Frederick SUMMERSAge: 32 years1787–1820
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- Frederick SUMMERS
 Birth | November 1787 49 47 Note: Nov 5 1787 is the likely date of Frederick Summers baptism, but there are other possibilities. The … Frederick Summers - 35th Foot Soldiers List Note: WO 25/372 from the British Archives has information on Frederic Summers including his age, place of birth, date of separation from the Army. It also states he was a Volunteer from the South Gloucestershire on 19 Apr 1805.
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 Baptism | November 5, 1787 |
 Military | 1810-1816 |
 Birth of a sister | Martha SUMMERS November 5, 1787 |
| Military service | between January 7, 1800 and September 4, 1802 (Age 12 years) |
| Military | 35th Foot of the British Army between 1805 and 1816 (Age 17 years)Note: Frederick Summers appeared in musters and soldier lists of the 35th Foot from 1805-1816.
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| Military | South Glocestershire Militia 1805 (Age 17 years)Note: According to his muster record in the 35th Foot, Frederick Summers Volunteered from the South Glocestershire Militia 19 April 1805, as did many others in his company.
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| Military service | between April 19, 1805 and June 12, 1816 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Ann PORTER — View this family August 28, 1805 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Male SUMMERS October 2, 1806 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a son | Male SUMMERS September 13, 1807 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha VIZARD June 10, 1810 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ann Priscilla SUMMERS November 21, 1812 (Age 25 years) Note: ARMY RECORDS BIRTHS:"Priscilla Summers Guernsey 1812 13th(sic)Regt vol 5 page 15"
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| Military | 13th Regiment of Foot between 1817 and 1820 (Age 29 years) Note: A record in Scotlands People states that John Stenna (John Stinner) of the 13th Foot in Edinburgh Ca… |
| Death of a father | Charles SUMMERS January 12, 1817 (Age 29 years) |
 Death | 1820 (Age 32 years) Ann Porter Summers Remarried in 1820 to John Stinner of 13th Foot Note: A record in Scotlands People states that John Stenna (John Stinner) of the 13th Foot in Edinburgh Castle married Ann Porter, relict of Sgt Summers of the same unit, in 1820. John Stinner does not appear in 13th Regiment musters after 1821.
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| Family with parents |
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Charles SUMMERS Birth: May 1738 — Near Cam, Gloucestershire Death: January 12, 1817 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
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Martha VIZARD Birth: September 19, 1740 30 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England Death: June 10, 1810 — Dursley, Gloucestershire |
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Marriage: January 2, 1760 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
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6 months elder sister |
Olive SUMMERS Birth: June 1760 22 19 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
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28 years himself |
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-24 years elder brother |
Charles “Charly” SUMMERS Birth: October 17, 1763 25 23 — Dursley, Gloucestershire |
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3 years elder brother |
John SUMMERS Birth: March 4, 1767 28 26 — Dursley, Gloucestershire Death: March 4, 1767 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
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3 years elder brother |
Thomas SUMMERS Birth: February 13, 1770 31 29 — Dursley, Gloucestershire |
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2 years elder sister |
Elizabeth SUMMERS Birth: May 17, 1772 34 31 — Dursley, Gloucestershire |
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William SUMMERS Death: February 28, 1774 — Dursley, Gloucestershire |
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Mary SUMMERS Birth: September 5, 1775 37 34 — Dursley, Gloucestershire |
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2 years elder brother |
Edward SUMMERS Birth: October 28, 1777 39 37 — Dursley, Gloucestershire Death: 1848 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
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16 months elder brother |
William SUMMERS Birth: February 19, 1779 40 38 — Dursley, Gloucestershire Death: February 24, 1779 — Dursley, Gloucestershire |
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18 months elder sister |
Ann SUMMERS Birth: August 6, 1780 42 39 — Dursley, Gloucestershire |
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7 years sister |
Martha SUMMERS Birth: November 5, 1787 49 47 — Dursley, Gloucestershire |
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Birth: March 1, 1785 38 27 — Frensham, Surrey County, England Death: September 3, 1862 — Warrick Co., IN |
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Marriage: August 28, 1805 — Parish of Broadway, County of Dorset, England |
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13 months son |
Male SUMMERS Birth: October 2, 1806 18 21 — Sicily Death: September 13, 1807 — Egypt |
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6 years daughter |
Ann Priscilla SUMMERS Birth: November 21, 1812 25 27 — Guernsey, Channel Islands, England Death: March 28, 1880 — Warrick Co., IN |
| Charles COLLEY + Ann PORTER |
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Charles COLLEY Birth: 1776 Death: March 9, 1849 |
