BOWNE FAMILY of Flushing, Long Island
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BOWNE FAMILY of Flushing, Long Island Compiled by EDITH KING WILSON from the MSS. of JACOB TITUS BOWNE and various other sources New York 1948 Copyright 1948 by Edith King Wilson 770 Park Avenue, New York 21, N. Y. All rights reserved PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The William Byrd Press, Inc., Richmond, Virginia BOWNE FAMILY of Flushing, Long Island FOREWORD This Genealogy of the BOWNE FAMILY of Flushing, Long Island is derived from many sources. The early generations were com piled during a period of fifty years by the late Mr. Jacob Titus Bowne of Springfield, Mass. Much assistance was rendered him by the late Osgood Field and the late Thomas Stewardson whose researches both in this country and in England, materially ad vanced the work. Through the influence and encouragement of the late Mrs. Josephine C. Frost who compiled the data for my own direct line from the Bowne Family, I was inspired to attempt this book. In 1915 Mrs. Frost and I went to Springfield to see the Manuscript of Mr. Jacob Bowne. After much persuasion he consented to allow me to copy his manuscript which was in my possession for a number of years. At his death he bequeathed the manuscript to the New York Public Library, where it now is. My contribution has been the filling out of more recent data and bringing generations up to the present time, for which I am indebted to various members of the family for their information and interest. There are many lines which I have been unable to contact, this I regret but hope that some future member of the family may be able to supply the deficiencies. I wish to acknowl edge the able assistance of Mrs. Ethel L. Fitz-Randolph for her work in arranging and typing for the printer. EDITH KING WILSON NEW YORK January 29th, 1948 BOWNE FAMILY of Flushing, Long Island BOWNE FAMILY of Flushing, Long Island 1. Thomas Bowne, son of Anthony born in Matlock, County Derby, England 25 May 1595 had wife Mary who died in Matlock 8 August 1647. About 1649 Thomas aged 54 arrived _in Boston with son John aged 22 and daughter Dorothy age.cl 18. About 1651 Thomas removed from Boston to Flushing, L. I. where he died 7m 18 d. 1677. He made two wills neither of which was offered for probate. Children of Thomas and Mary Bowne born in Matlock, England: +2. John b. 9. 3. 1627 m. 1st Hannah Peke, m. 2nd Hannah Bickerstaff, m. 3rd Mary Cock. 3. Dorothy b. 14 Aug. 1631 m. Edward Farrington. 4- William b. 5 Apr. 1640. 5. Troth b. 6 July 1642. 6. Ellin b. 24 June 1647. ~. ~ lf1,. '"l'lt,-.. t ~ ~:;, 2. John2 Bowne son of Thomas< baptized in Matlock, Derbyshire, Englandt9 March 1627, came to New England with his father in 1651. They settled in Flushing, Long Island where on 7 of ~J\fi..,.'j 1656, John married Hannah Feke born 6m 1637 daughter of Lieut. Robert and Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) Feke. Hannah Bowne died at the home of John and Mary Elson in London 3,1 um 1677. On 2.12.1679,. John Bowne married for his second wife, Hannah Bickerstaff born in England and died in Flushing 7+ 1690. In Flushing, 26-4- 1693 John Bowne married third, Mary Cock born 1.11.1655 daughter of James and Sarah Cock of Matinecock. John Bowne died in Flushing 20 ro 1695 and his es- tate was administered by his son Samuel Bowne. Children of John and Hannah (Feke) Bowne: 7. John b. 13.r. 1656/7; d. 30.6.1673. 3 4 Bowne Family of Flushing, Long Island +8. Elizabeth b. 8. 8. 1658; m. r John Prior, 2 Samuel Titus. +'9. Mary b. 6. rr. 1660; m. Joseph Thorne. +IO. Abigail b. 5.12.1662; m. Richard Willetts. +n. Hannah b. IO. 2. 1665; m. Benjamin Field. · +12. Samuel b. 21.7.1667; m. r Mary Becket, 2 Hannah Smith, 3 Grace Cowperthwaite 13. Dorothy b. 29. r. 1669/70; m. Henry Franklin. No issue. +14. Martha Joanna b. 17. 6. 1673; m. Joseph Thorne. Children of John and Hannah (Bickerstaff) Bowne: 15. Sarah b. 14. IO. 1680; d. 18.3.1681. 16. Sarah b. 17. 12. 1681/2; d. rr. 3. 1699. 17. John b. IO. 7. 1683; d. 25. 8. 1683 .. 18. Thomas b. 26. 9. 1684; d::i7. IO. 1684. +19. John b. 9.7.1686; m. Elizabeth Lawrence. 20. Abigail b. 5. 5. 1688; d. 13. 5. 1688. Children of John and Mary (Cock) Bowne: +21. Amy b. r. 2. 