Bradford SUMNER [Parents] 1 was born in 1782 in Taunton, Ma. He died 2 on 28 Sep 1855 in Cambridge, MA. He was buried in Cambridge. He married Amelia BERTODY on 27 Jun 1813 in Wrentham.
Bradford graduated from Brown University in 1808. He lived at Leicester1813-20; in Boston 1820-53; was city orator July 4, 1828, wasrepresentative 1824-25, was often a candidate for higher office, asmayoralty of Boston and membership of Congress, but was always defeated;moved to Cambridge; died Sept. 25, 1855
From the Brown Necrology in the PROVIDENCE JOURNAL in 1856.
" BRADFORD SUMNER, class of 1808, died at Cambridge, Mass, (date) aged73. He was a Tutor in the University from 1809 to 1811, and afterwardssettled as a lawyer in Boston, where for nearly fifty years he dischargedthe duties of his profession with uprightness and honor, and won forhimself the highest respect of the community."
Amelia BERTODY [Parents] was born about Oct 1793 in Wrentham. She died on 11 Apr 1882 in Cambridge, MA. She was buried in Cambridge. She married Bradford SUMNER on 27 Jun 1813 in Wrentham.
They had the following children:
F i Amelia Bertody SUMNER was born on 17 Jun 1814. She died on 30 Mar 1852. F ii Anne SUMNER was born on 8 Aug 1815. She died on 4 Dec 1905. M iii Charles Bradford SUMNER was born on 8 Jun 1817 in Leicester, , Ma. He died on 22 Mar 1825. M iv Francis SUMNER was born on 29 Nov 1818 in Leicester, , Ma. He died on 15 Dec 1878. F v Emma SUMNER was born on 5 Sep 1820. She died on 4 Oct 1854. M vi George Edward SUMNER was born on 24 Jul 1822. He died on 8 Oct 1901. F vii Helen SUMNER was born on 3 Aug 1825. M viii Arthur SUMNER was born on 26 Sep 1827. He died on 5 Feb 1899. M ix Walter SUMNER was born on 22 Feb 1832 in Boston, , Ma.
Charles A. Rapallo [Parents] was born in 1863 in New York, NY. He married Constance Arnold on 3 Nov 1889 in Benjamin Arnold's residence in New York.
He was a railway executive until his death in 1927. Source: Encylopediaof American Biography, published by The American Historical Co., Inc. ,New York 1943
Constance Arnold [Parents].Constance married Charles A. Rapallo on 3 Nov 1889 in Benjamin Arnold's residence in New York.
They had the following children:
Carlo Rapallo was born in Italy.
He had the following children:
M i Antonio Rapallo was born in 1795. He died in 1855.
Benjamin Gould [Parents] 1 was born on 15 May 1751 in Topsfield, MA. He died on 30 May 1841 in Newburyport, MA. He married Griselda (Grizzell) Apthorp Flagg on 19 Jul 1781.
Benjamin Gould was a sergeant 1775 April in Capt. John Baker's company,and Col. Moses Little's regiment. Benjamin Gould, with thirty minutemenfrom Topsfield under his command, marched to Lexington, April 19, 1775,and in that fight received a wound that scarred his cheek through life.He was commissioned captain in the Continental Army, and after the battleof Bunker Hill was the last man to cross Charlestown Neck in retreat.He was present at the battles of White Plains, NY, and Bennington, VT. Indetachment of 500 to Mt. Independence on Lake Champlain, commanded byCol. Johnson; in Capt. Flint's division at Stillwater, Oct. 7, he tookcommand when Capt Flint was killed, and he was at the surrender ofBurgoyne, Saratoga, Oct. 7. Returning home, he filled various importantpositions in 1778 and 1779. In 1780, he went to reinforce the garrisonat West Point, commanding a company in regiment of Col. Ward of Ipswich,and was captain of the main guard at the time of Arnold's escape andAndre's capture.
After his marriage he lived until 1805 in Lancaster, MA, where hischildren were born; then returned to his native Topsfield, but in 1808moved to Newburyport, where he resided for the remainder of is life, anddied soon after completing his ninetieth year. His gravestone bears theinscription, written by his daughter, Hannah: "His country's servant,in the fear of God
He sought her rights, not knowing other fear
A soldier of the cross, he meekly trod
The path prescribed by Zion's leader here."
