"John Bourne, whom we call John II, is our earliest authenticated ancestor as we have his will, which will be given at the end of the chapter. This will was recorded on the 20th day of June, 1721, Essex Co., VA. Therefor John died some time before, leaving his wife Elizabeth Johnson Bourne and 8 children all young. John Bourne III was the oldest and as he was born in 1707 he was 14 years of age at his father's death and the rest were yournger. We do not know what became of Elizabeth, or hw she managed to rear the children, but with the Taliaferro connection, they were cared for. There is an inventory of John Bourne's estate at the Exxex Co., VA courthouse. The will was made October 20, 1720 and probated the 20th of June 1721, so John Bourne II probably died in the early part of 1721. From his will, we know that John Bourne II had the following children:
John; Andrew; Robert; Francis; Henry; Christian; James."

Frank Neher
Note: When the above was written it was before evidence was located that the first John Bourne mentiond,
was actually Andrew Bourne and this changes the designation of John II and John III, above, to John and
John, Jr. in the current version of the chart.