Person:James Thorne (6)

Watchers
m. 9 Nov 1695
  1. Samuel Thorne1696 - 1759
  2. Joseph Thorne1698 -
  3. John Thorne1701/02 - 1764
  4. Thomas Thorne1704 - Bef 1767
  5. William Thorne1706 - 1735
  6. James Thorne1709 - Bef 1784
  7. Catharine ThorneEst 1711 -
m. 11 Sep 1740
Facts and Events
Name James Thorne
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 2 Sep 1709 Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
Marriage 11 Sep 1740 Flushing, Queens, New York, United Statesto Sarah Farrington
Death[2] Bef 2 Aug 1784 Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
References
  1. Society of Friends. Flushing Monthly Meeting (Flushing, New York). Monthly meeting records, 1640-. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950)
    133.

    The Child'n of Joseph & Martha Johannah Thorn of Flushing
    ...
    James Thorn was born ye 2'd : 7'mo - 1709

  2. 2.0 2.1 Eaton, Rev. Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. "William Thorne and Some of his Descendants", in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
    Vol. 20, pp. 82, 84, April 1889.

    Children of Joseph Thorne of Flushing and Martha Johanna Bowne:
    James, born "2 day 7 mo 1709", m. Flushing "11 d. 7 mo. 1740" [11 Sep 1740] Sarah Farrington, d/o Thomas. [Note abstract of will given here, appears incomplete, see full will.]

  3.   Collections of the New York Historical Society
    Vol. 36, p. 374.

    [Full transcript given by this source.] Will of "James Thorne, of Flushing", dated 20 Aug 1766, mentions:
    "my cousin, George Thorne, son of my cousin, Samuel Thorne, sadler, deceased" [under 21];
    "my dearly beloved wife Sarah";
    "my cousin, Mary Farrington, daughter of my deceased cousin, James Farrington";
    "my cousin [nephew] William Thorne, son of my deceased brother, William Thorne" [note: "nephew" added by editor, presumably since son of brother, as is true of some of the following];
    "my cousin, Joseph Thorne, son of my said brother";
    "my cousin, Catharine Joneses children, grandchildren of my said deceased brother William";
    "my cousin, James Thorne, son of my brother, John Thorne, deceased";
    "my cousin, William Thorne, son of my brother Thomas";
    "my cousin, John Thorne, son of my brother John";
    "my aforesaid cousin, Samuel Thorne's sons, Samuel and William Thorne" [i.e., father Samuel is also George's father above];
    "to John Field, Jr., of Flushing, as a legacy for the use of friends belonging to the quarterly meeting on Long Island";
    "my two negro slaves, that is, my man called Bristo, and my maid called Elener, his wife, shall have their freedom if they chuse"
    "my cousin, John Thorn, son of my brother John, and my trusty friends, James Bowne, of New York and Daniel Bowne, of Flushing, executors."
    Proved 2 Aug 1784. Administration {probably letters testamentary since he is executor, not administrator] to John Thorne 11 Aug 1784.