for info on Nathaniel TURNER... this is excerpted from The Greaat Migration by Robert Charles Anderson The Turner Family in America For information on the immigrant family, refer to The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, by Robert Charles Anderson (Boston, 1995). Capt. Nathaniel and Margaret (Leachland) Turner Nathaniel TURNER - b. England; d. Jan. 1646, aboard ship. Arrived in New England with the Winthrop fleet 1630 and settled at Lynn, MA. He requested to be admitted as freeman on Oct. 19, 1630 and was admitted Jul. 3, 1632. Constable 1632; representative 1634; deputy 1635. Having been a soldier in England, he became an original member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. Appointed Captain of the Saugus train band 1633, and commanded it during the Pequot War 1636-1637. Moved to New Haven, CT 1637 after his home at Lynn was destroyed by fire, where he was an original signer of the New Haven Agreement and took the oath of fidelity on Jul. 1, 1644. He became a member of the New Haven First Congregational Church; assistant to the Governor 1639; deputy in the Connecticut Assembly; and served on numerous committees both in New Haven Colony and previously in Massachusetts Bay Colony. On Sep. 1, 1640 Nathaniel was appointed Captain of all martial affairs of the New Haven Colony. He was on the ill-fated "Lamberton's Phantom Ship" which sailed from New Haven on a voyage to Europe and was lost with all on board in Jan. 1646. Margaret LEACHLAND - d. before Nov. 1662. As widow of Capt. TURNER, she married Samuel VANGOODENHOUSEN about 1647. They lived at New Haven, CT. (Some sources give Capt. TURNER's wife name as Elizabeth, and some indicate her name is unknown.) Children of Nathaniel and Margaret Turner See Notable Cousins for line to: Ernest HEMINGWAY and Linus YALE Mary - d. Oct. 15, 1704, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT. Married 1645 Thomas YALE (b. about 1616, Plas Grono, Wales; d. Mar. 27, 1683, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT), brother of David YALE, and of Ann YALE (wife of Gov. Edward HOPKINS). David YALE was father of Elihu (b. Apr. 5, 1648, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; d. Jul. 8, 1721), who married a daughter of Gov. HINMERS, and had three daughters: Catharine married Sir Dudley NORTH, merchant, economist, and author; Ann married Lord James CAVENDISH; and Ursula. Elihu was prosperous in the East Indies trade, became Governor of the East India Company, and contributed (�500) for the founding of Yale College. Thomas YALE was the son of Thomas YALE (d. 1619) and Ann LLOYD (d. 1659), who married second Gov. Theophilus EATON of Connecticut (Line 251 of Weis' Ancestral Lines of Sixty Colonists). Children of Mary and Thomas YALE: John married Rebecca; Capt. Thomas married first Rebecca GIFFORDS/GIBBARD, second Sarah NASH, and third Mary BEACH; Mary married Joseph IVES; Nathaniel married Ruth BISHOP; Martha died young; Abigail; Hannah married Enos TALMADGE (ancestors of Ernest HEMINGWAY); and Elizabeth married Joseph PARDEE. Rebecca - b. 1629, Lynn, MA; d. Jun. 14, 1731, New Haven, CT. Married Thomas MIX. Abigail - b. 1631; d. 1693. Married Sep. 2, 1651, New Haven, CT John HUDSON. Nathaniel - b. 1633; d. Jan. 13, 1661/2. No issue. Hannah - bap. Nov. 17, 1639, New Haven, CT. Married on Dec. 5, 1667 at New Haven, CT to Samuel HOPKINS. Isaac - bap. Jun. 7, 1640, New Haven, CT; d. Mar. 27, 1699, New Haven, CT. Married Aug. 19, 1668, New Haven, CT Mary TODD (bap. Sep. 16, 164?; d. May 3, 1676), daughter of Christopher TODD and Grace MIDDLEBROOK. Children of Isaac and Mary TURNER: Isaac married Abigail; Nathaniel married Ruth BUCKINGHAM; Joseph married Sarah HOTCHKISS; and Mary died young.