Cornelius Corson

Corson Genealogy - Volume Two, Page 279

• Cornelius Corsen or Coson, who resided at Cochecho Point, N.H. as early as 1685. He is identified as the farther of Samuel Corson, who was living in Dover, N.H., an in combat with the Indians in 1710. This identification is found in New Hampshire Provincial Papers, Vol IX, p.155 and in The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, by Charles Thornton Libby, part 2 p.162
• In 1685, William Henderson and Cornelius [Corsen] were in quiet possession at Cocheco Point by building and improving, according to a deposition by Hatevil Roberts, James Stagpole, and Henry Hobbs in 1719
• Other children may have been Abigail and Hannah. Abigail Coursin or Coursonwhitt (both name appear in the record) is recorded as being taken captive by the Indians before 1695. (Coleman's New England Captives Carried to Canada, Vol 1, Chap IV, p 92 and Mathew Cary's list of October 1695, p 75)
• Cornelius may have been a descendant of John Cousins, who settled on Cousin's Island as early as 1627, seemed to be not at all unlikely, although positive proof was not found. This supposition was suggested because of the similarity of the name, Corson, and the various forms of the English surname, Cousin, which have been found in old documents spelled as Corzen, Curzon, Cozzen, Cosens, Cousens, Cossen, Cosin, etc. (See "Cousins Family," Redlon's Saco Valley Settlements and Families, pp. 590-91, and Pope's Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 46.)