John Turney (bef. 1709 - 1786)

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Died 11 Aug 1786 after age 77 in Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

• Father: Robert Turney
• Baptized 22 May 1709 @ Fairfield, CT
• Named in John's will, dated 1 March 1762 and proved on 31 May 1786^[1]:
  1. Hannah Turney, wife
  2. Eunice French, daughter
  3. Abigail Sherwood, daughter
  4. John Turney, son & executor

His inventory was completed on 2 August 1786.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-B395  : 12 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627132, image 129-130, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1782-1888, Pages 193-194.
2. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-B33N : 12 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627132, image 135-136, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1782-1888, Pages 202-204.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Vol. 2, Page 976.

• findagrave.com

From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:

• Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1709
• Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1786
• Connecticut Wills & Probate Records, 1786