Elizabeth Beers Booth 1721-1780

ELIZABETH BEERS Booth 

1721–1780

BIRTH 16 NOV. 1721 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, 

DEATH 9 NOV 1780 • Huntington, Fairfield, Conn

Her great great grandparents were Richard and Elizabeth Hawley Booth.  They were also her husband Zachariah Booth's great grandparents, one generation closer, but that made them cousins of some distance!  Can you tell me what their relationship would have been?

I spoke of Zachariah Booth back a few years ago HERE.

And I briefly talked about Elizabeth Beers Booth Here.

Elizabeth was the 3rd child of 11 siblings, and the oldest girl.  She married at age 22 in 1743.  She and Zachariah Booth had 9 children, perhaps.

Residence of Israel Beach, Sr. Erected about 1735...Stratford, CT (No relation that I know of)

Samuel Booth was supposedly born in June 18, 1749, and Elamuel was born on June 17, 1749, according to 2 different records, and since the records only indicate one son was born to Zachariah and Elizabeth Booth, not both, I think this was just one child and the church record and the town record kind of made some mistake.  Yes, Elamuel was known as Lemuel and was in Berkshire MA, in 2 censuses (1790 and 1800) with his age giving a birth year near 1750. He has a wife and children listed as well.  There probably never was a Samuel Booth, just a clerical error.

So Elizabeth likely only had 8 children.  And the record-keeping apparently fell apart, in that they have birth years, but 4 of them don't have known death dates, and spouses are not available for many of them.  Their youngest daughter died when she was 8 years old.

Another (fun?) family tradition was having sister and brother marry brother and sister of the 2 families.  So Lemuel Booth (1749-unknown) married Mabel (Mehitable) Moss (1752-unknown) and Elizabeth Booth (1751-unknown) married Mabel's brother, Joseph Moss (1746-1795).

Of course I know the most about my ancestor Isaac Booth, Sr. (1755-1841) and have written about him HERE.  That post will tell a bit about Stratford CT, and the the community in which he lived in western New York state.   And it mentions that he fought in the Revolutionary War.  He had a son named Isaac also, whom I've named Jr. (1795-1836.)

Isaac's brother Silas Booth (1758-1835) also served in the Revolutionary War. I'm glad I just looked through some of the hints on Ancestry, and found he lived till 1835, instead of dying in 1809 as some records said...at least he received his war pension until then. In the war he moved from a private in the Connecticut Militia to Quartermaster. When he moved to Albany, NY, following the war, he was a cooper, woodworker, carpenter.

Elizabeth and Zachariah Booth's children scattered a bit, perhaps after the war.  Daughter Elizabeth Moss ended up in Charleston,SC; Lemuel to Lenox, MA; Silas in Albany, NY; and Isaac in Ontario County, NY. Tabitha Booth Shelton died and is buried in Booths Hill, Fairfield CT...near where she was born.

Three have no death date or place:  Mary Booth Hinman 1744-?, Lemuel Booth 1749-?, and Elizabeth Moss Booth 1751- ?, but she did move to Charleston SC.  They all married, and most of them gave Elizabeth and Zachariah some grandchildren.  Thus the Booths spread about in the US.

Elizabeth Ufford (Uffort) Beers 7g 1698–1783

Elizabeth Ufford Beers 7g

1698–1783

Birth 3 APR 1698 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Death 19 SEP 1783 • Stratford, Fairfield, Conn

Her daughter Elizabeth, married Zachariah Booth.

As long as we're looking at those Stratford CT families, let's ignore her birthday in April, and keep exploring the lives of this family.  I find grouping people/ancestors by families or locations makes more sense than my attempt to celebrate their lives by their birthdates.  After all, about half of them don't have actual dates recorded!

As of this morning it looks on Ancestry like she had 11 children.  Some days Ancestry gives wives of sons status as children, confusing them as sisters rather than wives.  Did that make sense? Well, their married names will be listed so they look as if they are sisters.  Anyway, enough confusion...what was Elizabeth Ufford Beers' life like?

