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Elizabeth (Morse) Turner (1701 - abt. 1766)

Elizabeth Turner formerly Morse aka Mors
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 17 Jan 1725 (to before 14 Sep 1748) in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
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Died about at about age 64 [location unknown]
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Biography

Elizabeth Mors[e] was born on 08 October 1701 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Doty) Morse.[1] She was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Edward Doty.[2]

She married Japheth Turner on 17 January 1724/5 in Middleborough, Plymouth County,[3] the son of Japheth and Hannah (Hatch) Turner baptized on 17 September 1704 in Scituate.[4]

Her husband died before 14 September 1748 when administration on the estate of Japhet Turner of Middleborough was granted to his widow, Elizabeth Turner. [5][6]

His inventory was recorded on 1 October 1748 in Plymouth. His widow presented an account of his estate in 1749.[7]

Children born Middleborough:[8]

  1. Betty Turner, b. 12 May 1726, m. Thomas Reynolds 1748
  2. Hannah Turner, b. 30 Jun 1729, d. 13 Aug 1807; m.(1) James LeBaron 1747, m.(2) Elkhana Shaw 1787
  3. Abigail Turner, b. 11 Aug 1731; m. Manoah Benson, 1750
  4. Japhet Turner, b. 24 Sep 1733, d. bef. 1830; m. Thankful (Bassett) (Cannon) Childs 1774
  5. Joshua Turner, b. 03 Mar 1736, d. prob. bef. 1766
  6. Joseph Turner, b. 23 Jul 1738, d. aft. 26 Aug 1766; m. Mercy French 1757
  7. Samuel Turner, b. 17 Apr 1742, d. aft. Dec 1766; m. Lucy Pratt 1762
  8. an infant daughter, b. 06 Apr 1744, d. 06 Apr 1744
  9. Mary Turner, b. 31 May 1745, d. aft 26 Aug 1766

Sources

  1. Lee D. van Antwerp, compiler, VRs of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1993), p. 20.
    "MORS, Elizabeth born on the 8th of Oct. 1701 [of Joshua Mors & Eliazebeth Mors his w[ife]."
  2. Western Massachusetts Families in 1790. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012. (From various authors, Helen S. Ullmann, FASG, ed.) Profile of Noah Benson Sr. (Available at AmericanAncestors.org by subscription)
  3. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Middleboro, MA, Births, Marriages and Deaths (MA: The Mayflower Descendant, 1900-1937), Book 1, p. 55.
    "January 17 1725/4 Japheth Turner and Elisabeth Morse both of middleborough after lawfull publication and Consent of parents: were married: PR Peter Thacher"
  4. Wilford Jacob Litchfield, Records of Second Church of Scituate, now the First Unitarian Church of Norwell, Mass. NEHGR, Vol. 58:85-86 (Apr 1904).
    Baptisms-- The names of those that I have baptized in the year 1704 are here set down [Rev Nathaniel Eells]. Japhet Turner, Son of Japhet Turner September 17. [1704].
  5. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1748-1750 and 1841-1848 vol 11-11B > image 53 of 642; State Archives, Boston.
    Plymouth County Probate Records, docket #21372, Japhet Turner, Middleborough, (1748), Vol. 11:84-85 (Administration); 12:58 (Inventory, allowance to widow, adm. acct.).
  6. Lucy Mary Kellogg, Edna Waugh Townsend, Peter B. Hill, Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: pt.1. Edward Doty : his descendants through Edward and John General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000, Part 1, p. 60.
  7. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-FXB8 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 41 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
  8. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (13 July 2016), Plymouth > Middleborough > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1674-1747 > image 79 of 178; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

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