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CORNING, SAMUEL, JR., only son of Samuel, sen'r, and Eliza- beth, who d. May 11, 1714, aged 73, left sons :
1. Samuel, 3d, b. June 1, 1670.
2. John, b. 1676.
3. Joseph, b. Nov. 19, 1679.
4. Daniel, b. Sept. 17, 1686.
He m. Hannah, dau'r of John Bacheldor, d. Feb. 17, 1718, aged 72 years.
CORNING, JOSEPH, son of Samuel, Jr., m. Rebeckah Wood- bury, Jan. 17, 1702-3, and had issue :
1. Hannah, b. Oct. 6, 1703, m. Peter Grover, d. in Brimfield, aged 65.
2. Joseph, Jr., b. May 22, 1707.
3. Josiah, b. Nov. 15, 1709, m. Jane Andrus, Jan. 10, 1733, d. 1760, aged 51.
4. Martha, b. Aug. 21, 1714, m. Nathaniel Giddings, of Preston.
5. Nehemiah, b. April 25, 1717.
Joseph, the father d. 1718. This Joseph, and Nehemiah, b. 1717, were the first of the family who removed from Beverly to Norwich,' Conn. ; Joseph, b. 1679, came to Preston, Connecticut.
NEHEMIAH CORNING, b. 1717, son of Joseph, and grandson of Samuel, Jr., m. Mary, the widow of Abner Pride, formerly Mary Richards, Nov. 14, 1745, and had the following children :
1. Joseph, the oldest b. Oct. 7, 1746; taken by the British in the Revolution- ary war, and put on board of the Jersey prison-ship, at New York, and never was heard from after.
2. Benjamin, b. Jan. 22, 1748, a farmer, settled in Voluntown, in Connecti- cut, d. 1827.
3. Amos Corning, b. April 27, 1751, and d. 1753.
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His wife d. and Nehemiah Corning, m. for his second wife, Free- born Bliss, Dec. 25, 1754, and had the following children :
4. Mary, b. Sept. 27, 1755, m. Elijah Fish ; both d. West.
5. Uriah, b. March 20, 1758, and still living.
6. Amos, 2d, b. April 20, 1760, and d. Oct. 14, 1837, aged 77.
7. Bliss, b. Oct. 30, 1763, the father of Erastus, Esq., of Albany.
8. Cyrus, b. March 12, 1766, d. June 16, 1827.
Nehemiah Corning, the parent of the above children, d. Oct. 7, 1797, aged 81 ; Freeborn his widow d. Nov. 8, 1809, aged 86 years.
CORNING, JOSEPH, son of Nehemiah, was b. Oct. 7, 1746 ; he was taken by the British, during the Revolution and put on board the Jersey prison-ship in New York, where he probably d. as he was not heard from afterward. He m. Deborah Holdridge, and had issue, Joseph and Susan, and both died.
CORNING, BENJAMIN, b. 1748, son of Nehemiah, settled as a farmer in Voluntown, Conn., and d. in 1827, m. Elizabeth Benham, and had issue, Lois, Charles and Joseph ; Charles, a farmer in Chenango County, N. Y. ; Joseph and Lois, live in Voluntown, Ct. CORNING, MARY, b. 1755, dau'r of Nehemiah, by his 2d wife, Freeborn Bliss ; she m. Elijah Fitch, and both d. at the West.
CORNING, URIAH, b. 1758, son of Nehemiah, m. Elizabeth Willet, Aug. 24, 1780, and had issue, viz. :
1. Sophrona Hall, b. June 20, 1781, m. Samuel Story, of Norwich.
2. Elias Bliss, b. March 9, 1783, m. Mary Cary.
3. Rebeckah W., b. April 21, 1785, m. Jeffery Champlin.
4. Betsey, b. Sept. 16, 1787, d. 1787, Dec. 9.
5. Betsey, 2d, b. June 2, 1789, d. 1759, Jan. 30.
6. Jedediah, b. June 12, 1790.
7. Amos, b. Aug. 7, 1797.
8. Sally B., b. March 26, 1800.
9. Elizabeth Willett, b. Feb. 23, 1802.
Uriah is yet living.
