Johan Peter TURNEY

1711 - 1787  (75 years)

• Name	Johan Peter TURNEY
  Birth	20 Jan 1710/11	BetterKinden, Canton Bern, Switzerland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt. 1787	Culpepper Co., VA
  Person ID	I30124596693	Brown/Hayes
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Johannes Thurney TURNEY,   b. 10 Jul 1670, Batterkinden Canton, Bern, Switzerland d. 22 Sep 1718, Same (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Eva SCHNEIDER,   b. Abt. 1672, Zeilsbach, Bern Canton, Switzerland d. 25 Mar 1752, Mulbach, Switzerland (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna BAAR,   b. 29 Sep 1715, Ottenbach, Germany
  Marriage	03 Jun 1738	Reichsweiler, Palatinate, Germany
  Children	1. Anna Maria TURNEY,   b. 06 May 1739, Ottenbach, Germany
  Family ID	F516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Maria Eva SCHWARTS,   b. Abt. 1672, Zeilsbach, Bern Canton, Switzerland
  Marriage	01 Jan 1748/49	Lehigh Co., PA
  Children	1. Henry TURNEY,   b. 1745, Washington Co, VA d. 01 Oct 1843, Clear Forks, De Kalb, Tennessee, United States (Age 98 years)   2. Anna Eva TURNEY,   b. Bef. 19 Oct 1749   3. Daniel TURNEY,   b. 05 Aug 1758   4. Peter TURNEY,   b. Abt. 1759   5. Michael TURNEY,   b. Abt. 1760
  Family ID	F515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Occupation, according to Mary D., gencircles, was linen weaver, farmer. First wife was Ann BAHR, b. 29 Sept, 1715 in Ottenbach, Germany. Married 3 June, 1748, in Reischweiler, Palatinate, Germany (HRE) Put info on Peter in wrong place. Check w/ Henry. Re Ken Gillmore's research: Johan Peter was apprenticed to the linenweavers' trade. He came to the American Colonies on 12 Oct., 1741, aboard the vessel Friendship, arriving in Philadelphia. Also aboard this ship was Melchor Baar and members of the Baar family, including Anna Baar, the wife of JP Turney, and Anna Maria Turni, the duaghter of Johan Peter and Anna Baar. It is uncertain at what point Johan Peter transformed his name to Turney - more research neeeded. According to Sarah Elizabeth Cox Waggoner, Peter Turney was a widower with one daughter when he left Switzerland. She states in her book Family and Ancestry, that he formed an acquaintance with Miss Eve Schwartz from near the city of Frankfurt am Main. Soon after their arrival in America they were married and settled in Culpepper Co., VA. he and the children spoke the German language, although there is a tradition that originally, the Turneys were French. If they were, they remained in Switzerland long enough to acquire a thorough knowledge of German. It is also believed that with Peter Turney, two brothers also came over to this country: Mr. Daniel Turney, who settled in PA, and Mr. Adam Turney, who settled in NY.