Person:Humphrey Turner (1)

Watchers
  • HHumphrey Turner1594 - 1673
  • WLydia Gamer1602 - 1671
m. 24 Oct 1618
  1. John Turner1621 - Bef 1697
  2. Thomas TurnerEst 1625 - Bef 1688
  3. John TurnerAbt 1628 - 1687
  4. Lydia Turner1629 -
  5. Mary Turner1634/35 -
  6. Joseph Turner1636/37 -
  7. Nathaniel Turner1638/39 - 1715
  8. Daniel TurnerBef 1644 -
Facts and Events
Name Humphrey Turner
Gender Male
Birth? 1594 Essex, England
Marriage 24 Oct 1618 Sandon, Essex, Englandto Lydia Gamer
Death? 1673 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Emigrated arriving Plymouth in 1628

Settled on a farm along present Driftway in Scituate.

Received an 80 acre grant on North River by what is now Union Bridge in Norwell. Established a tannery there which was operated by sons John and Joseph.

References
  1.   Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography.

    See son John Turner's page for quoted text referring Humphrey as John's father

  2.   Scituate Historical Society. Scituate Historical Society Website.

    http://www.scituatehistoricalsociety.org/families/TurnerHumphrey.htm contains genealogy summarized from
    * "History of Scituate" Samuel Deane
    * "Geneology of Descendants of Humphrey Turner", by Jacob Turner, Esq. 1852
    * "Briggs Geneology" by L.Vernon Briggs
    * "Compiled by Mary S. Power - 1945" at Scituate Town Archives
    * "Lydia Gamer, The Wife Of Humphrey Turner" by Vernon Dow Turner, NEHG. 7/1997