Captain Nathaniel Turner
1595 - 1646 (51 years)-
Name Nathaniel Turner Prefix Captain Born 1595 Scituate, MA 
Gender Male Died Jan 1646 The Sea Aboard The Lamberton Ship, Atlantic Person ID I15801 Lathrop Last Modified 10 Dec 2013
Family ID F10073 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Margaret Leachland, b. 1602, England , d. Abt 1640, Probably CT (Age 38 years) Children 1. Rebecca Turner, d. 14 Jun 1731, New Haven, CT 2. Isaac Turner, Sr., b. 6 Jun 1640, New Haven, CT , d. 27 Mar 1699 (Age 58 years)Last Modified 10 Dec 2013 Family ID F5391 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Abigail Stockbridge Last Modified 21 Mar 2013 Family ID F5419 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Mehitable Rigby Married Scituate, MA Last Modified 10 Dec 2013 Family ID F5420 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 Abigail James Married Scituate, MA Last Modified 10 Dec 2013 Family ID F5430 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Capt. Nathaniel Turner came from London, England with Governor Wi nthrop in the Arabella, June 12, 1630. He settled in Salem, Mass. whic h town he represented at the general convention 1633-4-5-6. He was a con stable in Lynn, Mass. He was a representative at the first general cour t in Boston. In 1634 he assisted in organizing and building the first Co ngregational Church in America. In 1636-7 he went with Capt. Endicott ag ainst the Pequot Indians. He removed to New Haven with the first colon y in 1638. Here he became a magistrate and an officer of the church whic h he assisted in organizing and had charge of the military stores, etc . He went with the Rev. Davenport, Mr. Eaton (afterward Gov. Eaton), an d others to buy Stamford, Conn. from the indians. In 1647 he went to Eng land to obtain supplies for the colonists and was lost at sea in the shi p Phantom, original of Longfellow's poem.
Nathaniel had been a merchant in London and he brought his wife and fou r children when he came. One daughter, Mary Turner, married Thomas Yal e and became the mother of Elihue Yale, founder of Yale college. Anothe r daughter married Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Indepe ndance. The ouse he lived in at Salem was supposed to be the original o f Hawthorne's "House of Seven Gables". A street is now named for him, al so a hill. The children of Nathaniel and his wife Margaret were Mary, Na thaniel, Rebecca, Abigail, Hannah, and Isaac.
His sword and powder flask were for many years preserved in the Atheneum , Hartford, Conn. They are now in the possession of Noble B. Turner, Hus atonic, Mass. (Helen Lathrop's note)
- Capt. Nathaniel Turner came from London, England with Governor Wi nthrop in the Arabella, June 12, 1630. He settled in Salem, Mass. whic h town he represented at the general convention 1633-4-5-6. He was a con stable in Lynn, Mass. He was a representative at the first general cour t in Boston. In 1634 he assisted in organizing and building the first Co ngregational Church in America. In 1636-7 he went with Capt. Endicott ag ainst the Pequot Indians. He removed to New Haven with the first colon y in 1638. Here he became a magistrate and an officer of the church whic h he assisted in organizing and had charge of the military stores, etc . He went with the Rev. Davenport, Mr. Eaton (afterward Gov. Eaton), an d others to buy Stamford, Conn. from the indians. In 1647 he went to Eng land to obtain supplies for the colonists and was lost at sea in the shi p Phantom, original of Longfellow's poem.