Dummer Family
 

 

Descendants of John Dummer

 Generation No. 1

1.  JOHN1 DUMMER was born in Bishop-Stoke, England.

Children of JOHN DUMMER are:

2.                i.       RICHARD2 DUMMER, b. 1591, Bishop-Stoke, England.

3.               ii.       THOMAS DUMMER, b. Abt. 1600, Chicknell, North Stoneham, county Hants. England.

4.              iii.       STEPHEN DUMMER, b. 1602, Bishop-Stoke, England.

  Generation No. 2

2.  RICHARD2 DUMMER (JOHN1) was born 1591 in Bishop-Stoke, England.  He married (1) MARY.    He married (2) FRANCES.  She died 19 November 1682.

RICHARD, second son of John Dummer, of Bishop-Stoke, England, was b. a 1591, came to N. E. 26 May, 1632, and admitted freeman the same year. He was elected an assistant in 1635 and 1636, being then of Roxbury, from whence he soon removed to Newbury, which he represented in 1640, 1645, and 1647. He d. 14 Dec. 1679, . 88. He m. Frances, widow of Rev. Jonathan Burr, by whom, who d. 19 Nov. 1682, he had Jeremiah; Hannah, b. 1647; Richard; William, b. 18 Jan. 1659, who, Mr. Coffin says, was father of Lieut. Gov. William Dummer.

"Mrs. Mary Dumer, the wife of Mr. Richard Dumer: she was a Godly woman but by the seduction of some of her acquaintances she led away into the new opinions in Mrs. Hutchinsons time & her husband removing to Nubery she there openly declared herselfe, & did also (together wh othr indeavour) seduce her husband & psuaded him to returne to Boston; where she being young with child, & ill; Mr. Clark (one of the same opinions) unskillfully gave her a vomit, which did in such maner torture & torment her with the riseing of the mother & other vyolences of nature yt she dyed in a most uncomfortable maner; But we believe God tooke her away in mercy, from worse evil, which she was falling unto & we doubt not but she is gone to heaven."  - Roxbury Church records

Child of RICHARD DUMMER and MARY is:

                   i.       SHUBAEL3 DUMMER, b. 17 February 1635/36; d. 05 February 1691/92, Massachusetts; m. RISHWORTH.

SHUBAEL, minister of York, son of Richard Dummer, was b. 17 Feb. 1636, grad. at H. C. 1656, admitted 1660, commenced preaching at York as early as 1662, was ordained 3 Dec. 1672, and killed by the Indians, 5 Feb. 1692, . 56. He m. a daughter of Edward Rishworth

Children of RICHARD DUMMER and FRANCES are:

5.               ii.       JEREMIAH3 DUMMER, b. 14 September 1645, Newbury.

                 iii.       HANNAH DUMMER, b. 1647.

6.              iv.       RICHARD DUMMER, b. 13 January 1649/50.

7.               v.       WILLIAM DUMMER, b. 18 January 1658/59.

3.  THOMAS2 DUMMER (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1600 in Chicknell, North Stoneham, county Hants. England.  He married SUSANNA NEVE, daughter of NEVE and ELIZABETH.  She was born Abt. 1602.

THOMAS, brother to the preceding, came to N. E. as early as 1635, admitted freeman in 1640, soon after which he resided in Salisbury.  - Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England.

Will of Thomas Dummer of Chicknell, in the parish of North Stonham, co: Southton, gent. Dated 12 Apr. 1650: To the poor of North and South Stonham and Bishopstoak, 6s.8d.; to four of my daughters viz:

Susan, Hester, Jane, and Mary Dummer and to either of them 200 to be paid at their day of marriage; to my wife 10; to my eldest daughter, Joane Nelson, widow, 20s., and to her children Samuel and Mercie Nelson under 21, 50 each; to my daughter MARGARETT CLEMENTS, being my second daughter and now in New England, 25, and to her child she now nath 25; to my only son Thomas all my freehold land in North Stonham. Exeentors: my kinsmen John Dummer of Townhill, Stephen Penton of W??, Robert Dummer of Darley, Thomas Dummer of Fairethorne, and Stephen Dummer of Bishops Stoake. Witnesses: Stephen Dummer, Thomas Bay??e, Ann Baldry. Proved by the executors, 9 Nov. 1650, power reserved for Stephen Penton. (Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Pembroke 174.)

Children of THOMAS DUMMER and SUSANNA NEVE are:

                   i.       MARGARET3 DUMMER, b. England; d. Abt. 1653, Haverhill, Massachusetts; m. JOB CLEMENTS; b. Abt. 1615, England; d. 04 September 1682, Dover, New Hampshire.