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Birth: March 1, 1785 38 27 — Frensham, Surrey County, England Death: September 3, 1862 — Warrick Co., IN |
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Marriage: December 24, 1826 — St George the Martyr, Southwark, South London, England |
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-6 years step-daughter |
Susan COLLEY Birth: 1820 44 34 |
| John STINNER + Ann PORTER |
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John STINNER Death: 1822 |
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Birth: March 1, 1785 38 27 — Frensham, Surrey County, England Death: September 3, 1862 — Warrick Co., IN |
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Marriage: October 30, 1820 — Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Samuel GROVES + Ann PORTER |
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Samuel GROVES Birth: 1786 Death: August 1826 — Bermondsey, Southwark, England |
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Birth: March 1, 1785 38 27 — Frensham, Surrey County, England Death: September 3, 1862 — Warrick Co., IN |
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Marriage: January 1, 1823 — St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Surrey, England |
| Birth | Nov 5 1787 is the likely date of Frederick Summers baptism, but there are other possibilities. The parish records of Dursley have a baptism record for Frederick Summers and Martha Summers, children of Charles and Martha Summers on 5 Nov 1787. One possibility is that these were not twins but a delayed baptism for Frederick who was born a year earlier. Frederick's records from the British Army on 17 June 1816 stated he was 29 years and 220 days of age. Computing backwards, this would put his birthdate in Nov 1786. ( WO 25/372.) There was also a baptism record for Fredc Summers, son of Charles and Martha on 16 Oct 1783. It is likely that young Fredc died soon after 1783 and the next son was given the same name - a common occurrence. Frederick's discharge papers state he was born in Cam Parish, near Dursley. FREDERIC SUMMERS 05 Nov 1787 Baptism place DURSLEY Father's first name(s) Charles Mother's first name(s) Martha County Gloucestershire Record set Gloucestershire Baptisms |
| Military | Frederick Summers appeared in musters and soldier lists of the 35th Foot from 1805-1816. |
| Military | According to his muster record in the 35th Foot, Frederick Summers Volunteered from the South Glocestershire Militia 19 April 1805, as did many others in his company. |
| Military | Found in the British Archives in document WO25/1729, daily accounts of the 35th Foot in the 1810-1815 era. 25 Dec 1810. Twenty five men died and it appears to be at Walchern under the command of Maj C.C. Arnett. The next month's account had 23 dead and 2 deserted, Three more died between 25 Feb and 24 March with 2 more desertions under Capt C Wall, Commanding Officer reporting. Returns in July-Aug reported 4 desertions and no deaths. In the following Feb/Mar 2012 report it was stated that the unit was in Shorncliffe Barracks until 25 May/24 June where they were found at Guernsey for 4 months. No more entries were found until 1813. Margate Oct 25-Nov 26/1813 Hoeven Holland Nov 25-Dec 24/1813 Holland Dec 25-Mar 24/1814 Antwerp Mar 25-May 24/1814 Newport May 25-Aug 24/1814 Bruges Aug 25-Jan 1815 Ostend Jan 24-Mar 1815 Courtray Mar 25-May 24/1815 Camp Near Paris May 25 - Sep 24/1815 Marcou?? Sept 25 -Nov/1815 Audinghen (Near Calais) France Nov 25-Dec 24/1815 Dover Dec 25-Jan 24/1816 Waterford Ireland Jan 25-Apr 24/1816 |
| Military service | Napoleonic War - Regimental indexes 1806 Transcription Record collection:Regimental & service records Collections from:United Kingdom, Copyright Barbara Chambers Frederick Summers Year:1805 Enlistment Apr 19 Regiment:2/35th Foot, Rank:Serjeant WO25:967 Also, copied from original discharge papers of Frederick Summers. Originals in possession of Virginia Gaddis of Washington. "Discharged 12 June 1816. E.H. Berkeley Commanding Officer. Sergeant Summers of 2nd Battalion, 35th Regiment Elgin Fencibles 7 Jan 1800-4 Sep 1802 Thirty fifth 19 April 1805 - 12 June 1816, 11 years 54 days. Served at Egypt, Walcheren, Holland and Waterloo. Wounded by musketball at Walcheren. Sergeant Frederick Summers born in the parish of Cam in a near town of Dursley in the County of Gloucester. 5 feet 10 inches, dark brown har, fair complexion, hazle eyes S.S. Scarfe Captain 35th Regiment" And found in the British Archives: Frederick Summers name is listed as sergeant of the 35th Foot in the list of soldiers present at the Battle of Waterloo, in Capt Weare's Co, 2nd Battalion. |
| Marriage | DORSET MARRIAGES VOL 2, transcribed by Clifford Tatler, SOG. Marriage of Ann Porter and Frederick Summers (soldier 35 Regt), 28 Aug 1805 - by banns. (Looks like Frederick signed name, she made X). Witnesses: William Read and Thomas Whittle. The LDS microfiln of the Bishop's Transcripts for Broadway has a gap for records in the time frame of this document; however, the other pages from the film appear to be identical in handwriting and form to this document. Evidently, the copy held by the family is a contemporary document. |
