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Unknown Ancestors
By: Don Wright
In searching my Database records for the Mary Russell who married
Thomas Cornell, I found that I have a number of Mary Russells on the database. In fact
we have the name listed twelve times. Many we have listed with parents, and a few without
parents. None have more than one generation of ancestors. A few of them are listed
with children. We are in hopes that if you have any of them listed in your records you
would be kind enough to send us a list of their families and ancestors. Hopefully this
will tie a number of family lines together.
From Footprints Database Notes: (The first Mary Russell)
"Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island,
Comprising three Generations of Settlers who came before 1690"
BY: John Osborne Austin, 1887
1673, Jul 4 - Dartmouth. He was one of those appointed by the court to
take care of so much of his brother Thomas's estate as was in Dartmouth.
1676, _____ - Hempstead. In this year the government of New York sent a vessel
eastward to rescue such settleres (driven off by the Indian war) as chose to come to New
York and make settlement. In the autumn of this year John Cornell, wife, and five
small children, came to the west side of Cow Neck, as shown by records of Hempstead, "having
been driven from the east by the Indians." He undertook to build a house, but the
Hempstead proprietors considered him an infringer on their rights, and appointed a committee
to go and tear his house down. The matter was brought before the court by John
Cornell, his brother Richard "being one of the bench." When it became known that
John Cornell held a patent from the Governor he was not further molested, and the rioters
were fined. His descendants still live on the property [1887].
1689, May 10 - Justice of the Peace.
He and his wife were buried on his farm at Sand's Point, part of which is still used for
a family burial ground. It is assumed that his wife, who was known to have been
Mary Russell, could have been none other than the daughter of
John and Dorothy Russell (though the will of John Russell mentions only sons).
This family is listed as follows:
Husband: John Cornell,
b: bef 6 Jun 1634, of Wright's Bridge, Co Essex, England
d: 1704, NY
Marriage: ?
Father: Thomas Cornell (1594-1655)
Mother: Rebecca Briggs (1600-1672)
Wife: Mary Russell
b: 1645
d: ??
Father: John Russell (1597-1680)
Mother: Dorothy Smith (___-1687)
Children:
- 1. M Richard Cornell
- 2. M Joshua Cornell
- 3. F Mary Cornell
- 4. M John Cornell
- 5. M Caleb Cornell
- 6. F Rebecca Cornell, b: 1665, d: 1739; m. Josiah Starr (1657-1715)
From Footprints Database Notes: (The second Mary Russell)
"Genealogy of the Cornell Family",
by John Cornell (1839 -1926), pub 1902
Thomas, eldest son of Samuel Cornell was born 22 Sep 1685, died 1763.
He was a Quaker, probably the same Thomas who signs as "Clerk at Monthly Meeting at our
Meeting House, 6 mo, 15d, 1709" Apponegansett Meeting House, Dartmouth, MA. He
had lands and property in Dartmouth and Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He married
(1st) 5 Mar 1716, Catherine, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Stokes) Potter; He
married (2nd) 1755, Mary Russell.
The family of Thomas Cornell and Catherine Potter:
Husband: Thomas Cornell,
b: 22 Sep 1685
d: 1763
Marriage: 5 Mar 1716, Dartmouth, MA
Father: Samuel Cornell (1639-1715)
Mother: Deborah ______ (____ - ____)
Other Spouse Mary Russell (____ - ____)
Marriage: 7 Jul 1755, Dartmouth, MA
Wife: Catherine Potter
b: ______
d: ______
Father: Nathaniel Potter (____-____)
Mother: Elizabeth Stokes (____-____)
Children: (of Thomas and Catherine)
- Rebecca Cornell (____-____), m. Edward Wing (____-____)
- Peleg Cornell, b. 9 Dec 1719, Dartmouth, MA, d: abt 1782 Glenville, Schenectady Co,
NY; he m: Mary Russell (____-____) on
13 Mar 1739, Darmouth, MA
- Susannah Cornell (____-____), m: Richared Gifford in 1750
- Joshua Cornell (____-____) b: 22 Jun 1724, d: ____; m: Susannah Gifford
- Catherine Cornell (no further information)
- Elizabeth Cornell, b: 17 Jul 1729, Dartmouth, MA; m: _______ Gifford (____-____)
Note: What is the relationship between Peleg's wife and his stepmother?
Both are named Mary Russell.
From Footprints Database Notes: (The third Mary Russell)
"Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs",
Vol II, pp878-879, 1911
Peleg [Cornell] was born 9 Dec 1719, died about 1782. (The family record says he died
at the age of one hundred and seven years.) He settled in New York state, in the
town of Galway, Saratoga County, and later purchased land in Glenville, Schenectady County,
where he died. He married Mary Russell in Friends Meeting,
Dartmouth, 13 Jan 1739. They had a large family of sons and daughters.
From a scrapbook at Ballston Spa Public Library,
Titled "Jane's Papers
St Johnsville Enterprise and News on Mohawk Valley Famlies, etc" [no date]
CORNELL, RUSSELL - Want ancestry of Mary Russell who probably
died in Glenville, Schenectady county. She was the wife of Peleg Cornell who was
born Dec 19, 1719 and died about 1782 in Glenville. They were married Jan 13, 1739
in Dartmought, Mass.
Inquire was submitted in Nov 1944, by:
Donald A. Keefer
RD 2 Sacandaga Road
Schenectady, NY
Vital Records of Dartmouth, MA to the Year 1850,
Vol I, Births, Deaths & Marriages
By: NEHGS 1929
The above vital Record Reads as follows:
Peleg [Cornell], s. Thomas and Katharine of D, and Mary Russell,
d. Joseph and Mary of D, 13th, 1 mo, "called March", 1739-40, CR3.
