HERALDIC DESCRIPTION

SHIELD: Quarterly 1st and 4th sable a Catherine Wheel argent; 2nd and 3rd argent three guttees de sang.

CREST: A flaming heart proper.

MOTTO: Tu ne cede malis = "Yield Not To Misfortunes"

REFERENCE SOURCE: Burke's General Armory

Research by the

Wilmington, Vermont

Shadrack Turner, the son of one John Turner of the Clan Arrochar of Scotland, descendant on the paternal side from Edward Turner, on the maternal side from McFarlan of Arrochar. McFarlon was a Chieftain of an ancient Celtic people who populated the island of Scotland centuries before the arrival of William the Conqueror. It is believed that the original Coat of Arms was adapted to indicate both the paternal and the maternal families. The Catherine Wheels in the paternal pates indicate much fighting and suffering in the cause of the church, the guttees de sang in the maternal pates indicates the color red denoting the chieftain, formed in drops denoting honorable warriors. You will be able to further interpret this Coat of Arms by consulting the Special Report included.

Although wars, conquests, and economic conditions have changed boundaries, modified name spellings, and altered languages, a coat of arms MEANS A NAME. A coat of arms was as easily read in earlier times as a name on a mailbox is today. Originally, arms were used to identify a family, group, or clan, and to distinguish friend from foe; THAT IS WHY NO TWO ARE ALIKE! No snobbery was connected with them, but some people like to think so! Colors and designs were chosen to show status, allegiance, personality, or profession; and to reflect traits or traditions associated with the original bearer. The colorful arms for the name TURNER in SCOTLAND is as distinctive as a fingerprint, and tells a spellbinding tale!

An early alliance with the Clan Arrochar, through marriage with a chieftain's daughter, guaranteed that early TURNER of peace and prosperity in this strange and harsh land. His children would inherit this. Those very early days were concerned with survival, with holding the land for the Norman, and defending the holdings against attack by rival clans. These early TURNERS were called on, as well, to lead their men in crusades against the infidels in Europe. Their sons earned their shields and further prospered by being awarded more lands on their return to Scotland, which in turn must be defended against the original clans who attempted to wrest it back.

In later years, those early Norman/Celtic families were forced to renounce their Catholic faith and swear allegiance with the Church of England. Although they fought bitterly to retain their own religion, they were also involved in so many fights among the clans that they could not remain a cohesive group against the Crown and lost the war with England. Considered as the most intelligent of the "Emerald Isles" the Scot people wisely surrendered in order to hold their land.

ROBERTSON in the family tree. It is most interesting to note that the TURNERS and ROBERTSONS were traditionally allies throughout those early times and may have been allied up until the immigration to North America.

ANCIENT TURNER FAMILIES

TURNER OF MENIE

George Turner, Esq. of Menie, of a younger branch of Turner of Turner Hall, co. Aberdeen, was father of

Robert Turner, Esq. of Menie, m. Euphemia, dau. of Simpson of Hazlehead, and d. 1810, having had, besides the late Lieut. Gen. Sir George Turner, K. C. B., four other sons, all of whom d. in the E.I. Co.'s military service, and three daus., the eldest of whom m. the late T. Buchan, Esq. Of Auchmacoy.

TURNER OF GLENTYRE

The family of Turner was for several generations possessed of lands on the banks of Loch Lomond, Dumbartonshire, and in the neighboring co. of Argyle, and at one time owned the estate of Torr, in the former co. of McFarlan of Arrochar, the chief of that clan, as appears from the parish registers; and there is extant a viz., a will or testament by the famous Rob Roy MacGregor, who appears to have been befriended by, if not connected with the clan McFarlan, bequeathing to Mr. Turner's grandfather, "Two hundred and fifty pounds, Scots, in testimony of gratitude for shelter and friendly succor." Mr. Turner holds the important and valuable office of legal assessor and town clerk of the city of Glasgow, and is a J.P. for cos. Perth and Lanark. He acquired the property of Glentyre in the former co. in 1862.