Ezekiel Turner (1701 - 1773)

Born 7 Jan 1701 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Bathsheba (Stockbridge) Turner — married 27 Dec 1727 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Ruth (Randall) Turner — married 17 Jun 1736 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1773 at age 72 in Hanover, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Ezekiel Turner was born 03 Jan 1701 (per online memorial site) at Scituate, Massachusetts, a son of Mary (Hyland; 1667-1729) and Amos Turner (bef.1671-1739).

He married first, in 1727, Bathshua Stockbridge (1706 - 1731).

Their children, as listed in their online memorial sites:

1. Mary (Turner) Torrey (1729 - 1796); married William Torrey (1725-1768)
2. Deborah (Turner) Chamberlain (1731 –); married Freedom (Chamberlin) Chamberlain Jr. (1730-1821)

Ezekiel Turner married second, in 1736, Ruth Randall (1719 - 1805).

6 Children:

1. Ruth (Turner) Sylvester, b. 1378; m. Michael Sylvester (1714-1798);
2. Barshaway (Turner) Hatch, b. 1739; d. 1824
3. Ezekial Turner, b. 1740; d. 1746
4. Amos Turner, b. 1741
5. Elizabeth (Turner) Collimore, b. 1743; m. Thomas Collamore Jr. (1738-1812);
6. Abigail (Turner) Bailey, b. 1744; d. 1830

Private Ezekiel Turner served with 2nd Regiment, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

• Served at Valley Forge, 24 Jan 1778. ^[1] (this information conflicts with his Grave information ^[2]

In 1743, he was mentioned in his brother, Seth Turner's will.^[3]

Col. Ezekiel Turner died Aug. 10, 1773 at Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. His grave is in Hanover Center Cemetery, Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ^[2].

Inscription (Footstone): Colonel Ezekiel Turner 1773

Probate

The will of Ezekiel Turner of Hanover, Esquire, was dated 4 August 1773 and proved on 6 September 1773 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife Ruth (he bequeaths the continued enslavement of his enslaved black boy named London, who is about five years old), and his children, Amos Turner (executor), Mary Torrey, Deborah Chamberlain, Ruth Sylvester, Bathshua Hatch, Elizabeth Collemer, and Abigail Bailey, his deceased brother Seth Turner, and his granddaughter Bathshua Torrey.. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers...; Vol 16, Page 165
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, database and images ( Find A Grave: Memorial #142556755 ezekiel-turner: accessed 05 February 2024), memorial page for Col Ezekiel Turner (3 Mar 1701–10 Aug 1773), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142556755, citing Hanover Center Cemetery, Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-JV6Q : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1742-1745 and 1844-1856 vol 9-9M > image 89 of 583; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-8H7Q : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 266-267 of 827; State Archives, Boston.

See Also

• Dwelley, Jedediah, et. al. Prepared under the direction of; A Copy of the Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths and of Intentions of Marriage of the Town of Hanover, Massachusetts, 172701757; (Rockland; Press of the Rockland Standard, 1898). Online Copy.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #142556755
• Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ; Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1896. Seventeen volumes (https://archive.org/details/massachusettssolssthmass)