Born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Burton
and Rebecca (Booth) Burton
Sister of
Daniel Burton, Benjamin Burton, Bethia (Burton) Mallett, Rebecca Burton, Joseph Burton, Phebe (Burton) Gregory and Charity (Burton) Fayerweather
Wife of
Gershom Turney
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Died
at about age 70
in Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2015
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Biography
Her will is dated 27 March 1818 and proved on 2 May 1826 in Stratford. She mentions her children Levi Turney, Pamela Burroughs, and Polly Sherwood, and her grandsons, Herman Higby, and Minor Higby. David Sherwood is to be her executor.[1]
Her inventory was recorded on 7 November 1826 in Stratford.[2]
Sources
- ↑ “Probate records v. 7-8 1820-1834”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-YX44 : 26 January 2023), FHL microfilm 007627135, image 187-188, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 7, 1820-1829, Pages 337-338.
- ↑ “Probate records v. 7-8 1820-1834”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-YXW1 : 26 January 2023), FHL microfilm 007627135, image 205, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 7, 1820-1829, Pages 372.
- Orcutt, Samuel, Rev. (1886) A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Part II Genealogies. Published by the Fairfield County Historical Society. page 1170
- The History of Stratford and Trumbull; Families of old Fairfield, Volume 104, Page 168 Family records in the hands of J. C. Fowler 10358 S. Weeping Willow Drive, Sandy, Utah, 84070
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