787. Died Jan. ~, 1877.
Ann Matilda, born Nov. 7, 1789. Died Oct. 25, 1863.
Ferdinancl, born ---.' Died Jan. 24, 1792.
Celina Louise, born Dec., 1793. Died August 12,1875.
Syuney Lucy, born April 5, 1797. Died Qct. 6, 1883.
Albert/Smith, born Jan., 1801. Died Feb. 5, 1824.
George William, born March 4, 1804. Died Sept. 19,1868.

Mrs. Summers survived her husband twenty-five years and died at Walnut Grove, Kanawha County, Virginia, July 23d, 1843, aged 84 years

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Ronda Berry Research-list her a child 6; !IGI 1993-children -FHLC film 471963 !IGI 1993 Chil dren- FHLC film 1761117-lists only children, Susannah b. 1757, William b. 1762, Samuel b. 177 1 & Thomas b. 1780 all born Fairfax Co. VA; !Ancestral File list Franncis a last child;

BIRTH-MARRIAGE-PARENTS-DEATH: Research of Ronda Berry-documents recorded on research repor t of 30 Mar 1995.

Will written 10 Sep 1800. Proved 15 Dec 1800. Francis was a Revolution Soldier. Jane Watkin s probably widow of Andrew Charlton.

Aug 2002: Ronda Berry
Notes for FRANCIS Summers:
Francis will written 10 Sept 1800, proved 15 Dec 1800. Will book H, pg 171 Fairfax Co, VA . Francis was a Rev. Soldier. Lived at "Summers Grove". Was a Constable in 1770s. Overse er of the Poor in Alexandria during the Rev. War. Taxed for self and father in 1787.

Died:
Summers Grove

Francis married Watkins, Jane in 1756 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. Jane was born in 1735 in Of, Fairfax, Virginia; died on 22 Aug 1814 in Summer Grove, Fairfax, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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!Research of Ronda Berry;

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-PARENTS-DEATH: Research of Ronda Berry-documents recorded on research repor t of 30 Mar 1995.

Aug 2002: Ronda Berry
Notes for MARY Summers:
This family lived in Prince William Co VA, Mason Co KY, and Pendleton Co KY. Son (or grandso n?) was Judge Napoleon B. Taylor of Indianapolis IN. Mary & 2 children died when home was st ruck by lightning.

Mary married Taylor, Dr. Robert in Jan 1782. Dr. was born on 28 Jul 1758; died on 11 Dec 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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!Research of Ronda Berry;

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-PARENTS-DEATH: Research of Ronda Berry-documents recorded on research repor t of 30 Mar 1995.

Aug 2002 - Ronda Berry
Notes for JAMES Summers:
James was on George Rogers Clark's Expedition. Received 200 acres in KY. Also may have serv ed in the NC Continental Line, Capt Henry Dixon's Co, 1st Regt during the american Revolution . If this is the same man, he married Levina Gillespie, 6 Feb 1802 in Caswell Co NC.

Notes:

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!Research of Ronda Berry- was Rev. War Soldier;

Aug 2002- Ronda Berry
Notes for JOHN Summers:
John was named in the "Summers Family Ledger" as a son of George, but I am unsure where he fi ts, because in "Annals of Platte Co MO", pg 248-50, his father lived to 114, and he had a bro ther named Samuel. He was a Rev. War Soldier- listed his children in his pension application . He enlisted March 1781 in Frederick Co VA to serve in teh War. Moved from Fairfax Co VA t o KY in 1789. Lived in Bourbon, Montgomery, Jessamine and Fleming Counties. Moved to Platt e Co MO after 1820 (or his children did??).

John married Bell, Agnes on 26 Oct 1786 in , Frederick, Virginia. Agnes was born about 1765 in of, Frederick, Virginia; died after 1848 in MO or KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simon married Ferguson, Elizabeth about 1780 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Summers.FTW]

!Researched by Ronda Berry- maybe not our family per DAR? was a SGT in VA infantry.

