Family:John Bowne and Hannah Feake (1)

JOHN BOWNE

John Bowne was born on March 9, 1627 in Lime Farm, Matlock, Derbyshire, England^S1 However, Johnson^S2 gives his birth date as March 1, 1627/1628.

John Bowne states^S3 that he was baptized (rather than born) on March 9, 1627 in Matlock, Derbyshire, England^S3. However, Frost^S4 gives his baptism date as March 29, 1627. John immigrated in 1651 to Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam^{S1, S4}.

Bunker^S5, states: "In 1663, John Bowne was banished to Holland for being a Quaker. The authorities there soon let him come home, and he was not molested any more.” The original John Bowne house still exists in Flushing on Long Island and is a John Bowne Museum. The museum is run by John Bowne Historical Society. The actions of John Bowne and the resultant declaration of the Dutch government for their colony in New Amsterdam, is credited as the first formal declaration of religious freedom in America.

John died on 20 December 1695 at the age of 68 in Flushing, Long Island, New Amsterdam Colony^S5. He was buried on 23 December 1695 in Flushing, Long Island, New Amsterdam Colony.^S4

HANNAH FEAKE

Hannah Feake, daughter of Robert Feake and Elizabeth Fones, was born in August 1637 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, America. She died at home of John and Mary Elson, on 31 January 1677/8 at the age of 40 in London, England.

JOHN BOWNE and HANNAH FEAKE Marriage

John Bowne and Hannah Feake were married on May 7, 1656 in Flushing, Long Island, New Amsterdam Colony^{S2, S7}.

They had the following children:

1) John BOWNE

John Bowne was born on March 13, 1657 at 9 at night, most likely in Flushing, Long Island. John died on August 30, 1673

2) Elisabeth BOWNE

Elisabeth Bowne was born on October 8, 1658 in Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam.

Elisabeth first married John Prior (or Pryor) on November 2, 1678 in Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam.

Elisabeth married second, Samuel Titus, after 1698.

Elisabeth died on December 14, 1721 in Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam.

3) Mary [Maria] Bowne

Mary or Maria Bowne was born on January 6, 1660/1 in Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam.Maria married Joseph Thorne in 1680, Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam. Maria and Joseph Thorne appeared in the 1698 census of Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam. This was a second marriage for Joseph. Joseph Thorne, son of William Thorne and Susannah "Sarah" Booth, was born about 1642 in Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam. Maria died in 1728 at the age of 67 in Woodbridge, Somerset County, New Jersey.

4) Abigail Bowne

Abigail Bowne was born January 5, 1662/3. Abigail married Richard Willets on March 25, 1686 in Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam. She died on June 16, 1688.

5) Hannah Bowne

Hannah Bowne was born April 10, 1665, most likely in Flushing, Long Island. Hannah married Benjamin Field on November 30, 1691 in Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam. Benjamin Field, son of Susannah and Anthony Field, was born in 1663 in Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam. Benjamin died on December 1, 1732 at the age of 69. Hannah died on December 30, 1707.

6) Samuel BOWNE

Samuel first married Mary Becket Second, Samuel married Hannah Third, Samuel married Grace

7) Dorothy BOWNE

Dorothy Bowne was born on March 29, 1670. Dorothy married Henry Franklin on May 27, 1689. Dorothy died on November 26, 1690.

8) (a son) BOWNE

A son was born between 1670 and 1673^S3. The son died as a still birth^S3.

9) (a son) BOWNE

Another son was born after 1673^S3 in Dublin, Ireland^S3. This son also died as a still birth^S3.

10) Martha Joanna BOWNE

Martha Joanna Bowne was born on August 17, 1673. Martha Joanne married Joseph Thorne, son of Mary Pearsall and John Thorne on November 9, 1695. Martha died January 16, 1750.

1. ↑ Wilson, Edith King. Bowne family of Flushing, Long Island. (New York: unknown, 1948), 3, Secondary quality.

   John Bowne, s/o Thomas, m. Flushing, Long Island "7 of 3m 1656" [7 May 1656] Hannah Feke, d/o Lieut. Robert Feke and Elizabeth (Fones) Winthrop.

2.   Johnson, Allen. Dictionary of American Biography. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons), Secondary quality.
3.   Bowne, John, and Herbert F. Ricard. Journal of John Bowne, 1650-1694. (New York, New York: Friends of the Queensborough Community College Library, c1975), Fol. 48 (p. 18), 1975, Secondary quality.

   John Bowne and Hanna feke maried in flushing May the 7 1656 Ould Styl

4.   Frost, Josephine C. The Frost Genealogy : Descendants of William Frost of Oyster Bay, New York. (New York: F.H. Hitchcock, Genealogical Publisher, 1912), 352, Secondary quality.

   John Bowne, s/o Thomas, m. (1) 7 Jul [sic, should be May] 1656 Hannah Feke, d/o Robert Feake and Elizabeth (Fones) Winthrop.

5.   Bunker, Mary Powell. Long Island Genealogies. (Albany, New York, United States: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1895), 184, Secondary quality.

   John Bowne m. 1st in Flushing 7 May 1656 Hannah Feeks.