THE FAMILY OF JOHN AND MARY CURWIN PAR

John Par was baptized in Thorney, Nottinghamshire, England on the 4th of January in 1694.  His future wife was born in 1702 on Long Island, Suffolk County, NY. John evidently arrived in America in the early 1700s, met Mary Curwin, and married her when she was only 16, on the 19th of December in 1718 on Long Island, Suffolk, NY.

From Wikipedia re Long Island:
"Both the longest and the largest island in the contiguous United States, Long Island extends 118 miles eastward from New York Harbor to Montauk Point, with a maximum north-to-south distance of 23 miles between Long Island Sound and the Atlantic coast. With a land area of 1,401 square miles, Long Island is the 11th-largest island in the United States and the 149th-largest island in the world—larger than the 1,214 square miles of the smallest U.S. state, Rhode Island."

Mary and John had the following children, all born on Long Island:
1720 John, Jr.
1721 Matthias
1722 Cornelius
1724 Hannah, our ancestor
1725 Jesse L.
1728 Elihu
1730 Jemima
1732 Eliphalet

Mary died on the 12 of Jul 1732 on Long Island, Queens, NY at age 30.

On the 25th of June in 1749, John wrote his own will and asked Elijah Horton, Phebe Horton, and Nathaniel Horton to witness and sign the will, which they did. The next day, John Par died on Long Island, Suffolk County, New York.

JOHN PAR
BORN: 4 Jan 1694 in Thorney, Nottinghamshire, England
MARRIED: 19 Dec 1718 in Long Island, Suffolk, NY
DIED: 26 Jan 1749 in Long Island, Suffolk, NY

MARY CURWIN
BORN: 1702 in Long Island, Suffolk, NY
DIED: 12 Jul 1732 in Long Island, Queens, NY
SOURCES: New York City Marriages 1675-1920; New York Genealogical Records 1675-1920; Family Search IGI Vital Records of John Par.