Richard Cornell (1708 - abt. 1758)

Born 10 Jun 1708 in Scarsdale, Westchester, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Ferris) Cornell — married 3 Nov 1732 in Cow's Neck, Long Island City, Queens, New York

Descendants

Died about Jun 1758 at about age 49 in Scarsdale, Westchester, New York Colony

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Biography

Richard was born to Richard Cornell and his wife in Scarsdale on 10 June 1708.

Richard Cornell married Mary Ferris on November 3, 1732 in Cow's Neck, Flushing, Long Island. The proposal for this marriage was recorded in the minutes of the Quaker Monthly Meeting in Mamaroneck on 9 March 1731-1732.

Richard and Mary had one child, Peter, born in 1732, in Flushing, or in Scarsdale.

Richard died in 1758, just one year after his father. His last Will was dated 28 May 1758 and proved 22 August 22 1758. He bequeathed half his property to his son, the rest to his wife while she remained a widow and thereafter to his son, less 200 pounds to be put at interest to benefit his granddaughter Mary.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Pelletreau, William S., Early Wills of Westchester County, New York, from 1664 to 1784, a Careful Abstract . . ., (New York; 1898: F. P. Harper), page 151

• Friends, Society of 'Quaker Births, Purchase Monthly Meeting, Westchester County, New York. Page 12. [1]
• Cornell, John. Genealogy of the Cornell Family: Being an Account of the Descendants of Thomas Cornell of Boston, Massachusetts, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and Cornell's Neck, New York. New York: Press of T.A. Wright, 1902. Pages 269, 274.
• Hultz, Helen Lorraine. Scarsdale Story: A Heritage History. Morristown, New Jersey: Evans Publishing Co., 1987. Page 107.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David Townsend for creating WikiTree profile Cornell-1425 through the import of cornell_flakey.ged on June 28, 2013.