Hello Pam James Turner Senior b. 1663-1742 of Bradnop was the eldest son of Ralph Turner of The Padwicke, Ipstones, Staffs and his wife Ann or Elizabeth Jolliffe - the Turners were an old family who established their seat at Padwicke in Norman times and rumoured to be descended from a standard bearer to William 1, and therefore were of some importance in the area. One of James senior's sons was Reverend Daniel Turner of Meerbrook, (1709-1789) and Turners held the living of Meerbrook for 120 years, from 1745-1863. Ralph Turner was my 8 X great grandfather and I have more information on my family history website if you would like to contact me - I don't have details of your ancestor James Turner's marriage or children so would be pleased to exchange information. Regards - Joan ----Original Message---- From: cliveden@acenet.net.au Date: 26/02/2013 4:20 To: "STAFFORDSHIRE Mailing List"<STAFFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Subj: [STAFFORDSHIRE] 'Mr' Turner of Bradnop Greetings Listers I am descended from James TURNER (baptised in Leek on 25 May 1688), who, on his marriage to Elizabeth WHILLOCK (of Ford) in All Saints' Grindon on 6 Feb 1713(4) - or maybe 1712(3) - was described as 'Mr James TURNER jnr of Bradnop'. His father was Mr James TURNER Snr. I have been led to believe that for a man to be designated 'Mr' in those times indicated at least minor importance - possibly the equivalent of Esq after the name? My first question is this: can anyone enlighten me on the use of 'Mr' in the early 18th century please? Secondly, where can I found some info about Bradnop at that time, please? I've tried the Internet but most 'hits' are for houses for sale there! I'd be interested in finding out if 'my' TURNERs had a named property in the area or if the designation of 'Mr' had another connotation. I'd also like to hear from anyone who is descended from either James - snr had 11 children, 8 of whom may have had descendants; jnr had 7, 6 of whom may have had descendants. The remaining children in each case died very young. Many thanks Pam Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message