1709 Son Edward Hicks was born about 1709 (see 1717 note).
1712 Charles Hicks died before December 20, the date of marriage of his widow Charity to Thomas Cornell.
1712 Thomas Cornell and widow Charity Hicks were married on December 20. [1] [2] [3]
1713-1719 The will of Charity Doughty suggest that Thomas Cornell and Charity had three children: son Charles and daughters Charity and Tishe.
1717 On May 9, Thomas Hicks of Flushing referred in a deed to "my late son Charles Hicks deceased" and "the homestead that the said Charles lately lived upon" ... "whereas my said son Charles Hicks" died leaving "one son called Edward and infant of the age of eight years." [4]
1719 Thomas Cornell died in April, ae. 44. [5] Letters of administration were issued to his widow Charity Cornell. [6]
1719 Inventory of goods, etc., of Thomas Cornell, of Hempstead, made by Captain Thomas Willett, Captain John Hicks, and Mr. Samuel Carman. One whole suit of broadcloth, £5; 230 bushels of wheat, and 5 bushels rye, £59 5s; 70 bushels of corn, and 50 oats, £40; 8 slaves, negroes and Indians. (No total). [7]
1719-1731 Charity married her third husband, Doughty, after April 1719 and before September 13, 1731, and he died before 1 December 1731.
1731 "Mary ye Daughter of Charles & Charity Hicks (formerly) now Doughty a Person of riper years" was baptized "7ber 13, 1731" at Jamaica, New York. [8]
1731 Charity Doughty wrote her will on December 1. [9][10]
In the Name of God Amen This first day of December in the Year of our Lord Christ one thousnad Seven hundred and Thirtyone I Charity Doughty Widow of Jamaica in Queens County & Colony of New York Do Make and ordain That this my present Will and Testament containeth therin my Last Will in Manner and Form following. That is to Say First I Commend my Self & my whole Estate to the Mercy and protection of Almighty God being fully persuaded by his Holy Spirit through the Death and passion of Jesus Christ to obtain full pardon and remission of all my Sins and to Inherit Everlasting Life To whom be all honor and Glory for ever Amen I will and ordain that after my Debts which are or shall become due are respectively paid and my Funeral Charges (it being in a Decent and Christian like manner) at the Discretion of my Esecutors that the remainder of my Estate both real I give and bequeath unto my Eldest son Edward one silver Bowll Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary the Sum of Fifty pounds Item I give and Bequeath unto my Son Charles one Negro boy named Cesar besides his Legacy left him by his Father which is one hundred & thirty pounds payable the sixteenth day of next April and Likewise one house three Mares and one Colt which were allowed And known to be his Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Charity one half of that Negro Wench which is bound unto Thomas Benedict And the other half to be Equally divided between my Daughter Mary & Tishe it is also my Will and that if my Daughter Charity Shall think fitt to keep the Said Wench when her time Shall be Expired with said Benedict She Shall pay unto her Sister Mary and Tishe one falf of the value As the Said Wench shall then be Esteemed at Item I will That the Legacys of my Son Charles and my Daughters Charity and Tishe Shall in six months after my Decease be put at Interest for their use till they come to be of such age (that is Charles of the Years of twenty one and Charity and tishe of the Years of Eighteen) or else they or either of them do marry their Legacys being all alike Vizt, the Sum of 130 to Each vizt. to Charles Charity and Tishe. Item it is my will that all my Estate both real and personal Shall be (within Six Months after my decease) disposed of and after the above charges Defrayed And Legacys paid the residue thereof Shall be equally Divided between my Daughters Mary Charity and Tishe and Son Charles And I do hereby will ordain Constitute and Appint my Loving Brothers William Stevenson Jonathan Waters and Dan: Whitehead Executors of this my Last Will and Testament making null & void all other and former wills Testaments grants gifts testaments satisfying and confirming and confirming this only my last will & testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand & Seal the Date and Date above written Charity Doughty Signed Sealed declared and pronounced and Delivered by Me Charity Doughty as my Last will and Testament in presence of us And' Clark Jonathan Waters William Rook.
1732 The will of Charity Doughty was proved on April 3 in the Surrogate's Court, New York County, New York. [11][12] Pelletrau provides an abstract, "In the name of God, Amen, December 1, 1731. I, Charity Doughty, widow, of Jamaica, in Queens County. I leave to my eldest son Edward, 1 silver bowl, to my daughter Mary, £50, to my son Charles, 1 negro boy called "Cesar," besides his legacy left to him by his father, which is £130, payable the 16 day of next April. " Also four horses and a colt which were allowed to be his." To my daughter Charity, "one half of that negro wench which is bound to Thomas Benedict, and the other half to be equally divided between my daughter Fiske (?) when of age," All the rest of my estate, to my daughters Mary, Charity and Fiske (?) and my son Charles. I make my brothers, William Stephenson, and Jonathan Waters and Daniel Whitehead, executors. Witnesses, Andrew Clarke, Jonathan Waters, William Book. Proved, April 3, 1732." [13]
Notes for Thomas Cornell:
1698 On May 21, a deed named William and Thomas Cornell, of Rockaway, sons of Richard Cornell, deceased. [14]
1698 John and Abigail Pine sold land in Rockaway to Thomas Cornell on June 13. [15]
The Genealogy of the Cornell Family discusses the family of Thomas Cornell, his first wife (identity unknown), and his second wife Charity, [16] The genealogy names the three children Charles, Charity, and Letitia (Tishe) named in the will of Charity Doughty, but does not clearly specify the identity of their mother and assigns a birth year to Charles which predates the marriage of Thomas and Charity.
[1] Thomas Poyer, "Rector Book of the Parish of Jamaica 1710-1732," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 19 (1888), 5-12, 53-59, at 54, [HathiTrust].
[2] Charles T Gritman, Historical Miscellany (NY?: 1920?), [AncestryImage].
[3] John Cornell, Genealogy of the Cornell family: being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth R.I. (1902), 144, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[4] Charles T Gritman, Historical Miscellany (NY?: 1920?), 1_497, QR 525, Liber C, folio 126, [AncestryImage].
[5] Prentiss Glazier, "Cornwell-Cornell," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 98 (1967), 101-104 at 101.
[6] John Cornell, Genealogy of the Cornell family: being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth R.I. (1902), 156, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[7] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's office: city of New York, Vol. 2, 1708-1728 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1894), 189, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[8] Thomas Poyer, "Rector Book of the Parish of Jamaica 1710-1732," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 19 (1888), 5-12, 53-59, at 12, [HathiTrust].
[9] Surrogate's Court, New York County, New York, Wills and administrations (New York County, New York), 1680-1804, Wills, v. 10-11, 1724-1733, FHL film 497593 Items 4-5, DGS 7641874, images 851-853, v. 11, p. 249-251, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[10] New York, Will and Probate Records, 1659-1999, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[11] Surrogate's Court, New York County, New York, Wills and administrations (New York County, New York), 1680-1804, Wills, v. 10-11, 1724-1733, FHL film 497593 Items 4-5, DGS 7641874, images 851-853, v. 11, p. 249-251, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[12] New York, Will and Probate Records, 1659-1999, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[13] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's office: city of New York, Vol. 3, 1730-1744 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1895), 53, of 53-54, citing liber 11, p 249, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[14] Charles T Gritman, Historical Miscellany (NY?: 1920?), 1_390, QR194, Liber A-118, [AncestryImage].
[15] Charles T Gritman, Historical Miscellany (NY?: 1920?), 2_583, citing Queens County Deed B1-353, [AncestryImage].
[16] John Cornell, Genealogy of the Cornell family: being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth R.I. (1902), 155-156, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].