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Both were Inhabitants of Swansey in 1711. The Province law
enacted that the eldest male heir of a soldier-grantee should have the
choice of taking the grant and paying off the other heirs their pro-
portional part of £10, which was the established valuation of a share.
The various clues and inferences above seem to point to the
following as a fair approximation to the family of
Capt. William Turner and wife Frances.
Patience, 3 bapt. in Dorchester, Nov. 10, 1644. Thomas, 2 soldier at
Marlborough, 1675; at Bridgewater, Scituate and Swansey, a ship-
ii.
wright, 1678-1715; at latter date he purchased land in Freetown of
Constant Church. William, 8 the soldier in the army with his father
as noted above, settled in Boston. Joshua, 2 joined 1st Baptist Church
in Boston, 1669. Josiah, 2 of Swansey, in 1706, with wife Hannah
and children. Elizabeth, 2 joined Baptist Church 1676; perhaps m.
Alexander Dunkan, July 6, 1698, "married by Mr. Miles."
Prudence, 8 b. in Boston, Oct. 12, 1665. Joseph, 2 who (perhaps)
married Sarah Wyrnau, dau. of Thomas, a " Tailor," 1704.
Second Generation. Line of Thomas, 8
of
Scituate, etc.
Thomas, 3 b. Sept. 18, 1082. Probably settled in Rochester, Mass., and
had family there ; perhaps died before 1786, or waived his right or
sold it to William his brother, of Swansey.
William, 3 m. Patience Hale, of Swansey, in 1711. Settled in Swansey,
and was quite a large land-owner and a ship-builder. He succeeded to
the Indian-War claim of his grandfather, as abovesaid. He was one
of the non-resident proprietors who agreed to pay £23 each to carry
forward the settlement of the Township. He was of Swansey as late
as 1748, but later removed to Newport, R. I., where he died Oct. 4,
1759, in his 77th year. His children, born in Swansey, were : Wil-
liam, b. April 27, 1713, became a physician in New Jersey ; and his
other children, born between 1714 and 1734, were: Lillis, Nathaniel,
Patience, Caleb, and Hale.
Rebecca. 3
iv. Joshua. 3
v. Caleb. 3
vi. David. 3
vii. Joseph. 3 .
viii. Benjamin. 3 The descendants of these six are scattered through
various parts of New England; and Dr. T. L. Turner, of Boston, has
in preparation a genealogy of this whole branch of the Turner family,
and has furnished much of the material above, for my use in this article.
Second Generation, Line of William. 2
William 8 Turner, son of Capt. William, a soldier at Marlborough Garrison
in the summer and fall of 1675, in the Army with his father from
February 21, 1675-6, until the Captain's death, but was not in the
" Falls Fight." He served sometime after that, as the accounts of service
indicate. Married before 1679, and settled in Boston. Is in a
list of handy-crafts in en later. In 1691 was among those who returned
from the West Indies, bringing an account of the great earthquake there;
1695, chosen constable in Boston; 1698, tythinguian ; 1699, clerk of
the market; 1701, licensed to sell wine, etc.; 1708, his wife Hannah
is licensed to sell wine. His first wife was Ruth, by whom he had
Joshua, b. Sept. 28, 1679, and again, Joshua, b. Aug, 20, 1687. He
married Hannah Jacklin, Aug. 28, 1689, and had Mercy, b. Feb. 19,