Ann (James) Turner (bef. 1632 - bef. 1687)

Born before 16 Aug 1632 in Rockland St Peter, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Turner Jr. — married 25 Apr 1649 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died before 1687 at about age 54 in Scituate, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Ann (James) Turner immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Ann James the daughter of Philip James and his wife Jane who was baptised at Rockland St. Peter, Norfolk, England on 16 August 1632.^[1][2] She was one of the four children of Philip James and his wife who arrived in 1638 in New England from "Old Hingham" and settled in "New Hingham." ^[3]

Ann James married John Turner, Jr. on 25 April 1649 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony.^[4][5]

The evidence that she was the daughter of Philip and wife of John Turner is circumstantial but likely: a son Philip was named in her husband John Turner's will, and land of Anne's step-father, George Russell of Marshfield, was sold to John Turner Jr. of Scituate. Anne's mother Jane surrendered her dower right to this property. Estimates of her birth of about 1629 as given in a published genealogy,^[6] or by about 1632 based on an age of 44 at the birth of her last known child in 1676.

Ann probably died before 1687 when she was not mentioned in her husband's will.^[7]

Children of John and Ann (James) Turner were recorded in Scituate:^[8]

1. Japheth Turner the son of John Turner Junr was borne the 9 of ffebuary 1650
2. Israell Turner the son of John Turner junior was born the 14 ffebuary 1654
3. Merriam Turner the daughter of John Turner Junior was borne the 8 Apriell 1658
4. Samuel Turner, bp. 17 May 1663; d. before 25 Oct 1686 when he wasn't named in his father's will.
5. Ann Turner the daughter of John Turner Junior was borne the 23 of ffeb. 1662
6. Sarah Turner the daughter of John Turner Junior was born the 25 of July 1665
7. Jacob Turner the son of John Turner Junior was borne the 10 of March 1667
8. David Turner the son of John Turner Junior was borne the 5 of November 1670
9. Philip Turner the son of John Turner Junior was borne the 18 of Agust 1673
10. Icabud Turner the son of John Turner Junior was borne the 9 of Apriell 1676

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (25 June 2014), Rockland St Peter > Baptisms, Marriages, Burials > 1538-1798 > image 15 of 68; Record Office, Norwich.
2. ↑ Robert Battle, "The English Ancestry of Philip1 James of Hingham, Massachusetts: With the James Ancestry of the Gilmans of Hingham, Norfolk" The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 177 (Spring 2023): 101-118, esp. 112 Link by $ubscription.
3. ↑ "Daniel Cushing's Record," NEHGR Vol. 15(1861):25-27.
4. ↑ Scituate (Mass.). Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston, New England historic genealogical Society, 1909. Volume 2:161.
5. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Scituate, Mass., Births, Marriages and Deaths," The Mayflower Descendant, MA, 1899 Vol. 2, Oct 1899, p. 33.

   "John Turner Junior marryed to Ann James th 25 of Apriell 1649"

6. ↑ Myers, Marya & James, Jr., Donald W., A New Look at The Family of Francis and Philip James of Hingham: Immigrant Ancestors, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 67 & Page 69-70.
7. ↑ Suffolk County, Mass., Probate Records Vol. 10:177-79, file #784. Will of John Turner Jr., "sonne of Humphrey Turner late of Scituate."
8. ↑ NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Scituate MA to 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1976) Vol. 1, pp. 370-382.