John Turner

John married Mary Brewster on 10 Nov 1645 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony. Mary (daughter of Jonathan Brewster and Lucretia Oldham) was born on 16 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died after 23 Mar 1698 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 16 Jan 1703
• Alternate death: 16 Jan 1704

Ezekiel married Susannah Kenney on 26 Dec 1678 in New London, New London, Connecticut. Susannah (daughter of John Kenney and Sarah Douglas) was born on 6 Sep 1662 in New London, New London, Connecticut; was christened on 26 Feb 1670 in First Church, New London, New London, Connecticut; died on 13 Dec 1748 in New London, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 15 Dec 1748 in New London, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Israel Sylvester on 3 Oct 1701 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Israel (son of Israel Sylvester and Martha) was born on 23 Sep 1674 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was christened on 19 Sep 1675 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died about 13 Feb 1717 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ezekiel married Borodell Denison on 12 May 1729 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. Borodell (daughter of Joseph Denison and Prudence Minor) was born on 14 Feb 1712 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was christened on 13 Apr 1712 in Stonington Congregational Church, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 19 Jul 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was born before her parents' marriage. Her first husband, Francis Cooke (~1697-1724), was a descendant of Mayflower passengers Francis Cooke, Stephen Hopkins, and James Chilton.

Ruth married Samuel Ring on 28 Jan 1725 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Eleazar Ring and Mary Shaw) was born on 12 Mar 1694 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 8 May 1768 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amos married Prudence Allyn on 1 Jun 1770. Prudence (daughter of Samuel Allyn and Hannah Avery) was born on 19 May 1751 in Groton, New London, Connecticut; died on 27 Sep 1834 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Grace married Samuel Bradford on 1 Nov 1749 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Gamaliel Bradford and Abigail Bartlett) was born on 2 Jan 1730 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 17 Feb 1777 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1917 history of Twinsburg, Ohio (citation details below) places another Steven (or Stephen) Turner as father of this one, and son of Amos Turner, but provides no further information. Given that Amos Turner and Prudence Allyn married in 1770, and this Steven Turner's wife Lucretia Wightman was definitely born in 1772, we find this extra generation implausible on simple chronological grounds.

Also notably, A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio (citation details below) says "Stephen Turner's father was Amos Turner, who married Prudence Allyn, June 1, 1770."

Family/Spouse: Lucretia Wightman. Lucretia (daughter of Lieut. Isaac Wightman and Lucretia Packer) was born on 27 Aug 1772 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Mar 1841, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York

Notes:

If she died in Poughkeepsie as asserted in the Stephen Hopkins Mayflower Families through Five Generations book (citation details below), she must have removed there very late in life, as the records of her pension application state that she personally appeared before the Plymouth probate judge, calling herself "a resident of Duxbury" (and "aged Eighty years") in Aug 1838.

A typewritten letter from one Winfield Scott, Commissioner of the "Rev. & 1812 Wars Section" of the Federal pension office, to Mary C. Fraprie of Beacon Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, dated 16 Oct 1928, narrates Isaac Drew's service in the Revolution in some detail, and ends with the note that Isaac Drew's wife Welthea Bradford — who, the letter notes, he married "October 1, 1781", agreeing with the other genealogical sources cited here — was "allowed pension on her application executed August 16, 1838, while a resident of Duxbury, Massachusetts, aged eighty years. She died June 8, 1846." Which is entirely different from the information given in the Hopkins Mayflower Families book.

The Mayflower Families books use the much-complained-about "giant block of citations" model, in which it can be very difficult to determine which cited source or authority attaches to which stated fact. Failing a specific reason to believe that Welthea Bradford died in Poughkeepsie — or in 1841, as asserted by Ruth Gardiner Hall (citation details below) — we're inclined to believe Commissioner Scott's report that she died 8 June 1846, even if he was writing over eighty years later. For the simple reason that pension offices are strongly motivated to accurately know when their beneficiaries have died and no longer require further applications of public funds.

Welthea married Isaac Drew on 1 Oct 1781 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Isaac (son of Samuel Drew and Faith Petersen) was born in Jun 1748 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 3 Nov 1835 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was buried in Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a Baptist minister.

A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio (citation details below) states that "Both the Turners and Baileys were of old colonial Puritan ancestry from England". Which is certainly true of Charles Avery Turner and might someday provide a hint toward Mary Bailey's ancestry.

