The Origins of the Turner Family
The Origins of the Turner Family The Turner family had many ties with business and the professions. The first mention in Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage of the Turner family is of a Hugh Tumer (Will dated 1558) of Sutton Coldfield in the Midlands. The first of the family recorded in the lineage was Richard Turner (m. 1567), a barrister-at-law at the Middle Temple, London. originally from Sutton Coldfield in Warwickshire. (fourth great grandfather to Sir Edward Turner 2 nd Bt, ) Richard’s descendants were, like him, businessmen and professionals, rather than wealthy landowners, and were generally centred on London. His Son Edward Turner (d 1626), was sometime mayor of Leicester. Thus Richard’s great-grandson, John Turner (1622-94), was a London merchant and Vintner, as was his son, John (1650-1708). He was born at St Dunstan and All Saints London. He was the son of William Turner 1626-1671 and Mary Cartwright 1626 -1689 Elizabeth Turner nee Cap...