Will of "Abigail Mather Sumner of Roxbury ... conscious that I am near the close of my mortal existence", dated 16 Feb 1838, filed 10 Mar 1838, proved 31 Mar 1838, names brother Edward Sumner; aunts Dorothy Meriam & Eliza Sumner; children of sister Elizabeth Anderson; Dr. P. G. Robbins; mother Joanna Sumner; sister Elizabeth Anderson. Edward Sumner to be executor.
Undated [presumably 10 Mar 1838]: Petition of Edward Sumner of Roxbury that Abigail M. Sumner of Roxbury single woman lately died leaving heirs Joanna Sumner, Healy P. Sumner, Rebecca Parmenter wife of [blank] Parmenter, Maria Brown, Emeline Pierce wife of Charles Pierce, Jake Sumner, Elizabeth M. Anderson wife of James Anderson and representatives of Susanna Hunt late wife of Timothy Hunt, and petitioner.