Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1880 Armada Twp, Macomb, Michigan census,

Benjamin Sumner Armada, Macomb, MI abt 1813 Vermont Self
Mary Sumner Armada, Macomb, MI abt 1822 Canada Wife
Charles Sumner Armada, Macomb, MI abt 1846 Canada Son
Jane Sumner Armada, Macomb, MI abt 1860 Michigan Daughter
Abbie Sumner Armada, Macomb, MI abt 1864 Michigan Daughter

Benjamin married Mary PRATT on 18 Dec 1837 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario. Mary was born on 18 Dec 1822 in Canada; died on 24 Apr 1888 in Armada Twp, Macomb, Michigan; was buried in Willowgrove cemetery, Armada, Macomb, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Benjamin Tyler SUMNER was born on 19 May 1839 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died on 13 Mar 1918 in Richmond Township, Macomb County, Michigan.
2. Mary SUMNER was born on 09 Aug 1841 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario.
3. William A SUMNER was born on 06 Feb 1844 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died after 1900 in Riley, St Clair County, Michigan.
4. Charles Oscar SUMNER was born on 18 Jan 1846 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died after 1880 in Armada, Macomb County, Michigan.
5. John Jackson SUMNER was born on 29 Dec 1848 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario.
6. Luther SUMNER was born on 17 Mar 1850 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died after 1880 in Riley, St Clair County, Michigan.
7. Sarah Jane SUMNER was born in 1855 in Armada Twp, Macomb, Michigan.
8. Abbie SUMNER was born in 1864 in Armada Twp, Macomb, Michigan.

Benjamin married Lucinda SHAVER in 1887 in Armada, Macomb County, Michigan. Lucinda was born in Oct 1839 in Canada; died in 1911 in Armada, Macomb County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Sarah TYLER on 23 Jan 1793 in Bristol, Addison, Vermont. Sarah (daughter of Col Benjamin TYLER and Mehetable ANDREWS) was born in 1768 in Claremont, New Hampshire; died in 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Historical Note: The Year Was 1789

The year was 1789 and in the U.S. a young government was beginning to take shape. In its first nationwide election, the popular Revolutionary War general, George Washington, became the country's first president and was sworn in at the first capitol of the United States, Federal Hall in New York City.

In France, a rebellion was underway and with the storming of the Bastille prison, the French Revolution began. In its reporting on the subject, The Times of London, England had the following to say of the conflict:

The spirit of liberty which so long lay in a state of death, oppressed by the hand of power, received its first spark of returning animation, by the incautious and impolitic assistance afforded to America. The French soldier on his return from that emancipated continent, told a glorious tale to his countrymen--"That the arms of France had given freedome to thirteen United States, and planted the standard of liberty on the battlements of New York and Philadelphia." The idea of such a noble deed became a general object of admiration, the [facets?] of a similar state were eagerly longed for by all ranks of people, and the vox populi had this force of argument--"If France gave freedom to America, why should she not unchain the arbitrary fetters which bind her own people.

Later that year, the Marquis de Lafayette, with the advice of Thomas Jefferson who was at the time the American ambassador to France, drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It was adopted by France's National Assembly in August and ratified by Louis XVI in October.

There was unrest in other parts of the world as well. Sweden and Russia were at war, and briefly, Norway had joined the conflict, although a peace treaty was signed in July 1789.

In a smaller, but well-known conflict, the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty was also in the year 1789. On April 28, part of the crew of the Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied and set Captain William Bligh and eighteen crewmembers adrift. Bligh managed to get the boat some 3,600 miles to Timor. Some of the mutineers were captured and prosecuted--three were hanged, while others, including Fletcher Christian ended up on Pitcairn Island, where some of their descendants live to this day.

In 1789, there was an epidemic of influenza in New England, New York, and Nova Scotia, which resulted in many deaths due to secondary cases of pneumonia. The new president was among those who fell ill. He caught a cold while visiting Boston, and later, was affected more seriously with influenza, which was dubbed Washington Influenza.

RS married Rebecca DOWNER on 07 Jun 1761 in Hebron, Tolland, Vermont. Rebecca was born on 04 Feb 1739 in Sunderland, Massachusetts; died about 1783 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Col married Mehetable ANDREWS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Physician married Hannah HUNT on 11 Oct 1721 in Lebanon, New London, CT. Hannah was born on 03 Oct 1702 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died on 02 Apr 1781 in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]