John J. SUMMERS, III

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John married Mary E. MOORE on 20 Sep 1713 in Prince George's, Maryland. Mary (daughter of James MOORE and Martha CAMPBELL LYLE) was born in 1696 in Prince George's, Maryland, Colonial America; died on 11 Jun 1769 in Prince George's, Maryland, Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John SUMMERS was born about 1713 in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America; died on 22 Nov 1786 in Prince George's County, Maryland.
2. Sarah SUMMERS was born in 1714 in Maryland, British Colonial America; died in 1719.
3. Mary SUMMERS was born about 1719 in England; was christened on 7 Apr 1719 in North Molton, Devon, England; died on 26 Dec 1817 in Anne Arundel, Maryland.
4. Rachel SUMMERS was born in 1721 in Maryland; died in 1795 in Tazewell County, Virginia.
5. Rebecca SUMMERS was born in 1721 in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America; died in 1789 in Prince George's, Maryland; was buried in Maryland.
6. George SUMMERS was born in 1722 in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America; died on 16 Dec 1795 in Prince George's, Maryland; was buried in 1809 in Frederick, Maryland.
7. William SUMMERS was born on 22 Apr 1726 in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America; died on 7 Jan 1767 in Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America.
8. Dent SUMMERS was born in 1727 in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America; died in 1809 in Frederick, Maryland; was buried in 1809 in Frederick, Maryland.
9. James SUMMERS was born in 1729 in Prince George's, Maryland; died before 14 Feb 1761 in Prince George's, Maryland.
10. Thomas SUMMERS was born about 1730 in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America; died in 1799 in North Carolina.
11. Joseph SUMMERS was born in 1730 in Prince George, Maryland; died before 16 Jan 1809 in Newberry, South Carolina; was buried in Chapman-Summers Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina.
12. Jemima SUMMERS was born on 20 Aug 1733 in Prince George's, Maryland; died in 1800 in Rowan, North Carolina; was buried in Rowan, North Carolina.
13. Col Benjamin SUMMERS was born on 1 Jun 1737 in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America; died on 25 Dec 1783 in Boone, Kentucky.
14. Ruth SUMMERS was born in 1738 in Prince George, Maryland; died on 2 Nov 1798 in Montgomery, Maryland; was buried in 1798.
15. Mary SUMMERS was born in 1741 in Piscattaway Hundred, Prince Georges, Maryland; and died.

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• LifeSketch: Unknown; Son of Emmigrant John Summer
• Arrival: 1674, Prince George's, Maryland
• Residence: 1 Mar 1703, Prince George's, Maryland

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Son of Immigrant John Summers. The first reported Summers in this line was a John Summers. On 18 December 1671, a Captain John Boddy...having transported 12 persons to Maryland to inhabit, among whom was JOHN SUMMERS, proved his right to 600 acres of land. (Research Note: This ownership of land was needed to Immigrate at this time by the King of England wishing to stem the tide of Immigrants leaving) (Note: John Summers fathers age was then above 21 to have purchased this land BEFORE LEAVING)

John Summers father was believed to be between 16 and 25 years of age (born about 1650), this being the age of most transported. He would have faced a doubtful crossing of the Atlantic. A most dangerous thing at those times, where sickness, on board fires and ship wreaks were only some of the fears. The crossing if it went well would have taken 2 months. Most of the time spent below decks in cramped quarters with little light, sanitation or ventilation. Many died of disease on these journeys and John would had to have the true Pioneer spirit to make this trips.

John showed himself to be a rugged individualist, by 1682 he was already paying ground rent (tax) on 120 acres of land called Pitchcraft. It was on the Westside of the Patuxent River in the freshes, in Calvert County, later called Prince Georges, County. As most people of the time he was a Planter (Farmer) by trade. He also was active in the community. He testified for a Edward Gold (a Negro) and his freedom in June 1692. He served on Jury duty twice in 1698, and was appointed overseer of the Mount Calvert Hundred (a piece of property). He was married to a Rebecca Dent and had 4 children; William Summers, John Summers 2nd, Sarah Summers and Lucy Summers. He died about 1705 and left his estate to his Wife Rebecca. When she remarried (to a Henry Mackbee in 1708) the estate went to his two sons. Rebecca died about 1711.

