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Mary Bowne
b.6 Jan 1660/61 Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
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m. 7 May 1656
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m. Bef 1680
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[edit] Mary [Maria] BOWNEMary or Maria Bowne was born on January 6, 1660/1 in Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam.[3] Maria's childhood home is still in existence in Flushing. 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.[3] Joseph appeared in the 1698 census of Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam. He died in May 1727 at the age of 85 in Flushing, Long Island, Colonial New Amsterdam.[3] Joseph was buried in Friends Cemetery, Flushing on Long Island. Maria died in 1728 at the age of 67 in Woodbridge, Somerset County, New Jersey.[3] [edit] Will of Mary Bowne Thorne[Note: viewable at books.google.com. Note that Mary calls herself a widow in 1726, though Source:Wilson, Edith King. Bowne Family of Flushing, Long Island, p. 5, says her husband died "3m. 1727." (May 1727). An explanation for this discrepancy is wanting.] I, Mary Thorne, of Flushing, in Queens County, widow of Joseph Thorne. June 20, 1726. In order to settle all worldly affairs, as much as in me lies, to prevent contention. I leave to my son Benjamin, my negro man Tom. Also all my share of that our waggon, and all implements of husbandry on the place where he now lives. All the rest of my estate to my seven children and granddaughter, viz.: my children, Thomas, Abram, Isaac, Jacob, Hannah, Mary, and Sarah, and my granddaughter, Elizabeth, daughter of Eliahim Hedger. I make my son Benjamin, and my brother, Samuel Bowne, executors. Witnesses, John Haight, John Bowne, D. Humphries. Prove August 12, 1728.[2][3] References
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