Calvin Turner (1748 - 1838)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

: Calvin Turner ... was a Loyalist in the American Revolution, a Tory marauder from Bagaduce [Castine] Penobscot Bay. See British and Tory Marauders on the Penobscot

Isle au Haut " ... The following decade witnessed an even larger and more ambitious wave of settlement, which brought fledgling industries to the Island to augment and support small-scale fishing.

13 July 1805.

Calvin Turner arrived in 1800 and established a salt works near Seal Trap [near Moore's Harbor, mid-West shore of Great Isle au Haut] to support what appears to have been a rapidly growing local fishing industry. Asa Turner, his son, brought 400 sheep to the Island, beginning a burgeoning agricultural economy that would eventually, if temporarily, occupy significant portions of the Island. ... " [Asa Turner, see Lot 22 at North end of Long Pond/Turner Pond, Great Isle au Haut].

Isle-au-Haut-Community-Oral-History https://www.isleauhautmaine.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Isle-au-Haut-Community-Oral-History-ANP.pdf

Calvin Turner; b. 18 Dec 1748^[1] at Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; (Note: name is also listed as "Calven" in the record. ^[2]

m1. Alice (--?--);

m2. Mary Stinson; (per FindAGrave)

Calvin bought property on the Orland River in Hancock Co, then part of Massachusetts, in 1773, and built a Saw Mill and a Grist Mill. (per Town Clerk of Orland records) Calvin's wife was Alice.

He died 23 Sep 1838 at Isle au Haut, Knox, Maine, at age 89; he was buried at Turner Cemetery, Isle au Haut, Knox, Maine. [TURNER, Calvin d 29 Apr 1838 page 64 VR Deer Isle Prior to 1867 Piction Press]

Find A Grave: Memorial #156223799

Known children of Calvin Turner and Alice (--?--) all b. at Orland, Hancock, Maine, were as follows:

• i. Calvin Turner; b. 18 Feb 1775^[3].

• ii. Asa Turner; b. 5 Aug 1780^[4]; b. 1781; (cemetery inscription); m. Abigail Smith 6 Aug 1809 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; d. 23 Sep 1858 at Isle au Haut, Knox, Maine, at age 78; he was buried at Turner Cemetery, Isle au Haut, Knox, Maine.

• iii. James Turner; b. 5 May 1782^[5]; m. Hannah Stover 22 Oct 1803 at Orland, Hancock, Maine; m. Alice Hamin 30 Mar 1812; d. 9 Jan 1860 at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, at age 77; he was buried at Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, Æ 79y 8m 4d.

Captain James Turner of Bucksport https://books.google.com/books?id=1sFbEAcunXcC&pg=PA360&lpg=PA360&dq=%22James+Turner+%22,%22+Bucksport+Maine%22&source=bl&ots=GEyk0bW43o&sig=ACfU3U054UY9Wp7PHdcHUeJFFULAqGp7gw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi825P83OX7AhU6D1kFHWCUAno4FBDoAXoECBYQAw

• iv. John Turner; b. 6 Apr 1787^[6]; m. Anna Stover, daughter of Isaac Stover and Martha Webber, 4 Feb 1810 at Orland, Hancock, Maine.

• v. Polly Turner; b. 5 May 1789^[7].

• vi. Sally Turner; b. 10 Mar 1791^[8]m. Sylvanus Chipman, son of Israel Chipman and Phebe Rich; d. 21 Jan 1865 at age 73; Æ 72y 10m 11d.

• vii. Luther Turner; b. 12 Oct 1792^[9]; m. Elizabeth Dyer, daughter of Ambrose Dyer and Rhoda (--?--), 20 Jan 1814 at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine; d. 2 Dec 1864 at age 72.

• viii. Ephraim Turner; b. 12 Oct 1793^[10].

Research Notes

1. Who was Mary Stinson? Additional source needed

• Possible Answer: ... Calvin Turner (476), b. 18 Dec 1748 at Plymouth, MA, d. 1838 at ME + Mary Stimson (1306), b. at ME.?, m. 1767 [son] Calvin Turner (1307), b. 18 Feb 1775 at ME?, d. at At sea

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mestonin/families-small-holden-dougl/

Noted: If Alice Stimpson did not remove from NH to Maine until 1783/4. she is probably not the mother of all the children listed in Vital Records of Orland. Examples: Turner, Asa Capt. 1781 23 Sept 1858 [wife]Turner Abigail Smith, [parents] Calvin & Mary (Stinson) Turner Turner, Calvin 1748 29 Sept 1838 Turner property [wife] Mary Stinson [parents] Jonathan & Abigail (Stockbridge) Turner http://isleauhauthistory.org/documents/Isle%20au%20Haut%20BURIALS%202009.pdf

1. Could Alice have been Alice Stimson bapt. 23 May 1756 d/o Ephraim and Mary Stimson? [Yes]

An Historical Sketch of the Town of Deer Isle ^[11] Has the following:
Calvin Turner came early with his family, and he settled near the northern end of the pond [Isle au Haut]. He formerly resided in what is now the town of Orland [Incorporated 1800]. It has been stated that he built the first saw and grist mills in that town, in 1773 [Township No. 2 East of Penobscot River]. The exact time of his coming is not known to us. His wife was a Miss Stinson, a sister of the wife of Mr. Charles Kempton before noticed.

Family of Calvin Turner

The sons of the family were : the late Captain Asa Turner, who lived and died on Isle au Haut ; James Turner, who lived in Bucksport ; John Turner, who removed to the town of Brooklin, where he died. Another, whose name, we believe, was Calvin, was lost at sea, and was at the time master of the

vessel on which he was lost. Of the daughters we know nothing, as none of them remained here. Mr. Turner died in 1838, at the age of ninety years. The land he lived on was afterward occupied by his son, Captain Asa Turner, who was a man much respected. His wife was ?*Miss Abigail Smith, of Prospect, and they had a family of six sons and four daughters. The sons were the present John Turner, Esq., Ezra, James, 2d, and Isaiah B. Turner —all of whom, except Ezra, are now living on the island. One son, Mr. Thomas Turner, was drowned several years ago near the mouth of Union River, and one died when young. The daughters were the wives of Mr. Jacob Wilson, who removed to Massachusetts ; of Mr. Patrick Conley; of Mr. John K. Turner; and of Mr. John Doane, of the town of Newburg, Maine. Of the daughters but one, Mrs. Conley, now remains here. A few years ago Captain Turner removed to the western side of the island near the thoroughfare, and his property on the eastern

side of the island is now that of a Mr. Sprowl, formerly of Bucksport, who is now the owner of a large tract of land on that side of the island, which is used for pasturage. He is also the owner of Fog Island. The house of Mr. Turner is now occupied by Mr. Noah Page, formerly of Bucksport, who is in the employ of Mr. Sprowl. In 1843 Mr. Turner represented this town in the Legislature.

Source citation: "Hancock County Court of Sessions Records, 1788-1881," database, Maine Genealogy (https://www.mainegenealogy.net/hancock_sessions_record.asp?id=740 : accessed 9 December 2022), entry for Commonwealth vs. Charles Kempton, Aaron Marafew [Merithew] and Robert Knowlton for theft of flour from Calvin Turner, all of Isle au Haut, Jan. 1816 session, citing Hancock County Court of Sessions database, Maine State Archives.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-R25 : 15 January 2020), Calvin Turner, 1748.
2. ↑ "Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850", page 371, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsc01scit_0/page/n739/mode/2up?q=asa%2C+s.+Jonathan+and+Abigal
3. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F447-RZT : 14 January 2020), Calvin Turner in entry for Calvin Turner, 1775.
4. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F447-L3Y : 14 January 2020), Calvin Turner in entry for Asa Turner, 1780.
5. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F447-181 : 14 January 2020), Calvin Turner in entry for James Turner, 1782.
6. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F447-LTG : 14 January 2020), Calvin Turner in entry for John Turner, 1787.
7. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F447-8ZJ : 14 January 2020), Calvin Turner in entry for Polly Turner, 1789.
8. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F447-899 : 14 January 2020), Calvin Turner in entry for Sally Turner, 1791.
9. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F447-5FC : 14 January 2020), Calvin Turner in entry for Luther Turner, 1792.
10. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44W-WHK : 14 January 2020), Ephraim Turner, 1793.
11. ↑ Hosmer, George Lawrence. 2017. An Historical Sketch of the Town of Deer Isle, Maine With Notes of it's Settlers and Early Inhabitants. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019041221541688755152.

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• BELFAST DURING THE REVOLUTION History of the city of Belfast in the state of Maine https://archive.org/details/cu31924092267941/page/184/mode/2up?q=Stimson
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• Map Township No. 2 http://digitalarchives.sec.state.ma.us/uncategorised/digitalFile_aad3b1e2-4258-45dc-b385-680b0bfafc2c/
• Calvin Turner 1790 Census https://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2006/10/1790-census-eastern-river-township-no.html
• Joslyn, R. D., & New England historical and genealogical society. (1980). The descendants of John Stockbridge. Connecticut: Robert McKeon.
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• NEHGS The Descendants of John Stockbridge