CORNING, BLISS, b. 1763, of Preston, Conn., son of Nehemiah, who was from Beverly to Norwich, Conn. ; he m. Lucinda Smith, of Preston, b. 1755. (Her brothers and sisters were Nathan Smith, b. Jan. 10, 1757; Richard, b. Jan. 1. 1759, d. June 4, 1801 ; Elisha, b. Nov. 21, 1760 ; Benjamin, b. Sept. 16, 1763, d. March 27, 1742; Lucinda Smith, b. May 6, 1765; Erastus, b. May 20, 1767; Clarissa, b. Feb. 2, 1772 ; perhaps John Smith, who d. in May, 1804, and Hannah, who d. Aug. 27, 1800.) The children of Bliss Corn- ing were
1. Nathan S., b. May 20, 1788.
2. Elisha, b. Feb. 17, 1790.
3. Clarissa, b. Dec. 7, 1792.
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4. Erastus Corning, of Albany, b. Dec. 14, 1794.
5. Alexander B., b. Jan. 5, 1796.
6. Edwin, b. March 16, 1798.
7. Richard S., b. July 8, 1800.
8. Eliza, b. Sept. 13, 1802, d. Oct. 7, 1503.
9. Hannah T., b. Oct. 4, 1804.
10. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 24, 1806.
11. John H. Corning, b. March 10, 1809.
* CORNING, ERASTUS, EsQ., of Albany, son of Bliss Corning,
* Hon. Erastus Corning, of Albany, a son of Bliss Corning, of Norwich, or Preston, Conn .; his mother was Miss Lucinda Smith, as before stated. Few men in this country whose personal history is more interesting or more instructive to our young men, than that of Mr. Corning, who was the son of a country farmer, but his energy, industry and perseverance, backed and based upon his uniform and stern integrity, business habits and good common sense, has placed him in the exalted station, in wealth and honors, which he now occupies. He left Norwich, when a boy in 1807, and entered a hardware and iron store in Troy, New York, with his uncle Benja- min Smith, who was a prominent democrat at that day, governed by the principles of Thomas Jefferson, and who held some important local offices in Troy. Mr. Smith, took a warm interest in his nephew, and some years after, on the death of Mr. Smith, he left to Mr. Corning, the bulk of his estate, acquired in Troy. In March, 1814, Mr. Corning left Troy, for a larger field of ope- ration, and located at Albany, where he entered the hardware and iron store of John Spencer & Co., at that time, to say the least, was one of the principal mercantile houses in Albany. In 1816, young Corning became a partner and member of the firm of that business house and wealthy concern, exactly fitted to his ambition and business habits, and where he has continued uninterruptedly until this time. The firm now being Erastus Corning & Co., and now is, and has been, in the amount of its business, one of the leading and largest business houses in the trade in this country. The firm have not been confined strictly to the business of the store at Albany, but own and carry on, nail and iron works, rolling mills, &c., which are among the best arranged and largest in the country, situated about two miles south of Troy. His fellow citizens having implicit confidence in his business habits, his integrity and political principles, drew him from, or rather added to his multifarious concerns, by electing him in 1828, one of the Alder- men of the City of Albany. He also served in the responsible and honorable office of Mayor of that City, about three years, between 1834, and 1837. In 1833, Mr. Corning was elected Vice- President of the New York State Bank, but retired from this post in 1834, on the organization of the Albany City Bank, of which he was chosen president, which responsible station he yet holds. In 1833, on the organization of the Utica and Schenectady Railroad Company, Mr. Corning was elected its president, and remained so until 1853, when it was merged into what is now the New York Central Railroad Company. The Utica and Schenectady road, was one of the earliest railroads in this country, and proved a very successful project to the State and country, particularly to the great West, the success of which was greatly owing to the unre- mitted exertions and management of its president. In 1833, the legislature elected him one of the regents of the university, and he yet remains a member of the board. He was elected a member of the State Senate of New York, for four years, from 1842, which place he filled with marked ability, as a politician and a man of business. On the first election of direc- tors of the New York Central Railroad Company, in 1853, he was elected its president, and still occupies the place. This Company own the entire line of railroad from Albany and Troy and + Hudson River, to Buffalo, on Lake Erie, and the suspension bridge near Niagara Falls. Its stock and funded debt, together form as is supposed the largest aggregation of capital in any one corporation in this country. The Saint Mary's Falls Ship Canal, connecting Lake Superior, with the lower lakes, was constructed by a company of which Mr. Corning was also president. A full account of this great work, appeared in several of the leading newspapers in this country, in
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of Preston, Conn., b. Dec. 14, 1794, m. Harriet Weld, who was b. July 31, 1794, and was m. by Rev. Jonas Coe, March 10, 1819; they had children, viz. :
