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size Court, Eastern Shore, commissioned 1734.
LOCAL OFFICES deputy surveyor, Talbot County,
by 1711-ca. 1714; justice, Queen Anne's County,
1718-at least 1732 (quorum, 1729/30-at least
1732); visitor, Free School, Queen Anne's County,
1723-1738/39; St. Paul's Parish Vestry, Queen
Anne's County, elected 1729. MILITARY SERVICE:
major, Queen Anne's County Militia, by 1728.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: 500 acres in Queen Anne's County and 1
lot in Oxford, Talbot County (inherited 500 acres
in Queen Anne's County, bought 1 lot in Ox-
ford). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN
FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired by inher-
itance and purchase 1,607 acres in Queen Anne's
and Kent counties, 1718-1725; sold, or deeded
as gift, 1,184 acres in Queen Anne's County and
1 lot in Oxford, 1721-1737. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: will probated November 8, 1739, in Queen
Anne's County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£1,461.6.3 current money (including 25 slaves and
books); FB, £819.9.11. LAND: 923 acres in Queen
Anne's and Kent counties.
TURNER, ARTHUR (1622-1667). BORN: in 1622,
probably in England. IMMIGRATED: ca. 1649, as
a free adult with wife. RESIDED: in St. Mary's
County. MARRIED first, Mary (?-by 1658). MAR-
RIED second, (name unknown). CHILDREN. SONS:
Arthur (?-1683); James (?-1696); Edward (?-
1709), who married first or second, Elizabeth,
and third, Mary. DAUGHTERS. Ann; another
daughter called an infant in 1667, name unknown.
ADDITIONAL COMMENT: in 1658/59 Turner ac-
knowledged a bastard child by his servant, Lucie
Stratton. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STA-
TUS AND ACTIVITIES: transported one servant on
arrival; Mr., 1654. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Assembly, Potomac (St. Mary's County), 1654
(elected during the session to fill vacancy). WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. LAND. 600 acres, 1659. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED, by November 12, 1667. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY. TEV, at least 12,917 pounds
of tobacco. LAND: ca. 600 acres.
TURNER, THOMAS (?-ca. 1662/63). BORN: in
Essex County, England. IMMIGRATED: by 1656/
57, as a free adult. RESIDED: at "St. Winnifred's,"
St. Clement's Bay, St. Mary's County. MARRIED
by 1660 Emma, widow of William Johnson (?-
ca. 1656). Her sister-in-law was Agatha Johnson
(ca. 1615-?), who married James Langworth (ca.
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1630-ca. 1660/61). Emma subsequently married
by 1664 William Rosewell. CHILDREN. SON:
Thomas. DAUGHTER. Mary, who married Joseph
Pile (?-1692). STEPDAUGHTER: Elizabeth John-
son, who married Anthony, son of James Neale
(ca. 1615-1684). OTHER KINSHIP: related to both
Luke Gardiner (1622-1674) and William Bretton
(?-ca. 1672), although exact relationship is un-
known. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Catholic. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: placeman; attorney. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, St.
Mary's County, 1662. OTHER PROVINCIAL OF-
FICES: clerk of the Secretary's Office and of the
Provincial Court, by 1656/57-1657/58; clerk, Lower
House, 1658. LOCAL OFFICE, justice, St. Mary's
County, 1661-ca. 1662/63. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
between October 2, 1662, and January 21, 1662/
63, in St. Mary's County. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
size of estate unknown. LAND: tracts in Maryland
and England (acreage unknown).
TURNER, ZEPHANIAH (1737-1794). BORN: on
September 19, 1737, in Trinity Parish, Charles
County; eldest son. NATIVE: probably third or
fourth generation. RESIDED: in Port Tobacco, East
Hundred, Charles County, 1775; Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, from ca. 1778 to probably the
mid-1780s; Port Tobacco, East Hundred, Charles
County, by 1789 until death. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Samuel Turner (?-1764) of
Charles County, planter; vestryman of Trinity
Parish, Charles County, from 1751 to at least 1756;
final balance of estate £636.0.2 current money.
MOTHER: Verlinda. STEPMOTHER: Mary (?-1774).
BROTHER: Hezekiah (1739-?), who married on
April 29, 1764, Henrietta Chum. HALF BROTHER
OR BROTHER: John Beale (ca. 1759-?). SISTERS:
Dorcas (1741-?); Deborah (1743/44-?), who
married on May 31, 1764, Zachariah Chum; Mar-
tha (1748-?); Anna; and Mary (1750-?). MAR-
RIED by 1771 Mary. CHILDREN, probably five ac-
cording to census of 1790, including SONS: Samuel
Beale; Robert; and one name unknown. DAUGH-
TERS: probably two, names unknown. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILI-
ATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Esq., by 1782; member of a debating society or-
ganized in Port Tobacco in 1788. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE, merchant in Port Tobacco. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SER VICE: Lower House, Charles
County, 1777 (Claims 1, 2), 1777-1778 (Griev-
ances 1; Claims 1, 2; Manufactories 1; resigned
during the 2nd session to become auditor gen-
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