Sarah (Tunison) Correll (bef. 1706 - abt. 1757)

Born before 3 Apr 1706 in Somerset, New Jersey

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Biography

Sarah was baptised on 3 Apr. 1706 in Raritan, New Jersey. Sarah was named in her father's will dated 24 August 1727, proven 1731. Calendar of NJ Wills Lib B 238 ^[1] She passed away about 1757.

Sarah Tunison

"From Emanuel's marriage with Sarah Tunison, of Somerset county, came seven children: John, Cornelius, George, Abraham, Nellie, William, and Sarah. He did well with his ferry and plantation for, though he was not fifty years when he died in 1748, he left his sons not only the ferry (situated on the most direct and shortest route between Philadelphia and New York), but also 1.503 acres of land, with 133 head of livestock and eight negro slaves.The vast estate was divided between four sons since Sarah was not of age, and Nellie and William had died early."

- Book, Lambertville, New Jersey : from the beginning as Coryells Ferry

Chapter V. The Holcombes and the Coryells - page 23/16

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Emanuel Correll married Sarah Tunison in 1729.

Their issue:

1. Major John Coryell 1730-1799

2. Cornelius Coryell 1732-1831

3. Captain George Coryell 1734-1813

4. William Coryell 1736-1748

5. Abraham Coryell 1738-1828

6. Nellie Coryell 1740-

7. Sarah Coryell 1743-1821

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Baptism

• Raritan, New Jersey. 1706. 3 Apr. Sara. Parents: Teunissen, Cornelis and Neeltien. Witnesses: Michiel and Jantien van Vechten^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Calendar of NJ Wills Lib 6 page 89.
2. ↑ Lambertville, New Jersey : from the beginning as Coryells Ferry
3. ↑ Somerset Quarterly, page 43

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Tim Coryell.
• Somerset County Historical Quarterly (Somerset County Historical Society, Somerville, N.J., 1912)