in the public domain, and can be read online. The surviving 111-volume manuscript is held in the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University. Vaisey's edition of the diary also cites several documents in the East Sussex Record Office, such as account books and bastardy bonds, which were entirely written by Turner. Later life Turner ended his diary a few weeks after his second marriage, to Mary Hicks (1735–1807), on 19 June 1765. The final entry, on 31 July, states that 'I begin once more to be a little settled and am happy in my choice.' In the years after his second marriage, Turner was able to live comfortably. He bought his shop, and also purchased both land and East Hoathly's main public house. He fathered seven children - one girl and six boys. Only three of the children lived to be older than twenty. Turner died on 6 February 1793 and was buried in East Hoathly churchyard on 11 February. His gravestone is on the right hand side of the church near the Clements Room, just in front of the table tomb of Philip Turner his son, and Philip's family. There is also a gravestone for Peter and Frederick, sons of Thomas and Mary Turner at the same place. A commemorative plaque marks his house. References Further reading External links Thomas Turner papers (MS 509). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. The 1859 diary extract on Google Books Turner's house on Open Plaques The World of Thomas Turner on the Caught by the River website 1729 births 1793 deaths English diarists People from Speldhurst 18th-century diarists 18th-century English businesspeople People from Groombridge