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1649 - Immigrated with wife, MARY and servant JOSEPH EDWARDS.
1650 - Registered cattle & hogg marke: "cropt & holed both ears."
1650 - Served as Juror
1651 - Deposed stating he was 20 years old.
1654 - Served as Burgess
1654 - Authorized along with other residents to "Treat with Indians."
1655 - Sons Arthur Turner, Jr. and James Turner born by this time.
1657 - Wife, Mary Turner dead.
1657 - Son Edward Turner born by this time.
1658 - Lengthy court trial regarding his illegitimate chilld with Lucie Stratton.  She refused to marry him.
1659 - Gave son Arthur Turner, Jr. 1/2 of 600 acres, land, cattle, furniture.
1659 - Gave son James Turner 1/2 of 600 acres, land, cattle, furniture.
1659 -  Entered cattle mark for son Arthur Turner, Jr.
1659 - Entered cattle mark for son, James Turner.
1661 - Margaret , wife of ARTHUR TURNER, transported.
1662 - Served as Juror
1665 - With wife, Margaret, ack. right of CAPT. JAMES NEALE to 100 acres in Charles County MD.
1665 - Arthur named overseer of estate of  RICHARD SMITH.
1666 - Estate appraised and inventory filed by Walter Beane and Francis Pope.
1667 - Daughter (Unnamed) born.
1667 - Arthur Turner and Margaret Turner both deceased.
1667 - Orphans of Arthur Turner choose guardian: Arthur chose Josiah Fendall; Edward chose Walter Beane; James chose James Bowling; Anne chose William Marshall but later became ward of  Joseph Cooper; Unnamed daughter was placed with Susanna Taylor.
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ARTHUR TURNER can be found in dozens of court records in the Archives of Maryland mostly involving debts owed or uncollected.  One trial regarded claims that Arthur's dog bit him;  Arthur accused of selling land that did not belong to him; Arthur accused of mistreating his orphan, JOHN WARD, his servant.
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Children of ARTHUR & MARY TURNER:

1. ARTHUR TURNER, Jr. - b. c. 1652; d. 1683, no known descendants.
2. JAMES TURNER, b. c. 1654; d. 1696, no descendants.
3. EDWARD TURNER, c1656 MD-c1720VA, m/1 Mary Smith; m/2 (Mrs.) SARAH MEREDITH c.1700;
    Known children of Edward Turner & Mary Smith:
        3-1. Arthur Turner, b. c. 1680, [in Westmoreland VA 1710]
        3-2. Alexander Smith Turner, b. c. 1682, d. 1727 VA;  m/ Phyllis Earle in Westmoreland CoVA had 3 daughters; she m/2 John Mockeridge.
   Known children of  Edward Turner &  Sarah Meredith, b.ca 1681 MD, d/o John and Sarah Meredith of Dorchester MD; d. c. 1721 VA.
        3-3. Jane Turner, b.c. 1700, m/Scoggins (VA)
        3-4.  POSSIBLE SON: William Turner, b. ca 1702**
        3-5. POSSIBLE SON:  James Turner, b. ca  1704 **[m/ Kerenhappuch Norman]
         3-6. Sarah Turner, b.c. 1706
         3-7. Edward Turner, b.c. 1710
         3-8. Margaret, b. 1718. [Wm. Rieves, guardian.]

Children of ARTHUR & MARGARET TURNER:

4. ANNE TURNER, c1663-c1719; m/1 Richard Smith had sons Richard and James; m/2 Joseph Wilson, dau. Margaret Wilson m/ William Cage

5. (Unknown Female) TURNER, b. Oct. 1667 - ward of George and Susanna Taylor
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Sources: Archives of Maryland; Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol. 7, Elise Greenup Jourdan 1999.

Bennie Lou Hook Altom  Baltom@NovaOne.Net
24 July 2004

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