Turner family

Question

I am Turner traced back to 1752 James Turner Middlesex England but cant go any further cant find parents He was married to Mary Maria Short 2 children John Turner Esquire and Clarissa Turner Fordham. He was a Timber merchant in Whitechapel. Owned houses in Binsted as well.each road comes t dead end

Comments

Well hold on a moment. What about a source for James Warner Turner born 1858 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Turner-23274 before we get back to 1752.

No-one with that middle name (or mother's maiden name) was registered around then that I can see.

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John Turner Esquires son was James Warner Turner born 1858 died 1936 in annandale NSW Australia he is were our family line come from.He married Sara Australia English

Answer 1

Did he own property that he may have inherited? If so, looking at wills may allow you to push this ancestry back further.