Job Clements's first wife belonged to a family of great importance in the early days. Her sister Jane Dummer, unmarried at the time of her father's death, became the wife of the celebrated Henry Sewall, who took an active interest in Colonial affairs, and was afterwards Mayor of Coventry, England. Another sister, Joane Nelson, was the widow of Thomas Nelson of Rowley, Mass., who made his Will in England, 6 Aug. 1648, while on a voyage there. The Will was proved, 21 Dec. 1649, and Richard Dummer of Newbury, the uncle of Margaret (Dummer) Clements, was one of the appraisers of the property. At the sale of the estate, Job Clements bought some of his sister-in-law's furniture. (Note by G.C. - "Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England" lists Jane as daughter of Stephen Dummer, Thomas's brother, not daughter of Thomas)

                   ii.       JANE DUMMER.

                 iii.       JOAN DUMMER, b. 1619, Chicknell, North Stoneham, county Hants. England; m. THOMAS NELSON, 15 February 1641/42; d. 1649, Massachusetts.

 Joan, daughter of Thomas Dummer, niece of the famous Richard Dummer. Thomas Dummer was from Chicknell, North Stoneham, county Hants. England, and came in the "Bevis," May, 1638. with daughter Joan, aged nineteen years, settled at Rowley, Newbury and Salisbury. His will was proved in England, November 9, 1650. In it he mentions his eldest daughter Jane Nelson. Children of Thomas and Joan (Dummer) Nelson: 1. Phillip, born in England, 1636, died August 19, 1691. 2. Thomas, born in England, 1638, died April 6, 1712. 3. Mercy, born at Rowley, February 26, 1643-4; married John Stork. 4. Samuel, born 1646, at Rowley. 5. Mary, born December 21, 1648, at Rowley.

                 iv.       THOMAS DUMMER.

                  v.       SUSAN DUMMER.

                 vi.       HESTER DUMMER.

                vii.       MARY DUMMER.

4.  STEPHEN2 DUMMER (JOHN1) was born 1602 in Bishop-Stoke, England.  He married ALICE ARCHER. 

STEPHEN, Newbury, brother of the first Richard Dummer, was born at Bishop-Stoke, came to N. E. about 1636; admitted freeman 1639, returned to England in 1647. His wife was Alice Archer, and his daughter Jane m. Henry Sewall. Mehetabel, another daughter, was b. 1641 -Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England

Stephen Dummer came in the Bevis from Southampton with his elder brother, Richard in 1638 with his wife Alice (Archer) and four children:--Jane, 10; Dorothy, 6; Richard, 4; Thomas, 2 years. He was a freeman at Newbury in 1639, had Mchitabel, Jan. 1, 1640 - Genealogical History of the Duncan Stuart Family in America

Children of STEPHEN DUMMER and ALICE ARCHER are:

8.                i.       JANE3 DUMMER, b. 1628, England; d. 16 January 1698/99.

                  ii.       DOROTHY DUMMER, b. 1632, England.

                 iii.       RICHARD DUMMER, b. 1634, England.

                 iv.       THOMAS DUMMER, b. 1636, England.

                  v.       MEHETABEL DUMMER, b. 01 January 1639/40, Newbury, Massachusetts.

Generation No. 3

5.  JEREMIAH3 DUMMER (RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born 14 September 1645 in Newbury.

DUMMER, JEREMIAH, son of the following, was b. at Newbury, 14 Sept. 1645, settled in Boston, where he was a member of the ar. co. 1671, was one of the council of safety 1689, [Hutch. i. 340] and d. 24 May, 1718, . 73. He was father to the celebrated Jeremy Dummer, the agent in England for Mass., who grad. at H. C. 1699, a most distinguished scholar, who d. at Plaistow, in England, 19 May, 1739

Child of JEREMIAH DUMMER is:

                   i.       JEREMY4 DUMMER, d. 19 May 1739, Plaistow, England.

6.  RICHARD3 DUMMER (RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born 13 January 1649/50.  He married ELIZABETH APPLETON 02 November 1673. 

More About RICHARD DUMMER and ELIZABETH APPLETON:

Marriage: 02 November 1673

Children of RICHARD DUMMER and ELIZABETH APPLETON are:

                   i.       SHUBAEL4 DUMMER, b. 10 January 1676/77.

                  ii.       RICHARD DUMMER, b. 1678; d. 1678.

                 iii.       RICHARD DUMMER, 2ND, b. 1680.

                 iv.       ELIZABETH DUMMER, b. 1682.

7.  WILLIAM3 DUMMER (RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born 18 January 1658/59.

Child of WILLIAM DUMMER is:

                   i.    LT. GOV. WILLIAM4 DUMMER, d. 1761.

8.  JANE3 DUMMER (STEPHEN2, JOHN1) was born 1628 in England, and died 16 January 1698/99.  She married HENRY SEWELL 25 March 1646.  He died 16 May 1700.  

Child of JANE DUMMER and HENRY SEWELL is:

                i.                ANNE4 SEWELL, b. 1628, England.

 

 

07/27/2007