1703 On 28 July, Thomas Cornell was born. [1]
1764 On 24 March, Thomas Cornell, Esq., died and was buried at Far Rockaway, Queens County, Long Island, New York. He had served 27 years in the General Assembly of new York. [2]
1765 The will of Sarah Cornell, of Hempstead, was dated May 15, 1765 and was proved May 16, 1769. The will named son Thomas and daughters Sarah Walters, Phebe Tolman, Martha Thorne, and Peggy Tredwell. Brother Samuel Doughty and James Mott were executors. [3]
[1] Alfred Henry Bellot, History of the Rockaways from the year 1685 to 1917 (Far Rockaway, New York: Bellot's Histories, 1917), 60, quoting a memorial grave marker erected by his widow, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[2] Alfred Henry Bellot, History of the Rockaways from the year 1685 to 1917 (Far Rockaway, New York: Bellot's Histories, 1917), 60, quoting a memorial grave marker erected by his widow, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[3] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's Office: City of New York, Vol. 7 (New York: The New York Historical Society 31, 1898), 260.