A tragic event happened the evening of Christmas Eve on December 24, 1776.
An army of British soldiers invaded her home and took the life of Phebe Vail Turner. She was 64 years of age, a widow and had undoubtedly faced one of the most horrific encounters imaginable.
Source: Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines, pg 84.
Phebe was the daughter of Samuel Jr. Vail (1678-1733) and Abigail (Hadden?) 1685-1724, the oldest daughter, raised in Westchester County, NY.
Phebe married Daniel Turner in 1731, Westcheser County NY. Source: Purchase Monthly Meeting Records.
They resided in North Salem, Westchester County where Daniel died in 1746, at age 44 years. His will recorded March 18, 1746 in Westchester County, NY.
Phebe's will was dated July 20, 1770 and took more than fifteen years to be recorded. The date given: 3 June, 1786. As noted from historian, William P Vail; "The delay in probating Phebe's will illustrates the confusion of the time of the Revolution and the years following".
Source: Vail, William Penn,. Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines. Chapter six, page 84.
Her will recorded: Abstracts of Wills, Vol XIV, 1786-1796 Page 152. Her death recorded Purchase Monthly Meeting, Weschester, NY.
attached: a selection from her will, which gives a sense of her devotion to her siblings, family and Friends Society.
PHEBE TURNER, widow of the Borough of Westchester, New York, to my sister, Abigail Bugbee, all my wearing apparel, my bed, bedding and furniture thereunto belonging, my chest, looking glass, six plates of X, pewter, one pair hand irons, and my Bible to her own use forever; to my brother, Thomas Vail, one feather bed, bedding, furniture belonging thereunto; Also one cupboard, one gun, and a warming-pan. All my linen to be equally divided between my sister Abigail and brother Thomas; to my cousin, John Vail, living in New Jersey, 40; to my brother Stephen, living in New Jersey, 50; to my nephew Daniel, son of my brother, John Vail, 5; to my niece, Phebe Vail, daughter of my brother, Thomas Vail, 5; also one table, one wheel, and one pie-pan; to Phebe Bugbee, daughter of Elijah Bugbee, 5, also one cupboard; to Daniel Pugsly, son of David Pugsly, 5; to the Society of the People, called Quakers, 10, to be paid to the clerk of the Meeting for the time being of the said Quakers in the Borough Town of Westchester, to the use of the said Meeting, to maintain good works.
Purchase Monthly Meetings Records: Daniel Harding d, 8-1-1746 in 49year. Phebe Vail d. 12-24-1766, m, between 1 or 2 mo., April 1731.
Likely buried Purchase Friends Burial Ground-Westchester, NY.
Update : Anonymous on 12 Oct 2021, I still doubt that she was murdered in North Salem, especially since in her will she says of "the Borough of Westchester." and she was not buried in North Salem. Some mysteries may not yield answers! (Susan Thompson, North Salem historian) I suspect she had moved south by then, as there are no records of British troops in our area that year or even later in the war.
An army of British soldiers invaded her home and took the life of Phebe Vail Turner. She was 64 years of age, a widow and had undoubtedly faced one of the most horrific encounters imaginable.
Source: Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines, pg 84.
Phebe was the daughter of Samuel Jr. Vail (1678-1733) and Abigail (Hadden?) 1685-1724, the oldest daughter, raised in Westchester County, NY.
Phebe married Daniel Turner in 1731, Westcheser County NY. Source: Purchase Monthly Meeting Records.
They resided in North Salem, Westchester County where Daniel died in 1746, at age 44 years. His will recorded March 18, 1746 in Westchester County, NY.
Phebe's will was dated July 20, 1770 and took more than fifteen years to be recorded. The date given: 3 June, 1786. As noted from historian, William P Vail; "The delay in probating Phebe's will illustrates the confusion of the time of the Revolution and the years following".
Source: Vail, William Penn,. Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines. Chapter six, page 84.
