Abraham (of Rich II) Turner

Abt 1722 - Bef 1768  (< 46 years)

• Name	Abraham (of Rich II) Turner  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1722	Northampton Co, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will - Fathers	7 Nov 1734	Northampton Co, Virginia   [1]
  	He was shown as son Abraham in the will of Richard Turner, wife no name.
  Age was stated	1 Oct 1737	Northampton Co, Virginia   [2]
  	He was shown as Abrm Turner, age 15.
  Tithable list	25 Aug 1747	Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  	Abraham Turner was added to Arthur Spiers' list of tithables.
  Will - Witnessed	2 May 1755	Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  	It was on this date that Abraham Turner & Thomas Jacob witnessed the will of John Teackle.
  Land bought	1759	tract A40, between Painter & Keller, Accomack Co, Virginia   [5]
  	Thomas Ames sold 50 acres of this this tract to Abraham Turner.
  Jury duty	2 Jun 1763	Accomack Co, Virginia   [6]
  	He was shown as Abraham Turner.
  Deed Proved	27 Sep 1763	Accomack Co, Virginia   [7]
  	A deed from Thomas Teackle to Thomas Teackle Jr was proved by James Rodgers, Zorrobabel Rodgers and Abraham Turner.
  Land bought	30 Jan 1764	tract A99, south of Parksley, west of R.R. tract, Hunting Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia   [8, 9]
  	Charles Courtney sold 100 acres for 400 pds money of Virginia, to Abraham Turner, who Whitelaw showed had married his daughter Mary Anne. (NOTE: The land cause shows her as the daughter of Overton Mackwilliam.) It was near Hunting Creed, bounded on the North East side by the Parish Line, East by Thomas Bayly & then to the Creek, being half a tract called 200 ac fromerly belonged to the above Charles Courtney. Four years later, Turner died and left the land to his wife for life and then it was to be divided among all of her children. The widow then married Major Rayfield, by whom she had other children.
  Land sold	30 Jan 1764	tract A99, south of Parksley, west of R.R. tract, Hunting Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia   [9]
  	From Abraham Turner & his wife Mary to Charles Courtney, for 100 pds money of Virginia, 100 acres of land near Hunting Creek joining the line of Thomas Bayly, South by Willet's line, being half the tract called 200 ac which formerly belonged to said Courtney.
  Land sold	24 Apr 1764	Accomack Co, Virginia   [10]
  	Abraham Turner & wife Mary Ann sold 50 acres to Richard Turner for 60 pounds money of Virginia. The land was located in Accomack County bounded by Small Branch leading into the Main Beaver Dam Branch - - - - running on land of Henry Martin, Thomas Ames and Mark Mears.
  Est Settmt Fa-in-law	27 Nov 1764	Accomack Co, Virginia   [11]
  	It was on this date that the will of Charles Courtney was proved. Abraham Turner, who intermarried with Mary, heir at law to the testator, being present & having nothing to object, said will admitted to probate.
  Will - Brothers	17 Feb 1767	Accomack Co, Virginia   [12]
  	In his will Richard Turner gave to godson John Parkerson, son of John Parkerson & Mary his wife "that I now am informed liveth in Carolina" Land & plantation where I now live, being 100 acres provided he pay 20 s. yearly to the Churchwardens of this parish to be distributed to such persons as shall be in want of charity, & if no heir of the said John Parkerson or himself should come to take possession of the land, then my cousin Hillary Turner to have the same upon the same condition & for want of heirs to William Turner, the son of Abraham Turner & Mary his wife. To cousin Andrew Turner, son of Andrew & Sarah his wife land where he now lives which I bought of his brother Abraham, containing 50 acres, he to pay 10 s. yearly to the Churchwardans, & for want of issue to George Turner, son of Abel Turner & Tabitha his wife. Clothing to Henry Clark & William Page. Wife (no name) bros. & sisters residual legatees. Wife & cousin Andrew Turner Exrs. Witt: James Rodgers, Peter Watson, Rachel Turner. In order of probate: George Turner heir at law to the testator. Elizabeth Turner & Andrew Turner qualified.
  Will	21 Mar 1768	Accomack Co, Virginia   [13]
  	In his will Abraham Turner gave to daughter Rachel Turner. Wife Mary Anne to have use of remainder of estate during her widow, then to be divided between my said wife & all her children. Wife Exec. Witt: Thomas Riley, Major Rafield.
