Birth:    abt 1617England

Death:   abt 1660   Jamaica, Queens, New York

Birth:   abt 1617   England

Marriage:   1636   England3 or 1638-39 Lyn Massachusetts

Children:  

 William (~1636-~1699)

Joseph (~1642-1727)

John (1643-1709)

Susannah

Samuel

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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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• 1638 William Thorne may have arrived  from England on the ship "Confidence".  [Note:

• William was a Puritan, with Anabaptists leanings

• 1638 May 2, William Thorne was admitted as a  Freeman in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony

• 1641 June 29, William served on a Salem jury.

• 1641-1642 William was convicted of giving assistance to escaped prisoners and was fined f 6 2/3 for "concealing, hiding and supplying." 

• 1643 February 28, "Goodman Thorne" is recorded in the Quarterly Court of Salem: "Divers of Lynn Gone to Long Island and some not warned." I ["Goodman" be equivalent to "Mr."  and "not warned" equivalent to "not receiving summons".

• 1643 departed from Lyn Massachusetts for Gravesend, New Netherlands ... the move was most likely an impromptu move along with others who were followers Lady Deborah Moody  - "a strong-willed and determined woman who made no secret of her non-conformist views" and promoted religious tolerance.   

• 1643 William Thorne's family was one of the original families to establish Gravesend. 

• 1643 successfully escaped Indian conflict.

• 1644 fall or spring 1645  - after Indian treaty - returned to Gravesend.

• 1645 William Thorne's family  was one 17 English families to establish Flushing Long Island. 

• 1645 October 10, made patent for planter's allotment in Flushing.

• 1646 Living in Flushing, Long Island.

• 1648 April 27, appointed magistrate of Flushing, along with John Townsend and John Hicks. 

• 1657 July, records suggest  that William Thorne was a proprietor of Jamaica and perhaps resided there and records make note of his marriage to "Sussannah Thorne" .

• 1657 December,   William Thorne  was the third signer of Remonstrance of Flushing (precursor to the Bill of Rights). His, William Thorne Jr,  was also a signer.   [After reading the Remonstrance of Flushing, you may be encouraged to read the Aftermath of the Remonstrance.]

• John Thorne died between 1657 and 1664  and is believed to be buried in the Quaker "Friends Cemetery" in Flushing.