Person:Prince Turner (2)

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Prince Turner
b.23 Nov 1753 Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
d.29 Mar 1800 Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Apr 1751
  1. Prince Turner1753 - 1800
Spouse and Children
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m. 5 Dec 1775
  1. Luther Turner1775 - 1832
  2. Abigail Turner1777 -
  3. Lucinda Turner1780 -
  4. Bethiah Turner1782 -
  5. James Turner1784 -
  6. Sally Turner1786 -
  7. Rebecca Turner1789 -
  8. George Turner1790 -
  9. Betsy TurnerAbt 1792 - 1797
  10. Elisha TurnerAbt 1794 - 1797
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Facts and Events
Name Prince Turner
Gender Male
Birth[1] 23 Nov 1753 Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 5 Dec 1775 Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Rebecca Keep
Death[2] 29 Mar 1800 Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Sherman, Robert M., and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (East Greenwich, Rhode Island: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1970)
    p. 109.

    Prince Turner the Son of Simeon Turner & Bethiah His wife was Born Novm'r the 23 1753.

  2. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright & Potter, 1917)
    p. 309.

    TURNER, Prince, Capt., [died] Mar. 29, 1800, in his 47th y. Revolutionary soldier. GR1

  3.   There are three death records for a Prince Turner. The one cited clearly goes with this Prince as Rebecca remarried in 1804.

    Another one is for a Prince Turner who d. 1802, a. 85, so born about 1717. He is too young to be a grandfather. However, since there are two Simeon Turners born in Scituate in 1724, one of them presumably being Prince's father, the co-location of this older Prince in Harvard suggests a relation, and hence is useful in identifying Prince's father Simeon as the son of Nathan (assuming he is the Prince b. 1716 this would make him Simeon's older cousin, Nathan's nephew).

    The third death record is "Capt. Prince" Turner, d. 1818, a. 47. The title "Capt." and the age 47 at death both match the cited death record, so potentially this is a corrupted duplicate that should say 1800? With the 1818 date, the birth would work out to about 1771, and no birth of a Prince Turner is found in Harvard or elsewhere at that time. However, the birth of Luther that is recorded in Harvard, to Prince and Rebecca in 1775, over 8 months prior to the marriage of Prince and Rebecca Keep, raises the possibility that Luther and this last Prince are children of the older Prince? This seems unlikely as it is possible Luther's birth was simply misrecorded, but the identity of the older Prince's wife is currently not known, though his death record indicates he was a married man, and when he moved to Harvard is not known, so the birth may have occurred elsewhere. So this remains a mystery to be figured out.
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