John Thorne1

M, b. circa 1640, d. after 23 July 1709
     John was born circa 1640. He was the son of William Thorne. John married Mary Parcell, daughter of Nicholas Parcell and Sarah (?), on 9 March 1664 in the Town of Flushing, Queens County, Long Island, New York. [license]2,3 He became a freeman on 12 May 1664.3 1698, John and Mary and his wife, [ROF:Flushing Town] were listed on the Flushing Town Census. Enumerated in this household were John Thorne Sr., Mary his wife, Hannah, Sarah, William & negro Alez. John made his will on 23 July 1709. In it he wrote - in which he leaves "housing, lands, and meadows, goods and chattels" to his wife and children who he mentions by name, restricting his wife's share in case she shall be married again.3 John departed this life after 23 July 1709 in the Town of Flushing, Queens County, Long Island, New York.

Children of John Thorne and Mary Parcell

Citations

  1. [S103] Clarence E. Pearsall, History of the Pearsall Family, page 1474.
  2. [S526] New York Marriages Licenses: 9 March 1664 - John Thorne & Mary Passill.
  3. [S1683] Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, William Thorne and some of his Descendants, page 156.