Descendants

The Bowne House would like to know about any descendants of the Bowne and Parsons families who occupied the house from 1661 to 1945. If you are a Bowne or Parsons descendant- or a descendant of a related family such the Underhills, Lawrences, Townsends, Minturns, Osgoods or Thornes-please write to us at bownehouseoffice@gmail.com so we can learn more about your connection to the Bowne and Parsons families, and add you to our descendants list.

Bowne House trustees and staff are also issuing a “Call for Descendants of the Original Patentees and Early Settlers of Flushing”. A partial list of names can be found below. If you are descended from a Patentee, or can add family names to the attached list, please contact us at bownehouseoffice@gmail.com.

PATENTEES OF THE TOWN OF FLUSHING, LI, 1645

From: “The History of Long Island, from its earliest settlement to the present time” – Peter Ross, 1902

Names of Patentees are:

Thomas Farington
John Townsend
Thomas Stiles
Thomas Saull
John Marston
Robert Field
Thomas Applegate
Thomas Bedard
Laurence Dutch
John Lawrence
William Lawrence
William Thorne
Henry Sautell
William Pidgeon
Michael Millard
Robert Firman
John Hicks
Edward Hart

THE CHARTER WAS RENEWED BY GOVERNOR DONGAN IN 1685

Names of Freeholders in 1685 were:

John Lawrence Sr.
Elias Doughty
Richard Cornell
Moriss Smith
Charles Morgan
Mary Fleake
Wouter Gisbertson
John Masten
John Cornelis
John Harrison
Dednius Holdron
John Hinchman
William Yeates
Joseph Thorne
John Lawrence Jr.
Mattias Harveye
Harmanus King
John Farrington
Thomas Williams
Elizabeth Osborn
Joseph Havyland
John Washborne
Aaron Cornelis
John Bowne
William Noble
Samuel Hoyt
Madeliene Frances Barto
John Hoper
Richard Townly
Edward Griffin Jr.
John Lawrence at Whitestone
Henry Taylor
Jasper Smith
Richard Wilday
Thomas Townsend
John Thorne
Anthony Field
John Adams
Richard Stockton
James Wittaker
Hugh Copperthwaite
Richard Chew
James Clement
Margaret Stiles
Samuel Thorne
Thomas Hedges
William Haviland
Thomas Hicks
John Terry
David Patrick
James Feake
Thomas Kimacry
Phillip Udall
Thomas Davis
Edward Farrington
Thomas Farrington
Matthew Farrington
John Field
Joseph Hedger
John Talman
William Gael
William White
Elizabeth Smith
Thomas Partridge
William Hedger
Benjamin Field

If you are a Bowne or Parsons descendant, or a descendant of a related family such as the Underhills, Lawrences, Townsends, Minturns, Osgoods or Thornes, please let us know so that you can be included in our descendant’s group.