WILLIAM FOWLER, settled in Flushing about 1680. On March 15, 1687, Nicholas Parcel, his wife's grandfather, conveyed to him 1/2 of Duck Creek meadow, lying between Flushing and Newtown (Book A, p. 43); Oct.11, 1688, his brother-in-law, Henry Taylor, conveyed to him 50 acres at Great Cove (Book B, No. I, p. 151); and Jan. 5, 1689, 10 acres more at Great Cove (Book B, No.1, p. 153). In the tax list of Flushing, 1698, we find William Fowler and wife Mary, sons William, John, Joseph, Benjamin, daughters Mary and Rebecca, negro boy Jack. Mr. Fowler m. Jan. 24, 1680, Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Parcel) Thorne; she and daughter Mary, bap. by Rev. Thomas Poyer, 29 Feb., 1711. He d. in May, 1714; buried May ii (N. Y. Rec., 19-58); will dated 24 Jan., 1711, proved 28 May, 1714 (Book 8, p.323, N.Y. County); to son William, the home lot in Flushing; son John, 240 acres of the Harrison Patent at Rye; son Joseph, 240 acres of the Harrison Patent at Rye, bought in 1702 (Book B, p. 180); daughter Sarah, £35; daughter Hannah, £55, and 240 acres at Rye; gives the 900 acres at Rye bought from Samuel Haight, 1706 (Book C, p. 46), to sons Jeremiah, Thomas and Henry; son Benjamin, the shop and tools at Flushing when he is 20 years of age; daughter Mary Dusenbury, £25; daughter Rebecca, £55; wife Mary to have house and lot at Flushing for life; wife Mary, son Jeremiah and brother-in-law William Thorne, executors, which shows that his elder sons, William, John and Joseph had already removed to Rye.