Carolee, This guy would be a fantstic guest. Here's what I have on him. I'm happy to share what I have on his descendants. Regards, Charles Individual Narrative of Consider Turner (249) Consider Turner (249) had Pension # Wt. 5155, Service #158042 (?). When the army was throwing up breastworks at Roxbury, they struck upon the bones of an Indian burying ground. General Heath said as he passed by, "let those men lie, we have soldiers enough." "But, (said Turner) if your honor pleases, we want officers." In 1777 he was taken prisoner by Burgoyne, at Ticonderoga, and was kept in the camp until the surrender. We have been informed by a fellow soldier of his, that he used to afford infinite amusement to the officers, and that the General once said to him, "I shan't exchange you, Turner; I shall carry you home; the king wants a fool." When Bourgoyne marched out with his army and surrendered, Turner took occassion to pass near the General and say, "we shan't exchange your Honor, the people want a fool." from Family Sketches, p.362 "Ebenezer Tolman and Consider Turner, sodliers in Col. Marshall Regt. in Capt Nathaniel Winslow's Company, are permitted to pass the Guards from this to Still Water." 26 Sep 1777 from Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Rev. War - Vermont by Major and Sue Fisher Picton Press, ME. He was born in 1745. He was baptized on 10 Dec 1751 at Scituate, MA. He began military service in 1775 had considerable service in Revolution 1775-1783. He ended military service in 1783. He married Mary Brown (526) on 11 Mar 1784 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA. He married Sally unknown (14031) before 1812. He died on 5 Aug 1832 at Keene, Cheshire, NH. Printed on: 14 Nov 2006 Prepared by: Charles F. Turner 11 Cricket Hill Amherst, NH 03031 cfturner@jun0.com 603 673 1449 Page 1 On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:11:20 EST KHansen784@aol.com writes: > I would invite Consider and his son Vine Turner to dinner. I would > like to > get to know them and hear of Consider's Rev. War experiences and > why he moved > from Mass. to NH? I would ask him if the "Old Mrs. Turner" that > died in > 1808, in Keene, NH, was his wife Mary Brown, and who were her > parents. I would > ask Vine where I could find primary records for his daughter, > Candace. Where > was she married and where/when was she born? Is there a family > bible that > was kept of the two families. > > Carolee > California > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TURNER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >