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Elijah Turner

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Elijah Turner Veteran

Birth
Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Death
8 Mar 1826 (aged 71)
Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Storrs, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Elijah was the son of Isaac Turner and Susanna Mayo. He married Hannah Dimmock April 29, 1778 in Mansfield, CT.

Children born in Mansfield:
i. Rachel, b. 26 June, 1779.
ii. Achsah, b. 5 July 1781; m. John Loomis.
iii. Elijah, b. 5 Feb. 1784; m. prob. Anne Hopkins.
iv. Jesse, b. 5 July 1786; m. Sally Agard.
v. Rufus, born Sep. 1, 1790.
vi. Huldah, b. 7 Oct. 1795; m. William Smith.

Excerpt from the "Genealogical History of Edgar Hanks Evans" (1941):
She was probably the "Mrs. Turner" whose death record is given in the year 1831 aged 76, in the records of the Second Church of Mansfield. In this same church, on 6 Oct. 1799 under baptisms, is "Household of Elijah Turner, -Rachel, Achsah, Elijah, Jesse, Rufus and Wilson, this last name must have been copied wrong, there was no other record of a Wilson Turner.

In the Probate records of Mansfield, CT, on 15 Nov. 1831 is recorded the distribution of the estate of Elijah Turner of Mansfield, no wife was named, other heirs being daughter Achsah Loomis, sons Elijah, Jesse and Rufus Turner and daughter Huldah Smith.

No Elijah Turner was found in the lists of Connecticut men in the Revolution.

Norwich Courier (CT), April 12, 1826, p. 3:
At a Court of Probate held at Windham, within and for the District of Windham, on the 25th day of March 1826:
Present, JONAH LINCOLN, ESQ. Judge.
Six months are hereby limited from the first publication of this order, for the creditors to the estate of Mr. Elijah Turner, late of Mansfield in said district, decease, to exhibit their several claims to Elijah Turner or Jesse Turner, Executors of the last will and testament of said deceased, or be debarred a recovery according to law. And the said Executors are directed to publish a copy of this order in the Norwich Courier, and put up a true copy in some public place in said town of Mansfield, on or before the 29th day of March 1826.
Attest, John Baldwin, Jr. cLERK. The foregoing is a true copy---examined by
3w2] J. BALDWIN Jr. Clerk.

(Notice repeated 2X a week for 3 weeks.)
Elijah was the son of Isaac Turner and Susanna Mayo. He married Hannah Dimmock April 29, 1778 in Mansfield, CT.

Children born in Mansfield:
i. Rachel, b. 26 June, 1779.
ii. Achsah, b. 5 July 1781; m. John Loomis.
iii. Elijah, b. 5 Feb. 1784; m. prob. Anne Hopkins.
iv. Jesse, b. 5 July 1786; m. Sally Agard.
v. Rufus, born Sep. 1, 1790.
vi. Huldah, b. 7 Oct. 1795; m. William Smith.

Excerpt from the "Genealogical History of Edgar Hanks Evans" (1941):
She was probably the "Mrs. Turner" whose death record is given in the year 1831 aged 76, in the records of the Second Church of Mansfield. In this same church, on 6 Oct. 1799 under baptisms, is "Household of Elijah Turner, -Rachel, Achsah, Elijah, Jesse, Rufus and Wilson, this last name must have been copied wrong, there was no other record of a Wilson Turner.

In the Probate records of Mansfield, CT, on 15 Nov. 1831 is recorded the distribution of the estate of Elijah Turner of Mansfield, no wife was named, other heirs being daughter Achsah Loomis, sons Elijah, Jesse and Rufus Turner and daughter Huldah Smith.

No Elijah Turner was found in the lists of Connecticut men in the Revolution.

Norwich Courier (CT), April 12, 1826, p. 3:
At a Court of Probate held at Windham, within and for the District of Windham, on the 25th day of March 1826:
Present, JONAH LINCOLN, ESQ. Judge.
Six months are hereby limited from the first publication of this order, for the creditors to the estate of Mr. Elijah Turner, late of Mansfield in said district, decease, to exhibit their several claims to Elijah Turner or Jesse Turner, Executors of the last will and testament of said deceased, or be debarred a recovery according to law. And the said Executors are directed to publish a copy of this order in the Norwich Courier, and put up a true copy in some public place in said town of Mansfield, on or before the 29th day of March 1826.
Attest, John Baldwin, Jr. cLERK. The foregoing is a true copy---examined by
3w2] J. BALDWIN Jr. Clerk.

(Notice repeated 2X a week for 3 weeks.)

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In memory of
Mr. Elijah Turner
who died
March 8, 1826



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