  Death	Bef 31 May 1768	Accomack Co, Virginia   [13]
  	It was on this date that his will was proved.
  Est Settmt	27 Jun 1771	Accomack Co, Virginia   [14]
  	On the motion of Jonathan Willit, it was ordered that Thomas Riley, Thomas Bayly, Samuel Wise and William Drummond audit/settle/divide the estate of Abraham Turner (decd).
  Land surveyed	1788	tract A99, south of Parksley, west of the R.R. tract, Hunting Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia   [8]
  	A survey showed this part of this tract to have 86 1/4 acres and to be then owned by Major and Mary Rayfield, and William Turner, a son of Abraham and Mary. The land was in the fork of the two main branches of Hunting Creek and extended eastward along the north fork. In 1798 William Turner died intestate, his affairs being administered by his widow Betty, but beyone that this part was not traced further. The 1788 survey was for the whole tract and showed that this half of the Courtney land also contained 86 1/4 acres, which were divided equally between William and Garthey Willett and Jacob Turner on the part and Thomas Bayly on the other, because of his purchase of the Rowley interest.
  Land cause	31 Oct 1788	tract A99, south of Parksley, west of R.R. tract, Hunting Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia   [15]
  	Whereas the said Major Rayfield and Mary, his wife, William Turner, William Willet & Garthery his wife & Jacob Taylor and the said Thomas Bayly & Anne his wife together and undivided hold six messuages and 354 acres of land at the head of Hunting Creek, and whereas one Finlay McWilliams was lately seized of and in the premises aforesaid as of fee, and being so thereof seized on the 25 Mar. 1687 made his last will & testament and devised the said premises by the description of the plantation where he then lived, supposed to contain 400 acres, to Finlay & Overton, the sons of the said Finlay McWilliams, and to their lawful heirs, remainder in case of death of either Finlay, the son, or Overton during their minority or without heirs, of the part of the said premises of him who should so die as aforesaid, to Sarah, the daughter of the said Finlay McWilliams the elder, and to her heirs forever, and the said Finlay McWilliams the elder being so seized afterwards died and the said Finlay the son and Overton entered into the said premises and were seized thereof, to-wit: the said Finlay of one moiety & the said Overton of one moiety undivided in their demesne as of fee tail, and being so seized the said Overton afterwards with intent to dock the entail of his moiety of the premises, sued forth a writ in the nature of a writ of Ad quod Damnum from the Secretarie's Office of the then Colony of Virginia, directed to the Sheriff of the County aforesaid, that he cause the value of the moiety of the said Overton in the premises to be enquired of &c., by virtue whereof &c. the said Overton became seized of the one moiety of the said premises in his demesne as of fee, and being so thereof seized, to-wit, on the 1 Feb. 1736, sold his moiety of the said premises to a certain George Scott, which said George Scott entered into the said premises and on the 3 Dec. 1747 sold the said moiety of the said premises to Richard Drummond; that the said Richard Drummond entered into the said premises and became seized of the one moiety thereof, and being thereof seized afterwards died leaving Anne his daughter & now wife of the aforesaid Thomas Bayly, whereby the said Anne entered into the said premises and being so seized the said Anne took to husband the said Thomas Bayly, whereby the said Thomas & Anne entered into the said premises and were seized of the one moiety thereof, and still are seized thereof in right of the said Anne as aforesaid; That the aforesaid Sarah, one of the daughters of the said Finlay McWilliams the elder, in the life of the said Finlay took to husband the said ____ Courtney, and by his had issue Charles Courtney, and afterwards the said Sarah died and the said Finlay, the son, survived her, and afterwards the said Finlay the son being so seized died without issue & the said Charles Courtney, son & heir of the said Sarah, survived him and entered into the said premises and became seized of the one moiety thereof, and being so seized did on the 30 Jan. 1764, convey the one half of the moiety of the said Charles, being one fourth of the said premises, to a certain Abraham Turner, and the said Turner entered into the premises and became seized of the one fourth part thereof in fee, and being so seized afterwards died leaving the aforesaid Mary, now the wife of Major Rayfield his widow, and the aforesaid William Turner his son & heir, whereby the said Mary entered into the premises and became seized in right of dower of the one third of the one fourth part thereof, and the said Major Rayfield and Mary, his wife, are still seized thereof; and the said William Turner entered into the said other and became seized of two thirds of one fourth part thereof and still is thereof seized; and the said Charles Courtney being seized as aforesaid of the remaining one fourth part of the premises on the 31 Oct. 1764 made his last will and testament and devised the aforesaid remaining one fourth part of the premised to William Raleigh & Garthery Taylor; that the said Garthery entered into the premises and became seized of the 1/8 part thereof, and being so seized conveyed 25 acres of the said 1/8 of the premises to Jacob Taylor for and during the term of the natural life of the said Jacob; that the said Jacob entered into the premises and became seized thereof, and is still seized thereof, and the said Garthery being seized as aforesaid of the residue of the said 1/8 part of the said premises afterwards took to husband the aforesaid William Willet, whereby the said William Willet & Garthery entered into the said premises and were seized of the said residue of the said 1/8 part thereof, and still are seized thereof in right of the said Garthery; that the said William Raleigh entered into the premises and was seized of 1/8 part thereof, and being so seized on the 30 July 1783, conveyed the same to the aforesaid Thomas Bayly.