Her will recorded: Abstracts of Wills, Vol XIV, 1786-1796 Page 152. Her death recorded Purchase Monthly Meeting, Weschester, NY.
attached: a selection from her will, which gives a sense of her devotion to her siblings, family and Friends Society.
PHEBE TURNER, widow of the Borough of Westchester, New York, to my sister, Abigail Bugbee, all my wearing apparel, my bed, bedding and furniture thereunto belonging, my chest, looking glass, six plates of X, pewter, one pair hand irons, and my Bible to her own use forever; to my brother, Thomas Vail, one feather bed, bedding, furniture belonging thereunto; Also one cupboard, one gun, and a warming-pan. All my linen to be equally divided between my sister Abigail and brother Thomas; to my cousin, John Vail, living in New Jersey, 40; to my brother Stephen, living in New Jersey, 50; to my nephew Daniel, son of my brother, John Vail, 5; to my niece, Phebe Vail, daughter of my brother, Thomas Vail, 5; also one table, one wheel, and one pie-pan; to Phebe Bugbee, daughter of Elijah Bugbee, 5, also one cupboard; to Daniel Pugsly, son of David Pugsly, 5; to the Society of the People, called Quakers, 10, to be paid to the clerk of the Meeting for the time being of the said Quakers in the Borough Town of Westchester, to the use of the said Meeting, to maintain good works.
Purchase Monthly Meetings Records: Daniel Harding d, 8-1-1746 in 49year. Phebe Vail d. 12-24-1766, m, between 1 or 2 mo., April 1731.
Likely buried Purchase Friends Burial Ground-Westchester, NY.
Update : Anonymous on 12 Oct 2021, I still doubt that she was murdered in North Salem, especially since in her will she says of "the Borough of Westchester." and she was not buried in North Salem. Some mysteries may not yield answers! (Susan Thompson, North Salem historian) I suspect she had moved south by then, as there are no records of British troops in our area that year or even later in the war.
A tragic event happened the evening of Christmas Eve on December 24, 1776.
An army of British soldiers invaded her home and took the life of Phebe Vail Turner. She was 64 years of age, a widow and had undoubtedly faced one of the most horrific encounters imaginable.
Source: Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines, pg 84.
Phebe was the daughter of Samuel Jr. Vail (1678-1733) and Abigail (Hadden?) 1685-1724, the oldest daughter, raised in Westchester County, NY.
Phebe married Daniel Turner in 1731, Westcheser County NY. Source: Purchase Monthly Meeting Records.
They resided in North Salem, Westchester County where Daniel died in 1746, at age 44 years. His will recorded March 18, 1746 in Westchester County, NY.
Phebe's will was dated July 20, 1770 and took more than fifteen years to be recorded. The date given: 3 June, 1786. As noted from historian, William P Vail; "The delay in probating Phebe's will illustrates the confusion of the time of the Revolution and the years following".
Source: Vail, William Penn,. Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines. Chapter six, page 84.
Her will recorded: Abstracts of Wills, Vol XIV, 1786-1796 Page 152. Her death recorded Purchase Monthly Meeting, Weschester, NY.
attached: a selection from her will, which gives a sense of her devotion to her siblings, family and Friends Society.
PHEBE TURNER, widow of the Borough of Westchester, New York, to my sister, Abigail Bugbee, all my wearing apparel, my bed, bedding and furniture thereunto belonging, my chest, looking glass, six plates of X, pewter, one pair hand irons, and my Bible to her own use forever; to my brother, Thomas Vail, one feather bed, bedding, furniture belonging thereunto; Also one cupboard, one gun, and a warming-pan. All my linen to be equally divided between my sister Abigail and brother Thomas; to my cousin, John Vail, living in New Jersey, 40; to my brother Stephen, living in New Jersey, 50; to my nephew Daniel, son of my brother, John Vail, 5; to my niece, Phebe Vail, daughter of my brother, Thomas Vail, 5; also one table, one wheel, and one pie-pan; to Phebe Bugbee, daughter of Elijah Bugbee, 5, also one cupboard; to Daniel Pugsly, son of David Pugsly, 5; to the Society of the People, called Quakers, 10, to be paid to the clerk of the Meeting for the time being of the said Quakers in the Borough Town of Westchester, to the use of the said Meeting, to maintain good works.