John married Dulin, Elizabeth in 1776 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Dulin, Edward and Hurst, Sarah) was born on 20 Jan 1760 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Oct 1822 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ronda Berry: Aug 2002-
Has Posthumus Child

Buried:
Poplar Flat Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Ferguson, Rev, Joseph Sharp. Joseph was born in 1759 in USA; died in 1828 in Nelson County, Kentucky, USA; was buried in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source: Abstracts of wills and Inventories, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1742-1801; Will Book E 1784-1791, page 29

SUMMERS, John.
28 Jan. 1788. Feb. 1788.
Wife: Marey. Children: John, Simon, William, Mary Humphrey, Sarah Ferguson. Daughters to have land on the waters of the Ohio. Sons-in-law
James Sharp Ferguson and William Ferguson, 400 acres each. Exrs: wife and sons Simon and John. Wit: William Lewis, Charles Broadwater, William
Summers.

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Data from Dr. William Summers Humphreys back to Lieut. John Humphreys was re- searched and proved for D. A .R. membership by Mrs. B. W. Payne (Elsie Gibson Payne) and filed in Wash. D.C. #451902. Leona Kistler Wilcox also obtained D. A. R. membership through this data, her #492276 also filed in Wash. D.C.

Family/Spouse: Humphrey, William. William (son of Humphrey, William and Wood, Sarah Ann) was born about 1752 in Of, Fairfax, Virginia; died before 1 Jun 1804 in Nelson Co., Kentucky, USA; was buried in Poplar Flat Cem, Nelson Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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! DAR Library ! Nina Summers Thomas ! 1840- Mason Co KY census p 53 ! all reseach by Ronda Be rry ! buried on Mill Creek, near Mayslick, Mason Co.,KY ! IGI 1992-VA

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-PARENTS-DEATH: Research of Ronda Berry-documents recorded on research repor t of 7 May 1995.

William served in Revolution in the VA Continental Line. Corporal, 1st Continenal Artillery , Col Charles Harrisons Regt, Captain John Champe Carters Co. #7. Appointed Bombadier 20 De c 1776. Was with Washingtons Army at Valley Forge from Dec 1777 to June 1778. Corporal at c amp near Chester, 9 July 1779. William received 100 acres of land from his father in Mason Co , Ky (on the Ohio and Millcreek), and moved his family there in May 1788. Francis died soo n afer reaching the fort. Francis Lewis was born in Page Co VA; died abt 1788 in KY; buried M illcreek KY.

Notes for WILLIAM Summers:
William served in the Revolution in the VA continental Line. He was a Corporal, 1st Continent al Artillery, Col Charles Harrison's Regt, Captain John Champe Carters Co #7. Appointed Bomba dier 20 Dec 1776. Was with Washington's Army at Valley Forge from Dec 1777 to June 1778. Cor poral at camp near Chester, 9 July 1779. William received 200 acres of land in Nelson Co K Y for services, but I don't think he ever lived there, b ecause he inherited 300 acres of lan d from his father in Mason Co, KY (on the Ohio River & Millcreek), and moved his family ther e in May 1788. Frances died soon after reaching the fort.
Source: Ronda Berry Jan 2002

William married Lewis, Francis on 1 Jan 1777 in Virginia, USA. Francis was born in in Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia, USA; died in 1789 in Kentucky, USA; was buried in Mill Creek, Mason, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Haven, Mary on 24 Nov 1789 in Mason, Kentucky, USA. Mary was born about 1758 in of, Mason, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Hall (Hale), Deborah about 1812 in Kentucky, USA. Deborah was born about 1783 in Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Wood, Ruth on 12 Jan 1831 in Mason, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Adjutant VA Line in Rev. War. Inherited 100 acres in Nelson Co KY from father.

Major married Ferguson, Elizabeth about 1780 in Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born on 3 Sep 1762 in Virginia, USA; died on 13 Nov 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Gunnell, Mary before 1766. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Dulin, Edward in 1756 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. Edward was born in 1729 in , King George, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Williams, Jeremiah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Follin, William. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Finley, John Bayne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: John, Floyd Sr. Floyd died in 1783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thrift, George. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: Hannah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Aig 2002- Ronda Berry
Notes for LT. COL. GEORGE Summers:
George served in the Revolutionary War. Applied for pension (W6606) 15 June 1818, age 55. C alled "Rowdy George". He enlisted in Caswell Co NC in Capt Tilman Dixon's and Capt Johnsons C os. Children in 1820 were Rebecca; Daniel; Sarah; and Mary Ann. Wife Mary must have reapplie d later- said she was age 77 in 1843 and living in Loudoun Co, and the widow of George summer s late of Fairfax Co.

George married Presgraves, Mary on 24 Mar 1789 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. Mary was born about 1766; died after 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Notes for WILLIAM Summers:
William was taxed in Fairfax Co VA in 1787. Lived later in Berkley and Jefferson Co WV.

