My eighth great grandfather was Capt. Nathaniel Turner, who was born in England, and died in 1646 or 1647 (on Lamberton's ship). His eldest daughter Mary Turner, my ancestor, married Thomas Yale in 1645. Nathaniel Turner came, probably from London, with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 and settled in Saugus. He became a freeman on July 3, 1632. He evidently married after arriving in America but the name of his wife is not recorded in my main source for this family, The Lineage of Jeremiah Mead of Greenwich, Connecticut, Soldier of the American Revolution - written by Mary Beeler Sawers in 1958. He was one of the first settlers of the New Haven Colony in 1638. He was lost at sea in 1646 or 1647 on Lamberton's ship when it foundered on its maiden voyage to England. In January 1646 or 1647 the ship sailed from New Haven with several planters of New Haven aboard, including George Lamberton, master, Thomas Gregson, and Captain Nathaniel Turner. The ship was never heard from again. My questions: 1. Who was his wife, the mother of Mary Turner? I have the name Margaret Leachland as a possibility but have no solid documentation. 2. I don't have the dates of Nathaniel Turner's birth or death. Much has been written about the tragic voyage of this ship. I have seen the date of its voyage listed as January 1646 and January 1647. Does anyone know which date is correct? Or perhaps his birth date? I appreciate any information that can be provided about these ancestors. Sandy Johnson Witt Gainesville, Florida New England Ancestors: Anderson, Bosch, Bostwick, Brinsmead, Brown, Carter, Curtis, Ferris, Groves, Hardy, Hobby, Holmes, Husted, Kitchell, Knapp, Lockwood, Mead, Pardee, Peat/Peet/Peake, Peck, Porter, Potter, Scholey/Schooley, Sheaffe, Sherman, Turner, Waterbury, Yale CT, NJ <England, Scotland & Wales 1600s --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage!

I don't have information on Nathaniel Turner, however, George Lamberton was my G-Grandfather. For your general information H. W. Longfellow wrote a poem "The Phantom Ship" which concerned the missing ship. I have other information giving background on the ship, why it was built, etc. If you are interested, I can either send it to the list or contact me at my E-Mail address. Wally Baker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Johnson Witt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 3:55 PM Subject: [GenCT] July Challenge - Nathaniel Turner and Lamberton's Ship > My eighth great grandfather was Capt. Nathaniel Turner, who was born in England, and died in 1646 or 1647 (on Lamberton's ship). His eldest daughter Mary Turner, my > ancestor, married Thomas Yale in 1645. > > Nathaniel Turner came, probably from London, with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 and settled in Saugus. He became a freeman on July 3, 1632. He evidently married after arriving in America but the name of his wife is not recorded in my main source for this family, The Lineage of Jeremiah Mead of Greenwich, Connecticut, Soldier of the American Revolution - written by Mary Beeler Sawers in 1958. > > He was one of the first settlers of the New Haven Colony in 1638. He was lost at sea in 1646 or 1647 on Lamberton's ship when it foundered on its maiden voyage to England. In January 1646 or 1647 the ship sailed from New Haven with several planters of New Haven aboard, including George Lamberton, master, Thomas Gregson, and Captain Nathaniel Turner. The ship was never heard from again. > > My questions: > 1. Who was his wife, the mother of Mary Turner? I have the name Margaret Leachland as a possibility but have no solid documentation. > 2. I don't have the dates of Nathaniel Turner's birth or death. Much has been written about the tragic voyage of this ship. I have seen the date of its voyage listed as January 1646 and January 1647. Does anyone know which date is correct? Or perhaps his birth date? > > I appreciate any information that can be provided about these ancestors. > > Sandy Johnson Witt > Gainesville, Florida > > New England Ancestors: Anderson, Bosch, Bostwick, Brinsmead, Brown, Carter, > Curtis, Ferris, Groves, Hardy, Hobby, Holmes, Husted, Kitchell, Knapp, > Lockwood, Mead, Pardee, Peat/Peet/Peake, Peck, Porter, Potter, > Scholey/Schooley, Sheaffe, Sherman, Turner, Waterbury, Yale CT, NJ <England, > Scotland & Wales 1600s > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > >