Birth:  ~1640  Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Death:  23 Jul 1709   Whitestone Point, Flushing, Long Island, New York

Father:   William THORNE (~1617-~1660)

Mother:   Susannah BOOTH (~1617-)

Birth:   1643  Massachusetts

Death:   New York

Father:   Nicholas PEARSALL

Mother:  Mary VAN DAMN

Marriage:   9 May 1664   Flushing, Long Island, New York

Children:

John (1665-~1737)

Joseph (1668-1753)

Mary

Elizabeth

Hannah

Sarah

William

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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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• John Thorne lived most of his years in Flushing, Long Island, NY.

• John became the head of the Thorne Family on Long Island after his older brother, William, moved away.

• May 9, 1664,John married to Mary Pearsall  in Flushing, Long Island, NY.

   

• May 13, 1664, John Thorne, along with other in Flushing were invited to become  freemen of Connecticut "if they would have it".

• August 12, 1667 Nicholas Pearsall, Joseph Thorne, John Thorne of Flushing went to the Governor and offered "to be ready to serve His Majesty under his honorable command on all occasions". believing the English government was about to absorb the colony of Long Island.

• John Thorne and his wife, Mary, joined the Religious Society of Friends [See Records of the Society of Friends  - an article on Quakers in on Long Island].

• John Thorne died in 1709. His will, dated July 23, 1709, named his son, William, as executor.  His estate went to his wife, Mary, and children.  Mary's share would be altered if she remarried.