The Sumner Family Tree

Welcome to the Sumner Family Tree.

This Sumner family originated in Wiltshire, south-west of Devizes, around the villages of Erlestoke, Potterne and Seend. Many centuries later spreading to Cheltenham, Bristol and worldwide.

Over the centuries the family surname has changed from Sumpner - possibly meaning the owner of a packhorse to Sumner and Somner. Sumner has two possible occupational meanings - (1) a Court Summoner and (2) a local official whose job it was to ensure all parishioners attended church each week. This tree follows the Sumpner's and then the Sumner's. The Somner's seem to have taken a separate line (more research needed).

My Family Tree now contains over 10,000 individuals and includes within it the trees of the Kennett (north Kent), Kennett (south Kent), Sherring, Bruton, Oram and Few families. Click on 'Index' at the top of this page for a full listing of all those individuals included.

John Hilton Sumner

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