Samuel Turner

Biography

This profile is part of the Turner Name Study.

Samuel Turner was born on April 19, 1787 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. His parents were Bezaleel Turner and Mary Thompson. He married Mary Gould on September 22, 1806

Together they had children:

1. Mary
2. Elbridge Gerry
3. William Elbridge
4. Charles
5. John Thompson
6. Samuel, Jr.
7. Eliza
8. Eliza (again)
9. Silas
10. Silas Thompson
11. John

He died on September 10, 1855 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

References

1. Crane, Ellery Bicknell, Historic Homes and Institutions and genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts v. II. 1907. Page 358. < GoogleBooks >
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays'_Rebellion Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.[2][3][4] The fight took place mostly in and around Springfield during 1786 and 1787. American Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels (called Shaysites) in a protest against economic and civil rights injustices. Shays was a farmhand from Massachusetts at the beginning of the Revolutionary War; he joined the Continental Army, saw action at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Battle of Bunker Hill, and Battles of Saratoga, and was eventually wounded in action.
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbridge_Gerry Elbridge Gerry (/ˈɡɛri/; July 17, 1744[a] – November 23, 1814) was an American Founding Father, politician, and diplomat who served as the fifth vice president of the United States under President James Madison from 1813 until his death in 1814. The political practice of gerrymandering is named after him. He was the second vice president to die in office.