Nathaniel Sumner
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Nathaniel Sumner (April 10, 1720-December 23, 1802) represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.
Sumner was born in Roxbury on April 10, 1720.[1] He was graduated from Harvard College in 1739.[1] On September 5, 1743, he married Hannah Ballard of Walpole in Dedham.[1] They had seven children: George, Hannah, Mary, Ebenezer, Nathiel, and William.[1]
The family lived in the South Parish, in what is today Norwood.[1] He was a captain in the militia and a deacon in the South Church.[1] He died on December 23, 1802.[1]