Amos Turner

COLONEL AMOS TURNER (bp. 1671–1739), son of John Turner and Mary Brewster

MARY HYLAND (bp. 1668–1729), daughter of Thomas Hyland and Elizabeth Stockbridge

Amos Turner, the son of John, was baptized on 4 June 1671 in Scituate. [1] Colonel Amos Turner died on 13 April 1739, age 68, and was buried in the Men of Kent cemetery in Scituate. [1][2] He married Mary Hyland on 6 April 1695 in Scituate. [1]

Mary Hyland, the daughter of Thomas, was baptized on 21 June 1668 in Scituate. [3] She died on 5 November 1729, age 61, and was buried in the Men of Kent cemetery. [1][4]

Children of Amos Turner and Mary Hyland: All of their births were recorded in Scituate and they were all (except the first Mary) baptized on 10 July 1709 in Scituate. [1]

i. Amos Turner was born on 16 November 1696. He married Elizabeth Stockbridge on 29 January 1721 in Scituate. [1] Elizabeth married second Shadrack Keen.

In May 1752 Shadrack Keen, yeoman of Bridgewater, and his wife Elizabeth sued Ezekiel Turner, gentleman of Hanover, for three years of maintenance promised by Ezekiel and his late brother Seth when she was their sister-in-law, the wife of Amos Turner, Jr. [5]

ii. Jane Turner was born on 4 May 1697. She was buried in the Cobb's Hill cemetery in Barnstable. [6] She married Solomon Otis. [6]

iii. Anne Turner was born on 7 April 1699. She died on 5 January 1783. [7] She married Deacon Joseph Stockbridge. [7] Joseph, the son of Joseph and Margaret (Turner) Stockbridge, was born on 1 October 1698 in Pembroke and died on 8 June 1783 in Pembroke. [7] Anne and Joseph are buried in the Hanover Center cemetery in Hanover. [8]

iv. Colonel Ezekiel Turner was born on 23 March 1700/1. He died on 10 August 1773 in Hanover. [7] He married first Bathsheba Stockbridge of Pembroke on 27 December 1727 in Pembroke. [1] Bathsheba, the sister of Ezekiel's sister Anne's husband, was born on 12 October 1706 in Pembroke. [7] She died on 14 July 1731 in Hanover. [7] He married second Ruth Randall on 17 June 1736 in Scituate. [1] Ezekiel and his wives were buried in the Hanover Center Cemetery. [9]

v. Mary Turner was born in June 1702. She probably died young.

vi. Mary Turner was born on 23 April 1704. She died on 19 August 1775. She married Captain James Turner

vii. Lieutenant Seth Turner was born on 28 November 1705. He died on 10 October 1734, age 38. [1] He was buried in the Men of Kent cemetery. [10] He married Mehitable Gould on 10 December 1730 in Scituate. [1]

viii. Lydia Turner was born on 26 May 1707. She may be the Lydia who married Joseph Silvester on 5 November 1728 in Scituate. [1]

References

1. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2909), vol. 1: 369–83 (births), 299–307 (marriages), 454–8 (deaths).

2. "Col. Amos Turner," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8650685/amos-turner). Inscription: "Here Lyes Buried the Body of Col. Amos Turner Esq'r Who Dyed April ye 13 1739 Aged 68 Years."

3. Vital Records of Scituate, vol 1: 181.

4. "Mrs. Mary Hyland Turner," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8650692/mary-turner). Inscription: "Here Lyes In-terred Ye Body of Mrs. Mary Turner Wife of _urniel Amos Turner Esq'r Who Died November 5th 1729 in Ye 62 Year of Her Age."

5. "Plymouth County, MA: Plymouth Court Records, 1686–1859," database with images, AmericanAncestors, vol. 7: 203.

6. "Jane Turner Otis," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34188324/jane-otis): Inscription: "Here Lies Buried Mrs Jane Otis wife of Solomon Otis...."

7. Roger D. Joslyn, "The Descendants of John Stockbridge," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 134 (1980), 135–147.

8. "Anna Turner Stockbridge," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142555676/anna-stockbridge). "Deacon Joseph Stockbridge,"Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142555658/joseph-stockbridge).

9. "Col. Ezekiel Turner," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142556755/ezekiel-turner). Inscription on foostone: "Colonel Ezekiel Turner 1773." "Bathshua Stockbridge Turner," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142556777/bathshua-turner). Inscription: "Here Lyse ye Body of Mrs. Bathshua Turner wife to Mr Ezekiel Turner who dyed July the 14th 1731 Aged 25 yeares." "MaryRandall Turner," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142556801/ruth-turner). Inscription: "In memory of Mrs. Ruth Turner the wife of Col. Ezekiel Turner who Departed this life May ye 25th 1805 in the 86th year of her Age."

10. "Seth Turner," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8650700/seth-turner). Inscription: "Here Lyes Ye/ Body of / Seth Turner Who/ Died October ye/ 10th 1743 At Age/ 38 Years."

last revised 10-Jul-2020