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John Burniston was the Deputy Governor of Bombay 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.
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 Thomas Pownall", The American Genealogist, 77(2002):190–94.
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