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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. The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India{{#if:Stern|, Stern}. Oxford University Press(2011-04-22). ISBN 9780199875184
  2. Edward J. Davies, "Further Notes on Governor Thomas1 Pownall", The American Genealogist, 77(2002):190–94.


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