Samuel Turner (1671 - 1759)

Born 25 Feb 1671 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Desire (Barker) Turner — married 20 Aug 1700 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Abigail (Gill) Turner — married 13 Nov 1718 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 3 Nov 1759 at age 88 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Biography

Samuell, son of Nathaniell Turner, was born on 25 February 1671 in Scituate, Massachusetts, United States.^[1][2]

He married first Desire (Barker) Turner (1680-1710) on 20 August 1700 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[3]

Samuel married second time to Abigail (Gill) Leavett on 13 November 1718 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.^[4]

Samuel died (age 89) on 3 November 1759 in Scituate, Massachusetts.^[5] He is buried at Men of Kent Cemetery.^[6]

Probate

The will of Samuel Turner of Scituate was dated 21 May 1759 and proved on 22 November 1759 in Plymouth.^[7] He mentions:

• his son James Turner,
• Grandchildren, Benjamin Stetson, Job Stetson, Desire Sylvester, Susannah Stetson
• deceased sons, Nathaniel and Samuel
• his great grandchildren, children of his granddaughter Lillys Stetson, Lillis, Lucinda, Joshua
• his daughter Abigail White
• his sister Lydia James
• his cousin Isaac Buck
• Rev. Shearjashab Bourne

In 1759, a distribution agreement was signed by his daughter Abigail White and husband, Daniel White, and his grandchildren, Benjamin Stetson, Susanna Stetson, Desire Sylvester, and her husband Caleb Sylvester.^[8]

In 1761, the land that was given to his grandchildren, the children of his daughter Lillis, decd, viz, Benjamin Stetson, Job Stetson, Desire Silvester, Susannah Stetson, and the grandchildren of Lillis, decd, Lillis Stetson, and Lucinda Stetson.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #11006308 (accessed 20 September 2022)
2. ↑ Turner, Jacob Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner (Boston, 1852), Page 1 & Page 8
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Marriage, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.FamilySearch Record: FHH1-59X (accessed 20 September 2022) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-8979-7NVF Image number 00026
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"citing Marriage, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.FamilySearch Record: FHRV-C9X (accessed 26 April 2023)FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-997M-Y4XD Image number 00104
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #80404732 (accessed 20 September 2022)
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8650682/samuel-turner: accessed 24 July 2023), memorial page for Capt Samuel Turner (25 Feb 1671–3 Nov 1759), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8650682, citing Men of Kent Cemetery, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568).
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-69DR : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 225 of 623; State Archives, Boston.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-69X2 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 219-220 of 623; State Archives, Boston.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-6943 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 377-378 of 623; State Archives, Boston.