William married Willamson, Susannah on 27 Mar 1827 in Berkeley Co., VA.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes for DANIEL Summers:
See Gunnell Genealogy in Yearbook of Historical Soc of Fairfax Co VA, Vol 20, pg 53-73 (1985) . Daniel's death from obit from the Alexandria Gazette 1784-1915, pg 310.

Daniel married Gunnell, Susannah Johnson in 1827 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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married Popinjoy b. abt 1773
Notes for (ANN?) Summers:
Ann Popejoy was taxed in Fairfax Co in 1787- therefore name is assumed. Also there was a Nat haniel Popinjoy mentioned in land records so that is possibly her husband.

Family/Spouse: Popinjoy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: Ballinger. was born about 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Notes for (MARY?) Summers:
Alexandria Wills and Administrations: Daniel M. McDougall estate Administration 6 July 1816 , admx Mary McDougall (WB--2). Don't know the names of this couple- this is possible.

Family/Spouse: McDougal, (Daniel?). (Daniel?) was born about 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Holley?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

West Virginia and its People, Volume 3 by Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell, Lewis Publishing Company, 1913, page 951-953

The Summers family is said to be of Flemish origin, SUMMERS and to have been first known in England at the time of the Reformation. Property was granted to them at a former religious seat a short distance from Worcester, and this became the family seat. Here they resided and here they entertained Queen Elizabeth in her progress through Worcestershire in 1585. Many of the members of this family became men of distinction and renown. One branch of the family moved into Dorsetshire, England, and it is from this branch that the Virginian family is descended. The name is variously spelled Somers, Sommers, Sumers and Summers, but the Virginians of this stock have in general used the form Summers. As is well known, the tracing of ancestries in Virginian families is attended with much difficulty and many dangers of error, so that the results are often incomplete or uncertain, if not both. In the present case there is much more material for judgment than in many, and the following account is based on good evidence and confidently believed to be correct from the time of the settlement of the family in Virginia, which cannot have been greatly posterior of the coming of the family to America.

(I) John Summers, the first member of this family about whom we have definite information, was born in Maryland, in 1687, died near Alexandria, Virginia, December 4, 1791. Coming early into Virginia he settled on the Potomac, where the city of Alexandria now is, and his cabin was the first building erected on the site of this city. The first framed house ever put up at this place was prepared under his direction and on his land, being afterward hauled therefrom to its intended site. The country abounded at that time in deer, bears, wolves, wild turkeys and other animals, and his earlier years were largely passed in hunting. He became an active leader of the white settlers and a pioneer in the campaigns against the Indians west of the Blue Ridge. Hunting, however, was still a favorite employment. So little did he care about the acquisition of land that he refused a deed from the patentee for the land on which Alexandria has been built and on which he lived in exchange for a rifle. In his later years he was much engaged in pointing out the best vacant lands and in conducting surveyors and others through the forests. At last he did acquire from four hundred to six hundred acres of land for each of his sons, but he did not do this for his daughters. He lived to see Alexandria become a place of some importance. The home, on the Little river turnpike, about four miles west of that city, which he bequeathed to his son Francis was long known as one of the finest estates in Fairfax county. At the time of the revolution John Summers was too old to take a part. He was a man of robust constitution, broad of chest and powerful, and retained his faculties to a remarkable degree, although he lived to be more than one hundred years old, but about a year before his death he was disabled by a severe fall. He was a member of the Church of England. The name of his wife is not known, but among his children the youngest son was Francis, of whom further.

(II) Francis, son of John Summers, was born in Fairfax county, Virginia, March 3, 1732, died at "Summers Grove," October 14, 1800. "Summers Grove" is the estate which he had inherited from his father, four miles west of Alexandria. His life was the quiet and uneventful life of a Virginia planter. For many years he held the office of magistrate. Being, like his father, a member of the Church of England or Protestant Episcopal church, he was a vestryman of Christ Church, Alexandria. He married Jane (Watkins) Charlton, born in 1735, died August 22, 1814. Children, so far as known to us: George, born October 5, 1758, died January 10, 1818, married, in 1776, Ann Smith Radcliffe; Thomas, of whom further; Francis; Samuel. All these sons settled in the Kanawha valley in 1810; George, accompanied by his daughter Jane, made an exploration of the Kanawha valley and of the Ohio valley between Wheeling and Guyandotte, and settled three years afterward at Walnut Grove, Kanawha county, Virginia, to which he brought his family in the winter of 1813-14. From him has come a prominent family of West Virginia.