1. Benjamin Smith, b. Jan. 1, 1820; he d. Sept. 18, 1821.
2. John Spencer, b. Nov. 13, 1823, d. Feb. 25, 1833.
3. Erastus, Jr., b. June 15, 1827.
4. Joseph Weld, b. March 8, 1829, d. Aug. 14, 1830.
5. Edwin W., b. Sept. 4, 1836, only two sons living.
CORNING, AMOS, b. April 20, 1760, son of Nehemiah, by his 2d wife, d. Oct. 14, 1837, aged 77, m. Aletty Burtis, of New York, and had
1. Sally, b. 1787, d. Dec. 15, 1794.
2. Samuel, d. Oct. 12, 1822, aged 27.
3. Mary Ann, and William, reside in New York.
Amos, the father, d. Oct. 14, 1837, aged 77.
CORNING, CYRUS, son of Nehemiah, by his second wife, (Bliss,) b. March 12, 1766, d. June 16, 1827, m. Lucy Geere, of Preston, and had issue :
1. Sabra.
2. Nehemiah.
3. Sidney.
4, Louisa.
5. Nathan.
Cyrus, the father, d. June 16, 1827, aged 59.
CORNING, SOPHRONIA H., dau'r of Uriah, m. Samuel Story, of Norwich; issue, Laura, Edward, Sally and Albert ; parents both deceased.
CORNING, ELIAS B., son of Uriah, m. Nancy Cary, and had issue, Emily, Horace, d. Aug. 7, 1846, aged 23 years, Jane and Luther.
CORNING, REBECCA, dau'r of Uriah, m. Jeffery Champlin, Dec. 4, or 30, 1804; issue, Fanny, b. April 8, 1806, d. May 8, 1838 ; Jeffery, the father, d. in Demerara, in 1811.
May, 1855, which it is unnecessary to recapitulate ; was also chosen a director of the Michigan Central Railroad Company, on the commencement of that enterprise, and is yet a member of that board. Mr. Corning has also held various other places of trust in other corporations and associations, and is now a director or trustee in several others not before named. His political sentiments, in which he has been uniform through life, it is unnecessary to say has been of the Jeffersonian school of democrats, and he was a prominent member of the Democratic National Conventions at Baltimore, in 1848, and in 1852, and at the last was the president of the New York delegation. The life thus far of the Hon. Erastus Corning, who is now traveling Europe, on business or for his health, is a lesson to the farmer's sons in this country, proving to them most effectually, that with a New England common-school education, if applied to good common sense, with strict integrity and incessant industry, that wealth and honors are within their reach with these qualifications.
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CORNING, JEDEDIAH, son of Uriah, m. Lydia P. Hazen, June 9, 1815, and had children, viz :
1. Hiram Prentiss, b. June 9, 1816, d. 1818.
2. Harvey, b. April 9, 1818.
3. Lewis W., b. Jan. 17, 1820.
4. Samuel B., b. Sept. 14, 1822.
5. Mary L., b. Oct. 4, 1831.
Lydia, his wife, d. Nov. 29, 1836, and Jedediah, m. for 2d wife, Rhoda Ann Budington, Jan. 27, 1839, and had issue :
6. Ann Matilda, b. March 4, 1841.
7. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Dec. 7, 1843.
