When Mary Susannah Summer was born in 1774, in Lexington, South Carolina, United States, her father, John Henry Summers, was 28 and her mother, Clementine Christina Dominick, was 28. She married Abrahart Fulmer in 1799, in Lexington, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1840, in her hometown, at the age of 66, and was buried in Chapin, Lexington, South Carolina, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On June 28, 1776, the Battle of Sullivan's Island takes place on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Since it is so close to Charelston, the battle is sometimes referred to as the First Siege of Charleston. This is the first time that the Americans had a victory against a land and sea attack by the British.
"In 1792, South Carolina passes a law called the ""head tax"" for all free African Americans from age 16-50. This tax was $2.00."
English: from the Middle English (Old English) personal name Sumor, Sumer, originally a nickname from Middle English sum(m)er ‘summer’, and perhaps still a nickname (compare 4 below) in the period of surname formation. The personal name is not independently recorded but in England appears in the placenames Somersall (Derbyshire) and Somersham (Suffolk and Cambridgeshire).
English: occupational name from Middle English somer, somour, perhaps a shortened form of sommerer, somerour ‘packhorse man, carrier’, itself a derivative of Middle English somer (Old French sommier) ‘beast of burden, packhorse’. Alternatively, the name may imply ‘porter, carrier’. It is possible that somer and somour are derivatives of Middle English som(m)e, sum(m)e ‘weight’, derived from Old French somme, some ‘weight, burden’. Compare Middle English seme, some (Old English sēam, sēom) ‘load, burden, weight’. This surname is widely recorded across medieval England but the absence of any Middle English examples with the definite article and of any relevant contextual evidence makes an occupational sense difficult to confirm. However, the Middle English surname Somister, which appears to be occupational (see Sumpter ), may imply the existence of a twin form Somer, similar to pairs like Baker and Baxter, Webber and Webster.
English: possibly also from a Middle English assimilated form of Sumner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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