Sunday, July 18, 2010

Thomas Turney 1719-1783 Martha Lyon 1723

Thomas Turney
Parents Thomas Turney and Abigail Wells
Born abt 1719 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Married Martha Lyon 28 Dec 1746 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Marriage record from book: Fairfield Vital Records
Died: 21 Jan 1783 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Buried
Sources
Online Book: Lyon Memorial: Families of Connecticut and New Jersey by Louise Lyon Johnson, Samuel R. Winnans (Jr.) page 270
Book:  History and Genealogy of the Old Families of Fairfield  Vol 1 page 976
Family Search
ancestry.com

Martha Lyon
Parents Samuel Lyon and Mary Davis
Born abt 1726 Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Died 1765 Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Buried
Sources
Online Book:  Lyon Memorial:  Families of Connecticut and New Jersey by Louise Lyon Johnson, Samuel R. Winnans (Jr.) page 263, 270
Marriage:  Book:  Fairfield Vital Records page 84
Family Search
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CHILDREN

Elizabeth Turney
Born 10 Jul 1748 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Married Isaac Seeley son of Nathaniel Seeley and Rebecca Hubbell abt 1768 Connecticut
Children:  Rebecca, Ozias, Isaac, William, John, Polly
Died 15 May 1836  New Lisbon, Otsego, New York
Buried Welcome Cemetery, New Lisbon, Otsego, New York
Burial Notice for Isaac and Elizabeth in the original Old Fuller and Priest Cemetery
now known as the Welcome Cemetery

Sources
1820 US Census Cherry Valley, Ostego, New York
1830 US Census Cherry Valley, Ostego, New York
Birth: Connecticut, Births and Christenings AND IGI Film 0002959 Batch 7450373
Online Book:  Lyon Memorial:  Families of Connecticut and New Jersey by Louise Lyon Johnson, Samuel R. Winnans (Jr.) page 270
New York State Cemetery Records
Family Search
ancestry.com
Benjamin Turney
Born 25 Mar 1750 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Married Eunice (Sarah?) Lyon Jul 1771 British Colonial America
Died aft 1790
Buried
Sources
Birth: Connecticut, Births and Christenings AND IGI Film 0002959 Batch 7450373
1790 US Census Ballston, Saratoga, New York
Online Book:  Lyon Memorial:  Families of Connecticut and New Jersey by Louise Lyon Johnson, Samuel R. Winnans (Jr.) page 270
Family Search
ancestry.com
Eunice Turney headstone
Eunice Turney
Born 19 Jan 1752 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Married Daniel Cable 22 Nov 1769 Easton, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
No Children
Died 17 Sep 1818 New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut
Buried:  Gaylordsville Cemetery, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut
Sources

Birth: Connecticut, Births and Christenings
Birth: IGI Film 0002959 Batch 7450373
Online Book:  Lyon Memorial:  Families of Connecticut and New Jersey by Louise Lyon Johnson, Samuel R. Winnans (Jr.) page 270
Family Search
ancestry.com
*Thomas Turney (the 'turncoat')
Born 2 Mar 1754 Fairfield Township, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Fled to Long Island, New York to join the Loyalists in 1776.  He was said to have 'joined the enemy' (18 May 1781 Fairfield Town Records) and was not mentioned in his father's will.
Married Amy Coy 15 Nov 1792 Gagetown, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Jerusha, Amasa, Mary, Sarah, Martha, Thomas, Levina, David, Nelson, Elizabeth, Amy, Margaret, Frances
Died 23 Mar 1840 Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
His joining the Loyalists:  Generations Newsletter Vol 55-62 page 30
Birth: Connecticut, Births and Christenings AND IGI Film 0002959 Batch 7450373
Online Book:  Lyon Memorial:  Families of Connecticut and New Jersey by Louise Lyon Johnson, Samuel R. Winnans (Jr.) page 270
Family Search
ancestry.com

Hannah Turney

Born 27 Mar 1756 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Married  Eliphalet Wheeler by 1783
Children:  Abby (there were more children:  the US census of 1790 for Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, indicates 2 males under age 16, 1 male over and 3 girls in Eliphalet Wheeler household.  They didn't distinguish ages for females.  
Note about Eliphalet: In book Maritime Connecticut in the Revolution, page 198 his name appears on the "List of the Government Guard" of men that served May and June 1777 at the "Salisbury Furnace."
Died 
Sources 
Birth:  Fairfield Vital Records Vol 1 page 135
Family member researching this name:  Alan Wheeler (email upon request - with his permission)
Birth: Connecticut, Births and Christenings AND IGI Film 0002959 Batch 7450373
Online Book:  Lyon Memorial:  Families of Connecticut and New Jersey by Louise Lyon Johnson, Samuel R. Winnans (Jr.) page 270
Family Search
ancestry.com
Sally Turney Odell headstone

Sarah (Sally) Turney

Born 1758 Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Married William Odell abt 1778
Children: Olive, Martha, Jerusha, Nehemiah, William, Harry, Sally
Died 1832 New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut

Buried: Center Cemetery, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut
Sources
Headstone: 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46805585/sally-odell

Daughter of the American Revolution Magazine 1913 Vol 43-45 page 125
Family Search
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Martha Turney
Born abt 1760 Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Married Thaddeus Gilbert  18 March 1775 Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Children:  Banford, Turney 
Died 11 Jun 1822 New York
Buried Spencertown Cemetery, Columbia, New York

Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Martha Turney Gilbert headstone
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19914496/martha-gilbert
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.connecticut.counties.windham/3496.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Note:  This link is still working as of 16 Feb 2020
Jemima Turney
Born 28 May 1762 Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Married Daniel Hall abt 1780
Children:  Tabitha, Mabel, Turney, Alanson, Zalmon, Alban, Benjamin

Died 24 Jan 1821 Connecticut
Jemima Turney Hall
Buried Long Hill Cemetery, Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Mentioned: http://connecticut-genealogy.blogspot.com/2010/06/francis-hall-descendants.html
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21137289/jemima-hall


David Turney
Birth 19 January 1765 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Married: 1) Parthenia Johnson 10 January 1787 Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut
David and Parthenia's marriage record
Children:  Thomas, James, Albert, Abiah, David, Alson, Roswell, Zalman, Martha, Willis, Emeline, Caroline, Sally
2) Clarissa Johnson 1816 Connecticut
No children
David Turney headstone
Died 25 Jul 1829 Fairfield, Connecticut
Buried: Union Cemetery, Easton, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sources
1790 US Census Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
1800 US Census Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
1810 US Census Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
1820 US Census Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Connecticut Town Birth Records
Connecticut Death Records
Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139586405/david-turney



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