Robert SUMMERS*

Male 1758 - 1833  (75 years)


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  • Name Robert SUMMERS*  [1, 2
    Born 1758  Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Aug 1833  [1
    Person ID I779  Brick Street Cemetery, London, Ontario
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Family Margaret BELL*
              b. 1772, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 17 Nov 1862  (Age 90 years) 
    Children 
     1. Margaret SUMMERS*
              b. 1795, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Feb 1890  (Age 95 years)  [natural]
     2. Mary SUMMERS*
              b. 1803
              d. 17 Sep 1897  (Age 94 years)  [natural]
     3. John SUMMERS*
              b. 1806
              d. 12 Apr 1889  (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     4. Robert SUMMERS*
              b. 14 Jul 1810, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Mar 1897, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)  [natural]
     5. Elizabeth SUMMERS
              b. 1808, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1880  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     6. Thomas SUMMERS*
              b. 1817, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Oct 1889  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     7. Jane SUMMERS
              b. 1795, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1864, London Tp,, Middlesex, Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • came to Canada in 1819
      bought L36 & L37 C1 in 1820
      [History of the County of Middlesex, Canada p.572] "Robert Summers came from Cumberland County, England, in 1819, bringing with him his family. It is stated that the family came the time that James Nixon's family came; but this is wrong, as the Nixons settled in New York in 1816, and came to Westminster in February, 1819
      [London Township Families Past & Present, p485] "Robert Summers (1756-1833) was a farmer and weaver in Bewcastle, Cumberland, England. His wife was Margaret Bell (1767-1858). They immigrated to Upper Canada in 1819 with their three sons and four daughters and settled in Middlesex County. They spent the first winter on Con. 2, then moved to Brick St., Westminster Twp. in 1820 where the parents lived out their lives. Some of their children married people from London Township. The children were Margaret (Mrs. James Nixon), Jane (Mrs. George Routledge), Mary (Mrs. Eli Trowbridge), John, Elizabeth (Mrs. George Robson), Robert Jr. (Isabella Robson), and Thomas.
      Summers 11

      [HCM, p. 1013]: Robert Summers was a farmer and weaver by trade, and when sixty-four or sixty-five years old came to Canada, in June, 1819, and nine weeks fromt the day he started landed in Quebec. He came soon after to Middlesex County, and the first winter lived on the 2nd Concession. Early in February, 1820, he bought a place on Brick street, in Westminster Township, and moved there on the 1st of May. Here he lived until his death in August, 1833, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife died in 1858, at the age of ninety-one. their family consisted of three sons and four daughters, whose names are as follows: -- Margaret (the wife of James Nixon), Jane (wife of George Routledge, died in 1847), Mary (wife of Eli Trowbridge, who is also dead), John (died 11th of April, 1889), Elizabeth (wife of George Robson), Robert and Thomas. Four of the children are now living. Margaret, the eldest daughter, is ninety-four years of age; Mary is eighty-five; Robert is seventy-nine; and Thomas is 72.

      [HCM, p. 1029]: Robert Summers came with his family from Cumberland County, England, in 1819, and to his marriage were born six children -- Jane, Mary, Joh, Elizabeth, Robert and Thomas. Mr. Summers settled on Lot 36, 1st Concession, \nx li sx fhsds fhs dsm\inxsd oc hiz x\yz. s xisx in fhs ys\d 1833 at the age of 77. He was the owner of about 500 acres of land, and was a well-to-do farmer.

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Brick Street Cemetery marker.

    2. [S20] Glen Curnoe records.