↑ "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. 4, p. 94.
The children of Samuel and Ann Thorn flushing: ... Joseph Thorn was born the 19 d. 2 month, 1717. [Note: In old-styles dates, the second month is April. More info may be found here.]