John Turner IV (1651 - 1709)

Born 3 Mar 1651 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1709 at age 57 in Medfield, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Biography

BIOGRAPHY

He settled in the south part of the town of Medfield, on the old road from South Plain to Stop river. In 1679, his father had a grant of land on the top of the hill to the left of the cart path, and here John Jr. built his house as early as 1680. The old cellar may be seen on the land now or late of Stephen F. Turner, his descendant. After his father's death, he sold a part of the original place near Philip's street to Isaac Wheeler of Dedham. He was a soldier in King Philip's war in the famous Moseley Company.^[1]

John was born March 3, 1651 in Roxbury to John and Deborah Williams Turner.^{[2] [3]}

John married, in Medfield on 10 Jan 1677-78, Sarah Adams,^[4] the daughter of Edward Adams.^[1]

John Turner died in Medfield on 7 Feb 1709-10.^[4] The post-mortem inventory shows house, barn, shop, lot of 18 acres.^[1]

John and Sarah Turner had, in Medfield:^[4][1]

• Deborah b. May 7, 1679, died 4 months later
• John b. Jan 22, 1681-2, m. Mary Fisher, then the widowed Esther Boyden
• Stephen b. Oct 22, 1684, m. Judith Fisher
• Edward b. Dec 7, 1688, m. Mercy White, no children
• Ebenezer b. Nov 24, 1693, m. Esther Clark

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Tilden, Willam S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts . . . 1650-1886, (Boston, 1887, Geo. H. Ellis), p. 499-500, 278
2. ↑ Suffolk, Vital Records of Roxbury Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. I, Births, p. 353, viewed on HathiTrust
3. ↑ Crane, Ellery Bicknell, Historic Homes and Institutions and genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts v. II. 1907
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Norfolk, Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the year 1859, Marriages, p. 178-9; Births pp. 98-99; Deaths, p. 238-9

• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).(cites birth of John, son of John & Debora - March 3, 1650-1.subscription site

• Crane, Ellery Bicknell, Historic Homes and Institutions and genealogical and Personal Memoirs

of Worcester County Massachusetts v. II. 1907

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Turner-3306 created through the import of Winn.ged on Dec 20, 2011 by Elizabeth S.
• WikiTree profile Turner-3333 created through the import of Mears Family Tree as Oct 200.ged on Dec 24, 2011 by David Mears.