PARENTS: unknown
CHILDREN:
| NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | MARRIAGE |
| son | unknown | January-March, 1621, Plymouth | unmarried |
| son | unknown | January-March, 1621, Plymouth | unmarried |
| Elizabeth | before 1620 | after 1651, probably Salem | married probably in Salem to an unknown man, no children are known |
Nothing much is known about John Turner and his family. He came on the Mayflower with his two sons, and died the first winter.
John Turner was a merchant living in Leyden, where on 27 September 1610 he was granted citizenship in Leyden by sponsors Peter Boey and William Lisle. On 11 June 1620, Robert Cusham wrote a letter to the Leyden congregation in which he stated "I received your letter yesterday, by John Turner . . . " and later wrote "You shall hear distinctly by John Turner, who I think shall come hence on Tuesday night."
Charles Banks notes a John Turner who "sold a messuage" to William Bradford in 1592, in Doncaster, York, England. He also notes a John Turner who was married at Whitechapel, London, England, the same place Stephen Hopkins was married to Elizabeth Fisher. There are, unfortunately, hundreds of John Turners living in England at this time and a conclusive identification seems unlikely.
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