Editing Increase Sumner (section)

==Family and legacy==
[[File:Coat of Arms of Increase Sumner.svg|175px|thumb|left|Coat of Arms of Increase Sumner]]
Sumner was married on September 30, 1779, to  Elizabeth Hyslop, daughter of William Hyslop.<ref>Sumner, p. 68</ref> Upon his father-in-law's death, Sumner inherited a sizable estate which allowed him to maintain a dignified lifestyle during his public service.<ref name=Sumner33>Sumner, p. 33</ref>  The couple had three children;<ref>Sumner, pp. 58–59</ref> his son [[William H. Sumner]] is well known for his efforts to develop what is now [[East Boston]] and for whom Boston's [[Sumner Tunnel]] is named.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jphs.org/people/2005/4/14/gen-william-hyslop-sumner.html|title=William Hyslop Sumner|date=April 14, 2005 |publisher=Jamaica Plain Historical Society|access-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref>  His later descendants include [[Sumner Welles]], a 20th-century diplomat and advisor to President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Serena Welles Fiancee of Ambler H. Ross Jr.|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 16, 1972|page=70}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=News Summary and Index|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 25, 1961|page=35}}</ref> and [[Sumner Gerard]], a 20th-century diplomat, Montana politician, and [[United States Ambassador to Jamaica|U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.northjersey.com/community-news/vernon-s-coster-gerard-a-remembrance-part-i-1.731810?page=all|title=Vernon's Coster Gerard: A remembrance (Part I)|last=Dupont|first=Ron|work=NorthJersey.com|access-date=March 14, 2017|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315085826/http://archive.northjersey.com/community-news/vernon-s-coster-gerard-a-remembrance-part-i-1.731810?page=all|archive-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref> [[Sumner, Maine|Sumner]], [[Maine]], incorporated while he was governor in 1798, was named in his honor.<ref name=Coolidge>Coolidge, pp. 320–321</ref>

Sumner was described by his son as a talented and practical farmer and an excellent horseman. He was fond of agriculture and personally grafted an entire orchard of fruit trees on his farm.<ref name=Sumner33/>  He was a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] and president of the board of trustees of the Roxbury Latin School.<ref>Sumner, pp. 33–34</ref>

At his confirmation hearings in 2017, U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Neil Gorsuch]] recalled being moved by reading Sumner's gravestone as a law student at Harvard. Gorsuch closed his opening statement by reading a portion of Sumner's epitaph and adding "[T]hose words stick with me. I keep them on my desk. They serve for me as a daily reminder of the law's integrity, that a useful life can be led in its service, of the hard work it takes, and an encouragement to good habits when I fail and when I falter. At the end of it all, I can ask for nothing more than to be described as he was. And if confirmed, I pledge to you that I will do everything in my power to be that man."<ref>{{cite news |last=Abramson |first=Alana |date=March 21, 2017 |title=Read Judge Neil Gorsuch's Opening Statement for His Confirmation Hearings |url=http://fortune.com/2017/03/21/neil-gorsuch-opening-statement/ |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |access-date=April 23, 2017}}</ref>