Purchase Monthly Meetings Records: Daniel Harding d, 8-1-1746 in 49year. Phebe Vail d. 12-24-1766, m, between 1 or 2 mo., April 1731.
Likely buried Purchase Friends Burial Ground-Westchester, NY.
Update : Anonymous on 12 Oct 2021, I still doubt that she was murdered in North Salem, especially since in her will she says of "the Borough of Westchester." and she was not buried in North Salem. Some mysteries may not yield answers! (Susan Thompson, North Salem historian) I suspect she had moved south by then, as there are no records of British troops in our area that year or even later in the war.
An army of British soldiers invaded her home and took the life of Phebe Vail Turner. She was 64 years of age, a widow and had undoubtedly faced one of the most horrific encounters imaginable.
Source: Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines, pg 84.
Phebe was the daughter of Samuel Jr. Vail (1678-1733) and Abigail (Hadden?) 1685-1724, the oldest daughter, raised in Westchester County, NY.
Phebe married Daniel Turner in 1731, Westcheser County NY. Source: Purchase Monthly Meeting Records.
They resided in North Salem, Westchester County where Daniel died in 1746, at age 44 years. His will recorded March 18, 1746 in Westchester County, NY.
Phebe's will was dated July 20, 1770 and took more than fifteen years to be recorded. The date given: 3 June, 1786. As noted from historian, William P Vail; "The delay in probating Phebe's will illustrates the confusion of the time of the Revolution and the years following".
Source: Vail, William Penn,. Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines. Chapter six, page 84.
Her will recorded: Abstracts of Wills, Vol XIV, 1786-1796 Page 152. Her death recorded Purchase Monthly Meeting, Weschester, NY.
attached: a selection from her will, which gives a sense of her devotion to her siblings, family and Friends Society.
PHEBE TURNER, widow of the Borough of Westchester, New York, to my sister, Abigail Bugbee, all my wearing apparel, my bed, bedding and furniture thereunto belonging, my chest, looking glass, six plates of X, pewter, one pair hand irons, and my Bible to her own use forever; to my brother, Thomas Vail, one feather bed, bedding, furniture belonging thereunto; Also one cupboard, one gun, and a warming-pan. All my linen to be equally divided between my sister Abigail and brother Thomas; to my cousin, John Vail, living in New Jersey, 40; to my brother Stephen, living in New Jersey, 50; to my nephew Daniel, son of my brother, John Vail, 5; to my niece, Phebe Vail, daughter of my brother, Thomas Vail, 5; also one table, one wheel, and one pie-pan; to Phebe Bugbee, daughter of Elijah Bugbee, 5, also one cupboard; to Daniel Pugsly, son of David Pugsly, 5; to the Society of the People, called Quakers, 10, to be paid to the clerk of the Meeting for the time being of the said Quakers in the Borough Town of Westchester, to the use of the said Meeting, to maintain good works.
Purchase Monthly Meetings Records: Daniel Harding d, 8-1-1746 in 49year. Phebe Vail d. 12-24-1766, m, between 1 or 2 mo., April 1731.
Likely buried Purchase Friends Burial Ground-Westchester, NY.
Update : Anonymous on 12 Oct 2021, I still doubt that she was murdered in North Salem, especially since in her will she says of "the Borough of Westchester." and she was not buried in North Salem. Some mysteries may not yield answers! (Susan Thompson, North Salem historian) I suspect she had moved south by then, as there are no records of British troops in our area that year or even later in the war.
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