CORNING, JOSIAH, son of Joseph, and brother of Nehemiah, who was son of Samuel 2d, m. Jane Andrews, Jan. 10, 1733, of Nor- wich. He d. Feb. 27, 1760, aged 51 years. His wife Jane, d. March 21, 1803, aged 88 years ; had children :
1. Sarah, b. Oct. 13, 1734, m. Britt, and had William, Anna, Polly, and Sarah.
2. Ezra, b. April 10, 1737, he was the first Corning to Hartford, from Long Society, or Preston.
3. Elisha, b. July 25, 1745, lived and d. at Preston, in 1805, aged 60; married.
4. Lydia, b. Oct. 4, 1741, m. Andrew Parish, and had a son Andrew, and d ; she m. 2d Crosby, and had Levi and Ezra.
5. Daniel, b. July 18, 1739, m. and had a dau'r Eunice; he was lost at sea.
6. John, b. Nov. 23, 1746, lived and d. at Norwich Landing; had two wives.
7. Eph'm, died at sea.
8. Polly, or Mary, b. May 22, 1749.
9. Asa, b. Dec. 3, 1753; lived in Front street, Hartford, 1784, d. 1815.
10. Ann, b. April 22, 1751, d. June 13, 1785.
11. Eph'm, b. 1755.
CORNING, HANNAH, dau'r of Joseph, and sister of Nehemiah, m. Peter Grover or Groves; she d. at Brimfield, Mass., aged 65.
CORNING, MARTHA, dau'r of Joseph, and sister of Nehemiah, m. Nathaniel Giddings, of Preston, and had children, viz. :
Nathaniel Jasper, (left Preston, and not known where they died. )
Solomon, m. Ruth White, of Preston.
Lydia, m. Abraham Andrews, of Connecticut.
Hannah, m. Jubeth Story, of Connecticut.
Elizabeth, m. Philip Harvey. of Connecticut.
Levi, d. of consumption, aged about 23.
Eunice, m. John Young, of Norwich, Connecticut.
CORNING, HARVEY, b. 1818, son of Jedediah, m. and lives in Brooklyn, New York ; children : Adelaide, Hiram, and Washington.
STORY, LAURA, dau'r of Samuel, m. John Kinney, merchant, of Norwich, Conn., and had children, Newcomb, Esq., John, Laury and Joseph.
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STORY, ALBERT, son of Samuel, m. Elizabeth Beebe, and had issue, Edward and Albert.
CHAMPLIN, FANNY, dau'r of Jeffery, m. George P. Harkness, June 9, 1831, and had a son George, b. March 21, 1833.
CORNING, EMILY, dau'r of Elias Corning, m. Asa Nash, and had issue, Louisa, Horace and Emily. Settled in Preston.
CORNING, AMOS, m. Matilda Guiant, Nov. 8, 1818, and had Juliett, b. Nov. 1, 1819; Rebecca, b. Jan. 6, 1826; Juliett, m. Dudley Budington, of Preston, and had Juliett and Ann Abell ; Rebecca, dau'r of Amos, m. Charles Holden, of Norwich, and had issue, Isabell, b. Aug. 23, 1844.
CORNING, SALLY, dau'r of --- -, m. Harvey L. Hazen, of Norwich, Conn., and children, Asher, Chester, Hiram, George, Mariah and Fanny.
CORNING, ELIZABETH, dau'r of -- , m. James Whipple, of Boston, and had James, Uriah, Elizabeth, Alida, Frederick, Rebecca, Marcus and Sarah Whipple.
CORNING, DEACON EZRA, son of Josiah, sen'r, removed from Long Society, (Preston,) in Norwich, to Hartford, and was the first of the Preston family at Hartford, where he was a shoemaker, and afterward a grocer. He had three wives. He lived on the ground in Hartford, where the house of Governor Toucey now stands, on Main street. He m. Mary, dau'r of Capt. Thomas Hopkins, and had issue :
1. Mary, d. in infancy.
2. Huldah, d.
3. Daniel, m. Vibbert, had four daughters and one son ; 2 m. Thompsons, widows in N. Y., and his son John lives in N. Y .; two of them m. ministers at the west.
4. Ezra, Jr.
His wife d. and he m. Catherine Hall, and had
5. George.
6. Charles.
7. Catherine.
8. William.
9. Henry, d. young.
10. Henry, a tailor ; lives in Hartford.
His second wife d. and he m. Hannah Benton, by whom he had no issue.
