Youngest dau. of William Turner, Doctor of Music, and Elizabeth his wife (see their burials 16 Jan. 1739-40), and wife of John Robinson, organist of the Abbey (see their marriage 6 Sep. 17 16, where she is erroneously described as a widow, the error being in the original Register). She inherited musical talents, and sang in the opera of " Narcissus," at the Hay- market theatre, in 1720, being described as Mrs. Turner Robinson, in order to distinguish her from the more celebrated Mrs. Anastatia Robinson. She died, according to the Funeral Book, 6 Jan. See the burials, of her husband 13 May 1762, and of her children, 15 Feb. 1722-3 and 29 Apl. 1725.
Youngest dau. of William Turner, Doctor of Music, and Elizabeth his wife (see their burials 16 Jan. 1739-40), and wife of John Robinson, organist of the Abbey (see their marriage 6 Sep. 17 16, where she is erroneously described as a widow, the error being in the original Register). She inherited musical talents, and sang in the opera of " Narcissus," at the Hay- market theatre, in 1720, being described as Mrs. Turner Robinson, in order to distinguish her from the more celebrated Mrs. Anastatia Robinson. She died, according to the Funeral Book, 6 Jan. See the burials, of her husband 13 May 1762, and of her children, 15 Feb. 1722-3 and 29 Apl. 1725.
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