Peleg Cornell (1719 - abt. 1782)

Born 9 Dec 1719 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Russell) Cornell — married about 13 Mar 1739 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 1782 at about age 62 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Biography

Peleg was a Friend (Quaker)

Peleg Cornell was born on 9 Dec 1719 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas Cornell and Katharine Potter Cornell.^[1][2][3][4]

He married Mary Russell, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Tucker) Russell.^[5] They were married on January or March 13, 1739/1740.^[5][6][4]

Many deeds of his, especially to his children, are recorded in Dartmouth, chiefly between 1768 and 1782. David, Joseph, Nathaniel and Holder moved to Albany Co., New York, where they settled first in Berne, and later in Rensselaerville.

He died about 1782, possibly in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.

Children

Children of Peleg Cornell:

• Rebekah Cornell.
• Thomas Cornell.
• Abraham Cornell.
• Lydia Cornell.
• Experience Cornell.
• Catherine Cornell.
• David Cornell.
• Joseph Cornell.
• Peleg Cornell.
• Elizabeth Cornell.
• John Cornell.
• Nathaniel Cornell.
• Holder Cornell.
• Gideon Cornell.
• Richard Cornell.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-CWZC?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DC-T32%3A353350701%2C353554501%2C353556701 : 13 July 2016), Bristol > Dartmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1667-1844 > image 24 of 408; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-T4XN : 13 July 2016), Peleg Cornell, 09 Dec 1719; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVK-L9T : 4 December 2014), Peleg Cornell, 09 Dec 1719; citing DARTMOUTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823562 IT 1-3.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} John Cornell - Genealogy of the Cornell family : being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell. New York. 1902. Page 356. An Archive.org book. Thomas Cornell
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 303.
6. ↑ http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Bristol/Dartmouth/Images/Dartmouth_M131.shtml

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