The following information is taken from Edith King Bowne’s genealogy “Bowne Family of Flushing, L.I.”, aka “The Green Book.”
John Bowne and his first wife, Hannah Feake, had eight children, seven of whom survived until adulthood. Their son Samuel Bowne inherited the Bowne House and passed it down to his own heirs. The children of the marriage were as follows:
John Bowne, Jr. : b. 13 March, 1656/7 - d. 30 August 1673 (aged 16 yrs.)
Elizabeth “Betsy” Bowne: b. 8 October, 1658; married 1st. John Prior, 2nd. Samuel Titus
Mary “Marie” Bowne: b. 6 January, 1660; married Joseph Thorne
Abigail Bowne: b. 5 February, 1662/3; married Richard Willetts
Hannah Bowne: b. 10 April, 1665; married Benjamin Field
Samuel Bowne: b. 21 September, 1667; married 1st. Mary Becket, 2nd. Hannah Smith; 3rd. Grace Cowperthwaite
Dorothy Bowne: b. 29 March, 1669/70; married Henry Franklin. No issue.
Martha Joanna: b. 17 August, 1673; married Joseph Thorne
According to John Bowne’s Journal, the couple also suffered two stillbirths, one before the birth of their last child Martha Joanna and one while Hannah was abroad in Dublin on her final preaching tour (late 1676.)
Citation: Bowne, Edith King, Bowne Family of Flushing, Long Island (New York: Bowne & Co., 1987) 3-4. This book is a reprint of the genealogy originally published in 1948.