| Military | A record in Scotlands People states that John Stenna (John Stinner) of the 13th Foot in Edinburgh Castle married Ann Porter, relict of Sgt Summers of the same unit, in 1820. Evidently Frederick Summers, formerly of the 35th Foot, had reenlisted into the British Army in a different unit sometime between 1816 and 1820. This record is almost certainly a record for Ann PORTER Summers of Frensham, wife of Sgt Frederick Summers of Dursley. Records of the 13th Regiment of Foot from Jun 1817 to 1820 show that Frederick Summers had rejoined the British Army after leaving the 35th Foot in 1816. In 1817 the 13th Regiment was in the Channel Island but they were moved to Hilsea Barracks in Portsmouth in June 1819. From there they were transferred to Scotland on Sept 25, 1819 to help suppress the Scottish rebellion. At various times he was in Glasgow, Stirling Castle and Edinburgh Castle where he died before Oct 20, 1820. Napoleonic War Records 1775 - 1817 From findmypast has this entry: First name(s) Frederick Last name Summers Rank Corporal Regiment 1/13th Foot+ Enlistment year 1817 Enlistment day 10 Enlistment month Mar WO25 reference 931 Category Military Service & Conflict Subcategory Regimental & Service Records Collections from Great Britain, UK None There are 11 mentions of Frederick Summers, a payroll clerk & Waterloo Man, in WO 12/3040 and WO 12/3041 of the British Archives. (1817-1820) The first record shows he must have joined the 13th as a Corporal but was promoted back to Sergeant sometime between June and Sept, 1817. He was stationed in Guernsey for most of his time with the 13th. |
| Media object | Frederick was a Color Sargeant in the 35th Regiment of Foot from 1806 until 1816. As a British soldier he saw action in Sicily, Egypt, Walcheren and Waterloo. His unit marched in a victory parade in Paris, after Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo.His descendents still have the orange color sash that he wore as the Color Sargeant of his battalion. |
| Media object | Only the first battalion of the 35th Foot fought at San Pietro di Maida in Calabria, Italy against the Napoleonic forces. Frederick was probably still in England at the time of the battle since it was reported the 2nd Battalion did not arrive in Sicily until July 9, 1806. |
| Note | Frederick's parents were almost certainly Charles Summers and Martha Vizard according th parish records and also to the fact that Charly Summers,son of Charles and Martha was also a cordwainer according to the Nympsfield parish records - as was Frederick (according to his mulitary records.) |
| Note | Recent research has revealed more information about Frederic Summers and his wife Ann Porter. We had known that, after the Battle of Waterloo, Frederick left the 35th Regiment of Foot when they returned in 1816. We had no further information on him after that except that a family story (written in Indiana some 80 years later) said that he had died soon after. Newly discovered records from Edinburgh Scotland and from Muster Books in the British archives show that circa 1818 Frederick rejoined the British Army in the 13th Regiment, not the 35th. The 13th was stationed in the Channel Island of Guernsey and I conjecture Frederick and his wife Ann Porter wanted to return to Army life in Guernsey where they had lived in 1812 when their daughter Ann Priscilla was born. But the records show that the 13th was transferred to Scotland in 1819 to suppress an uprising of Glasgow factory workers and Frederick died sometime around October 1820. Now we have discovered that Ann immediately remarried another soldier from the 13th - John Stinner. I haven't been able to find the outcome of this marriage; the 13th Regiment was sent to Nepal in 1822 but I don't know if Stinner and Ann went with them. It's possible she did: Ann had been an army wife and followed Frederick from post to post, battles and all, for 15 years. Added: Research has shown that Stinner must have died because Ann married for the third time to a man named Samuel Groves, in London in 1823. However Groves died by 1826 whereas Ann married her fourth and final husband Charles Colley, 24 Dec 1826, in the London borough of Southwark. |
| Birth | Frederick Summers - 35th Foot Soldiers List Format: application/pdf File size: 228 KB Type: Document Highlighted image: no Note: WO 25/372 from the British Archives has information on Frederic Summers including his age, place of birth, date of separation from the Army. It also states he was a Volunteer from the South Gloucestershire on 19 Apr 1805.
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| Death | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 1,856 × 686 pixels File size: 201 KB Type: Document Note: A record in Scotlands People states that John Stenna (John Stinner) of the 13th Foot in Edinburgh Castle married Ann Porter, relict of Sgt Summers of the same unit, in 1820. John Stinner does not appear in 13th Regiment musters after 1821.
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| Media object | Format: image/gif Image dimensions: 198 × 180 pixels File size: 3 KB Highlighted image: yes Note: Frederick was a Color Sargeant in the 35th Regiment of Foot from 1806 until 1816. As a British soldier he saw action in Sicily, Egypt, Walcheren and Waterloo. His unit marched in a victory parade in Paris, after Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo.His descendents still have the orange color sash that he wore as the Color Sargeant of his battalion.
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| Media object | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 1,429 × 962 pixels File size: 1,588 KB Highlighted image: no Note: Only the first battalion of the 35th Foot fought at San Pietro di Maida in Calabria, Italy against the Napoleonic forces. Frederick was probably still in England at the time of the battle since it was reported the 2nd Battalion did not arrive in Sicily until July 9, 1806.
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| Media object | Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 1,856 × 686 pixels File size: 201 KB Type: Document Note: A record in Scotlands People states that John Stenna (John Stinner) of the 13th Foot in Edinburgh Castle married Ann Porter, relict of Sgt Summers of the same unit, in 1820. John Stinner does not appear in 13th Regiment musters after 1821.
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