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| -H- 5th Ggrandfather |
Thomas Turney ("the Turncoat")
Parents: Thomas Turney and Martha Lyon
Born 2 Mar 1754 Fairfield Township, Fairfield, Connecticut
Thomas was referred to as a "Turncoat" because he fled to Long Island, New York to join the Loyalists (those loyal to the English crown) in 1776. He was said to have 'joined the enemy' (18 May 1781 Fairfield Town Records) and the fact he was not mentioned in his father's will means he was in disfavor. He moved to New Brunswick, Canada in 1783 as a loyalist. He first settled on the Kennebecasis River in Kings County, then in 1787 received a land grant at Keswick, Douglas Parish, York County. In 1797 he purchased land at Swan Creek, Burton Parish, Sunbury County.
Married Amy Coy 15 Nov 1792 Gagetown, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada
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 AND the Barbour Collection
Online Book: Lyon Memorial Families of Connecticut and New Jersey By Louise Lyon Johnson, Samuel R. Winnas, page 270
Book: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield
Book: New Brunswick Loyalists: A Bicentennial Tribute by Sharon Dubeau, 1983, page 146
U.S. and Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists Index (Source: Olson, Virginia H. "Notes and Sources: Connecticut Loyalists Who Went to Canada." In Connecticut Ancestry, vol. 17:1 (Sept. 1974), pp. 18-25; vol. 17:2 (Nov. 1974), pp. 51-59.
Eileen Hacking Lentz's (a cousin) notes on Family Search
Canadian Genealogy Index
Family Search
ancestry.com
Amy Coy
Parents Edward Coy and Amy Titus
Born 22 Jul 1771 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 9 Oct 1838 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
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| Amy Coy Turney death notice in paper |
Sources
Death Notice: Issue: 20 October 1838, New Brunswick Courier Vol 7 # 1370 St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, from Daniel F Johnson Collection
Family Search
ancestry.com
CHILDREN
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| Jerusha's headstone |
Jerusha Turney
Born 24 Mar 1793 Swan Creek, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Married Reverend Gideon Estabrooks 25 Oct 1817 New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Albert, Mary, Amy, Thomas, Elizabeth, Jerusha, Gideon
Died 8 May 1863 Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried Lower Wicklow Cemetery, Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
1851 Canadian Census Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
1861 Canadian Census Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Death notice: Carleton Sentinel issue 30 May 1863
Daniel F Johnson : Volume 21 Number 1208 Date : May 30, 1863 County : Carleton Place : Woodstock Newspaper : Carleton Sentinel d. Wicklow (Carleton Co.) 8th inst., Jerusha w/o Rev. Gideon Estabrooks and fourth d/o late Thomas Turney of Burton (Sunbury Co.) age 70. and Amy (Anna) Coy.
Book: Genealogy of the Estabrook family including the Estabrook and Easterbrooks, in the United States
History of the Baptists of the Maritime Provinces by Edward Manning Saunders, 1902, p 482
North America Family Histories
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65638246/jerusha-estabrooks
Note: have requested a picture of the headstone, hoping there is one
Amasa Turney
Born 1794 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, CanadaMarried Eliza Cowperthwaite 23 Dec 1822 Queens, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Amy, Charles, Lydia, Thomas, Phoebe, James, Nelson, Jane, Margaret, Albert
Died 21 Aug 1850 Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65634350/amasa-turney
Sarah Turney
Born abt 1796 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, CanadaMarried Hezekiah Estabrooks abt 1816
Children: Sarah, Elijah, Priscilla, Hezekiah, Turney, Charles, Benjamin, Ruth, Frederick, Calvin
Died
Buried
Sources
North America Family Histories
Family Search
ancestry.com
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| Lavinia headstone |
Lavinia Turney
Born 6 October 1798 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, CanadaMarried Zebulon Currie 8 March 1821 Gagetown, Queens, New Brunswick
Children: Margaret, Duncan, Thomas, Charles, Adelaide, Elizabeth, Emma, Julia, George
Death 19 Feb 1856 Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
COD: Apoplexy (heart attack)
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| Lavinia's death notice in paper |
Sources
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60999517/lavina-currie
Family Search
Obit: 1856 The New Brunswick Magazine page 118
Family Search
ancestry.com
*Martha (Patty) Turney
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| -H- 4th Ggrandmother |
Married Joseph Ebbett abt 1817 Canada
Children: Jerusha, David, William, Joseph, James, Elijah, Caroline
Died 22 Nov 1867 Canada
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Elizabeth Ann (Betsy) Turney
Born 1802 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Elizabeth Turney Barker headstone |
Children: Joseph, Letitia, Elizabeth, Amy
Died 18 June 1861 Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick
Buried Sheffield United Church Cemetery, Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
1851 Canadian Census Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
New Brunswick Cemeteries Index
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=178278614
Family Search
ancestry.com
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| Thomas Turney headstone |
Married Catherine Jane Estabrooks 10 Jan 1833 Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Caroline, Charles, Thomas, Catherine
Died 15 April 1880 Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried: Upper Gagetown Cemetery, Upper Gagetown, Queens, New Brunswick
Sources
Canadian Genealogy Index: he is in the 1851 Canadian Census extracts Vol 22
1861 Canadian Census Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick (age 57)
1871 Canadian Census Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick (age 65)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162265592/thomas-turney
David Turney
Born 27 July 1806 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, CanadaOccupation: Wheelwright (1866) Farmer (1871)
Married Jane Upton 13 Jan 1831 Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Frederick, Mary, Thomas, Jane, Margery, George, Franklin, Harry, Fred
Died 9 Oct 1879 Swan Creek, Burton, New Brunswick, Canada
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| David Turney death announcement in paper |
Sources
Death notice: Christian Visitor Newspaper, issue 29 October 1879, St. John, New Brunswick
1851 Canadian Census Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada (age 43)
1861 Canadian Census Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick (age 55)
1871 Canadian Census Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick (age 64 )
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| Nelson Turney and Charlotte Upton Turney headstone |
Born 1809 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Occupation: Farmer (1860-1870)
Married Charlotte Upton 31 Jan 1833 Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
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| Nelson Turney death record |
Died 7 October 1884
Buried Fairmount Cemetery, Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine
Sources
1870 US Census for Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine
Death Record
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144646212/nelson-turney
Family Search
ancestry.com
Amy Jane Turney
Born 19 April 1812 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, CanadaMarried Elijah Brooks 7 Jan 1830 Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Thomas, Elijah, Nelson, Margaret, Emily, David, Sophia, Amy, Mary, Frances, Henry, Duncan
Died 20 Mar 1887 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried Old Burial Ground, Fredricton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
Canada Marriages
1851 Canadian Census Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
1861 Canadian Census Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
1871 Canadian Census Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
1881 Canadian Census Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207249685/amy-jane-brooks
Frances Ann Turney
Born 1816 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, CanadaMarried Dr. Jacob Watters Barker 12 Jun 1834 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
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| Newspaper clipping of their announcement - issue 5 July 1834 News Brunswick Courier |
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| Francis Ann's shared headstone - two sons are with her |
Children: Cynthia, Jacob, Emma, Thomas, Mary, John, Infant
Died 7 July 1871 Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
1851 Canadian Census
1861 Canadian Census
Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112129508/francis-ann-barker
Married Abraham Close Hammond 3 Aug 1841 Andover, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Charles, Anna, Adeline, Celia, Julia, Clara
Buried Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
1851 Canadian Census
1861 Canadian Census
Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112129508/francis-ann-barker
Margaret E Turney
Born 1818 Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, CanadaMarried Abraham Close Hammond 3 Aug 1841 Andover, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Charles, Anna, Adeline, Celia, Julia, Clara
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| Marriage record for Margaret and Abraham |
Buried Perth-Andover Baptist Church Cemetery
Sources
1851 Canadian Census Andover, New Brunswick, Canada
Acadia, Canada Vital and Church Records
New Brunswick Provincial Marriages
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76741279/margaret-e-hammond
I don't think Amy Coy is the mother of Martha Turney. The ages just don't match. Since Thomas was a lot older than Amy, I think Amy was his second wife. At least Martha, born about 1786 and Emeline, born about 1788, would be the first wife's daughters. Emeline, first wife of Hezekiah Estabrooks, gave birth to three children before she died in 1810, so she had to have been born before 1793. Hezekiah married 2nd. Sarah Turney in 1811 and had many more children with her. Some have her born before Martha, but I think that is probably in error and that she may have been the daughter of Amy Coy. Lentze
ReplyDeleteMy information came from Ancestral File. I haven't done any of my own poking around - I don't even have an Emeline listed. When I have time, I will poke around for original sources for this information.
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