Grace (Turner) Stetson (abt. 1665 - abt. 1731)

Born about 16 Feb 1665 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Stetson 2nd — married 22 Jan 1691 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1 Mar 1731 at about age 66 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Grace Turner. Born in 1665 in Scituate, MA. She was the daughter of Thomas and [[Hyland-4|Sarah (Hiland or Hyland) Turner.^[1][2]

Marriage

On 22 Jan 1689/90 Grace married Benjamin Stetson (15754) , son of Capt. Benjamin Stetson (8228) (Aug 1641-4 May 1711) & Bethia Hawke (5909) (ca 1643-), in Scituate, MA. “Beniamen Stetsun was married to Grace Turner the 22 day of January 1690”. Born on 16 Feb 1666/7 in Scituate, MA.48 At the age of 2, Benjamin was baptized on 19 May 1668. Benjamin died in Scituate, MA, on 11 Mar 1739; he was Buried in South Parish Cemetery, Norwell.
7 children^[3]:

1. Matthew Stetson, b. 5 Nov 1690 in Scituage, Massachusetts.
2. Grace (Stetson) Hatch, b. 29 Apr 1692 in Scituage.
3. Margaret (Stetson) Briggs, b. 30 Mar 1694.
4. Benjamin Stetson,, b. 1 Jul 1696.
5. Bethia (Stetson) Powers, b 4 May 1699.
6. Leah (Stetson) Whitson, b. 6 May 1702.
7. [[Stetson-545|Abijah Stetson, b. 4 Jul 1704; baptized with Leah 24 Sep 1704.

Benjamin and Grace resided on Stetson Road, near Church Hill, Scituate (now in Norwell), a fine old mansion known for many years as the ‘old Haskins house. ^[4]

Death

Grace died on 1 Mar 1731/2 in Scituate, MA and is buried in the First Parish Cemetery Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA, with her husband Benjamin ^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ Stetson: Vol. 1, no. 1, Page 35
2. ↑ NEHGS Vital Records of Scituate, Vol 1:374
3. ↑ As listed in Stetson: Vol. 1, no. 1, Page 36
4. ↑ http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr04/rr04_309.html#P11
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 April 2018), memorial page for Grace Turner Stetson (1665–unknown), FFind A Grave: Memorial #93777916, citing First Parish Cemetery, Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Linda Hiross (contributor 47490909) .

• FamilySearch.org entry for Grace Turner; accessed 30 Aug 2020; © 2020 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .
• <http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr04/rr04_309.html#P11 />
• Stetson, O.F., Ed.; Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts (Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1933)
• Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to the year 1850, two volumes, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), 1:220 (birth); 2:271 (marriage); 2:442 (death & cemetery)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #93777916

Acknowledgments

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