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DANIEL TURNER (b. say 1641), son of Humphrey Turner and Lydia Gaymer
HANNAH RANDALL (b. 1644), daughter of William Randall and Elizabeth Carver
Daniel, the son of Humphrey Turner, was born say 1641. [1] He married Hannah, the daughter of William Randall, on 20 June 1665 or 1666 in Scituate. [2]
Hannah, the daughter of William Randall, was born in March 1644 in Scituate. She was baptized on 23 November 1645 in Scituate. [2]
Hannah is referred to as Hannah Turner in her father's will of 13 October 1692.
Daniel Turner was on the 26 February 1673/4 list of "allowed and approved" inhabitants of Scituate with rights to land division and commons. [3]
On 28 February 1671, Daniel sold seven acres adjacent to his brother-in-law, James Davis, for five pounds. He made further sales to him on 20 August 1673 and 15 April 1675. James is referred to as a shoemaker. The sales were consented to by Daniel's wife, Hannah. On 4 December 1674, Daniel Turner mortgaged to Robert Stanford four acres of upland and swamp (given to Daniel by the town committee in 1674) for five shillings, to be paid in ten years. On 4 January 1674/5, Daniel Turner was granted five acres of swamp in Scituate. [3]
Isaac Chittenden of Scituate made a complaint at the 4 July 1673 court that Daniel Turner, [his brothers] Joseph Turner, Sr. and Thomas Turner, [his brother-in-law] William Randall, and eight others had knocked down a large piece of his fence on 14 May 1673. The court listened to the defendants' arguments and concluded they only meant to trespass. They were each fined five shillings. [4]
The 21 July 1676 court recorded that [during King Philip's War] four pounds of bullets had been delivered to Daniel Turner of Scituate. [4]
Daniel was one of three men presented to the 8 March 1678/9 court for drinking themselves poor at the ordinaries in Scituate. The ordinary keepers were warned to stop entertaining them so frequently. [5]
Daniel was presented at the 26 October 1686 Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas. Not appearing, an officer was sent with a warrant and Daniel was fined five shillings for contempt. [6]
Josiah Palmer of Scituate complained that Daniel Turner cut a considerable amount of grass on his land, causing 50 pounds worth of damage, at the September 1690 County Court. The court found for Daniel. [6]
On 11 May 1694, Daniel sold four acres to Thomas Perry, Jr. for 20 shillings. On 6 April 1694, Daniel sold his grant of five acres of swamp to [his brother-in-law] Job Randall for 25 shillings. [3]
Children of Daniel Turner and Hannah Randall: [2]
i. Hannah Turner was born on 14 August 1668 in Scituate. She is said to have married John Magoon. [7] John, the son of John Magoon, was baptized on 18 July 1669 in Scituate. [2]
ii. Eliab Turner was born on 14 February 1669/70 in Scituate. He died before 21 January 1700/1. He married Elnathan Hinksman on 22 November 1694 in Scituate. [2] She died in September 1712.
Elnathan, the widow of Eliab, took oath to his inventory on 21 January 1700/1. She was appointed administratrix of his estate on 2[?] March 1701. [8] Elnathan wrote her will on 4 September 1712 and a witness testified on 29 September 1712. [8]
iii. Abner Turner was born in July 1672 in Scituate. He probably died shortly after 14 February 1720/1 in Scituate. He married Naomi Sylvester on 20 or 27 November 1705 in Scituate. [2] Naomi was the daughter of Captain Joseph and Mary (Barstow) Sylvester and the granddaughter of Richard and Naomi Sylvester and William and Ann (Hubbard) Barstow. [9] She was born on 5 March 1677/8 and baptized on 16 June 1678. [9]
Abner Turner of Scituate was presented to a September 1701 court for cursing and swearing. Acknowledging his unadvised and passionate speaking, he was dismissed. [10]
Josiah Palmer, millwright of Scituate, successfully sued Abner Turner, cordwainer of Scituate, in September 1701. Abner appealed; there is no further record. [10]
Abner Turner sued Joseph Stockbridge, executor for Elnathan Turner, in June 1713. Abner claimed that Elnathan had sold him land, but he had been ejected from the land by William Perry, guardian of the minor children of Eliab Turner. The case was continued. [10]
Abner Turner, aged upward of 40 years, being sick and not likely, to recover was baptized in his own house on 14 February 1720/1. [10]
iv. Amasa Turner was born on 10 December 1674 in Scituate. He married as her second husband Anna, who "is generally believed" to have been Anna Hatch, the daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Hewes) Hatch, born 6 October 1677. [11] Anna married first Joseph Smith. [11] She married third as his second wife Charles Stockbridge, the son of Charles Stockbridge and his wife Abigail, born 4 February 1633/4 in Scituate and died there 7 April 1731. [11] Charles married first Abigail Unknown about 1688/9. [11] She may have been the daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Little) Tilden, born 11 July 1666. [11] She died in March 1709/10. [11]
v. Lazarus Turner died before 13 March 1690/1.
