Joseph THORNE
Birth: ca 1668
Whitestone Point, Flushing, Long Island, New York
Death: Jul 1753
Whitestone Point, Flushing, Long Island, New York
Father: John
THORNE (1643-1709)
Mother: Mary
PEARSALL (1643-)
Spouse: Martha
Johanna BOWNE
Birth: 17 Aug 1673
Flushing, Long Island, NY
Death: 1 Aug 1750
Whitestone Point, Flushing, Long Island, NY
Father: John BOWNE
Mother: Hannah FEAKE
Marriage: 9 Nov
1695 Flushing, New York
Children:
Samuel
(1696-1759)
Joseph (16 Oct 1698-1723)
John (4 Mar 1702-7 Oct 1764) Married
Phebe Wildey, then Mercy Wilson.
Thomas (25 Apr 1704-ca1769) Married
(ca 1725) Penelope Coles, then Phebe Tillear/Tilley (ca 1751).
William (15 Jul 1706-1735) Married
(17 Apr 1729) Mary Fitzrandolph.
James (2 Sep 1709-~1779) Married (11
Sep 1740) Sarah Farrington.
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Further information for
Joseph Thorne:
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A superb web site for further exploration on the Thorn/Thorne
family is that of John Coutant Thorn at:
http://www.thorn.pair.com
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- Joseph Thorne was a Quaker.
- November 9, 1695, he married in a Quaker
wedding Martha Johanna Bowne. (Sister of Mary Bowne, who married
Joseph Thorne's uncle Joseph Thorn.)
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Quaker
Marriages - an excerpt from Jerry Richmond, Fidonet
Genealogy Conference, 199
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Not shown in Flushing Census of
1698. Whereabouts unknown.
- Later in his life Joseph Thorne at
Whitestone Point, west of his younger brother William Thorn.
- Joseph Thorne was a "good
Quaker". Both he and Martha are recorded often in the
Flushing Friends Records.
- The will of Deborah Hicks, widow of
Thomas Hicks, executed June 14, 1712, and proved July 24, 1712, held
the Joseph and Martha Thorne household in high esteem with the words:
"My
daughter Martha I bequeath to my loving friend, Martha Thorne, and my
Daughter Hannah I bequeath to my dear cousins, Robert and Phebe Field,
desiring them to bring up my dear children in the way of truth and
fear of God"
(WNYHS:2:96 cf. NY Co. Wills:8:157).
- The will of Joseph Thorn of Flushing,
yeoman, executed January 3, 1753, proved August 4, 1753, remembers
sons John, James, Samuel and Thomas; grandson Samuel Thorne "who
did live with me";
grandchildren Thomas and Mary, children of son Joseph, deceased; and
Edward, William, Joseph, and Catharine, children of son William,
deceased. Martha had died three years earlier. His son, James,
inherited the home place. £200 went to all other living
sons and his grandchildren from the two sons who predeceased
him. (WNYHS:4:444 cf. NY Co. Wills:18:341).
- The names of the children of Joseph and
Martha Johanna (Bowne) Thorne, with their dates of birth, are recorded
in the Flushing Friends Records (Rec. v.4, p34).
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