   She was the second oldest in the household of her parents and the 12 other siblings, though 3 were born after she had married.  I would imagine she and her older sister, and the 3 next girls (5 in a row) were great at helping her mother with all those children that came along.

Eliazabeth's husband was a juror in 1730, and confirmed Ensign of the north company or trainband in the town of Stratford CT in October of 1737. When he died at 2 months shy of age 70 he was buried in the Old Congregational Burying Ground of Stratford.

Living to 85 means Elizabeth outlived all but 4 of her children, then she was also buried in the same Stratford Cemetery as her husband.

As a mother of 6 sons born from 1718-1736, I expect to see some of them fighting in the American Revolution.

Her son Nathan Beers (1718-1779) living in New Haven, was shot by British in his own home (apparently).  His tombstone reads:

Here lies the body of Nathan Beers who was born at Stratford & for the last 25 Years of his life was a respectable Inhabitant of this Town. He received a mortal wound in his own house from a party of the British Troops in an Incursion they made to this place July 5th 1779 with which he languished till the 10th when departed this Life in the 61st Year of his age.

Her daughter, Tabitha Beers (1732-1753) married another revolutionary soldier, Nathan Peck, though she didn't live until the Revolution herself.

Nathan Peck, the son of SAMUEL & MARTHA (CLARK) PECK, he married TABATHA BEERS on September 12, 1750 in Stratford, Conn

He served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. James Booth's Co. of "Alarm List" when they assisted in repelling the British under General Tryon in the New Haven Alarm.

Nathan Peck owned Lot 44 in the Union Cemetery, Stratford, CT.   Nathan Peck appears as the head of a family in the 1790 Fairfield Co. Census with a male over 16 yrs. and two females over 16 yrs.

Her youngest son Abner Beers (1736-1816) died and is buried in Danby Rural Cemetery Danby, Tompkins County, New York, another patriot:

Sgt. Abner Beers, the son of Ensign Josiah & Elizabeth (Ufford) Beers, served in the Revolutionary War. He married Hannah Beardslee on October 6, 1761 in Stratford, Conn.Their children:1. Jabez b. May 10, 17632. Abner b. April 17, 1771, d. Oct. 1, 17613. Abner (second) b. Dec. 7, 17774. Eli b. June 19, 1787, d. Aug. 16, 17875. Elizabeth b. July 12, 17656. Hannah b. July 7, 17747. Jabez b. Oct. 24, 1786, married Betsey HawleyRef: "History of Stratford, CT" and "Barbour Collection, Stratford Records"

Steven Beers (1734-1815) is also buried in Danby Rural Cemetery Danby, Tompkins County, New York. He lived in Stratford CT still in the census of 1790. There's no notation about his being a soldier.

Samuel Beers 1728-1798, left 11 pages of probate records, but his grave location is unknown.  He is referred to as Captain Samuel Beers in this record, so it is likely he was either in the military, or a captain of a sailing vessel.

William Beers 1726-1776 died in June of 1776, so probably didn't do any fighting. 


Ruth Beers 1730-1804, and Sarah Beers 1724-1751 didn't marry, and Ruth may have continued living with her mother after she was widowed in 1763.

Tomorrow we'll look at my ancestress, Elizabeth Beers Booth.

 

Elizabeth Curtis Ufford 1677–1699

Elizabeth Curtis Ufford

1677–1699

Birth 17 JAN 1677 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Death DEC 1699 • Stratford, Fairfield, Conn

wife of Lt. Samuel Ufford, who I shared about just HERE. 
They were my 8th great grandparents on the Booth Family Tree.

Her husband was the recipient of the estate of his uncle, Thomas Ufford Jr, when he died in 1683.  Since they married in 1694, he had plenty of opportunity to use his wealth to provide for her and their family. 

 

Burial place of both the Uffords. Old Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Fairfield Count, Connecticut.

As I mentioned, her parents were -

Joseph Curtis

1650–1742

BIRTH 12 NOV 1650 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
 DEATH 1742 • Stratford, Fairfield, Conn

and

Bethia Booth Curtis

1658–1699

BIRTH 18 AUG 1658 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
 DEATH 2 AUG 1699 • Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.

