Person:John Turner (186)

John Turner was baptised as John Allen on 18th June 1809 at Heckington in Lincolnshire, the son of Sarah Allen. His baptism record does not name his father. When John was about two years old his mother married a farmer named John Turner. When John Turner wrote his will in 1838 he referred in it to his two sons "John Allen and Edward Turner", acknowledging John Allen as his son. John's father died in 1839.

The 1841 census finds John living with his mother and sisters on North Street in Heckington.

On 22nd November 1843, aged 34, John married Sarah Dring at South Kyme, just north of Heckington.

They returned to Heckington after their marriage. Late in 1844 they had a daughter called Sarah Allen Turner. Sadly, John's wife Sarah died a few days after giving birth, aged 27.

John appears in the 1851 census living with his mother, daughter and two servants in Heckington, and working as a farmer. His mother died later that year.

On 3rd March 1852, aged 42, John married again. His second wife was Ann Burrus, and they married at the Register Office in Lincoln, where she had been living with her brother and sister. They do not appear to have had any more children.

In the 1861 census John was living with Ann, his daughter Sarah and two servants on North Street in Heckington. By 1871 John and Ann were living on Church Street in Heckington with a niece, and John was described as a farmer of 40 acres employing one man and one boy.

John died at Heckington on 24th May 1877, aged 67. His burial record notes that he had also been a Baptist Minister. Ann survived him by just under two years.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Heckington (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1559-1968. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   Baptisms in the Year 1809
   John illegitimate Son of Sarah Allen baptized June 18th

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 619; Book 13; Folio 18; Page 28, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: North Street, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Turner, female, 60 [1776-81], Ind[ependent], born in county
   John Turner, male, 30 [1806-11], born in county
   Elizabeth Turner, female, 25 [1811-16], born in county
   Mary Turner, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Joseph Vacey, male, 15 [1821-6], Servant, born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2101; Folio 215; Page 51, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Heckington, Lincolnshire
   John Turner, head, male, 41 [1809/10], Farmer, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Turner, mother, female, 73 [1777/8], b. Kirkby la Thorpe, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Turner, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Will[ia]m Priestly, servant, male, 19 [1831/2], b. Osgodby, Lincolnshire
   Eliz[abe]th Barnett, servant, female, 19 [1831/2], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 2345; Folio 80; Page 22, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: North Street, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   John Turner, head, married, male, 51 [1809/10], Farmer, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Ann Turner, wife, married, female, 45 [1815/6], Wife, b. Folkingham, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1844/5], Daughter, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   George Wood, servant, unmarried, male, 18 [1842/3], General Servant, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Jane Porter, servant, unmarried, female, 19 [1841/2], b. Holdingham, Lincolnshire

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 3352; Folio 88; Page 15, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Church Street, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   John Turner, head, married, male, 61 [1809/10], Farmer of 40 acres employing 1 man & 1 boy, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Ann Turner, wife, married, female, 53 [1817/18], b. Folkingham, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Dring, niece, unmarried, female, 14 [1856/7], b. Billinghay, Lincolnshire

6. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. John TURNER, June Quarter 1877, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 303, aged 67 [1809/10]

7. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Heckington (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1559-1968. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Heckington in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1877
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   414	John Turner (Baptist Minister)	Heckington	May 27th	67 years	G.J. Canner, Vicar

8. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1880
   ALLEN otherwise TURNER} John.
   Personal Estate under £100.
   18 June. The Will of John Allen otherwise Turner late of Heckington in the County of Lincoln who died 24 May 1877 at Heckington was proved at the Principal Registry by Martin Christopher of Winkhill in the Parish of Heckington Farmer one of the Executors. Probate being granted under certain Limitations.