hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. 4 0 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11.. You can also browse the collection for Mary Rand Turner or search for Mary Rand Turner in all documents.

Your search returned 2 results in 1 document section:

Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Galen James. (search)
it appears in his two marriage intentions filed in Medford. His ancestry includes the pioneers of Plymouth County, Mayflower passengers and sturdy men of Kent, who settled Scituate in 1628. We find among his forebears, the names of Brewster, Turner, Briggs, King, Otis, Brooks, and others prominent in the early life of the colony. From them he inherited a strong devotion to principle and a firm belief in the dignity of labor. He was married in 1817 to Mary Rand Turner, daughter of Hon. CMary Rand Turner, daughter of Hon. Charles Turner, Jr., Member of Congress, and Hannah Jacob, daughter of Col. John Jacob. She was a relative of Mr. James, though hardly near enough to be called a cousin. They had eight children; only two of whom lived to maturity—Horace and Matilda Turner. Mrs. James died December 13, 1831, and Mr. James married, second, Amanda Jacobs, daughter of David Jacobs, April 14, 1833. She had no children. The first Mrs. James was only thirty-four years old when she died, and we know very little