(III) Thomas, son of Francis and Jane (Watkins-Charlton) Summers, came from Fairfax county, Virginia, and settled on the Kanawha river, in Mason county, Virginia, one mile above Winfield; according to the best information his settlement was made about 1816. He was a farmer. He married Hooper. Child, George W., of whom further.

(IV) George W., son of Thomas and (Hooper) Summers,

was born, probably in Fairfax county, Virginia, January 17, 1812. He was a farmer, and about 1838 became a member of the state militia. He was a Democrat and a Methodist. He married, January 29, 1835, Sarah A., born in Cabell county, Virginia, May 12, 1813, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Cockburn) Black. Children: 1. Quintilian L., born March 12, 1836, died September 28, 1842. 2. Sylvester Adams, born January 23, 1838, died May 8, 1912; a Confederate soldier. 3. John William, born May 15, 1840. 4. Constantine Ruf us, born October 9, 1842; Confederate soldier. 5. Edgar Lewis, born October 29, 1844. 6. Thomas Bascom, born March 11, 1847. 7. Tyra Campbell, born November 6, 1849. 8. Matthew James, of whom further.

(V) Matthew James, son of George W. and Sarah A. (Black) Summers, was born in Cabell county, Virginia, June 9, 1852. His home is now at Huntington, West Virginia, and he is a baggage master on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad. Mr. Summers is a Democrat and a Methodist. He married, February 24, 1875, Elizabeth Handley, born June 6, 1855, daughter of Warren P. and (Handley) Rece. Children: 1. Gertrude Medora, born January 1, 1876. 2. Frederick Lindley, of whom further. 3. Olive June, born November 11, 1879. 4. Lewis Rece, born May 31, 1882, died December 5, 1883. 5. Florence Buffington, born June 6, 1885. 6. Harry Lee, born September 26, 1887. 7. Robert Pritchard, born November 1, 1889. 8. Herbert Sidney, born November 21, 1893.

(VI) Frederick Lindley, son of Matthew James and Elizabeth Handley (Rece) Summers, was born in Cabell county, West Virginia, near Milton, December 26, 1877. His education was received at Huntington, West Virginia; there he attended the public schools, including the high school, and he pursued also a business course at Marshall Business College in the same city. December 19, 1899, he became a stenographer at Parkersburg, West Virginia, for the Ohio River railroad, in the maintenance of way department, and in this position he remained until October 1, 1903. From that date to the first of May in the following year he was assistant cashier at Parkersburg for Armour & Company, Then he was general bookkeeper for the General Distributing Company, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, until August 15, 1906. He was secretary of the Penn Table Company, at Huntington, West Virginia, from August 15, 1906, to February 1, 1911. Since that date to the present time he has been a partner in the firm of Logan & Summers, insurance agents at Parkersburg. In this city also Mr. Summers now makes his home. He is a member of the United Commercial Travelers, Council No. 35, at Parkersburg. In Masonry he is a master mason, member of Mount Olivet Lodge, No. 3, of Parkersburg; a Royal Arch Mason, being a member of Adoniram Chapter, No. 11, at Clarksburg; a member of Huntington Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar, at Huntington; and of Beni Kedem Shrine, Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Charleston. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 198, of Parkersburg. Mr. Summers is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Baptist church.

He married, at Parkersburg, October 26, 1904, Donna, daughter of John A. and Mary E. (Cochran) Hutchinson, who was born at Parkersburg, February 26, 1879. Her father was a lawyer of this city. Children: Frederick Lindley, born at Clarksburg, July 23, 1905; Mary Elizabeth, born at Huntington, August 1, 1909.

GI has b. abt 1775.

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Delna, Thomas Summers & Rachel Hooper had had children Sarah Ann Summers
b.1806 Winfield ,W.V. she married 1824 Kanawha Co.W.V., Patrick Henry
Morris son to Joshua Morris & Frances Sims. Patrick Morris & Sarah Ann
Summers had these children
1) Floyd W.Morris b.1825 Kan.Co.W.V. d.Pa.
2) Patrick H.Jr. b.June 2,1826 d.Ar.
3)Madison "Matt" b.1828 Kan.Co.W.V. d.1909 Ar.
4) Thomas Jefferson b. 1830 Kan.Co.W.V. d.Ar
5) William H. b.1833 Kan.Co.W.V. d.Ar.
6)Ferdenand b.1834 Kan.Co.W.V. d. Hurricane Creek,Kanawha Co.W.V.
7) Nancy Jane b.1836 Kan.Co.W.V. d.Hurricane Creek,an.Co.W.V.
8)Harriet Ann b.1838 Kan.Co.W.V.
9)George Lewis b.1840 Kan. Co.W.V. d.Ar.
Sarah Ann Summers ,widow to Patrick H.Morris remarried after 1st
husbands death , to Richard Carter ChandlerJr. b.1803 Albemarle Co.Va.
son to Richard Carter Chandler Sr b.1771 & Sarah "Sally" Eades b.abt
1772, that came to Kanawha Co.W.V. about 1812 from Albemarle Co.Va .
Richard Carter Chandler Jr's 1st wife was Catherine "Kitty" Morris ,dau
to Thomas Morris & Sarah Kinnard. Kitty died in Kanawha Co.W.V. 1854.
Now, Patrick Henry Morris & Thomas Morris were bros. You will find them
in William Morris "The Pioneer" to Kanawha Co.W.V. Sarah Ann Summers &
Richard Carter Chandler Jr never had children as he was 53 & she 50 when
they married in 1856. I have Will of Richard .Chandler Jr. Sarah Ann
Summers Morris Chandler d.Dec.31,1895 White C.Ar. (Searcy) ,went out
there to live with her children. Sarah Ann Summers married Jan 22,1824
Teays Valley, W.V. Thomas Summers Sarah's father married Melitta C.
Ritchie in Putnam Co.. W.V. I'm a Kanawha Co.W.v. Chandler reseacher.
Linda

Thomas married Hooper, Rachel in Sep 1801 in Virginia, USA. Rachel was born about 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Riches, Matilda after 1780 in Virginia, USA. Matilda was born about 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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George married Ratcliff, Ann Smith in 1776 in Virginia, USA. Ann was born about 1756 in Virginia, USA; died on 25 Jul 1843 in , Kanawha, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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!IGI 1993;

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Family/Spouse: Rogers, Violett. Violett was born about 1759 in ofVa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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!IGI 1993- has b. abt 1772;

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Family/Spouse: Farr, Sarah. Sarah was born about 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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!IGI 1993;

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Samuel married Monroe, Wilhelmina about 1782 in Virginia, USA. Wilhelmina was born about 1762. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Blackburn, Jane about 1792 in Virginia, USA. Jane was born about 1771 in Of, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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!IGI 1993-has b. abt 1766;

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Susannah married Millan, Thomas about 1785 in of Truro Parish, Fairfax, Virginia. Thomas was born about 1764. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married Price, Benoni about 1785 in of Truro Parish, Fairfax, Virginia. Benoni was born about 1764 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death notice in the Times, Alexandria Advertiser of 28 Oct 1797.

William married Elton, Isabella Shaw on 1 Nov 1787 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Isabella was born about 1766 in of AlexandriaVirginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Poplar Flat Cemetery

Other Events:

• Residence: Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1800, Washington County, Kentucky, USA

Notes:

Washington County Guardian Bonds 1792-1834, Faye Sea Sanders, Louisville, KY, Page 23

HUMPHREYS, Martin, Sally, William, orphans
children of George Humphreys
Dec 13, 1813
William Kendrickson, guardian
John Batsel, Jr., bondsman

HUMPHREY. Martin. orphan s/o George Humphrey
Jan 23, 1826
John Kendrick, guardian
Martin Nall. George Grundy
bondsmen
_________________

Washington County, Kentucky Wills 1792-1853 by Faye Sea Sanders

page 14, Humphrey, George - Inventory 24 Jun 1808 [ed:note should be 1809], Appr: Jacob Seay, William Walker, John Nall, Isaac Williams, Book B, page 2
page 20, Humphrey, George - Sales - 13 Sep 1813 - William Kendrick, Adm. 13 Sep 1813, Book B, pages 256 and 257.

George married Kendrick, Elizabeth on 29 Jan 1801 in Washington, Kentucky, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Kendrick, William and Susannah) was born about 1780 in Virginia, USA; died about 1827 in Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Hobbs, Maargaret on 29 Aug 1808. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Hobbs, Sally on 10 Aug 1805 in Nelson Co., Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note provided by Peggy Atteberry,

Poplar Flat Cemetery records show b. April 14, 1776, d. April 24, 1834, age 52 yrs. Bible shows b. October 29, 1786, d. August 6, 1834.

Poplar Flat Cemetery records show b. April 14, 1776, d. April 24, 1834, age 52 yrs. Bible shows b. October 29, 1786, d. August 6, 1834.

Buried:
Poplar Flats Cemetery

Died:
Age: 47

Samuel married Hobbs, Margaret "Peggy" on 1 Sep 1808 in Nelson Co., Kentucky, USA. Margaret was born on 2 Feb 1785; died on 24 Oct 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note provided by Peggy Atteberry,

"Woodlawn" the home he built, according to his own taste, and in which he raised his family was located about seven (7) miles south of Bardstown, KY.


Buried:
Poplar Flat Cemetery

Simon married Ellison, Nancy on 2 Feb 1815 in Washington, Kentucky, USA. Nancy died in Oct 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simon married Benedict, Lydia on 11 Oct 1820 in Washington, Kentucky, USA. Lydia was born on 8 Aug 1800; died on 9 Oct 1869 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA; was buried in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Ferguson, Rev. Joseph in Fairfax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elliston, Thomas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Summers, John in 1776 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. John (son of Summers, John and Adams, Susanna) was born on 31 Dec 1749 in Fairfax Co, Virginia; died on 7 Dec 1821 in Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Black, William. William was born on 26 Mar 1819; died on 7 Sep 1896; was buried in Ona, Cabell County, West Virginia, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

West Virginia and its People, Volume 3 by Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell, Lewis Publishing Company, 1913, page 951-953

The Summers family is said to be of Flemish origin, SUMMERS and to have been first known in England at the time of the Reformation. Property was granted to them at a former religious seat a short distance from Worcester, and this became the family seat. Here they resided and here they entertained Queen Elizabeth in her progress through Worcestershire in 1585. Many of the members of this family became men of distinction and renown. One branch of the family moved into Dorsetshire, England, and it is from this branch that the Virginian family is descended. The name is variously spelled Somers, Sommers, Sumers and Summers, but the Virginians of this stock have in general used the form Summers. As is well known, the tracing of ancestries in Virginian families is attended with much difficulty and many dangers of error, so that the results are often incomplete or uncertain, if not both. In the present case there is much more material for judgment than in many, and the following account is based on good evidence and confidently believed to be correct from the time of the settlement of the family in Virginia, which cannot have been greatly posterior of the coming of the family to America.

(I) John Summers, the first member of this family about whom we have definite information, was born in Maryland, in 1687, died near Alexandria, Virginia, December 4, 1791. Coming early into Virginia he settled on the Potomac, where the city of Alexandria now is, and his cabin was the first building erected on the site of this city. The first framed house ever put up at this place was prepared under his direction and on his land, being afterward hauled therefrom to its intended site. The country abounded at that time in deer, bears, wolves, wild turkeys and other animals, and his earlier years were largely passed in hunting. He became an active leader of the white settlers and a pioneer in the campaigns against the Indians west of the Blue Ridge. Hunting, however, was still a favorite employment. So little did he care about the acquisition of land that he refused a deed from the patentee for the land on which Alexandria has been built and on which he lived in exchange for a rifle. In his later years he was much engaged in pointing out the best vacant lands and in conducting surveyors and others through the forests. At last he did acquire from four hundred to six hundred acres of land for each of his sons, but he did not do this for his daughters. He lived to see Alexandria become a place of some importance. The home, on the Little river turnpike, about four miles west of that city, which he bequeathed to his son Francis was long known as one of the finest estates in Fairfax county. At the time of the revolution John Summers was too old to take a part. He was a man of robust constitution, broad of chest and powerful, and retained his faculties to a remarkable degree, although he lived to be more than one hundred years old, but about a year before his death he was disabled by a severe fall. He was a member of the Church of England. The name of his wife is not known, but among his children the youngest son was Francis, of whom further.

