Robert SUMMERS*

1758 - 1833  (75 years)

• Name	Robert SUMMERS*  [1, 2]
  Born	1758	Cumberland, England   [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           d. 17 Nov 1862  (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Margaret SUMMERS*           b. 1795, Cumberland, England           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           d. 24 Mar 1897, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)  [natural]   5. Elizabeth SUMMERS           b. 1808, Cumberland, England           d. 1880  (Age 72 years)  [natural]   6. Thomas SUMMERS*           b. 1817, Cumberland, England           d. 22 Oct 1889  (Age 72 years)  [natural]   7. Jane SUMMERS           b. 1795, Cumberland, England           d. 1864, London Tp,, Middlesex, Upper Canada  (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

  [S10] Brick Street Cemetery marker. [S20] Glen Curnoe records.