Early arrivals to Pennsylvania

Question

Robert Turner and infant daughter Martha arrived 1683,with 18 servants.the servant henry hollingsworth later became a councilman and later a sheriff.

Answer 1

Name:	Robert Turner
Arrival Year:	1683
Arrival Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Family Members:	Child Martha
Source Publication Code:	6460
Primary Immigrant:	Turner, Robert
Annotation:	From a manuscript in the Historical Society of Philadelphia. Also in no. 2313, Futhey & Cope; and in no. 9120, Tepper, Emigrants to Pennsylvania, pp. 6-18.
Source Bibliography:	"A PARTIAL LIST OF THE FAMILIES WHO ARRIVED AT PHILADELPHIA between 1682 and 1687. With the Dates of Their Arrival." In The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 8:3 (July 1884), pp. 328-340.
Page:	334

 

Source Citation

Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1683; Page Number: 334

Source Information

 Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.

Comments

My son is a direct descendant of Capt. William Turner of MA. They named Turner's Falls after him.

His DNA is on Ancestry DNA, FTDNA (which I hate) and Gedmatch.

A545949, I believe.

He has submitted a YDNA test to FTDNA.

Perhaps you should compare DNA and see if that helps you.

Heidi Haines Handley

heidihaines60@gmail.com