John Burniston was the Deputy Governor of Bombay[1] from 1690 to 1704.

He left a widow named Carolina. One of their daughters was Sarah, wife of William Pownall and mother of Thomas Pownall, governor of Massachusetts Bay and South Carolina.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Stern, Philip J. (22 April 2011). The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India. Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 9780199875184. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Edward J. Davies, "Further Notes on Governor Thomas1 Pownall", The American Genealogist, 77(2002):190–94.


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