Inventory was taken on the estate of Lazarus Turner of Scituate on 13 March 1690/1. One of the items was "wages as a Soldier to Canada." On 17 March his brother Eliab Turner of Scituate testified that it was a true accounting. He and William Perry, Sr. were appointed administrators. [12]
v. Mary Turner was born on 13 April 1679 in Scituate. She married Seth Fish.
vi. Bethiah Turner was born on 18 December 1680 in Scituate.
vii. Elizabeth Turner (probable daughter) was born about 1682. [13] Elizabeth, the wife of Israel Holmes, died on 10 January 1754, age 71, in Marshfield. [13] Israel Holmes married Elizabeth, who was probably the daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Randall) Turner. [13] He was born on 17 February 1682/3 in Marshfield and died on 8 September 1760 in Marshfield. [13]
viii. Rachel Turner was born on 9 April 1687 in Scituate. She might be the Rachel Turner who married James McCall on 15 November 1711 in Marshfield. [14][15] This Rachel died on 8 December 1716 in Marshfield. [14] James married second Hannah Greene on 28 January 1717/8 in Marshfield. [14]
James was dismissed from the first church in Marshfield to the church in Lebanon, Connecticut on 8 November 1724. [15]
References:
1. "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1630," database with images, AmericanAncestors (2010): 1843–6.
2. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), vol. 1: 241 (baptism of John Magoon), 306 (birth of Hannah), 369 (births of Abner and Amasa), 371 (birth of Bethiah), 372 (birth of Eliab), 374 (birth of Hannah), 378 (birth of Mary), 380 (birth of Rachel); vol. 2: 300 (marriage of Abner), 301 (marriage of Daniel, marriage of Eliab).
3. Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs, The Seventeenth-Century Town Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, vol. 1 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997).
4. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 5, Court Orders, 1668–1678 (Boston: William White, 1855).
5. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 6, Court Orders, 16781–1691 (Boston: William White, 1855).
6. Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs, The Seventeenth-Century Town Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, vol. 3 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001).
7. Frank Alfred Randall, Randall and Allied Families: William Randall (1609-1693) of Scituate and His Descendants With Ancestral Families (Chicago: Raveret-Weber, 1943), 38.
8. "Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686–1881," database with images, AmericanAncestors (), citing records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives, case 21328 (Eliab Turner).
9. Albert Henry Sylvester, "Richard Sylvester of Weymouth, Mass., and Some of His Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 85 (1931): 247–265, specifically 263.
10. "Plymouth County, MA: Plymouth Court Records, 1686–1859," database with images, AmericanAncestors, vol. 1: 55–56; vol. 2, 300; vol. 5, 18.
11. Mrs. John E. Barclay, "The Family of John Stockbridge of Scituate, Mass.," The American Genealogist 38 (1962): 184–9, specifically 186, 188.
12. "Plymouth County Probate Records," Genealogical Advertiser, 4 vols. (Cambridge: Lucy Hall Greenlaw, 1896–1901), vol. 1: 117.
13. Susan A. Gillette, "Holmes Descendants of Desire (Doty) (Sherman) (Holmes) Standish," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 116 (2012): 85–97, specifically 91.
14. Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (n.p.: Society of Mayflower Descendants of the State of Rhode Island, 1970), 33 (death of Rachel), 36 (second marriage of James McCall), 37 (marriage of Rachel).
15. Elizabeth P. White, Marilyn P. Landry and Kendall P. Hayward, "A New Daughter for Benajah Mackall of Lebanon, Conn.," The American Genealogist 65 (1990): 214–8, specifically 214.
Last revised: 18-Feb-2024