Gould, Benjamin (Mass). Corporal; wounded at Lexington, 19th April, 1775;Sergeant in Little's Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775;Ensign 12th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776;Captain Massachusetts Militia, 1777-1780. (Died 30th May, 1841.)
Griselda (Grizzell) Apthorp Flagg [Parents] was born on 2 May 1753. She died on 19 Jan 1827. She married Benjamin Gould on 19 Jul 1781.
Grizzell (Griselda) Flagg married Captain Benjamin Gould who was arevolutionary soldier.
It is at this point, July 19, 1781, that the Flagg name joins the Sloanfamily line.
In the records of Watertown the name is spelled Fleg or Flegg, inconformity - as in English patronnymics is so usual - with itsgeographical derivation, but in general at other places conforming tothe sound.
There exists a German family name, Flagge, which may be easily confusedwith our family name, especially if, by a process of being Americanized,its final syllable is incorrectly silen in pronunciation. There are stillmembers of the Flegg family using the ancient and correct orthography inLondon, England. (The name's spelling was changed to Flagg from Flegg byAmerican descendents.)
Flegg is an old English surname, the family having its origin, traditionsays, in one Rawl Flegg, a Norse viking who ravaged the eastern coast andmade settlement in Norfolk about 868. There was the seat of the familyand there are located (1905) FLEGG Hall and the hundreds of East and WestFlegg, old civil divisions of the county. (Extract from article inVermont Antiquarian, March, 1905, by Charles Allcott Flagg, ofWashington, D.C., furnished through courtesy of John Henry Flagg of NewYork city and of Dr. John S. Flagg of Cambridge, Mass.)
They had the following children:
M i John Flagg Gould was born on 26 Jun 1782. He died in 1828. F ii Griselda Flagg Gould was born on 3 Feb 1784. She died in 1808. F iii Esther Gould was born on 3 Oct 1785. She died in 1866. M iv Benjamin Apthorp Gould was born on 15 Jun 1787. He died on 24 Oct 1859. F v Hannah Flagg Gould was born on 3 Sep 1789. She died on 5 Sep 1865.
She was among the earliest of American poets, and her poems long enjoyedgreat popularity. Most of them are short and of the lyric type. Thefirst volume was collected by some of her friends, and published in 1832,passing through several editions. A second volume appeared in 1836, and athird in 1841. Other volumes, published in later years were the GoldenVase, 1843; Gathered Leaves, 1846; New Poems, 1850; The Diosma (partlyselections),1850; The Youth's Coronal, 1851; Mother's Dream, 1853; Hymnsand Poems for Children, 1854. They are characterized by delicate fancy,a cheerful and frolicsome spirit and earnest piety.F vi Mary Gould was born in 1790.
Died in infancyF vii Rebecca Gould was born in 1790.
Died in infancyF viii Sarah Gould was born in 1790.
Died in infancyF ix Elizabeth Gould was born on 17 Jul 1791. M x Gershom Flagg Gould was born in 1793. He died on 17 Jan 1840.
John Gould [Parents] was born on 29 Jan 1708/1709. He died on 21 Jun 1778. He married Esther Giles on 5 Jan 1747/1748.
John Gould was selectman eight years beginning 1749; representative tothe General Court, and, later to the Provincial Congress. (He died whileattending the Provincial Congress at Watertown.) The instructions givenhim by the town of Topsfield have been published by his descendant, Mr.John H. Gould, town clerk, in Vol. xxii of the Historical Collections ofthe Essex Institute. They were prepared by a committee, appointed by thecitizens for the purpose, and bear the date, June 14, 1776. They areentitled "Instructions for Mr. John Gould, representative of Topsfield,as a rule of conduct in the General Court respecting the United Coloniesin America, being declared independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain."This soberly considered and eminently patriotic document closes with thefollowing words:
"Having thus freely spoken our sentiments in respect to independence &c.,we now instruct you, Sir, to give the Honorable Continental Congress thestrongest assurances, that if, for the safety of these United Colonies,they shall declare America to be independent of the Kingdom of GreatBritain, your constituents will support and defend the measure with livesand fortunes, to the utmost of their power."
Esther Giles [Parents] was born on 8 Jun 1718. She died on 20 Dec 1788. She married John Gould on 5 Jan 1747/1748.
