The largest part of this work was compiled by Cora A. Turner ... She used the work of Jacob Turner for the early records but researched the remainder of the records herself ... My own contributions have been a little research but much more in the clerical tasks of checking and transferring it into a computer database using Family Roots Software by Quinsept.

Humphrey Turner (1594-1673) was born in Devonshire, England and travelled to Massachusetts in 1628. He settled in Scituate where he was a tanner by trade. He and his wife, Lydia Gamer, were the parents of eight children. One of his sons, John Turner (1623-1687), married Ann James and was the father of ten children. The eldest son, Japhet Turner (1650-1690) married Hannah Hudson and was the father of four children. Descendants live in Massachusetts and other parts of the United States.

Carbon copy typescript genealogy and notes, gathered from various sources, concerning Humphrey Turner of Scituate, Mass.

Jan Arentson van Heerde Prall married Barentje Jans in 1637 in Oldebrook Gelderland. They had nine children. They immigrated to Staten Island, New York in 1650. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in The Netherlands, England, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Kansas.