The same vital record also reads:
Peleg (Cornel) of Galloway, N.Y. and Catherine Russell of D, int. Jan 6, 1795.
On the marriage record the name is spelled Cornell and Cornel on the "int."
Other records indicate marriage as 13 Jan 1739.
NOTE: In this last record she is listed as Catherine Russell.
The family of Peleg Cornell and Mary Russell
Husband: Peleg Cornell,
b: 9 Dec 1719, Darmouth, MA
d: abt 1782, Glenville, Schenectady Co, NY
Marriage: 13 Mar 1739, Darmouth, MA
Father: Thomas Cornell (1685-1736)
Mother: Catherine Potter (____-____)
Wife: Mary Russell
b: ??
d: ??
Father: Joseph Russell (____-____)
Mother: Mary _________ (____-____)
Children Of Peleg Cornell and Mary Russell:
- Rebecca Cornell, b: 1 Jan 1741, Darmouth, MA
- Thomas Cornell, b. 18 Oct 1742, Darmouth, MA
- Abram Cornell, b: 28 Aug 1744, Darmouth, MA
- Lydiae Cornell, b: 6 Nov 1746, Darmouth, MA
- Experience Cornell, b: 7 May 1749, Darmouth, MA
- Catherine Cornell, b: 14 Apr 1751, Darmouth, MA
- David Cornell, b: 19 Jul 1753, Darmouth, MA
- Joseph Cornell, b: 18 Oct 1755, Darmouth, MA
- Peleg Cornell, b: 12 Dec 1757, Darmouth, MA
- Elizabeth Cornell, b: 20 Sep 1759, Darmouth, MA
- Jolhn Cornell, b: 30 Jul 1763, Darmouth, MA,
m: 23 Apr 1788, Darmouth, MA, Mehitable Allen (1763-1839)
- Nathaniel Cornell, b: 10 Dec 1766, Darmouth, MA
- Holder Cornell, b: 14 Aug 1768, Darmouth, MA
- Richard Cornell, b: 11 Oct 1770, d: 18 Apr 1841,
m: Phebe (Phoebe) Sherman (1779-1857)
From Footprints Database Notes:
(The 4th through 12th Mary Russell)
#4 - "Genealogy of Hatchett Family" by Hines Hatchett
Husband: Graham Allen Hatchett (____-____)
Father: William Henry Hatchett (1860-____)
Mother: Almedia Dailey (____-____)
Wife: Mary Russell (no further information)
#5 - No Sources Listed
husband: Capt John Jacob (___-___)
Wife: Mary Russell (___-___)
Children:
- David Jacob, (___-___),
m. __ Dec 1689, Hingham, MA, Sarah Cushing (1671-1701)
- Debora Jacobs, b. 8 May 1677, d. 30 Nov 1755,
m. 27 Dec 1694, Hingham, MA; Mathew Cushing (1665-1715)
#6 - No Sources Listed
Husband: Jedediah Taylor, b. 3 May 1756, d. 16 Oct 1791, m. 8 Jan 1782
Father: Deacon Elias Taylor (1722-1797)
Mother: Elizabeth Shattuck (1726-1808)
Wife: Mary Russell (No further information)
#7 - No Sources Listed
Husband: John Davenport Cheney (___-___)
Father: _________
Mother: _________
Wife: Mary Russell (___-___)
Father: Fred Russell (___-___)
Mother: Anna J. Hudson (___-___)
Children:
- Jane Cheney, (___-___) m. Winston Sterling Childs (___-___)
- Cynthia Cheney, (___-___) m. Benjamin Spock (___-___)
#8 - No Sources Listed
Husband: Thomas Richardson
b. 19 Nov 1706, Woburn, MA
d. 13 Jun 1773, Woburn, MA
Father: _______
Mother: _______
(1st) Wife: Mary Russell, m. 6 May 1735
b. 3 Oct 1712
d. 11 Jan 1741/42
Children:
- Jeduthum Richardson, (___-___), m. Mary Wright (___-___)
(2nd) Wife: Sarah Brooks (1714-1784), m. 18 Oct 1742
#9
Vital Records Of Pepperell Massachusetts TO THE YEAR 1850:
Compiled by George A. Rice; NEHGS, Boston, 1985. p.18; p.142.
(We are not sure if this is for Marriage or Birth)
Husband: Joshua Blood
b. 7 Mar 1778, Pepperell, Middlesex Co, MA
d. _______
Father: Joshua Blood (1774-1823)
Mother: Kezia Jewett (1748-1839)
Married: 17 Oct 1800, Pepperell, Middlesex Co, MA
Wife: Mary Russell, b. abt 1782; Mason, Hillsborough Co, NH
#10
The Wrights of Northampton Massachusetts To The Year 1850:
by William K Wright, Esq of Northampton
Husband: Jacob Parsons (___-___)
Wife: Mary Russell
b. 23 Jul 1902, Northampton, MA
d. _________
Father: Thaddeus Russell (___-___)
Mother: Mary Wright (1777-1836)
#11 - No Sources Listed
Husband: Daniel Russell 2nd
b. 18 Jan 1768
d. 12 Nov 1849
Father: Rev Nathaniel Russell (1741-1810)
Mother: Elizabeth Willard (1741-1819)
Married: 7 Feb 1796
Wife: Lucy Wright, b. 4 Sep 1744, d. 9 Dec 1814.
Children of Daniel Russell and Lucy Wright
- Moses Benjamin Russell, b. 13 Apr 1809, d. 3 Feb 1883
m. 13 Oct 1830, Eleanor Lucretia Stoddard (1810-1887)
- Mary Ann Russell, b. 6 Nov 1817, d. 26 Dec 1846
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