  Land cause	17 May 1799	tract A99, south of Parksley, west of R.R. tract, Hunting Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia   [16]
  	That a certain Finla McWilliams the elder was in his lifetime seized as of fee of and in a certain tract of land supposed to contain 400 acres, of which the premises in question is part; that being so seized on the 25 Mar. 1687, made his last will & testament and shortly afterwards died without having altered said will; that the said will was probated 16 Nov. 1687; that Finla McWilliams the younger & Overton, the sons of the said Finla McWilliams the elder, entered into the land devised them and were of their several parts respectively seized according to their several estates in the said will specified; that Overton McWilliams, one of the sons of the said Finla the elder, died leaving issue, which issue still survived at the time of the death of the said Finla the younger; that the said Finla the younger lived till 1762 and then died intestate and without issue, being seized at the time of his death of that part of the tract of 400 acres which his father, the said Finla the elder, had devised to him as aforesaid; that immediately after the death of the said Finla the younger, Charles Courtney, being the heir at law and the eldest son lawfully begotten of the body of Sarah, the daughter of the said Finla the elder, entered into the lands whereof the said Finla the younger had died seized as aforesaid, claiming title as heir of the said Sarah, who was then dead, under the will of the said Finla the elder; We also find that Mary, the wife of Abraham Turner, and only daughter and heir of the said Overton McWilliams, entered at the same time with the said Charles Courtney into the said lands whereof the said Finla the younger died seized as aforesaid, claiming title thereto as heir both of the said Finla the younger and the said Finla the elder; we find that the title to the said lands whereof the said Finla the younger died seized being in contest between the parties as aforesaid, the following deeds were respectively executed between them: A certain indenture from the said Charles Courtney to the said Abraham Turner, dated 30 Jan. 1764, & one other indenture from the said Abraham Turner dated the day and year aforesaid; we find that the said parties after the execution of the said deeds, to-wit: on the said 30 Jan. 1764, entered respectively into the lands in the said deeds respectively specified to them and remained possessed thereof; that the said Abraham Turner died on the ____ day of April, 1769 leaving issue two sons, Richard & William & three daughters Ritter, Dina & Peggy, having previously made his last will & testament; that Richard Turner, one of the said children of the said Abraham Turner, on the ____ day of ____ 1774, died an infant & without issue, and that William Turner, the younger of the two sons survived his said brother and arrived at lawful age in the year 1781; that Mary, the widow of the said Abraham Turner, having afterwards married with a certain Major Rayfield, remained on the lands which the said Charles Courtney had conveyed to the said Abraham Turner, and which are the premises in question, until the said William Turner, the younger of the two sons of the said Abraham Turner, had come to lawful age; that the said William Turner after coming to lawful age, to-wit: in the year 1781, entered upon the premises claiming title as heir of his said father whom he pretended held under the deed of the said Charles Courtney, and cleared a few acres of woodsland and built a house thereon and made other improvements; that on the ____ day of Aug. 1796, in the life of her said husband, Major Rayfield, the said Mary Rayfield died leaving issue the said William Turner, Dina, the wife of William Bull and Peggy the wife of Levi Ames, children of the first husband, Abraham Turner, and also Sarah Delastacion, an infant grandchild born of her daughter Ritter, then dec., who was a child of the said Abraham Turner, and leaving issue by the said last husband, Major Rayfield, the following children: William Betty, Major & Mary Rayfield; that Mary Rayfield, one of the children of the said Mary and Major Rayfield, after the death of her said mother, to-wit: on the 1 Sept. 1797, died an infant and without issue; We find that Major Rayfield, the husband of the said Mary the elder, continued in possession of the lands at the death of his said wife, claiming to hold the same as tenant by the curtesy; that the before named William Bull & Dianna his wife, & Levi Annis & Peggy his wife, on the 4 Oct. 1797 conveyed their right & interest in the said premises to the said Major Rayfield the elder; That Major Rayfield the elder by deed dated 21 May 1798 conveyed the said right & interest so purchased to the defendant Thomas Bayly; that on the ____ day of ____ 1799 the said Major Rayfield the elder died, and the said defendant Thomas Bayly entered into the premises claiming to hold part thereof in consideration of the right & interest conveyed to him by the said Major Rayfield aforesaid; that William, Elizabeth & Mary Rayfield, children of the said Major Rayfield the elder, entered into the premises and afterwards, to-wit: 7 Oct. 1799, by their deeds conveyed their interest and rights in the said premises to the said Thomas Bayly, the defendant, by virtue whereof the said Thomas Bayly entered into and became seized & possessed thereof according to the tenor of said last mentioned indenture; that William Turner aforesaid, after the death of his mother, died leaving issue the following children, Mary, Richard & John, Lessors of the plaintiff &c.
