9 x Great Grandfather Thomas Turner was born in Essex County, England about 1624. He settled in Virginia first, where he married Judith Mattingly, by whom he had at least two known children: Thomas and Mary. At some point, he and his family ended up in St. Mary's County Maryland (more on this below). After Judith's death, in about 1660, he married secondly Emma Morris-Johnson, the widow of William Johnson, by whom she had one child: Elizabeth.
Note: William Johnson was the brother of my 9 x Great Grandmother Agatha Johnson-Langworth. She married James Langworth.
Thomas immigrated to America by 1656/7 as a free adult and resided at St Winnifred's, St. Clement's Bay in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
From information I've been able to find about him, I know the following:
- He was educated
- He was Catholic
- He was an attorney (good thing he was educated - ha!)
- He served in the Lower House, St. Mary's County in 1662.
- He was Clerk of the Secretary's Office and of the Provincial Court between 1657-58
- He was Clerk of the Lower House in 1658
At his death, he left property in both Maryland and England to his wife and children.
His daughter Mary Turner (my 8 x Great Grandmother) married Joseph Pile.
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