William Thorne

William Thorne

Male 1636 - 1699  (63 years)


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  • Name William Thorne  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 1636  Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    FSID LCXL-6HC  [6, 7, 8
    Death 1699  Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Burial 1699  Long Island, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Person ID I45492  footsteps | Bunker
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2025 

    Father William Thorne,   b. Abt 1616, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1664, Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Susannah Booth,   b. 1617, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1675, Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Family ID F25102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Winifred Linnington,   b. 7 Apr 1642, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Flushing, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 4 Sep 1662  Nassau, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Richard Thorne,   b. 1675, Hempstead, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1706, Hempstead, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F25103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Created by: Evelyn Linger Thorn (46992836)Added: 19 Aug 2017URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182539199/william-thorneCitation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 February 2020), memorial page for William Thorne, Jr (7 Apr 1632–1698), Find A Grave Memorial no. 182539199, ; Maintained by Evelyn Linger Thorn (contributor 46992836) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a There is no record of his place of burial..
      William Thorne, Jr
      Birth: 7 Apr 1632 England
      Death: 1698 (aged 65–66) Queens County, New York, USA
      Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: There is no record of his place of burial.

      Memorial #: 182539199
      Bio: Son of William Thorne,Sr. and Susannah Booth (Hallett). Married Winnifred Linnington September 4, 1662. Some records give his birth as Massachusetts, however his parents came to America in the year 1638 on the ship Confidence.
      Family Members
      Parents
      William Thorne 1617-1664
      Sarah Susannah Booth Thorne Hallett 1617-1675
      Spouse
      Winnifred Linnington Thorne 1642-1713
      Siblings
      Joseph Thorne 1642-1727
      John Thorne 1643-1709
      Elizabeth Thorne Sherman 1653-1744
      Created by: Evelyn Linger Thorn (46992836)
      Added: 19 Aug 2017
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182539199/william-thorne
      Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 February 2020), memorial page for William Thorne, Jr (7 Apr 1632–1698), Find A Grave Memorial no. 182539199, ; Maintained by Evelyn Linger Thorn (contributor 46992836) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a There is no record of his place of burial..

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      Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors And Their Descendants, or, Our Quaker Forefathers And Their Posterity
      Text: "..., dw. Flushing, L. d. Cornell, s of John' and Mary Abraham, b. 1 Sept., 1696; m. 1717, Mary' Benjamin, b. 1723, d. 1771; m. 17 of 9 mo., have d. 1713; but 1698 a William Thorne had says: Thomas..."
      Image: 173

    3. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Genealogy of the Stokes Family: Descended From Thomas And Mary Stokes Who Settled In Burlington County, New Jersey (1903)MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc.Unknown.
      Genealogy of the Stokes Family: Descended From Thomas And Mary Stokes Who Settled In Burlington County, New Jersey (1903)
      Text: "...'s Manuscript Records in the Long Island Historical we In the census of Hempstead, L. find Thorn and in 1656. William Thorn, Jr., married Winifred Kay. He died in 1688, and was buried in the burying ground..."
      Image: 378

    4. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Eight Generations From William Thorne of Dorsetshire, England, And Lynn Massachusetts (1913)MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc.Unknown.
      Eight Generations From William Thorne of Dorsetshire, England, And Lynn Massachusetts (1913)
      Text: "..., of Dorsetshire, England, was "made freeman at Lynn 2nd May 1638 30 and ten No name of his wife acres of land apportioned to him." o William,^ i. In 1646 William Thorne was granted a plantation lot at Gravesend..."
      Place: Dorsetshire, United Kingdom
      Image: 7

    5. [S288] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL25-DTGH : Tue Apr 01 20:46:11 UTC 2025), Entry for William Thorne.
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    6. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 March 2025, 19:56), entry for John Smith V (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G72P-5H4 ); contributed by various users.
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    7. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Early History of the Thorne Family of Long Island," The New York Genealogical & Biographical Record," v. 92, no. 1, (January 1961): 1–12. SEE IN MEMORIES. Especially p 1–2.
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    8. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Page 170. Genealogies of Long Island families : from The New York genealogical and biographical record.
      Page 170 Quote: "William Thorne was born about 1636 and died probably about 1699, presumably in Hempstead. He married about 1662, Winnifred ______."