CORNING, ELISHA, son of Josiah, of Preston, m. Elizabeth Parish, Dec. 27, 1770, and had issue :
1. Josiah, b. Feb. 20, 1772, a carpenter by trade, m. and had children at Enfield or Suffield.
2. Susan, b. July 27, 1775.
3. Andrew, b. Feb. 26, 1778 ; no issue found ; went to sea ; d. at Norwich.
4. Elisha P., b. Jan. 25, 1781 ; twice married ; had issue, d. in Hartford.
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5. Shubael, m. and had no children ; lived in Hartford.
6. Erastus.
CORNING, ANDREW, son of Elisha, was a shoemaker ; he m. in Hartford, and went to sea and came home in feeble health, and d. in Norwich.
CORNING, ELISHA P., son of Elisha, of Preston, shoemaker, was twice married, had children, and d. in Hartford.
CORNING, SHUBAEL, son of Elisha, of Preston, m. but had no children.
CORNING, LYDIA, dau'r of Josiah, m. Andrew Parish, and had a son Andrew ; Mr. Parish, d. and his widow m. 2d, Mr. Crosby, and had Levi C. and Ezra.
CORNING, DANIEL, son of Josiah, m. Eunice Leffingwell, and had a dau'r Eunice.
CORNING, JOHN, son of Josiah, m. Clark, and had issue :
1. John, d. at Jewett City, aged about 50.
2. Gurdon, of Troy.
3. Eph'm. John was a shoemaker, had two wives; Ephraim, d. at sea. CORNING, POLLY, dau'r of Josiah, m. -- Story, and had a son Charles Story.
CORNING, ASA, son of Josiah, m. Cynthia Seymour, of Hart- ford, near Cooper Lane, and had issue :
1. Mary, m. Richard Winslow, of Albany, and had several children ; Rich'd H., John H., Edward, William, James, &c.
2. Ephraim, b. 1784.
3. Nancy, m. Elias Mather, of Albany, and had Charles L., and Mary Ann ; m. Harris.
4. Clarissa, d. single.
5. Cynthia, m. Elias Mather ; lived. in Albany, and had James and Jane, m. E. D. Smith, of Buffalo.
6. Jasper, b. 1794, banker in N. Y. ; m. 1st. Abg'l Kibbe; 2d, Margaret Kibbe.
7. Fanny, m. Charles Bull ; she d. in Buffalo, soon after m .; no issue.
8. Leonard, m. 1st, Eliza Steel; 2d, Bleeker, of New York ; he d. in New Orleans, left a dau'r Mary W.
9. Jane, m. Charles Townsend, and d. in Buffalo.
10. Edward, lives in Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. 1st, E. Stebbins ; 2d, Cath'ne Austin. Asa, the father removed from Preston, to Hartford, and lived in Front street, in 1784, and d. Dec., 1815.
CORNING, GEORGE, son of Ezra, son of Josiah, of Preston, m. Benton, and had issue :
1. Julia C.
2. George W., twice m. and twice settled.
3. John Benton, a wealthy merchant in Hartford, has 3 children.
4. Hannah M., d.
5. Wm. Henry, d. CORNING, HENRY, son of Ezra, m. - -, issue.
1. Henry.
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2. Franklin.
3. Lucy E.
4. James E.
Henry was a tailor by trade, and is now living in Washington street, in Hartford, Conn.
CORNING, JOSIAH, son of Elisha, a carpenter by trade ; he m. and settled at Enfield or Suffield, and had children.
CORNING, DANIEL, son of Deacon Ezra, of Hartford, m. Vib- bert, and had four daughters and one son Daniel ; two of his daugh- ters m. Thompson's, and are now living widows in New York ; his other two daughters m. ministers, and settled at the West. His son Daniel is m. and now lives in New York.
CORNING, JASPER, son of Asa, of Hartford, resides in the city of N. Y., where he is a banker in Wall street ; twice m. ; 1st Abigail and 2d, Margaret Kibbe, sisters; children, George, Car. W., Eliza S., Robert E., Laura C., Edward; Margaret Ann d .; Eliza S., m. John Otto, of Buffalo.
CORNING, EDWARD, son of Asa, of Hartford, lives in Brooklyn, New York; twice m .; 1st, m. Elizabeth C. Stebbins, of N. Y., she d. and left two children, viz., Rev. James Leonard and Jasper E. He m. 2d, Miss Austin, of Brooklyn, and had Matilda, Catharine M., Daniel A., Catharine M., Edward, Jr., Charles, John L. ; Emily and Hanson K., d.
