Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyBenjamin Cornwall

Parents

FatherBenjamin Cornwall (16 February 1736 - August 1807)
MotherHannah Williams ( - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 5 March 2015; Last Edited: 20 August 2020 
Person ID7843
NameBenjamin Cornwall
GenderMale
Born 20 November 17591, 2
Married 25 November 1784 to Esther Carrington2
Married 22 July 1810 to Submit Keep2
Died 1 June 18351, 2
Buried in Apulia Cemetery, Truxton, Cortland County, New York1

Biography

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 1818.2

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyEsther Carrington
Born ca. 1766
Married 25 November 1784 to Benjamin Cornwall
Died 6 February 1810
  
Children of Benjamin Cornwall and Esther Carrington:
  
+1.FamilyElihu Cornwall
Born 1 September 1789 in Connecticut
Married 15 December 1815 to Polly Waters
Married 24 May 1832 to Lydia Hotchkiss
Died 21 June 1853
  
Spouse 2FamilySubmit Keep
Born
Married 22 July 1810 to Benjamin Cornwall
Died 17 August 1836
  

Sources

  1. 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).
  2. 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.