THIRD GENERATION

30. Joseph Thorne was born in 1668 in Whitestone Point, Flushing, Long Island, NY. He died in Jul 1753 in Whitestone Point, Flushing, Long Island, NY. He was Quaker. Joseph Thorne lived a quiet & industrious life. He was fully involved with his farming, faith & his family. Not much apers about him in official records & I speculate that he lived out his entire life much as the rest of the Thorne family just quietly taking care of business, enjoying his family & attending the meetings of the Religious Society of Friends.

He was married to Martha Johanna Bowne (daughter of John Bowne and Hannah Feake) on 9 Nov 1695 in Benjamin Field's in Flushing, NY. Marriage site was the home of her brother-in-law Benjamin Field and sister Hannah Bowne. Marriage one Martha Johanna Bowne was born on 17 Aug 1673 in Flushing, Long Island, NY. She died on 1 Aug 1750 in Whitestone Point, Flushing, Long Island, NY. She was Quaker. Philip V. Thorne Notes:

I have a copy of her signature from a Quaker Wedding Certificate; this also includes signatures of several other family members.

Martha Johanna Bowne and Joseph Thorne were married in Flushing at the home of her sister Hannah Bowne and her husband Benjamin Field.

Martha Johanna Bowne Thorne was named after her aunt Martha Johanna Wintrhop, daughter of Henry Winthrop (son of Governor John Winthrop) and Elizabeth Ffones Winthrop (That Winthrop Woman). Joseph Thorne and Martha Johanna Bowne had the following children:

+159 i. Samuel Thorn.
+160 ii. Joseph Thorne.
+161 iii. John Thorne.
+162 iv. Thomas Thorne.
+163 v. William Thorne.
+164 vi. James Thorne.