John Burniston

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

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.
Edward J. Davies, "Further Notes on Governor Thomas¹ Pownall", The American Genealogist, 77(2002):190–94.

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[Stern2011-1] 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.