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↑ "Records of the Society of Friends of the City of New York and Vicinity, from 1640 to 1800", in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society) vol. 6, p. 100.
The eight day of ye ninth month and Seventeen hundred and nine. At Flushing - John Shotwell son of John Shotwell of Staten Island and Mery Thorn daughter of Joseph Thorn of flushing witnessed by 26 hands. [Note: In old-styles dates, the ninth month is November. More info may be found here.]