CORNING, EPH'M, b. at Hartford, 1784; son of Asa; m. Ist, Nancy Dorrance, d., C. Seymour, of Hartford, (a relation of Gov- ernor Seymour, now minister to Russia, ) and had children:
1. Hanson K., b. at Hartford, in 1810, m. Emma B. Dorrance, of Philadelphia.
2. Asa A., b. Oct., 1814, at Sterling, Conn.
3. John D., b. at Providence, R. I., March, 1816.
4. Sarah D., b. at Alexandria, Virginia, Jan. 8, 1819; m. A. N. Lewis.
5. Eph'm L., b. at Alexandria, Virginia, and d. young.
His wife d. January, 1849; Ephraim was a sea captain, and retired wealthy some years since, and is now living in Brooklyn, at his ease in feeble health. A child of Sidney Corning, aged 2 years, d. at Suffield, Aug. 6, 1825 ; Sidney, d. there May 10, 1826, aged 28, and his child d., aged 1 year, Aug. 11, 1826.
CORNING, has three coats of arms.
CORNING, MALACHI, was the first of the name of Corning, who settled at Hartford; who he was, or where from, is not discovered. He appears not to have been a descendant of Samuel, of Beverly, Mass .; he came to Hartford, about 1750, where he died; wife not found. His children were,
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Nathan. William. " Hulday."
Malachi, Jr.
Ginger, m. Moses Pratt.
Elizabeth, m. Josiah Smith.
Eunice, m. Zachariah Converse.
His estate was distributed to his children named above, April 5, 1773. This family probably all left Hartford, soon after the death of their father, as nothing is found of them afterward, and there is no tradition in the family of Deacon Ezra Corning, who was the first of the descendants of Samuel, of Beverly, at Hartford, of such a family having been there. (See Hartford Probate Record.)
Bliss Corning, father of Hon. Erastus, d. Feb. 10, 1847; Lucinda, his mother, d. June 24, 1821.
There was a James Corning, that came out of Beverly, about the time that Nehemiah and Josiah came to Preston, and they were connected, but by what branch of the family, not able to state ; but neither their posterity, or their name is now found. The above James Corning, was much older than Josiah, or Nehemiah. (Perhaps Mal- achi, instead of James.) It is not found from what place Malachi Corning was when he came to Hartford, or where his children settled. Alfred H. Corning, graduated at Williams College, in 1831.
CORNISH, -. May 29, 1678, at a town-meeting in Norwalk, it was voted " to hier a scole master to teach all the childring in the Towne to lerne to Rede and write ; and that Mr. Cornish, shall be hiered for that service," &c. (Hall, p. 69.)
CORNISH, GOODMAN, is named in the will of Joan Cummings, in 1644.
JAMES CORNISH, an appraiser of Marvin's estate at Lyme, in 1662-the school-master.
CORNISH, JAMES, of Windsor, had children b. there, viz., Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1695 ; Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1697 ; Deacon James, m. Hannah Humphries, widow of Thomas Humphries, of Simsbury, April 15, 1715 ; Jemima, b. Nov. 20, 1718.