She had been the oldest of the 11 children of her parents, who were among the leadership of Stratford, CT, her father being the town clerk for fifty years, as well as other offices. Her mother had her last 3 children after Elizabeth had married and had her first child.

Much of the information on the Curtiss family comes from "Genealogy of the Curtiss Family" by Frederic Haines Curtiss, published in 1903 by Rockwell and Churchill Press, Boston. 

So I will cover her father's and her mother's lives soon!

Elizabeth Curtis Ufford had 13 children according to North America, Family Histories 1500-2000, as recorded in "Orcutt's History" (no further notation in the document.)

Their second daughter, Elizabeth Ufford married Josiah Beers.  He was the descendant of another immigrant to New England, Anthony Beers, who I posted about HERE.

This Elizabeth Ufford Beers' daughter Elizabeth Beers married Zachariah Booth.  Was he a descendant of Elizabeth Ufford's mother's Bethia Booth Curtiss family as well?

I'm pretty sure that's a yes, Bethia's parents being Richard Booth and Elizabeth Hawley Booth.  Richard (Elizabeth Ufford's grandfather) Booth is my 9th great grandfather through the Booth line.

Their grandson Zachariah Booth married Elizabeth Curtiss Ufford's great granddaughter...Elizabeth Beers Booth.  Since they all lived in Stratford, CT, there were lots of records.  But these were 4th cousins, or 3rd at least...because they were actually of different generations removed from Richard Booth.  There were other 2nd cousins who married, and third, and fourth, throughout my family tree.

What is most unusual is how many of their children grew to adulthood!  Of  Elizabeth Curtis Ufford's 13 births, there were only 2 who didn't pass their 15th birthday.  Bethia Ufford was born in 1708 and has no known death date. And John was born in 1717 and died in 1721.  There must have been an epidemic for 3 of the family died in 1746.  But also 3 of her own Curtis siblings died in the same year of 1767.

I've also been looking at some of the historic homes in Stratford, CT.  If there's anything New England is known for, is historic homes!  And a few other things of course.

Boothe Home in Boothe park (I'm not sure the connection to the Boothes who used an "e" at the end of the name.

A King's Highway marker in Stratford, the first trail going from town to town.

Edward Curtiss home, the "leaning house" built around 1740, probably its tilt is due to 2 earthquakes (Not sure the relationship to Elizabeth Curtis Ufford)

Nathanial Booth home, post and beam construction. 

I don't know if any of these homes were built by any of my relatives. But some were standing while they walked the paths of Stratford, CT.

And my question is, did my ancestors say their name as "Uf-ford" or as U-ford? Almost Ah-ford?

Anne Meriwether Stith Bolling

1660–1709

Birth 25 JANUARY 1660 • Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA

Death 17 JULY 1709 • Kippax, Charles City, VA

Happy birthday Mrs. Bolling!

Finally I'm getting to post someone's statistics on her birthday.

She's part of my father's family tree, George Rogers Tree.  I've had other posts about the Bollings of Virginia, Here for Col. Robert Bolling,
and HERE for Mary Agnes Bolling Kennon, her mother. [daughter]

The Bermuda Hundred is described HERE 

Anne Meriwether Stith Bolling was the second wife of one of the wealthy influential colonials, Co. Robert Bolling. 

Though Anne had been born in America, her parents were from England, and there's some confusion who her mother Jane Stith actually was, a Mosby, Parsons or Gregory.  Her father was Major John Drury Stith, II.

She was one of 10 [numerous] children.  She and Col. Robert Bolling had 8-9 children.  Actually his oldest child, John Fairfax Bolling was the grandson of Pocahontas. (See Here for more information on him.) 

Our relationship is through their daughter, Mary Agnes Bolling Kennon. The Bollings were the great grandparents of Lt. Spencer Clack of Sevierville, TN.

I'm having trouble just getting Ancestry to update with the hints that are given...somehow it's too much for it. OK, time to quit.

[editorial corrections done in March 2018]
I hope you have a good day today.

