William Thorne

Abt 1616 - 1664  (48 years)

• Name	William Thorne  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1616	England   [1, 5, 6, 7]
  Baptism	England
  Gender	Male
  FSID	KGCP-Z98  [1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Immigration	10 Apr 1635	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  	Ship Name: Confidence
  Occupation	Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
  	Proprietor
  Religion	Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
  	Converted to Quaker Religion.
  Burial	1664	Flushing, Queens, New York, United States   [5, 6]
  	Thorne-Wilkins Cemetery Fort Totten Park
  Death	12 May 1664	Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States   [1, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I45250	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Susannah Booth,   b. 1617, Derbyshire, England d. 1675, Flushing, Queens, New York, United States (Age 58 years)
  Children	+ 1. William Thorne,   b. 1636, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 1699, Queens, New York, United States (Age 63 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F24941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  The Puritan Great Migration. William Thorne Sr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 334) William Thorn migrated from England in 1637 residing first in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony then moving to Long Island, settling first in Gravesend, then Flushing and finally in Jamaica, New York. His eventual residence in New York qualifies him for "Beyond New England" status in the Puritan Great Migration project. He may have been a Quaker late in life, as he was a signatory of the "Flushing Remonstrance" of 1657 (see "Colonial Life"). However, not all of the signatories WERE Quakers so William's religion is not certain. His birth is sometimes quoted as 1617 or 1617, likely to make him 21 by the time he was a freeman of Lynn. However, this status typically indicated an older man who owned property and was a member of the church with some standing in society so likely he was considerably more than 21 in 1638. His wife is called Susannah Booth, of unknown origins on wikitree. The work of Arthur Eaton cited here[3] proved that her first name was Susannah, but said her last name was unknown. In a followup 1965 NYGBR article her last name is stated as "Booth" and her origin (and their date and place of marriage) are specifically stated as "unknown". Her last name of "Booth" is derived from genealogical work done by two genealogists (John Ross Delafield and his father Maturin Livingston Delafield) who claimed to have had an account of William Hallett stating that his alimony payment (to his ex-wife Susan, widow of William Thorn) was to be paid to "Susannah Both". No such name has been found subsequently in any original document, but Dickinson holds the Delafields in high regard and gives credence to this statement of Susannah's original surname. Her first name (and marriage first to Thorn, then to Hallett) however is well established by these June 1669 New York court records from the legal separation of Susanna Hallett and her husband William noting a subsequent alimony suit where Susannah Hallet's son, Joseph Thorne took an active part. Torrey in "New England Marriages to 1700" sheds no additional light on the marriage of William Thorn and Susannah and makes no claim to her last name.

  
  

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