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Elisha Turner 1729 – 1793 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Feb 1729

Birth Location: Scituate, Massachusetts

Death Date: 1793

Death Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts

Father: Benjamin Turner

Mother: Mercy Turner

Spouse(s): Abigail Foster

Children(s): Abigail Turner

In 1729, Elisha Turner entered the world in Scituate, Massachusetts, born to Benjamin Turner and Mercy Turner. Elisha Turner married Abigail Foster, and had children including Abigail Turner. Elisha Turner passed away in 1793 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • In 1729, Elisha Turner entered the world in Scituate, Massachusetts, born to Benjamin Turner and Mercy Turner.
  • Elisha Turner married Abigail Foster, and had children including Abigail Turner.
  • Elisha Turner passed away in 1793 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin Turner
1698 – 1748
Birth Location: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Mercy Turner
1703 – 1787
Birth Location: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Abigail Foster
1738 – 1764
Birth Location: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Abigail Turner
1762 – 1824
Birth Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Elisha Turner's Ancestors

Self
Elisha Turner
1729 – 1793
Birth Place: Scituate, Massachusetts
Parents
Benjamin Turner
1698 – 1748
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Mercy Turner
1703 – 1787
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Benjamin Turner
1660 – 1734
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Hawkins
– 1744
Charles Turner
1675 – 1756
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Turner
– 1697
Mary Brewster
1627 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Brewster
1593 – 1659
Lucretia Oldham
– 1678

Elisha Turner's Descendants

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Elisha Turner (24 Feb 1729 – 1793) m. Abigail Foster (02 Feb 1738 – 13 Apr 1764)
  1. 1. Abigail Turner (1762 – 11 Aug 1824) m. John Drown (28 Mar 1761 – 4 Dec 1825)
    1. 1. Lydia Drown (2 Sep 1796 – 25 Apr 1885) m. Spooner Ruggles (4 Aug 1795 – 7 Mar 1874)
      1. 1. William (Mason) Ruggles (03 May 1830 – ) m. Hannah Hoke (11 Jun 1837 – 26 Apr 1925)
        1. 1. William (Garfield) Ruggles (20 Sep 1880 – 1956) m. Lillian (Anne "Lillie") STEPHENSON (22 Jun 1882 – 15 Jan 1968)

Elisha Turner's Timeline

3 Records

1729
24 Feb 1729
Birth of Elisha Turner in Scituate, Massachusetts
Scituate, Massachusetts
1763
29 Dec 1763
Age 34
Elisha Turner was married in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1793
1793
Age 64
Death of Elisha Turner in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Feb 1729
    Event Place: Scituate, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 29 Dec 1763
    Event Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1793
    Event Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
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