 

Samuel Ufford Lt. 1670–1746

Samuel Ufford Lt.

1670–1746

Birth 21 JAN 1670 • Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesDeath 30 DEC 1746 • Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.

parent of Elizabeth Ufford Beers, grandfather of Elizabeth Beers Booth 


Happy birthday Great times 8 Grandfather a few days ago, or perhaps on June 21, 1670, according to one source on Ancestry!

I spend half my life correcting silly things on Ancestry.  Like all these records that say CT was in the United States in 1670, or even 1746!  There was NO United States yet.  Wait until it formed after 1776.

Anyway, Grandpa Samuel married a lovely lady, 
Elizabeth Curtis Ufford *
1677–1699
BIRTH 17 JAN 1677 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesDEATH DEC 1699 • Stratford, Fairfield, CT

Her parents were

Joseph Curtis

1650–1742

BIRTH 12 NOV 1650 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesDEATH 1742 • Stratford, Fairfield, Conn

and

Bethia Booth Curtis

1658–1699

BIRTH 18 AUG 1658 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesDEATH 2 AUG 1699 • Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.

I went back to Mrs. Ufford's parents because her mom had been a Booth.  Since their daughter's daughter married Zachariah Booth, one of the earliest of that name that I knew of, I was happy to find an even earlier link by 2 more generations.

According to another descendent who wrote up on "Find a Grave" details that were available...

"He was left a large portion of the estate of his uncle, Thomas Ufford, Jr. in 1683, was a Ensign in the 1st Company of Stratford in May, 1714, and a Lieut. in the South Company of Stratford in May, 1720. Although there was a Samuel Ufford who served in the Revolutionary War, this is not the one since he died before the war. 

"He inherited a large portion of the estate of his uncle, Thomas Ufford, Jr., who died in 1683 without issue in Stratford.

"Administration of his estate was granted to his sons, Thomas & Joseph Ufford on Jan. 6, 1746/7. Daughters named in his will were Martha Hubbell, ELIZABETH BEERS (my ancestor), Eunice DeForest, Bethia Hawley, the heirs of Abigail Beach, Anna Patterson, and Mary Hawley.

"Samuel & Elizabeth Ufford were the parents of 13 known children

Inscription:
From Orcutt's "History of Stratford"
Here lies the Body of Lieut. Samuel Uffoot, 
who died Dec. ye 30 A.D. 1746 in ye 77 year of his age.
I have been to the Old Burying Ground in Stratford three times, and I have never found his tombstone, so it is either gone or unreadable. Burial:
Old Congregational Burying Ground 
Stratford
Fairfield County
Connecticut, USA 
Created by: Nareen, et al
Record added: Jul 12, 2008 
Find A Grave Memorial# 28215360

Distracted but back to Grangers, Poors, and Farnums

I admit, I've been happily following those green leaves (hints) over on Ancestry, and also have succumbed to their sending me emails of new additions to the people on my trees.  Oh my goodness, I'd never heard of some of them, but then there were others...and so I've gotten distracted. Remember I've got around 3000 people on my three trees. Sorry.

Now back to the Swasey family roots.  There were the Adams and Grangers, at whom we've recently looked.  Now let's follow some of the wives' branches and see what we can find.

Martha Poor Granger  1654–1723

Birth 4 NOVEMBER 1654 • Andover, Essex, MA

Death 4 DECEMBER 1723 • Andover, Essex, MA

Martha Poor's father Daniel, has 30 hints that I have to weed through before I can tell you about him. He was one of those early immigrants to Essex County MA.

Martha's mother was Mary Farnum Poor (we've heard of the Farnum (Farnham) name before in the Andover area.  Mary Farnum Poor only got 5 hints on her name, so let's see what we can find about...

Mary Farnum Poor  1628–1713

Birth 13 JULY 1628 • St Nicholas, Rochester, Kent, Eng

Death 3 FEB 1713-1714 • Andover, Essex, Mass

Mary was born in England, the eldest of the Farnum children who came with their parents on the ship "James" to Boston in 1635.  Her parents were Ralph and Alice Farnum.  (On checking with Wikipedia, there were several ships named "James" during the reign of King James.)