John married Elizabeth MANLEY in Dec 1785 in Maryland. Elizabeth was born about 1670; died in in Maryland, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• LifeSketch: ; "Emigrated to Maryland in 1671. Brought over by Captain John Boddy.
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• Residence: 1 Mar 1703, Prince George's, Maryland

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"Emigrated to Maryland in 1671. Brought over by Captain John Boddy.
This line of Summers are believed to come from England. The first reported Summers in this line was a John Summers. On 18 December 1671, a Captain John Boddy...having transported 12 persons to Maryland to inhabit, among whom was JOHN SUMMERS, proved his right to 600 acres of land. (Research Note: This ownership of land was needed to Immigrate at this time by the King of England wishing to stem the tide of Immigrants leaving) (Note: John Summers age was then above 21 to have purchased this land BEFORE LEAVING)

John Summers was believed to be between 16 and 25 years of age (born about 1650), this being the age of most transported. He would have faced a doubtful crossing of the Atlantic. A most dangerous thing at those times, where sickness, on board fires and ship wreaks were only some of the fears. The crossing if it went well would have taken 2 months. Most of the time spent below decks in cramped quarters with little light, sanitation or ventilation. Many died of disease on these journeys and John would had to have the true Pioneer spirit to make this trips.

John showed himself to be a rugged individualist, by 1682 he was already paying ground rent (tax) on 120 acres of land called Pitchcraft. It was on the Westside of the Patuxent River in the freshes, in Calvert County, later called Prince Georges, County. As most people of the time he was a Planter (Farmer) by trade. He also was active in the community. He testified for a Edward Gold (a Negro) and his freedom in June 1692. He served on Jury duty twice in 1698, and was appointed overseer of the Mount Calvert Hundred (a piece of property). He was married to a Rebecca Dent and had 4 children; William Summers, John Summers 2nd, Sarah Summers and Lucy Summers. He died about 1705 and left his estate to his Wife Rebecca. When she remarried (to a Henry Mackbee in 1708) the estate went to his two sons. Rebecca died about 1711.

John married Rebecca Elizabeth DENT on 18 Dec 1671 in Maryland. Rebecca (daughter of Judge Thomas "John" DENT and Rebecca WILKINSON) was born in Apr 1653 in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America; died in 1710 in Prince George's County, Maryland, British Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Summers was married to a Rebecca Dent and had 4 children; William Summers, John Summers 2nd, Sarah Summers and Lucy Summers. He died about 1705 and left his estate to his Wife Rebecca. When she remarried (to a Henry Mackbee in 1708) the estate went to his two sons. Rebecca died about 1711.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dent,_Sr.: ; Wikipedia
• Name: Thomas Dent
• _UID: 0A9CE170C0F945919A5DA50ED60B24457AC5
• Immigrated to Maryland: Abt 1658, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America
• Vestryman: 1661, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America
• Occupation: 1665, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America; Sheriff
• Occupation: 1669, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America; Coroner
• Occupation: Between 1669 and 1675, St. Mary's, Maryland, British Colonial America; Member of the Lower House

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(Judge Thomas Dent) Lawyer, merchant, planter. Came to America in 1643.

Several government positions. Land owned at death over 1000 acres, plus three plantations of undetermined acreage.

Will dated 28 Mar 1676, proven 21 Apr 1676.

Faith: protestant.

==== Will - Contributed USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Long Emery Dent, Thomas, St. Mary's Co. 28 Mch., 1676 21st Apr., 1676
To son William and hrs., "Westbury Manor" and part of land at Nanjemy, Chas. Co.

To son Thomas and hrs., residue of sd. land at Nanjemy, Chas. Co.

To sons Peter and George, and hrs., "Gisbrough" and "Brothers' Joint Interest" in Chas. Co., equally.

To dau. Margaret and hrs., 1 A. in St. Mary's Co.

To wife Rebecca, execx., and hrs., land on Portobacco Clifts, Chas. Co. Test: Wm. Hatton, Wm. Harper.


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3. 14 Aug 1631 - bapt of Thomas at Guisborough.

