William Cornell, I

William Cornell

• Birth: 1693, Hempstead (Nassau County), Nassau County, New York, USA
• Death: Mar. 30, 1749, Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
• Burial: Cornell Burying Ground Pennington Mercer County New Jersey, USA
• Son of John Cornell and Hannah Smith
• Brother of John Cornell, Elizabeth Cornell and Edward Cornell
• Husband of Elizabeth

Family links:

Children:

• Mary Cornell Merrell (1724 - 1813)*
• Elizabeth Cornell Blackwell

Inscription: W.C. D- M-30-1749

Estate

William Cornell will dated 7 Oct 1747 Abstract: to my eldest son Smith one dozen plate buttons and five Pound current money. .to my wife Elizabeth...the usual. to youngest sons, Benjamin and Edward, my Home Plantation, to my second son William, and my third son John, my other plantations, to my daughter Hanna, Elizabeth, Sarah, Charity, Mary and Martha... Lastly I appoint as exec my sons Smith & William Cornell, and my son-in-law (Hanna's husband) Edward Hunt. Signed William Cornell (seal). Witnessed by: Edward Hunt Sr, Jonas Wood, Reuben Armitage.

Disambiguation

Wife seen as “Gretye” which seems a mixup with Grietje Cornell

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cornell-516
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117257949/william-cornell * Created by: sgrove777 Record added: Sep 17, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 117257949
• “Genealogy of the Cornell family : being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell” by Cornell, John, 1839-1926. Publication date 1902. Page 37-38. Archive.Org