Martha Poor Granger's father was:

Daniel Poor Jr  1624–1689

Birth 1624 • Marlborough, England

Death 8 JUN 1689 • Andover, Essex, Mass

Mary and Daniel married Oct. 20, 1650.  He also had been born in England, and they married in Andover, MA. 

He was a "youth, aged fourteen years, whose name is on the list of passengers in the ship "Bevis," from Southhampton, England, in 1638, and his name is there written Dayell Poore, that he came with his sister Alee, or Alice, aged twenty years, and his brothers, Samuel, aged eighteen years, and John, all under the designation of servants of Richard Dummer." 
From:
GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL MEMOIRS - Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. PREPARED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION Of WILLL\M RICHARD CUTTER, A.M, VOLUME I.NEW YORK, LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1908

To continue:
" In 1644 he became one of the original settlers of Andover and spent the greater part of his life in that town, where he acquired a large estate in lands and other property, which at his death in 1713 was appraised at eight hundred pounds. He also became prominent in town afifairs, held several important offices and served as selectman eight years. His farm and home in Andover were on the east side of Shawshin river, near where now stands the station at the junction of the Boston & Maine and Essex railroads. Daniel Poore married Mary Farnum, who bore him eleven children."

"One of their sons, Daniel Poore, III, born in Andover, Massachusetts. 1656, lived on the old homestead in that town. He married Mehitable Osgood, and by her had nineteen children."

Daniel Poore Jr (the father) left a will giving land to his eldest son.  But his will also mentions daughter Martha, "to whom he gave 20 acres of land."  As several of his other daughters are specifically mentioned as unmarried, it must be assumed that Martha was married when he wrote his will in 1689.  And this is substantiated in other records, that she married Captain John Granger in 1679.

Martha, it seems, was listed in the Andover Births Record as Matthew, a daughter, (sic) on her birthdate of Nov. 4, 1654. and as "d. of Daniell Pore, Jr and Mary."  

But Matthew isn't mentioned in the will of his father though all the other children are.   

(So now I'm checking the 18 hints on Matthew Poor's name at Ancestry.  He has no records apparently, besides those which Ancestry has devised, no death date on Find a Grave, no marriage, no children, and the unfortunate copying of non-information over and over again, as a result of being listed as a daughter at this birthdate.  Half of the listings for his name are actually for his sister Martha, or mother, Mary.

So I am thinking at this point that Martha was the only one born on that date (since there are many records with her birthdate corroborated, like marriage, death, etc.) and perhaps she would have been named Matthew if she had been a boy.  Or perhaps there was a twin who died at birth.  Who knows.  For now I'm marking Matthew as just listed as "d" under his name.  If you do count a Matthew as a real person, then there were 11 children born to Daniel and Mary Poor.  Otherwise it comes to just 10. 

See, I just spent an hour doing all that merry-go-round which didn't answer many questions and gave me more than I started with.

But I've neglected to post anything today so far, so here it comes...out there world, on the World Wide Web!
PS - I am so annoyed with Blogger for not keeping any of the font choices here, but going tiny tiny font, no matter how many times I try to change it.  I want to be able to read this sometime in the future, and maybe someone else might as well! 

 

Heroine of the Revolution, Kerenhappuch Norman Turner.

Editor's note: This is a very interesting story, but I've just discovered that the family which I'm related to does not include the Normans as ancestors of Hannah Conn Booth (my ancestress). So if you're related to her, then this might have meaning for you.

Go back in time to Spotsylvania County, VA and find another Isaac Norman, the grandfather of the one who's grave I found in KY. (In post HERE)

Isaac and his wife, Frances Courtney Norman, had a daughter who has been memorialized following the Revolutionary War.  Her name was Kerenhappuch Norman Turner. Her name comes from the Bible, the name of the last of Job's three daughters and she shared with her two sisters the paternal inheritance. Keren-happuch's two sisters are called Jemimah and Keziah. (And yes, Kerenhappuch Norman did have sisters by those names as well!)

