Ancestry of
Brian Wilson

Co-Founder of The Beach Boys

William Sumner

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Brian Wilson — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2128 
  • Father:
  • William Sumner Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Clement   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Feb 1656 
  • Birth Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Jul 1703 
  • Death Location:
  • Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Henchman
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1678 
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  Hezekiah Sumner (Ahnentafel No:1064 )

  Sarah Sumner

• Additional marriages for William Sumner

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  • Spouse:
  • Rachel Avery
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 May 1677
  • Marriage Location:
  • Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

• Sources for William Sumner

  • ¹ Appleton, William Sumner, Record of the Descendants of William Sumner, of Dorchester, Mass., 1636, Boston: David Clapp and Son, Printers (1879), 2, 4.
  • ² Connecticut Society of Genealogists, The Connecticut Nutmegger, 1988, Vol. 21, Page 431.
  • ³ Meggison, Michael Thomas, "#71 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The Immediate New England and Royal Ancestry of the Beach Boys", (accessed 11/21/2016).
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 823, 835.

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