Julia Thorne

[1] Julia Thorne was a direct eleventh generation descendant of John Bowne, a defiant activist in the struggle for religious freedom.

Thorne was also a distant cousin of her husband John Kerry through their common ancestor Elizabeth Fones.

[citation needed] Thorne married John Kerry on May 23, 1970, and wore a dress that was over "two centuries old.

[1] During their marriage, Julia began showing signs of depression and later wrote that she had at one time contemplated suicide.

"[7] A Change of Heart: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Divorce (1996) (ISBN 0-06-095105-2)