Cornelia Beach (1777 - 1857)

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1857 at age 80 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Birth

22 April 1777 in New Jersey to Abraham Beach and Ann Van Winkle.^[1] Note that this listing gives her death date as 1837, which is incorrect. Her death was in 1857 - see below.

Marriage

Married to Isaac Lawrence.^{[2] [3]}

Death

Died 12 September 1857.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Entry for Cornelia Beach Lawrence. (From Charles U. Powell and Alice H. Meigs (ed.) "Description of Private and Family Cemeteries in the Borough of Queens," Jamaica, NY: Office of the President of the Borough of Queens, Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Collection, 1932, pp. 28) Ancestry Record 18107 #27
2. ↑ Lawrence, Thomas;|Historical genealogy of the Lawrence family : from their first landing in this country, 1635 to the present date, July 4th, 1858;New York : E.O. Jenkins, 1858;pp.93

   Details

   5 Eighth, ISAAC LAWRENCE, was a merchant in New York, and for several years of the United States Branch in that city, was born in 1768, and died in 1841, married Cornelia, daughter of Rev. Abraham Beach, D. D. , minister of Trinity Church, New York, had issue

   William Beach Lawrence was Charge d'Affairs to London in 1827-28, and for many years Vice President of the New York Historical Society

   Cornelia A married James A Hillhouse, of Sachem Wood, New Haven, Conn., author of "Hadad," "Percy's Masque," "The Judgement," &c.

   Harriett, married Dr. John A. Pool, of New Brunswick, New Jersey.

   Isaphene C, married Dr. Benjamin McVickar

   Julia B, married Thomas L. Welles.

   Maria E, married Rev. W. Ingram Kip, formerly rector of St Paul's Church, Albany, now Episcopal Bishop of California.

   Hannah E, married Henry Whitney. She died in 1844.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Entry for Cornelia Lawrence, 14 September 1857. Ancestry.com. New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Deaths taken from the "Brooklyn Eagle." Volumes 1-27. n.p.: n.p., 1963-66. Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Deaths taken from the New York Evening Post. Volumes 1-54. n.p.: n.p., 1933-47.

   Details

   "Bklyn, Sat, Sept 12 in 8ly, Cornelia Beach, wid late Isaac Lawrence and dau of late Rev Dr Beach."

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCBF-HNH : 4 April 2020), Cornelia Lawrence, New York City, ward 16, New York, New York, United States; citing family 2015, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Acknowledgements

This person was created on 18 May 2010 through the import of JBEACH.GED.