Biographical Summary
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 Leiden, where on 27 September
1610 he was granted citizenship in Leiden by sponsors Peter Boey and
William Lisle. On 11 June 1620, Robert Cushman wrote a letter to the
Leiden 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."
There are, unfortunately, hundreds of John Turners living in England
at this time, and a conclusive identification seems unlikely. He
had a daughter named Elizabeth who came to New England and married,
perhaps in Salem, but who she married or where they lived has not been
discovered.
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