1694; m. Richard Hallett. 22. Ruth b. 30. rr. 1695/6; died young. 8. Elizabeth3 Bowne (John 2, Thomas1) born in Flushing, Long Island 8. 8. 1658, died there 14. 12. 1721, married 2. 9. 1678 John Prior of Killingworth son of Matthew and Mary Prior of Matine cock. He died + 2. 1698 and Elizabeth married for her second husband Samuel Titus b. Westbury, L. I. 6m 1658 son of Edmund and Martha (Washburn) Titus. He died 1 January 1732/3. Children of John and Elizabeth (Bowne) Prior: 23.' John Prior b. 16.7.1679; d. 18.9.1748. 24. Hannah Prior b. 22. IO. 1681; m. William Frost. 25. Elizabeth Prior b. 9. 8. 1683; m. William Carpenter. 26. Mary Prior b. 4- rr. 1685; m. Stephen Birdsall. 27. Sarah Prior b. 19.8.1688; d. 17n. 28. Matthew Prior b. 29. r. 1690/r; m. Hannah Cock. 29. Samuel Prior b. 27.6.1693; m. Mary Powell. 30. Joseph Prior m. Deborah Underhill. Bowne Family of Flushing, Long Island s 9. Mary 3 Bowne, (John2, Thomas1) born in Flushing, L. I. 6. II. 1660, married there in 1680 Joseph Thorne son of William and Sarah Thorne of Flushing. He died 3m. 1727. Children of Joseph and Mary (Bowne) Thorne: 31. Hannah Thorne b. 26. 8. 1680; m. Thomas Field. 32. Joseph Thorne b. 22. 7. 1682; m. Mrs. Catharine Smith. 33. William Thorne b. 7. 9. 1684; m. c1729 Mary Fitz Ran dolph and settled in Gloucester, N. J. 34. Mary Thorne b. 22. 6. 1686; m. 8. 9. 1709 John son of John Shotwell of Staten Island and lived in N. J. 35. Susannah Thorne b. 18. + 1688; m. Eliakim Hedger. Lived in Flushing where she died 27. r. 1728. 36. John Thorne b. 5. 8. 1690; settled in Gloucester, N. J. 37. Thomas Thorne b. r. 1. 1692/3; m. Letitia Hinchman, Gloucester, N. J. 38. Benjamin Thorne b. 6.11.1694; m. Sarah Balding, lived in Flushing, L. I. 39. Abraham Thorne b. r. 7. 1696; m. (1,) 7.9.1717 Mary Shot well, m. (2,) Ann Laing. 40. Isaac Thorne b. + 9. 1698; m. Hannah Haight, lived in Nine Partners, N. Y. 41. Jacob Thorne b. 20. 3. 1700; m. 1723 Susannah Shotwell of Woodbridge, N. J. 42. Sarah Thorne b. 20. II. 1702/3; m. 1726 James Jackson of East Jersey. 10. Ahigail3 Bowne, (John2, Thomas1) born at Flushing, L. I. 5. 12. 1662; married in Flushing 25. r. 1686 Richard Willetts born - 25. 10. 1660 son of Richard and Mary (Washburn) Willetts of Jericho, L. I. Abigail died 16. 4. 1688 and Richard married for his second wife Abigail Powell daughter of Thomas Powell of Beth page. The following note is arr the books of the M. M. of Westbury, L. I. "Jericho, the 4th day of the 1st mo. 1688. I was born 25th of tenth month in the year 1660 and I continued with my mother 6 Bowne Family of Flushing, Long Island until I was 25 years of age, and in the year 1686 on 25th day of the first month, I took Abigail Bowne to wife, and we continued together until the 24th of the I I month following and then she born me a daughter and she called her name Hannah and we enjoyed each other in great love until the 16th of the 4th month 1688 and then the Lord took her to Himself and left me, Richard Willetts. a sorrowful man with my motherless babe." Child of Richard and Abigail (Bowne) Willetts: 43. Hannah Willetts b. 24. IL 1686; d. 27. II. 1727; m. Job Carr and had Mary Carr b. 4.6. 1712, Samuel Carr b. IO. 9. 1714, Hannah Carr b. 24- 5. 1716, Caleb Carr b. 4. 9. 1719 m. Sarah Ridgeway. 11. Hannah3 Bowne, (John2, Thomas1) born in Flushing, L. I. IO. 12. 1665 married in Flushing 30. 9. 1691 Benjamin Field born 1663 son of Anthony and Susannah Field. Hannah died 30. IO. 1707 and he died r. IO. 1732. Children of Benjamin and Hannah (Bowne) Field: 44. Benjamin Field b. 5. 12. 1692/3; m. 13.2.1727 Sarah Tay lor. 45. John Field b. 13. IL 1694/5; m. 12. II. 1720 Elizabeth Woolsey daughter of John Woolsey. He died 1773. 46. Samuel Field b. IO. 8. 1696 m. 7. r. 1718 Mary Palmer daughter of William Palmer. 47. Anthony Field b. 28.5.1698; d. 2. 9. 1777; m. 13. 6. 1730 Hannah Burling daughter of William Burling. 48. Hannah Field b. 20. 5. 1700; m. Thomas Haviland. 49. Joseph Field b. 12. 4. 1702; m. Mary Denton. No issue. 50. Sarah Field b. 17. 6. 1704; m. 2. 5. 1724 James Clements, a minor. She died 4.12.1724. +51. Roabord Field b. 7. 7. 1707; m. r, Rebecca Burling, 2, Abigail Sutton. 12. Samuel3 Bowne, (John2, Thoinas1) born in Flushing, L. I.