Captain
Cornelius
Peterson
Born in Hillsborough Township, Somerset, New Jersey, British Colonial America
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Hannah Annatje (Parsel) Peterson
— married
1763 in Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 81
in Fleming, Owasco, Cayuga County, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jan 2020
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Biography
Cornelius Peterson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A089674.
2nd Lieutenant & Captain Cornelius Peterson served with Somerset County Militia, New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.
- PETERSON, CORNELIUS
- Ancestor #: A089674
- Service: NEW JERSEY
- Rank(s): CAPTAIN
- Birth: 5-7-1738 SOMERSET CO NEW JERSEY
- Death: 1820 OWASCO CAYUGA CO NEW YORK
- Service Source: NJ, REV WAR SLIPS: SINGLE CITATIONS OF THE NJ DOD MATERIALS, FHL ROLL #571312
- Service Description: 1) ALSO SECOND LIEUTENANT, CAPT WILLIAM VERBRYCK
- RESIDENCE: 1) City: HILLSBOROUGH TWP - County: SOMERSET CO - State: NEW JERSEY
- SPOUSE: 1) HANNAH ANNATIE PARSEL [1]
On findagrave.com:
- Name: Cornelius Peterson
- Birth Date: 7 May 1738
- Birth Place: Somerset County, New Jersey
- Death Date: 1820
- Death Place: Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York, United States of America
- Cemetery: Sand Beach Cemetery
- Burial or Cremation Place: Fleming, Cayuga County, New York, United States of America
- Has Bio?: N
- Spouse: Hannah Peterson [Hannah Annatje PARSELL]
- Children:
- Jerome Rapleyea Peterson
- Garret Peterson
- Cornelius Peterson
- George Peterson
- Richard Peterson
note
attached source doc (unknown origin) shows birth date of 7 May 1743 (?)
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Cornelius Peterson", Ancestor # A089674.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZK9-82L
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76632518
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cornelius:
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~1.56%
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~0.39%
Aurelia Moore :
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