Statue erected in 1902, Greensboro, NC  (See this site for some of the dedication of it )

Here are a few excerpts from sites about her life...

From History of the Culpeper County Normans: In 1765 James Turner and wife Kerenhappuck sold their dwelling and former residence with 100 acres of land to William Lightfoot. This was described as the land Isaac Norman gave James Turner, 1733, on his marriage to Isaac's daughter, Kerenhappuck. According to their descendants, they moved to Halifax County, Virginia. Kerenhappuck Norman Turner was a heroine of the Revolutionary War. A monument erected in her honor stands in Guilford Battlefield Park, Guilford, North Carolina. The History of the Morehead Family tells of her organizing the hospital corps after the battle of Guilford Courthouse and of how she found her grandson on Guildford battlefield and nursed him back to health in the New Garden Quaker Meeting House. In her old age, she is said to have spent much time with her daughter Sarah on Little River in Richmond County, N. C. She rode horseback and hunted with her gransons. It was on one of these hunts that she was said to have been thrown off and her neck broken.  From an unknown DAR publication ------------------------- Historians are undecided about the exact birth date of Kerenhappuch Norman, but it seems fair to assume that she was born in the north central part of the Colony of Virginia, probably in what was then Spotsylvania County, in about 1715. She was the daughter of a well known tobacco planter, Isaac Norman and his wife, the former Frances Courtney. In about 1730 she met James Turner, the son of a prominent Maryland family and also a tobacco planter, and they were married in Spotsylvania County in 1731. Deed records show that following the wedding, Isaac Norman deeded a portion of his home plantation to his daughter and her new husband. It was on this land that the first child, James Turner, was born in 1732, and he was followed by four sisters - Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth and Susan. Within a few years the growth of the Colony resulted in a division of the county, and the Norman and Turner land became a part of Orange County, and in 1749 it became a part of Culpeper County. It lay on the banks of the Rappahannock River near the present day town of Remington, and there the two James Turners cultivated tobacco for many years. The new county was surveyed by George Washington, and it was probably during this time that Kerenhappuch and her family met and became devoted to the man who was to become the father of our country. These were happy years for James and Kerenhappuch; they raised their children and taught them the skills of riding and hunting; skills which were not just enjoyable but indeed, necessary for survival in this frontier land. At a point prior to the revolutionary war the elder James Turner and his wife moved to Halifax County, Virginia, and when the revolution began, the younger James became active in the Virginia militia and was soon a captain. Family tradition holds that Kerenhappuch, ever mindful of the dangers of war, told her son and grandsons that if they were ever wounded, they should get word to her and she would come to their assistance. Records of the revolutionary war indicate that Captain Turner's company went south and was in the sieges at Halifax County and Fort Ninety Six, and also fought in Pittsylvania County. In March of 1781 the company was posted to guard duties in Guilford County, North Carolina. Of course, Kerenhappuch personally assisted the American side by riding as a courier - apparently the British didn't suspect that an older lady such as she could give them any problems. However, on one occasion when the ferries over the James River were tightly guarded by the British, it is recorded that Kerenhappuch swam the river on horseback to elude detection. Guilford Courthouse had been the seat of government for Guilford County, North Carolina since 1774, and it was toward this site that, on March 15, 1781, the 1,900 man army of British Lord Charles Cornwallis was marching. Unbeknownst to Cornwallis, a 4,400 man army of colonial troops under Major General Nathanael Greene was lying in wait, well hidden in dense forest foliage. The ensuing battle was fierce; when it was over more than 27% of the British had suffered injury or death compared to only 6% for the Americans who claimed victory in the battle. Although neither side gained a decisive advantage in this battle, the British loss of troops was so