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Elisha Turner (39705) & Lydia Briggs (48815)

55229. Lydia Turner. Born on 11 Sep 1793 in Scituate, MA.52 Lydia died in South Scituate (Norwell), MA, on 29 Aug 1863; she was 69.

(There were two contemporary Lydia Turners in Scituate, both daughters of Elisha and Lydia Turners, and both married Samuel Turners. This one was the daughter of Elisha and Lydia (Briggs) Turner, and she married Samuel Adams Turner, son of Charles and Hannah (Jacob) Turner, in 1814. The other Lydia was the daughter of Elisha and Lydia (Holden) Turner, and she married Samuel Turner, son of Israel and Mercy (Oakman) Turner, in 1828 as his second wife.)

Although Samuel and Lydia shared the surname Turner, they were only remotely related.

Deaths in South Scituate
Lydia Turner, d. 29 Aug 1863, æ. 70, at South Scituate, b. there, married, daughter of Elisha Turner, d. of consumption, interment S. Scituate

On 16 Oct 1814 when Lydia was 21, she married Samuel Adams Turner (63387) , son of Col. Charles Turner (56692) (20 Jun 1760-16 May 1839) & Hannah Jacobs (56672) (4 Apr 1763-Oct 1843), in Scituate, MA.52 Born on 22 Mar 1792 in Scituate, MA.52 Samuel Adams was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 22 Jul 1792.52 Samuel Adams died in Scituate, MA, on 7 Jun 1890; he was 98.

1850 Federal Census. South Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Roll 332, page 79B
Saml. A. Turner, 58, farmer, $4200 real estate
Lydia Turner, 56
Abby Turner, 31
Charles Turner, 23, farmer
John Turner, 20, farmer
Elizabeth Turner, 13
Lydia Turner, 88
All were born in Massachusetts.

1860 Federal Census. Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Roll 519, page 648
Post Office Scituate
Samuel A. Turner, 68, revenue officer, b. MA
Lydia Turner, 66, b. MA
Abby Turner, 40, dressmaker, $1300 real estate, b. MA
Lizzie Turner, 22, b. MA
Mary Hunkins, s19, servant, b. NH

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