CORNISH, JAMES, JR., had children b. at Windsor : James, b. Oct. 4, 1720, d. Feb. 13, 1736-7; Keziah, b. Oct. 12, 1721, d. 19th ; Elisha, b. June 5, 1722 ; Amy, b. Aug. 2, 1724 ; Daniel, b. May 21, 1727 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 5, 1729, d. 1732 ; Joel, b. July 18, 1731; 2d Abigail, b. May 5, 1735; Violet, dau'r of Capt. James, b. April 12, 1737 ; Rachel, dau'r of Capt. James, b. Sept. 3, 1740 ; also is found same record, Lucy, 4th dau'r of James Cornish, Jr', b. June 8, 1735 ; Capt. James Cornish, of Simsbury, m. Amy
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Butler, of Hartford, Dec. 9, 1719 ; James, sen'r, had his earmark at Simsbury, April 23, 1712; James, sen'r and Jr., of Simsbury, freeman, 1717; lister, 1744; Elisha, tithing-man, 1744 ; James, sen'r, deeded land at Weatauge, in Simsbury, to his son James, Jr., Feb. 15, 1716-17; Gabriel and James, at the great contribution in Windsor, for the poor of other colonies, in 1676, June 11, each gave 6s. and 3 pence. James Cornish was of Saybrook, in 1659, when and where he witnessed the will of Wm. Jackson, of Saybrook ; James Cornish, of Wethersfield, Aug. 17, 1710, being bound for Port Royal, made his will, (then unmarried,) gave his land in West- field and Wethersfield, to his sister Damaris Cornish, and his clothes in the hands of his uncle George Wolcott, during her life and to descend to her eldest son, forever ; will proved July 2, 1711; Gabriel Cornish, of Westfield, m. Elizabeth Wolcott, dau'r of George, Dec. 15, 1686; Gabriel Cornish, m. Mary Wilcockson, Nov. 10, 1737 ; Violet Cornish, m. Elijah Holcomb, Nov. 17, 1756 ; Elizabeth Cornish, m. James Smith, Jr., June 4, 1747.
CORNISH, ELISHA, b. 1722, and Charity his wife, of Simsbury, had issue : Hepzibah, b. Aug. 27, 1741; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 11, 1742 ; James, b. Dec. 16, 1744 ; 2d. Hepzibah, b. May 8, 1746 ; Elisha, b. Dec. 7, 1748 ; Dorcas, b. Sept. 11, 1750 ; Charles, b. Sept. 29, 1752 ; Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1759 ; Giles, b. April 8, 1780. (Charity was perhaps his second wife.)
CORNISH, BENJAMIN, of Newtown, Long Island, in 1655-6.
CORNISH, JABEZ, m. Dorothy Dibol, March 14, 1747-8.
CORNISH, BENJAMIN, of Simsbury, d. and Joseph Cornish, administrator on his estate, 1731.
CORNISH, JOSEPH, m. Mary Humphrey, alias Enno, May 5, 1727, and had Joseph, b. June 13, 1729; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1727-8; Mary, wife of Joseph, d. Sept. 16, 1731.
CORNISH, JOSEPH, Jr., of Simsbury, m. Ruth Martin, of Meriden, April 3, 1755, and had children.
CORNISH, GABRIEL, and ELIZABETH, of Westfield, had a son James, b. Oct. 29, 1687; Damaris, b, Feb. 17, 1690, probably the James Cornish, of Wethersfield, who gave his land to his sister Damaris. Farmer names Samuel, of Salem, 1637. He also names James Cornish, the first school-master and town-clerk of Westfield; also Gabriel, at Westfield, in 1667; Thomas, of Exeter, in 1652. I give those of this name without any form but publish such facts as I have, as it may aid the family in getting a full genealogy.
The name of James Cornish, appears as school-master at Say-
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brook, the first in Connecticut, and afterward in several towns up the Connecticut River.
Mr. Cornish, is named on Windsor record for a school-master there, Dec. 28, 1676. The town of Windsor, Dec. 20, 1685, ordered Tahan Grant to pay Mr. Cornish, school-master, 30s. James Cornish was an appraiser of the property of James Hillyer, deceased, in July, 1729 ; James Cornish, of Wethersfield, m. Elizabeth Thrall, of Windsor, Nov. 10, 1693, and had a dau'r Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1695 ; Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1697.
CORNISH, has 3 coats of arms.
JAMES CORNISH gave 5s. and Gabriel Cornish 13s. 3 pence, in the contribution at Windsor, for the poor of other colonies, June 11, 1676 ; Gabriel, of Westfield, Mass., m. Elizabeth Wolcott, dau'r of George, of Windsor, Dec. 5 or 15, 1686 ; Benjamin Cornish, of Simsbury, d. about 1731, and Joseph Cornish, adm'r, insolvent. In 1662, James Cornish, an appraiser of R. Marvin's estate. The townsmen of Windsor, Dec. 20, 1685, ordered £4 to be paid to the town by Tahan Grant, for the rent of John Fitche's house, for the two last years (then past) and the same paid to the two present school-masters, viz., to Mr. Cornish, 30s. and John Loomis 50s.
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