Captain
Cornelius
Turner
Born in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Caleb Turner Jr
and Ruth (Briggs) Turner
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Michal (Sylvester) Turner
— married
8 Dec 1768 in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Husband of
Abigail (Cole) Turner
— married
1782 in Bristol, Lincoln Co, Maine USA
Husband of
Mary (Chase) Turner
— married
before 1811 in Maine, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Polly (Turner) Levensaler and Barker Baxter Turner
Died
at about age 87
in Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine USA
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Sep 2009
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Biography
Cornelius Turner was born on May 5, 1742, in Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the son of Caleb and Ruth Turner.[1]
He married on Dec 8, 1768 his first wife Michal Sylvester daughter of Michael Sylvester. Secondly he married a Soule. [2]
Cornelius was a ship builder and is listed as Waldoboro, Maine Selectman 1786,1790, 1794, 1796, 1804.
War Record: 6th Co., Col. William Jones (Lincoln Co.) Regt.-Army-Revolutionary War. Enlisted 8 May 1776-Rank As Captain.
He operated Turner's Tavern (now the Nickels-Sortwell House, a National Landmark) in Wiscasset, Maine. Library of Congress [1]
"From 1830 to 1837, the Nickels-Sortwell House was operated as Turner’s Tavern, after the name of the new owners. In 1838, the Turners changed the name of the hotel to the Mansion House." [2]
He passed away in 1838 at the age of 97. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ9P-YG4 : 4 December 2014), Cornelius Turner, 05 May 1742; citing HANOVER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874289 IT 2.
- ↑ History of the town of Hanover, Massachusetts: with family genealogies Dwelley, J., Simmons, J. F.; Hanover, Mass.: 1910. Page 421
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Ann (Turner) Whitman.
Library of Congress [3]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cornelius by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cornelius:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cornelius by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cornelius:
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~3.12%
Catherine (Turner) Varney
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mactv5
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~1.56%
Ann (Turner) Whitman :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H665647 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bethany Berard :
23andMe
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He married Abigail Cole 1782. They had 5 children, Nathaniel, Michel, Caleb, Barker, & Bardin. Cornelius was a ship builder in Maine, and later owner of Turner's Tavern in Wiscassett. He is listed as Waldoboro, Maine Selectman 1786,1790, 1794, 1796, 1804. War Record: 6th Co., Col. William Jones (Lincoln Co.) Regt.-Army-Revolutionary War. Enlisted 8 May 1776-Rank As Captain. He was the son of Caleb & Ruth (Barker) Turner. He lived to 97 years of age. He is buried in the Ancient Cemetery Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, USA.