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1657 Sarah Cornell was baptized on 4 July in Reformed Church, New York. [1]

1679/80 On 19 January, William Haviland wrote to governor Edmund Andros as follows: "The Humble Petition of William Haviland. Sheweth. That your Excellences Patron Brother in Law [perhaps referring to Haviland, himself] Capt. Thomas Hicks did in the year 1666 obtain a patent from Governor Nicholls for a certain neck of Land called Madnans Neck within the limitts of the town of Flushing the which by consent & agreement was divided into equall thirds between him, Mr. Richard Cornell, and Mr. Elyas Doughty. That presently after the settlement being twelve years ago (the Patron bought Mr. Doughtys interest in his third of the said land and hath inhabited thereupon) or part thereof ever since but finds himself encroached upon by his neighbours Mr. Cornell & Mr. Hicks and is debarred by them of having his the proportion of ye neck so purchased by him there being only three lots laid out, besides their own accommodation, and the rest left in common, which if divided might be better improved. That your patron hath often desired a division might be made of the said neck so that each proprieter might know his share and proportion the which hath been promised but hitherto delayed and neglected. That now his neighbors Mr. Cornell & Mr. Hicks having settled their son in law John Washburn on one of the three lots last laid out Mr. Cornell is settling his other son in law John Laurence on commons of said neck under pretense of purchase of other lands thereby which will be much to the damage and prejudice of the patron. He therefore humbly prays your Excellence that a stop be put to the intended settlement of the said John Laurence in that place, & and that some person or persons be appointed to make an equal division of the said neck between them, so that your patron be not frustrated of his Right and his Labour on said Land. Will Haviland." [2]

1684 John Washburn was a patentee of Flushing. [3]

1686 Richard Cornell, of Cornbury in Flushing, granted land on Madnan's Neck, Flushing, Long Island, to son-in-law John Washburn [Washborne]. [4] [5]

1687 In the name of God, Amen. February 23, 1687. I, John Washburn [Washbourne], of Flushing, on Long Island, husbandman, but now residing in the Parish of St. Bidulph [Bartolph without Aldgate], London, England, being sick. I leave to my son John 100£. when of age. To my wife Sarah 66£. 13s. 4d. To my two daughters, Susanah and Mary, 60£. 13s. 4d. each when they are of age or married. "I appoint my trusty friend George Heathcote, mariner, now bound on a voyage to New York, to be my agent and overseer." I leave to my wife all that piece of land lying near Black Stump Hollow upon Flushing Hills and 1/3 of my movables. The other 2/3 to my son and daughters, and my wife is to have the use of all that my Plantation in Flushing and all of my lands till my son is of age. I make my wife and my father in law, Mr. Richard Cornell, executors. [6]

1691 Widow Sarah Cornell Washburn married Isaac Arnold. [7]

1693 The children of John Washburn, deceased, and Sarah Arnold were mentioned in the will of the father of Sarah Cornell. [8]

1700 Isaac Arnold was colonel of militia. [9]


Footnotes:

[1] John Cornell, Genealogy of the Cornell family: being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth R.I. (1902), 151, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[2] B. Fernow, Documents relating to the History of the Early Colonial Settlements principally on Long Island (Albany, 1883), 744, of 744-45, [GoogleBooks].

[3] John Cornell, Genealogy of the Cornell family: being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth R.I. (1902), 150, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[4] John Cornell, Genealogy of the Cornell family: being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth R.I. (1902), 150, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[5] Charles T Gritman, Historical Miscellany (NY?: 1920?), 1_388, QR179, Liber A-40, [AncestryImage].

[6] 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), 390, citing liber 14 A, page 16, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[7] John Cornell, Genealogy of the Cornell family: being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth R.I. (1902), 150, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[8] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's office: city of New York, Vol. 1, 1665-1707 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1893), 241, of 240-41, Will 5-6.45, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].

[9] John Cornell, Genealogy of the Cornell family: being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth R.I. (1902), 151, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].