Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Submit Keep


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Submit Keep and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Submit Keep,1 born ____ (parents not determined); died 17 August 1836.1 Submit married, 22 July 1810, Benjamin Cornwall1 (born 20 November 1759, the son of Benjamin Cornwall and Hannah Williams;1, 2 Benjamin died 1 June 18351, 2). Benjamin is buried in Apulia Cemetery, Truxton, Cortland County, New York.2

Benjamin lived in Middletown and Burlington, Connecticut, and Truxton, N. Y. He served in the Revolution: was a private in the Continental Army, June 3, 1777 to Feb. 1778, and also Jan. 1, 1781 to June 1, 1781. He was a Revolutionary pensioner in 1818.1


  1. William Cornwall and His Descendants, by Edward E. Cornwall, M.D., New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901. Entries for Elihu Cornwall, his wives, children, and Cornwall ancestors.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Apulia Cemetery, Truxton, Cortland County, New York, Benjamin Cornwell, born: unknown; died: 1 June 1835 (from record, which includes a note: inscription aged 75 years; and the names and links for his spouse and one child).