Other marriages:Taylor, James
Bixby, Richard
She was widow of Richard Bixby and previously of James Taylor, Jr. Herson, Bartholomew Taylor was living at the time of her third marriage, butdied, aged about 20 years.
They had the following children:
M i John Gould was born on 1 Oct 1749. He died in 1820. M ii Benjamin Gould was born on 15 May 1751. He died on 30 May 1841. F iii Esther Gould was born on 7 Mar 1754. She died in 1817. F iv Elizabeth Gould was born on 6 May 1756. She died on 11 Jun 1843.
Jazaniah Sumner [Parents] 1 was born in 1753 in Taunton. He died on 20 Aug 1835 in Taunton. He married Abigail Carver.
Other marriages:Fuller, Joanna
He was married twice and lived in Taunton where he was a deacon.
Abigail Carver died in 1795. She married Jazaniah Sumner.
They had the following children:
M i Bradford SUMNER was born in 1782. He died on 28 Sep 1855. M ii John Sumner. F iii Frances Adams Sumner was born in 1785. She died in 1828. M iv Marshall Sumner. F v Abigail Carver Sumner was born on 14 Feb 1788. F vi Nancy Sumner. F vii Harriet Crane Sumner was born on 14 Oct 1795.
Francis Augustus BERTODY [Parents] was born in 1737 in Ispahan, Persia. He died on 23 Jan 1800 in At Sea. He married Ursula PLYMPTON on 16 Jan 1785 in Wrentham, Ma.
Dr Francis Bertody was born in Isaphan, Persia, his mother a Persian -his father an Italian. He was educated at the University of Padua - was amember of the College of Physicians of Venice - Physician to Monsieur theCount de Provence, brother of Louis XVI, who afterwards reigned as LouisXVIII. How long before the breaking out of the French Revolution he cameto this country I do not know. He died when I was 6 years old, and Ithink he must have been here nearly 20 years. I remember him as a talldistinguished-looking man with powdered hair who spoke to us always inFrench, for though master of nine languages, he would never attempt tospeak English. But with all his learning and distinction I fear that henever attained the distinction of a Christian, for I have heard Ma speakof long arguments between him and Bishop Chevereux in which he was alwaysadverse to the Christian faith, and yet all his children were baptised bythe Bishop and his successor, Mr (Msr.?) Matignon. So you see by baptismI belong to the Catholic Church.
(From a letter, dated July 22, 1879 by Amelia Bertody Sumner to herniece, Mattie Bertody Stone.)
Ursula PLYMPTON [Parents] 1 was born on 19 Aug 1767 in Sturbridge, MA. She died on 21 Dec 1852 in Boston, Ma. She married Francis Augustus BERTODY on 16 Jan 1785 in Wrentham, Ma.
She was a survivor of the Deerfield massacre by indians.
Born in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Source: Vital Records of Sturbridge
They had the following children:
F i Sophia BERTODY was born in Dec 1785 in Wrentham, Ma. She died on 27 Dec 1805. F ii Elizabeth BERTODY was born in 1789 in Wrentham, Ma. She died on 7 Apr 1805. F iii Matilda BERTODY was born about 1790 in Wrentham, , Ma. M iv Francis BERTODY was born about 1791 in Wrentham, , Ma. He died in Aug 1864. F v Amelia BERTODY was born about Oct 1793. She died on 11 Apr 1882. M vi Charles BERTODY was born about 1795. U vii Kias BERTODY was born on 4 Aug 1769 in Sturbridge, , Ma.
Francois BARTHOLDI was born about 1710 in Ispahan, Persia.
He had the following children:
M i Francis Augustus BERTODY was born in 1737. He died on 23 Jan 1800.
Henry Swift was born in Falmouth. He married Amelia Bertody SUMNER.
Amelia Bertody SUMNER [Parents] was born on 17 Jun 1814 in Leicester. She died on 30 Mar 1852 in Brooklyn. She married Henry Swift.
They had the following children:
F i Nellie Swift.
William Toffey was born in Rhinebeck, NY. He died in 1848. He married Anne SUMNER in 1845 in Boston.
Anne SUMNER [Parents] was born on 8 Aug 1815 in Leicester, , Ma. She died on 4 Dec 1905 in New York City. She married William Toffey in 1845 in Boston.
They had the following children:
F i Kate Toffey.