great that it forced them to abandon the Carolinas, and this eventually led to their defeat at Yorktown. Eight descendands of Kerenhappuch Turner fought in the battle; her son and seven grandsons. Captain James Turner and one of the grandsons were gravely wounded. When word of this reached Kerenhappuch, she rushed on horseback through hostile lines to administer to her kin and others who had suffered injuries in the battle. When she started out for Guilford she was carrying a sick infant with her on the horse. At some point during this journey, the infant died and was buried alongside the trail. By risking her life in this manner, Kerenhappuch Turner had become a true heroine of our first war. A monument was erected in her memory at the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park and dedicated to her memory on July 4, 1902. Its granite base is crowned with the bronze figure of a woman clad in the costume of her time carrying in her hand the symbol of her ministry on the battle field, a folded towel over her arm and a tea cup and saucer in her hand. It is believed that this was the first monument ever erected to a revolutionary war heroine. When the war had been concluded Captain Turner, now fully recovered from his wounds, relocated to Halifax County, Virginia and later to Montgomery County, North Carolina. When her husband died in about 1785, Kerenhappuch Turner moved south to live with her son. Evidently upon her husband's death much of his property passed to his son in the 18th century custom. The son, in a show of love, respect and affection for his mother, gave much of it back to her as described in the deed which is recorded in Deed Book 13, Pg. 138, Halifax County, Virginia. Kerenhappuch Turner died in 1805 in Richmond County, North Carolina. Family tradition says that while hunting with her grandsons she fell from her horse and died of a broken neck. It is not known where she is buried. She rode from Maryland to North Carolina on horseback to care for her son (or grandson) who was wounded at the Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, in the Revolutionary War. Her monument is erected on the battlefield there (outskirts of Greensboro). She rigged a bucket of water from the rafters of a cabin to allow water to drip on the wound of her son so as to eliminate the infection. (Blogger's Note: I'm pretty sure she wasn't living in Maryland when she rode to NC, but from VA. However, I won't bet on it!) Children of JAMES TURNER and KERENHAPPUCH NORMAN are: 2. i. KERENHAPPUCH2 TURNER, b. WFT Est. 1732-1748; d. WFT Est. 1765-1837. 3. ii. CAPT. JAMES TURNER, JR., b. 1732; d. Abt. 1809, Maury County, Tennessee. 4. iii. MARY TURNER, b. Aft. 1732; d. WFT Est. 1777-1827. 5. iv. SUSAN TURNER, b. Aft. 1732; d. WFT Est. 1750-1826. 6. v. ELIZABETH TURNER, b. 1739; d. WFT Est. 1776-1834. 7. vi. SARAH TURNER, b. 1740, Virginia; d. Aft. 1804, Richmond, North Carolina. ------------------------------------------- 20 JAN 1785 Halifax County VA Deed Book 13, Page 138 JAMES TURNER [JR] discharge unto my mother, KERENHAPPUCH TURNER, all rights and titles, interest and claims of dower into all and everything, slaves and personal estate, she is now possessed in right of JAMES TURNER [SR] my father,she being about to remove with me to the State of North Carolina. I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of June 1785. Witnesses Thos. Clark, John Clark, Abraham LeGrand, William Thompson. Signed JAMES TURNER [JR]. [Halifax CoVA Deeds (1784-1790) TLC Genealogy, 1994] -------------------------- Another source: Kerenhappuch Turner (Norman) Also Known As: "Heroine of the Battle of Guilford Court House", "Kerenhappuch Norman Turner" Birthdate: circa 1715 Birthplace: Halifax, Virginia Death: before January 14, 1804 Richmond, North Carolina, United States (thrown from her horse and suffered a broken neck) Place of Burial: Guilford Court House, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States Immediate Family: Daughter of Isaac Norman and Frances Norman Wife of James Turner Mother of Mary Edson; Mary Norman Morehead; Sarah Turner; Elizabeth Morehead; Susan Karenhappuch Kauffer and 2 others Sister of Courtney C. Norman, Sr. b.c1705; Joseph T. Norman; Keziah Hillen; Isaac Norman, Jr.; Jemima Turner and 3 others Occupation: Rev War-organized hospital corp aft Battle of Guilford Cthse Managed by: Private User Last Updated: May 19, 2017 SOURCE:   Today's Quote: Distracting yourself with talk-radio and television can become mind-numbing if not taken in moderation.