children. John Bowne's second wife was Hannah Bickerstaff (married 2 February 1679/1680) and had 6 children (2 died soon after birth). John Bowne's third wife was Mary Cock (married 26 June 1693) and had two children. Descendants Bowne's descendants played notable roles in all aspects of life in America, from politics to business and academia. They include: Robert Bowne (1744–1818), founder in 1775 of Bowne & Co., the company with the longest history of trading on the New York Stock Exchange Samuel S. Bowne (1800–1865), U.S. Representative for the 19th District in New York Walter Bowne (1770–1846), Mayor of New York City. Daniel M. Frost (1823–1900), one of the few Northern Generals to fight with the Confederacy during the Civil War Thomas Jaggar (1871–1953), volcanologist and founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Robert Bowne Minturn (1805–1866), 19th Century merchant and shipper Iain Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl (1931–1996), Scottish peer and landowner Kyra Sedgwick, actress Margaret Suckley (1891–1991), archivist for, and confidant of, President Franklin D. Roosevelt Julia Thorne (1944–2006), 20th-century author and wife of John Kerry Legacy John Bowne High School, PS 20 John Bowne Elementary School, and Bowne Street in Flushing, Queens are named in his honor. Bowne Park is named after his descendant, New York City mayor Walter Bowne. The Bowne House at Bowne Street and 37th Avenue in Flushing still stands, and is open to the public as a New York City designated landmark and a Registered Historic Place. In October 2018, a memorial stone was unveiled and a lime tree planted on the corner of Lime Tree Road and Hurst Rise, Matlock, Derbyshire, the site of John Bowne's birthplace, Lime Tree Farm. See also Flushing Remonstrance References External links BowneHouse.org the Bowne descendants of John Bowne John Bowne's Journal and Related Materials 1649–1676 Anya Seton's papers housed at the Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, including information and references for the book, The Winthrop Woman A colony with a conscience 1627 births 1695 deaths American Quakers American tax resisters Kingdom of England emigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony Converts to Quakerism People from Queens, New York People of the Province of New York People of New Netherland People from Matlock, Derbyshire 17th-century Quakers