I312: John BOWNE (9 MAY 1627

John BOWNE

9 MAY 1627 - 20 DEC 1695

BIRTH: 9 MAY 1627, Matlock, Derbyshire, England
DEATH: 20 DEC 1695, Flushing, LI, NY
BAPTISM: 29 MAY 1627, Matlock, Derbyshire, England
EVENT: arriving
a was : 1649, Boston, MA
EVENT: living in the Old Bowne House
a was :
EVENT: a pioneer of religious toleration
a was :
EVENT: arriving
a was : 1650, England
EVENT: arriving
a was : 1651, America
EVENT: treasurer
a was : 1683, Queens Co, NY
EVENT: a large landowner and farmer
a was : Queens Co, NY

Father: Thomas BOWNE
Mother: Mary UNKNOWN

Family 1 : Hannah FEAKE

MARRIAGE: 7 MAY 1656, Flushing, Queens Co, NY
MARRIAGE: 7 JUL 1656, Flushing, LI, NY

+Mary BOWNE

                       _Anthony BOWNE ______
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 _Thomas BOWNE _______|
| (1595 - 1677)       |
|                     |_Alice UNKNOWN ______
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|--John BOWNE 
|  (1627 - 1695)
|                      _____________________
|                     |                     
|_Mary UNKNOWN _______|
  (1597 - 1647)       |
                      |_____________________

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Flushing NY was originally a Dutch town named Vlissingen after a town in Holland. He and his father settled at Flushing, LI, where according to Thompson's History of Long Island, they "were among the earliest and most venerable inhabitants of Flushing". John became a prominent Quaker leader and suffered persecution under Governor Peter STUYVESANT for allowing Friends meetings in his home. He was arrested and sent as a prisoner to Amsterdam, Holland, where the Dutch West India Co directors released him and allowed him to return to America, bringing with him their noteworthy rebuke to the colonial officials for such religious interference. The West India Company's 16 Apr 1663 proclamation established religious liberty in New Netherland, on the ground that "people's consciences should not be forced but everyone left free to his belief".

http://www.newsday.com/azq/freedomm.htm
Freedom Mile
Compiled by Tina Morales
Written by Dave Kansas
Tracing Northern Boulevard through Flushing is a stretch of road often referred to as Freedom Mile. Along this road stand some of the oldest buildings in Queens.
The three buildings that dominate the Freedom Mile are the Bowne House, the State Armory and the Friends Meeting House. The sites of these three buildings played a key role in the development of one of America's most important ideals: the freedom of religion.
Before the building of the oldest of these three buildings, the Bowne House in 1661, the Dutch ruled the New Netherland colony, which incorporated Long Island. And religious intolerance was the law of the land.
Governor Peter Stuyvesant, a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, persecuted Anabaptists, Lutherans, Jews, Catholics and anyone else who dissented from his personal beliefs. Stuyvesant went so far as to declare that all those not sharing his Calvinist views were not permitted to worship in the Dutch colony.
The freeholders of Flushing took issue with the new order, because a Quaker community had been freely worshiping in the village for some time. In 1657, the town leaders signed the Flushing Remonstrance, a declaration of the freedom of religion. The signing took place at the current site of State Armory, 137-35 Northern Blvd.
First in America
The statement included the following: "We are bound by the law of God and man to doe good unto all men and evil to noe man." The document was the first declaration of religious freedom in America.
Village sheriff Tobias Feake hand-delivered the controversial paper to Stuyvesant. He and other Flushing residents were imprisoned for their efforts to protect the rights of the Quaker minority in the village. The religious intolerance went on as it had before.
In the middle of this religious maelstrom, John Bowne arrived in Flushing. In 1661, Bowne built his home, which still stands at 37-01 Bowne St. He allowed the Quakers to hold their meetings in his kitchen, despite the colony law against it.
For that, Bowne, a converted Quaker, was imprisoned and eventually deported to Holland to stand before the Dutch Parliament. His persuasive speech in favor of religious tolerance so swayed the Dutch leaders that he was allowed to return to Flushing with a guarantee concerning the rights to freedom of religion and assembly.
This upholding of the rights to freely assemble and worship predated the Bill of Rights by more than 125 years, and became the foundation for those rights.
The Flushing Remonstrance and the ensuing battle by Bowne are also remembered as one of the first examples of concerted public dissent in American history.
The Bowne House, the oldest home in Queens, was declared a designated landmark in 1966 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Bowne House Historical Society maintains the building as a "shrine to religious freedom" in recognition of Bowne's efforts to ensure the right to freely worship.
The Quakers' struggle for religious freedom in Flushing was widely renowned, and George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, came to visit the community in 1672.
Finally in 1694, the Quakers built a meeting house, which is considered the first house of worship built in Queens. The first Friends Meeting House still stands at 137-16 Northern Blvd.
It was the first house of worship built in the village of Flushing, which at the time was still called Vlissingen. Membership at the meeting house grew at such a rate that the structure needed to be enlarged in 1714. Since that time the exterior has remained the same. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Freedom Mile appears to be another littered stretch of concrete in Queens. But it is the cradle of one of the most precious rights Americans possess: the freedom of religion.
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or 1 Mar 1627/1628.

or 10 Oct 1695.

built in 1661 and still standing in 1911 owned by Cornelia M. PARSONS.

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John FAIRFIELD

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ABT 1570 - MAR 1612

BIRTH: ABT 1570, Staffordshire, England
DEATH: MAR 1612, England

Family 1 : Isabel UNKNOWN

MARRIAGE: Staffordshire, England

+Joan FAIRFIELD

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at Holme Mylme, Leek.

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at Holme Mylme, Leek.

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Thomas de HAVILAND

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ABT 1415 - ABT 1470

BIRTH: ABT 1415, St Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands
DEATH: ABT 1470, St Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands
BIRTH: ABT 1438, St Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands
DEATH: AFT 1481, St Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Family 1 : Marguerite de SAUSMAREZ?

MARRIAGE: ABT 1437, St Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands

+Thomas Sieur de HAVILAND

Family 2 :

+James de HAVILLAND

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Thomas was a Jurat or Jure Justicier de la Cour Royale de Guernsey from
1474 - 1481. (Chronicle of the De Havillands, p8).
The Channel Islands contain
Guernsey
Jersey
Guernsey includes the islands of
Guernsey
Sark
Little Sark
Alderney
Herm
Jethou
Lihou
Brechou
Burhou
Capital is St Peter Port
Next biggest town is St Sampson

The parishes in Guernsey are
?
Maybe four or more or less

The parishes in Jersey are
St Heliers
Trinity
Others (at least two, maybe more)

See NEA v 1 n 1 p 35

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