Gov. Benjamin Evans TURNER

1796 - 1876  (80 years)

• Name	Benjamin Evans TURNER
  Prefix	Gov.
  Birth	25 Mar 1796	Worcestershire, England
  Christening	6 Apr 1796	Saint Clements, Worcester, Worcestershire, England,   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Misc	1821	England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892   [1]
  Misc	27 Aug 1821	Worcestershire, England,   [1]
  	UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849
  Misc	Nov 1821	Worcester, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  	Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868
  Misc	1822	New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849   [1]
  Misc	30 May 1825	New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825   [1]
  Misc	16 Aug 1828	New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1867   [1]
  Residence	1875	Allotment 16, Section 32, Lorne Street, Parnell, Auckland,   [1]
  Probate	1876	Auckland, New Zealand   [1]
  Death	4 Oct 1876	Retreat Cottage, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand
  Burial	6 Oct 1876	St Mark's Cemetery, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand   [1]
  Misc	14 Sep 1900	Auckland, New Zealand   [1]
  	Evening Post, Papers Past Article
  _FSFTID	KVGF-JFP
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KVGF-JFP
  _UID	1A51E2BB96094F02B09632C5165B99DB1AE2
  Person ID	I24262	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William TURNER,   b. Abt 1762, Worcester, Worcestershire, England d. 10 Feb 1802, Worcester, Worcestershire, England (Age ~ 40 years)
  Mother	Penelope EVANS,   b. 1766, Worcestershire, England, d. 1839, Worcester, Worcestershire, England (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	21 Apr 1787	Claines, Worcestershire, England   [2]
  Family ID	F536731403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Zilda Perriman CLAYTON,   b. Nov 1823, Port Sorrell near Hobart, Tasmania d. 14 Apr 1891, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand (Age ~ 67 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1840	Kororareka, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
  Children	1. William Evans TURNER,   b. 5 Sep 1842, Bay of Islands, New Zealand d. 20 Mar 1895, Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States (Age 52 years)   2. Edwin Benjamin Evans TURNER,   b. 18 Jun 1843, Auckland, New Zealand d. 28 Nov 1935, Sandringham, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 92 years)   3. Benjamin Evans TURNER,   b. 7 Sep 1847, Helensville, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand d. 24 Jan 1899, Suva, Fiji (Age 51 years)   4. James Burton TURNER,   b. 31 Jul 1849, Kororareka, Russell, Northland, New Zealand d. 26 Jan 1925, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 75 years)   5. Zilda Penelope TURNER,   b. 8 Mar 1852, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand d. 9 Dec 1914, Glebe Point, New South Wales, Australia (Age 62 years)   6. George Henry Perriman TURNER,   b. 18 Nov 1853, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand d. 22 Mar 1880, Gipps Ward, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 26 years)   7. Caroline Ann TURNER,   b. 4 Sep 1856, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand d. 17 Sep 1876, Na Cavu Cavu, Upper Rewa, Fiji (Age 20 years)   8. Alfred TURNER,   b. 28 Jul 1858, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand d. 6 Feb 1868, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 9 years)   9. Alice Matilda TURNER,   b. 27 Jul 1861, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand d. 2 Mar 1879, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F2933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Turner was making his second trip to New Zealand in 1820 when his whaler was wrecked in the vicinity of the Bay of Islands and all except himself and one other crew were killed and eaten by the Maoris. As the shipwrecked crew were being marched into the pa a woman related to Hongi Ika selected Mr. Turner as a slave. He became Tapu and was allowed to have a life of one of his companions spared. Later he married the Maori, but two years after her death in 1930 he married the daughter of one of the first white settlers in the Bay of Islands. The family later came to Auckland and Mr. Edwin Turner, the third son, was born in a cottage on the hill between Victoria and Durham Streets. He remembered well the hanging of the Maori, Maketu on Barrack Hill, now Albert Park for the murder of Mrs. Roberton and other on Motu-arobbia in the Bay of Islands, and the gathering of settlers who had come by farmcart and buggy from as far away as Otahuh and Waiuku.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 29 Apr 2024), entry for Benjamin Evans TURNER, person ID KVGF-JFP. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 29 Apr 2024), entry for William Turner, person ID LH38-7BT. (Reliability: 3).