(II) Francis, son of John Summers, was born in Fairfax county, Virginia, March 3, 1732, died at "Summers Grove," October 14, 1800. "Summers Grove" is the estate which he had inherited from his father, four miles west of Alexandria. His life was the quiet and uneventful life of a Virginia planter. For many years he held the office of magistrate. Being, like his father, a member of the Church of England or Protestant Episcopal church, he was a vestryman of Christ Church, Alexandria. He married Jane (Watkins) Charlton, born in 1735, died August 22, 1814. Children, so far as known to us: George, born October 5, 1758, died January 10, 1818, married, in 1776, Ann Smith Radcliffe; Thomas, of whom further; Francis; Samuel. All these sons settled in the Kanawha valley in 1810; George, accompanied by his daughter Jane, made an exploration of the Kanawha valley and of the Ohio valley between Wheeling and Guyandotte, and settled three years afterward at Walnut Grove, Kanawha county, Virginia, to which he brought his family in the winter of 1813-14. From him has come a prominent family of West Virginia.

(III) Thomas, son of Francis and Jane (Watkins-Charlton) Summers, came from Fairfax county, Virginia, and settled on the Kanawha river, in Mason county, Virginia, one mile above Winfield; according to the best information his settlement was made about 1816. He was a farmer. He married Hooper. Child, George W., of whom further.

(IV) George W., son of Thomas and (Hooper) Summers, was born, probably in Fairfax county, Virginia, January 17, 1812. He was a farmer, and about 1838 became a member of the state militia. He was a Democrat and a Methodist. He married, January 29, 1835, Sarah A., born in Cabell county, Virginia, May 12, 1813, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Cockburn) Black. Children: 1. Quintilian L., born March 12, 1836, died September 28, 1842. 2. Sylvester Adams, born January 23, 1838, died May 8, 1912; a Confederate soldier. 3. John William, born May 15, 1840. 4. Constantine Ruf us, born October 9, 1842; Confederate soldier. 5. Edgar Lewis, born October 29, 1844. 6. Thomas Bascom, born March 11, 1847. 7. Tyra Campbell, born November 6, 1849. 8. Matthew James, of whom further.

(V) Matthew James, son of George W. and Sarah A. (Black) Summers, was born in Cabell county, Virginia, June 9, 1852. His home is now at Huntington, West Virginia, and he is a baggage master on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad. Mr. Summers is a Democrat and a Methodist. He married, February 24, 1875, Elizabeth Handley, born June 6, 1855, daughter of Warren P. and (Handley) Rece. Children: 1. Gertrude Medora, born January 1, 1876. 2. Frederick Lindley, of whom further. 3. Olive June, born November 11, 1879. 4. Lewis Rece, born May 31, 1882, died December 5, 1883. 5. Florence Buffington, born June 6, 1885. 6. Harry Lee, born September 26, 1887. 7. Robert Pritchard, born November 1, 1889. 8. Herbert Sidney, born November 21, 1893.

(VI) Frederick Lindley, son of Matthew James and Elizabeth Handley (Rece) Summers, was born in Cabell county, West Virginia, near Milton, December 26, 1877. His education was received at Huntington, West Virginia; there he attended the public schools, including the high school, and he pursued also a business course at Marshall Business College in the same city. December 19, 1899, he became a stenographer at Parkersburg, West Virginia, for the Ohio River railroad, in the maintenance of way department, and in this position he remained until October 1, 1903. From that date to the first of May in the following year he was assistant cashier at Parkersburg for Armour & Company, Then he was general bookkeeper for the General Distributing Company, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, until August 15, 1906. He was secretary of the Penn Table Company, at Huntington, West Virginia, from August 15, 1906, to February 1, 1911. Since that date to the present time he has been a partner in the firm of Logan & Summers, insurance agents at Parkersburg. In this city also Mr. Summers now makes his home. He is a member of the United Commercial Travelers, Council No. 35, at Parkersburg. In Masonry he is a master mason, member of Mount Olivet Lodge, No. 3, of Parkersburg; a Royal Arch Mason, being a member of Adoniram Chapter, No. 11, at Clarksburg; a member of Huntington Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar, at Huntington; and of Beni Kedem Shrine, Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Charleston. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 198, of Parkersburg. Mr. Summers is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Baptist church.

He married, at Parkersburg, October 26, 1904, Donna, daughter of John A. and Mary E. (Cochran) Hutchinson, who was born at Parkersburg, February 26, 1879. Her father was a lawyer of this city. Children: Frederick Lindley, born at Clarksburg, July 23, 1905; Mary Elizabeth, born at Huntington, August 1, 1909.

George married Black, Sarah A on 29 Jan 1835. Sarah (daughter of Black, Adam and Cockburn, Elizabeth) was born on 12 May 1813 in Cabell, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]