Samuel Summers (1798-1843)
Researched by John D. Barrett
Generation No. 8

Ancestral line: A1 Jerg Horein | B1 Jacob Horein | C8 George Horein | D1 Johannes Horein | E3 Hans Adam Hohrein | F1 Tobias Horine | G8 Elizabeth Horine

H3 Samuel Summers, was born June 09, 1798 in Middletown Valley, Frederick County, Maryland, and died February 09, 1843 in Buried at Church Hill, Maryland. He married Mary Magdalena Bussard ca. March 28, 1823 in Frederick County, Maryland, daughter of Samuel Buzzard and Catherine ??. Ten Children.

Samuel Summers owned the old farm on the road from Myersville to Harmony. He is buried at Church Hill. There is a son listed as being baptized 5/1/1842 in Myersville Lutheran Baptisms, pg 9, Birth date is given as 2/14/1841.


Buzzard Family

Mary Magdalena Bussard's father, Samuel the Elder, died 1827, intestate - (Pg 353-366) leaving a widow Catharine & 11 children:

  1. Mary, w/o Michael HUMBERT
  2. amuel BUZZARD
  3. Catherine, w/o John SPIELMAN of Green Co, Pennsylvania
  4. William BUZZARD
  5. Anna, w/o Garrett SUMAN
  6. Hannah, w/o David KELLER
  7. Nelly, w/o Jacob SMITH
  8. Susanna, w/o Peter BUZZARD
  9. Magdalena, w/o Samuel SUMMERS
  10. Jacob BUZZARD
  11. Esther BUZZARD
Land - part of Quaker's Mistake (109ac) by Adam NAVE / NEFF, farmer (wife Mary) dtd 3 Sep 1784 for 150 pounds; the Catoctin Creek flows along the eastern boundary of the property; neighbors were John NEFF and Jacob KELLER. Samuel BUZZARD is listed as a blacksmith. David BOWLUS was surveyor and property was valued at $2,045, subject to the widow's dower; the widow objected to the division of the dower because she was given all of the house and no land for the use of the barn; dower was redivided; Samuel BUZZARD, eldest son, takes estate. Commissioners: Peter SCHLOSSER, Jacob EVERHART, John BOWLUS, John R. MAGRUDER, Conrad MICHAEL, dtd 1836.


Children of Samuel Summers and Mary Bussard are:

    I1 George William Summers. He married Sarah Ann Michael. Married at John Bittle's house on 3/7/1854 (Marriages, Christ Reformed Church, pg 6).

    I2 Samuel Summers II.

    I3 Lawson Henry Summers, born August 25, 1836; died July 25, 1892.

    I4 David Valentine Summers, born January 03, 1833 in pg 1 Myersville Lutheran Baptisms; died August 11, 1878.

    I5 Ann Elizabeth Summers, born December 13, 1834. She married Ezra V. Marker December 17, 1853 (in Frederick County Marriages 1841-1865). Baptized 4/12/1835 (pg 4 Myersville Lutheran Baptisms).

    I6 Daniel Webster Summers. He married Mary Martha Handley November 04, 1855 in Frederick County Marrages 1841-1865. Married at parsonage 11/25/1855 (Marriages, Christ Reformed Church, Middletown, Maryland pg 6). Daniel Webster Summers farmed in Preble County, Ohio.

    I7 Isaac Summers, born March 1839 in Myersville, Maryland; died June 20, 1903 in Frederick , Maryland.

    I8 Jacob Summers, born August 17, 1838. Twin of Isaac ?

    I9 Mary M. Summers, born ca. 1828; died May 02, 1851 in Middletown Valley, Frederick County, Maryland.

    I10 Carolina Elizabeth Summers, born March 05, 1824. Carolina Elizabeth Summers was baptised on June 06, 1824, Zion Lutheran, Middletown, Maryland., Sponsored by Susanna Bossert.


The Horine Family History is a compilation of information gathered over the past 60+ years by Mr. Paul G. Horine, Darla (Horine) Jones, John David Barrett, Eric T. Davis, Karen Montgomery, and many other contributors.

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