Elizabeth (Marsh) Turner (abt. 1625 - 1647)

Born about 1625 in England

Wife of John Turner — married about 1646 (to 2 Oct 1647) in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1647 at about age 22 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Elizabeth was the third child of George and Elizabeth Marsh. She was born in England. ^[1]

Marriages

John Turner had married his first wife Elizabeth Marsh by 1647, when they had a child in Roxbury.^[2]

Elizabeth Marsh Turner died on 7 October 1647, in Roxbury, two weeks after delivery of her only known child Elizabeth. She was identified in church records as "Goodwife Turner,dyed in child bed . . 1647 month 8 day 7."^[3]

Children

John and Elizabeth Turner had one child, in Roxbury:^[4][5][6]

• Elizabeth b. Sep 27, 1647, m. Samuel Smith, 22 Dec 1669, died at the hands of the Indians who raided Medfield 21 Feb 1675-6.^[7][6]

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol III, p.57
2. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Vol. 3, p. 1553 (marriage to Elizabeth Marsh.)subscription site
3. ↑ Suffolk, Vital Records of Roxbury Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. II, Deaths, p. 653, viewed on HathiTrust
4. ↑ Suffolk, Vital Records of Roxbury Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. I, Births, p. 353, viewed on HathiTrust
5. ↑ [https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Norfolk/Medfield/Images/Medfield_M178.gif Norfolk, Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Marriages, p. 178
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1}
7. ↑ [https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Norfolk/Medfield/Images/Medfield_M178.gif Norfolk, Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Marriages, p. 178

• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (marriage of John Turner and Elizabeth Marsh.)subscription site
• Boston Records Commissioners Reports (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, 1875) Vol. 6.

• Page 173: Roxbury Church Records. "1647 Month 8 day 7. Goodwife Turner dyed in child bed, a godly young woman, though not yet admitted, het should had not her travail prvented."