  Reference Identifier	N'hamp-Rich
  Record ID	52470
  Person ID	I52470	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Richard Turner, II,   b. 1673, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 10 Dec 1734, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 61 years)
  Mother	(--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1680   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1700	Northampton Co, Virginia   [1]
  Family ID	F25954	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Anne Mackwilliam,   b. Abt 1740, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Aug 1796, St. George Parish, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1754  [11, 17]
  	In 1764 Charles Courtney sold 100 acres to Abraham Turner, who had married his daughter Mary Anne. Four years later, Turner died and left the land to his wife for life and then it was to be divided among all of her children. The widow then married Major Rayfield, by whom she had other children.
  Children	1. Andrew (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1754, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   2. Richard (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1758, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1774, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 16 years) + 3. William (of Abraham) Turner,   b. 1760, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 25 Jun 1798, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 38 years)   4. Jacob (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1762, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Diana (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1764, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Rachel 'Ritta' (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1766, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef Aug 1796 (Age < 30 years) + 7. Margaret 'Peggy' (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1768, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Oct 1851 (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F16278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 286 (will of Richard Turner, wife no name), 497. [S623] Houston & Mihalyka, Colonial Residents of VA's E.S, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985), p. 106, 623. [S2013] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1744-1753, Volume 18, (Heritage Books, Westminster, MD 2010), p. 151 (25 Aug 1747 Court), 2013. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 199 (will of John Teackle), 570. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 748 (tract A41), 572. [S2224] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1753-1763, Volume 19, (Heritage Books, Westminster, MD 2012), p. 456 (2 June 1763 Court), 2224. [S2224] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1753-1763, Volume 19, (Heritage Books, Westminster, MD 2012), p. 490 (27 Sep 1763 Court), 2224. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1076 (tract A99), 572. [S631] Accomack Co, VA, Deeds, No. 003, 1757-1770, Part 1, p. 272-273 (from Abraham Turner & wife Mary to Charles Courtney), 631. [S631] Accomack Co, VA, Deeds, No. 003, 1757-1770, Part 1, p. 293 (from Abraham Turner & wife Mary Ann to Richard Turner), 631. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 221 (will of Charles Courtney), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 244 (will of Richard Turner, wife Elizabeth), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 241 (will of Abraham Turner), 570. [S2601] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1769-1773, Volumes 24 & 25, (Heritage Books, Westminster, MD 2016), p. 179 (27 June 1771 Court), 2601. [S571] Nottingham, Acc Land Causes, 1728-1825, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 36-38 (Thomas Bayly and Anne, his wife vs. Major Rayfield & wife &c., Suit for Division of Land), 571. [S571] Nottingham, Acc Land Causes, 1728-1825, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 65-67 (John Goodright, lessee of Mary Richard &c. vs. Richard Thrustout - Ejectment Proceedings), 571. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1076 (tract A99 on Hunting Creek), 572.