Turner (Y-DNA)

Status summary

Completed as of February 25, 2021

• Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Humphrey Turner for further SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)
• Turner DNA Project, Group 29 Administrator of this project has been contacted for information on Y-DNA Haplogroup of this family.

Still to do as of February 25, 2021

• NGS/WGS test results for descendants of Humphrey Turner to confirm assignment as well as test descendants to discover any subclades unique to descendants lines

Biography

First Generation

Humphrey Turner was born in England in 1593 and died died in Scituate in 1673. He married Sandon, Essex 24 Oct 1618 Lydia Gaymer and they had eight children including John "Sr." and "Young" John.

Second Generation

John Turner "Sr." was believed to be the eldest child, baptized Terling, Essex 24 Mar 1621 and died prob. Scituate bet. 28 Apr 1695 - 20 May 1697. John married Plymouth 10 Nov 1645 Mary Brewster (daughter of Jonathan and granddaughter of Elder William Brewster). John and Mary had thirteen children (born Scituate): Jonathan, Joseph, Joseph, Ezekiel, Lydia, John, Elisha, Mary, Benjamin, Ruth, Isaac, Grace and Amos.

"Young" John Turner was born England about 1624 and died Scituate in 1687. He married Ann James and they had eight children including Japhet

DNA results

Previous Y-DNA testing

The Turner family DNA project currently (as of February 25, 2021) does not publicly display their Y-DNA results. They do list their groupings under https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/turnerdnaproject/about/results and it lists four individuals (with two tracing back to Humphrey Turner) under Group 29.

References & External Links

• Merrick, Barbara Lambert, ed. Scott Andrew Bartley, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, vol. 24 (Brewster) Part I General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2014
• A Genealogical Profile of Humphrey Turner (by plimouth.org)