Japheth Turner (1682 - bef. 1710)

Born 4 Jan 1682 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Hatch) Tupper — married before Sep 1702 (to before 20 Jan 1710) in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 20 Jan 1710 before age 28 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Japheth Turner was born on 04 January 1682[/3?] in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, the son of Japheth and Hannah (Hudson) Turner,^[1][2][3][4] Japhet and two of his siblings were baptized in the Second Church of Scituate on 24 June 1683.^[5][6]

He married Hannah Hatch by 1702 when the birth of their first child was recorded in Pembroke.^[7][8]

His mother Hannah Turner of Duxbury executed a deed on 08 March 1696/7, recorded on 25 August 1697, in which she gave to her son Japhett Turner, out of "good will & motherly affection" 50 acres of upland and meadow with housing and marshland of 8 acres, "to be holden according to the mannor of East Greenwich in the county of Kent in free & common..."^[9] Hannah's father deeded this same property to her on 05 April 1684.^[10]

Japheth died before 20 January 1710, the date his estate was inventoried. Hannah Turner, relict widow of Japhett Turner late of Duxbury, was appointed administration on his estate on 29 January 1710. Inventory of his estate was taken on 20 January by Francis Barker and Samuel Stetson, and sworn to by the widow on 02 February 1710. It included 6 acres of swamp meadow, farm stock and typical farming instrument and household goods. ^[11] Hannah Turner made her account of the estate settlement in December 1712. It included the original inventory, plus 20 acres of common lands in Duxbury, more land yet to be laid out there. The division of the estate values were given, and listed the widow's third part, eldest son Japhat's part, second son Israel's part, daughter Hannah's part, and the youngest Elizabeth's part.^[12] On 13 December 1712, Hannah was made guardian to Japhat, Israel, Hannah and Elizabeth Turner, minors under the age of fourteen years.^[13]

Children recorded Pembroke and Scituate:^[14][15]

1. Hannah, b. 08 Sep 1702
2. Japhet, b. 17 Sep 1704
3. Israel, b. 06 Jan 1706
4. Elizabeth, b 28 Nov 1709

Court action on Japhet's estate

Common Pleas, March 1718/19^[16]

Begun the first Tuesday

"These were the Jurymen ... In the Cause betwixt Hannah Turner, Guardian, and Joshua Turner, John Little was put off the Jury and Capt. Morton appointed foreman and John Otis put on. Note also, That John White of Marshfield and Jabez Wood and Thomas Fish were on the Jury at this Court."

"Japhet, Israel, Hannah, and Elizabeth Turners (by their Guardian and Mother Hannah Turner)" v. Joshua Turner. Trespass and Ejectment, of "one Mansion house" and land in Pembrooke. Deft. pleaded that he was lawfully seized "by vertue of a Deed of Gift of his Grandfather John Hudson as Tenant in fee tail General." Jury verdict for pltfs., possession of the estate and costs. Costs taxed at £4.1s.6d. Appealed by deft., with Joseph Stetson (Pembrooke Yeoman) surety.

In a deed dated 05 April 1684 (recorded 12 May 1688) between John Hudson of Duxbury and "my son in Law Japhat Turner and my daughter Hanah Turner his wife," Huson gave them all his upland and meadowland of about 58 acres with its housing in Duxbury above the bridge across the North River. He stated that it would be "left to the liberty of my son Japhat Turner & Hanah his wife to give the abovesd house & land to which of their children they shall see fitt."^[17]

In a deed dated 8 March 1696/7, Hannah (Hudson) Turner of Duxbury gave to her son Japhett Turner Junior the same property received from John Hudson. The deed was recorded on 25 August 1697.^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Plymouth > Duxbury > Town records 1645-1749 > image 15 of 96; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Vol. 1:27 (Original record.)

   "Japheth Turner the son of Japheth Turner & Hanah his wife was born janua : 4. 1682."

2. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Duxbury, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 9:229.
3. ↑ NEHGS, Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA:NEHGS, 1911) p. 177.

   "TURNER, Japheth, s. Japheth and Hanah, Jan. 4, 1682 [dup. 1683]."

4. ↑ NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1909), Vol. 1:375.

   "Turner, Japheth, s. Japheth, Jan. 4, 1682."

5. ↑ Damon, Sarah B., "Records of the Second Church of Scituate, Now the First Unitarian Church of Norwell, Mass." NEHGR Vol. 57(1903):319.

   "1683 An the daughter}

   "Joshua the sonn} of Japhet Turner June 24th

   "Japhet the sonn}.

6. ↑ Myers, Marya & James, Jr., Donald W., A New Look at The Family of Francis and Philip James of Hingham: Immigrant Ancestors, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 70.
7. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Hannah Hatch's Three Husbands : Japhet Turner, Ebenezer Tinkham and Capt. Ichabod Tupper," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 21(1919):97-101
8. ↑ Hill, Peter B., Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Vol 11, part 3, Edward Doty: His Descendants Thru sons Isaac & Joseph & daughter Mary, Volume: Vol. 11, Part 3 Publication: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 2000, p. 10 (Note: suggests marriage ca. 1705, but dau. Hannah b. 1702)
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1664-1711 vol 1-5 > image 260 of 652; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Plymouth Deeds Vol. 2:96.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1664-1711 vol 1-5 > image 35 of 652; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Plymouth Deeds Vol. 1:47-48.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 27 of 710; State Archives, Boston. Vol. 3:39-40, Japhet Turner, 1710, Duxbury, Administration bond & Inventory
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 100 of 710; State Archives, Boston. Vol. 3:182 Accounting
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 101 of 710; State Archives, Boston. Vol 3:183-185, Guardianship of minors Japhat, Israel, Hannah and Elizabeth Turner to Hannah Turner.
14. ↑ NEHGS, Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston, Mass. : NEHGS, 1911) pp. 211, 212.
15. ↑ Litchfield, Wilford J.,"Records of Second Church of Scituate," NEHGR, Vol. 58(1904):85.
16. ↑ David Thomas Konig, Plymouth Court Records 1686-1859., CD-ROM (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2002), Court Records
17. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1664-1711 vol 1-5 > image 35 of 652; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Vol. 1:47-48.
18. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1664-1711 vol 1-5 > image 260 of 652; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.