Person:William Thorne (24)

Information on William Thorne

William Thorne probably of Essex, England was made freeman of on 2 Nay, 1638 and in that year had 30 & 10 acres of In 1645 he was of Flushing, Long Island. The original Patent granted by Governor Kieft on 19 Oct. 1645 naming him one of the 18 patentees. In 1646 he was granted a plantation in Gravesend. In one of the proprietors of Jamaica and probably resided there for a time. It is probable that William and Sarah Thorne, the immigrants, were buried in the grounds of Friends Meeting House at Flushing.

They had at least 4 sons and one daughter:

1. William married Winifred of Hempstead, who settled at Great Neck, of this family was probably Elizabeth Thorne who in 1696 married the first Richbell Mott.

2. John born 1643; died in 1709; married Mary. of Flushing, had 7 children.

3. Joseph married Mary Brown and had 1.2 children

4. Samuel born 1.637; died 1732; of Flushing.

5~ Susannah married John Lockerson.

Source: New York Genealogy and Biographical Record, vol. 19, page 153, from the article Adam and Ann Mott, Genealogy by Thomas C. Cornell, 1890.