Editing Increase Sumner (section)

==Early life==
Increase Sumner was born on November 27, 1746, in [[Roxbury, Boston|Roxbury]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], one of eight children of Increase Sumner and Sarah Sharp.<ref name=Bridgman81>Bridgman, p. 81</ref><ref name=S4>Sumner, p. 4</ref>  The elder Increase Sumner was a successful farmer descended from early settlers of [[Dorchester, Boston|Dorchester]]; he held a number of public offices including coroner for [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk County]], and selectman of Roxbury.<ref name=Drake155>Drake, p. 155</ref>

In 1752 Sumner enrolled in the grammar school in Roxbury, now [[Roxbury Latin School]], where the headmaster was [[William Cushing]], future justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].<ref name=S4/> Sumner excelled at school, and over the resistance of his father (who envisioned his son's future to be in agriculture) was enrolled at [[Harvard College]] in 1763. He graduated in 1767.<ref name=Bridgman82>Bridgman, p. 82</ref>