From A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties (citation details below):

Rev. Turner was a Baptist minister. He lived for some time at Groton, Conn., and at Blandford, Mass. Rev. Turner later bought land in Twinsburg township, and cleared his farm from the woods, and here he remained until his death. Services were held in the school-houses and at their homes throughout the surrounding townships of Twinsburg, Aurora, Streetsboro, Hudson; Northampton, Stowe, and Boston. The pioneer Baptists were poor, and Rev. Turner never had a salary for his work. He supported his large family by his labor on the farm and gave all his children an excellent education at the famous pioneer academy of Rev. Bissell, of Twinsburg. Rev. Turner was one of the faithful pioneer ministers who preached the gospel in the wilderness without money and without price. His children were Mary A., who married Rev. Williams, a Baptist minister; Joel, who died in California; Lucy; Charles, attorney-at-law, who served throughout the Civil war, entering as captain and coming out as brigadier-general, afterward judge of court of common pleas at Pekin, Ills., where he died. Then there were Emeline, Eunice, Jerusha, whe died young, Elisha, attorney-at-law, and Alcalde, of Jackson, Cal., who was shot in the court house while making a political speech. Then Reuben, who died aged sixteen years; Cordelia, and Daniel, who served in the Civil war. Rev. Turner reared a remarkable and excellent family, his sons becoming prominent men. He died at Twinsburg, October 5, 1874, aged seventy-eight years. He was early a democrat, a strong anti-slavery man, and became a republican on the outbreak of the war.

Rev. married Mary Bailey on 8 Mar 1818 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. Mary was born on 12 Nov 1798 in Connecticut; died on 24 Jul 1889; was buried in Locust Grove Cemetery, Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a master mariner.

Family/Spouse: Caroline Cleapor. Caroline (daughter of Charles Cleapor) was born about 1794 in of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina; died on 1 Jul 1854 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1825, Massachusetts
• Alternate birth: Abt 1825, Connecticut

Notes:

From his Find a Grave page (citation details below):

Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 108th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 26, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the campaign against the city of Mobile and its defenses".

From a 2013 auction listing offering his personal presentation sword:

CHARLES TURNER (1825-1880) was born in Hampden Co., Mass. and prior to the outbreak of war practiced law and served as a judge. He enlisted in Pekin, IL on Aug. 28, 1862 as a lieutenant colonel, and likely obtained this sword at that time. Wear on the inside of the scabbard indicates much use, leading us to believe that he carried it for much if not the entire conflict. Six months later Turner was promoted to colonel. Turner served with distinction for the entire war, seeing action at Chickasaw Bluff, the capture of Fort Hindman, Port Gibson, Champion's Hill (where the regiment fought until its ammunition was exhausted), Vicksburg, the repulse of Forrest at Memphis, in operations against Mobile, and in the siege and capture of Fort Blakely. President Andrew Johnson would promote Turner to brigadier general (by brevet) retroactive to Mar. 26, 1865 for his actions during the siege of Mobile. A very extensive history of General Turner and the 108th Illinois is included containing photographs, service records, regimental reports, pension documents, etc. spelling out Turner's entire military career and his life post-war. A fine relic from a valiant fighting general.

Brig. married Sarah E. Henry on 20 Oct 1853. Sarah (daughter of Reuben Irving Henry and Lucretia Baldwin) was born on 8 Feb 1830 in Ohio; died on 26 Feb 1918; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a machinist.

Edwin married Sarah Adelaide George on 27 Oct 1864 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Benjamin Franklin George and Catherine Clark) was born about 1847 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 10 Dec 1909 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Frederick Leonard on 21 Feb 1882 in Tazewell County, Illinois. Frederick (son of Isaac Eugene Leonard, Mayor of Pekin, Illinois and Louisa Mount) was born in 1856 in Illinois; died on 27 Oct 1924 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Laura Adele Currier on 6 Jan 1910 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Laura (daughter of Norris Wiggin Currier and Margaret A. Carmichael) was born on 22 Aug 1889 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 24 Aug 1959. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louise married Herman Wenger Danforth on 18 Oct 1905 in Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois. Herman (son of Henry Rupert Danforth, Mayor of Washington, Illinois and Mary Elizabeth Wenger) was born on 15 Jun 1872 in Danforth, Iroquois, Illinois; died on 8 Aug 1949 in Danforth, Iroquois, Illinois; was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith married Bernard Everett Nickerson in 1937 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Bernard (son of Alfred Smith Nickerson and Ella Seretha McComiskey) was born on 14 Jun 1908 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 17 May 1993 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lieutenant (JG), US Naval Reserve, WWII.

His ashes were scattered at sea by the US Navy.

Herman married Ruth Marie Gelpi in Nov 1944 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Ruth (daughter of Dr. Maurice Joseph Gelpi and Ruth Marie de Grange) was born on 10 Jan 1926 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; died on 16 Dec 2000 in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Barbara. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lorna Mae Nickerson and Ronald Whitman Nickerson were fourth cousins, both of them great-great-great-grandchildren of John Nickerson of Nova Scotia (1772-1880) and Dorothy James "Dolly" Burke of Ireland and Nova Scotia (1770-1867).

Lorna married Ronald Whitman Nickerson about 1960 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and was divorced about 1982. Ronald (son of Whitman Blades Nickerson and Nellie May Acker) was born on 24 Feb 1937 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 8 May 2010 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David Dyer-Bennet. David (son of John Dyer-Bennet and Mary Abby Randall) was born in 1954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Nigel Kent Ray about May 1984 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, and was divorced on 16 Apr 1987 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Nigel was born about 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]