Circa 1659, emigrated to Maryland with his cousin John Dent and his nephew Nicholas Proddy

****Quaker?
This region of Westmorland and Yorkshire was populated with sturdy, independent yeoman farmers who were not sympathetic to Puritanism. With geographically huge parishes, and far-flung manors unable or unwilling to exert the same close control as in the more densely populated south, people could more freely express their dissatisfaction with tithes and rents. The Pilgrimage of Grace of 1536 should probably be seen more as a tenant revolt than as a pietistic attempt to restore the old Catholic religion. The issues raised in the 1530s were still alive more than a century later when they merged with the Quaker testimony against compulsory tithes to support an established church. The area produced a number of Friends in 1652 and thereafter.

John Dent of Sedbergh, and
Thomas and Agnes WILKINSON of Dent became Friends, but their precise relationship with our line (if any) has not yet been discovered by me.[2] If a reader can help out, I'd appreciate hearing from you.

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Is this John??https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMRS-5L7


Thomas Dent, b. 1631 in Guisborough; d. 1676; m. Rebecca WILKINSON; emigrated to Maryland. In the 1684 Visitation of Cambridgeshire, he is listed under his brother Peter's register, as having "ob. in Maryland in the West Indies."[9]



Col. Thomas Dent Sr., Gent. (1630? 1676), Justice, Sheriff, and member of the Lower House of the Maryland General Assembly.
Thomas was born about 1630 in the Parish of Guisborough, Yorkshire, England making him slightly less than thirty years of age upon his arrival in America around 1658. He resided in Saint Mary's County, Maryland.

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Thomas Dent married Elizabeth Brooks first. Later, he married Rebecca Wilkinson in 1659.

He emigrated to the US about 1652 to Maryland. He named one section of his property in Charles County Gisborough after his birthplace in England.

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Thomas Dent1 was born in Guisborough, Yorkshire about 1630, son of Peter and Margaret (Nicholson), and died in St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1676. Thomas married Rebecca WILKINSON, the daughter of the Rev. William and his first wife, Naomi (HUGHES?).[10]

Thomas established himself as a barrister, and sought quarters on Barristers' Row in St. Mary's City. Cecil CALVERT, Second Lord Baltimore, granted him fifty acres within the town limits, on Aldermansbury Street, which he called "The Lawyer's Lodging."[14]

Thomas was a merchant and planter, as well as a barrister. Between his arrival and 1676 he entered rights for transporting at least 75 people. By 1669 he owned 850 acres. At the time of his death in 1676 he owned 1,083 acres plus three additional plantations of unspecified size.[15] Thomas and Rebecca lived on one of the creeks emptying into the St. Mary's River, on the west bank in St. George's Hundred, where Thomas had his own private landing.[16]

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Thomas died at his plantation "Nanjamie" (also spelled Nanjemoy) in Charles County between 28 March 1676 when he signed his will, and 22 April 1676 when his death was reported to the St. Mary's County court. He was 46 years old, and presumably was ill when he wrote his will. His estate was valued at ?596.8.0 sterling (or 130,129 pounds of tobacco), and included six enslaved humans, eight indentured servants, silver plate, a seal ring, merchandise in the store, and books (among other things). His dwelling plantation was in St. Mary's County; he also owned Nanjemy, or "Nanjemoy Quarters" in Charles County where he kept four of the negro slaves, three white indentured servants, much livestock, and a sailboat.[27] His will was witnessed by William HATTON, his wife's brother-in-law, and William HARPER. They filed a second inventory 9 May 1676, for the St. Mary's County property.[28 ] Thomas named his wife executrix, bequeathed her land on Portobacco Clifts in Charles County, and left specific lands to his children, which are given below.[29] Rebecca filed the estate inventory 7-9 September 1676. Thomas had died before his daughter Barbara was born, so she was not named in his will. Rebecca conveyed 200 acres to William Hatton in trust for Barbara's benefit on 20 November 1676; the deed was later confirmed 6 June 1704 by Rebecca and John ADDISON.[30]

Some of these notes come from the DENT report from RootsWeb. Refrence included in Sources.
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~paxson/southern/dent.html#7dent

Thomas married Rebecca WILKINSON in 1648 in St Mary's, Maryland. Rebecca (daughter of William WILKINSON and Naomi HUGHES) was born in 1633 in Lynnhaven Parish, Norfolk, Virginia, Colonial America; died on 5 Feb 1687 in Hutton, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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