Asa Turner

1765 - 1847  (82 years)

• Name	Asa Turner  [1]
  Birth	4 Jun 1765	Watertown CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Nov 1847	Stockton, Chautauqua Co., NY.
  Person ID	I48101	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2002

  
  

  Father	Jebediah Turner,   b. 27 May 1733, Hartford CT d. 19 Nov 1819, Franklin, Del Co, NY (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Rachel Thompson,   b. 22 Dec 1737   d. 17 Oct 1771 (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F21085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel Ketchum,   b. Abt 1765   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1787
  Children	1. Gideon Turner,   b. 1787, Franklin, NY d. Yes, date unknown   2. Benjamin Turner,   b. 1793, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   3. Pamela Ketchum Turner,   b. 2 Sep 1805, Sidney Twp, Hastings, Ontario, Canada d. 1 May 1883, Elmwood Illinois (Age 77 years)   4. Louisa Turner   5. H. G. Turner,   b. 4 Jul 1808, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F21262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Jun 1765 - Watertown CT Death - 27 Nov 1847 - Stockton, Chautauqua Co., NY.  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In 1778 when he was 13, the Revolutionary War was going on and he enlisted. He served several posts between 1778-1782.   By 1847 he was living with daughter Louisa Jones in Stockton, Chautauqua Co., NY. He died on November 27, 1847 and was buried in Stockton, Chautauqua Co., NY.   One of his granddaughters was Josephine B. Mix (nee Dexter), a 19th Century Woman Physician of the Medical College of New York City.   Asa Turner has a plaque at Turner's Corner's ie Old Baptist Road and 8th Concession, at the Baptist Church, Sidney Township, Hastings Co. He had land just a few settlements (farms) away. The plaque was placed by the Gov't of Ontario commorating his work in founding many Baptist Churches in Upper Canada. For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

  
  

• Sources

  [S1183] Tod Marshall, Tod's Slice of the Web - Jones page, (http://todmar.net/ancestry/jones_main.htm).