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ADRIEN CORNELL, eldest son of Gelyam and grandson of Peter Guil- liamse Cornel, was born in Flatbush, Long Island, August 22, 1713, as shown by his family Bible now in possession of Thompson Cornell of Philadelphia, a great-great-grandson, and died July 28, 1777. He was eldest son of Gelyam Cor- nell by the first marriage of Gelyam, who was a landholder in Flatbush as early as 1708. Historians have erroneously stated that he was a son of Cornelis, the brother of Gelyam. Bergen, in his "Early Settlers of Kings County," makes that statement and gives the date of his baptism as November 19, 1721, but this is effectually disproven by the Bible record, as well as by the will of Gilliam of Bucks county, who is shown to be a son of Gelyam and Conelia, and makes "my nephew Gilliam Cornell, son of my brother Adrien," one of the executors of his will. Adrien Cornell married Mattie Hegeman, born at Brooklyn, Long Island, November I, 1718, daughter of Rem and Peternella ( Van Wycklen) Hegeman, grand-daugh- ter of Elbert and Marytje (Rappalve) Hegeman, great-granddaughter of Jo- seph and Femmeltje (Remse) Hegeman, and great-great-granddaughter of Adrien and Catharine Hegeman, who emigrated from Amsterdam in 1650, settling first at New Albany, but later removing to Flat- bush, Long Island, where Adrien was a magistrate in 1654 and died in April, 1672. Adrien Cornell removed to Bucks county prior to June 7, 1739, at which date he purchased 250 acres in North- ampton township, where he was already a resident. In 1751 he purchased sixty- one acres adjoining his first purchase and 205 acres additional in 1772. This land was located in the heart of the Dutch settlement known as Holland, and much of it still remains the property of his descendants. He died on his plan- tation purchased in 1739, July 27. 1777, and his wife Mattie died July 4, 1790;
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both are buried at Richboro. Their chil- dren were: Gilliam, born April 26, 1741, died March 2, 1809, married Jannetje Suydam, daughter of Lambert Suydam; and Rem, born June 9, 1744, died July 18, 1825, married Peternelletje Hegeman, born 1751, died December 19, 1816.
Gilliam and Jane (Suydam) Cornell were the parents of nine children: Adrien, born May 18, 1765, died Febru- ary 28, 1841, married Rachel Feaster; Abigail, born December 17, 1769, mar- ried Henry DuBois; Lambert, born July 14, 1772; James, born October 20, 1774, died April 1, 1850, married first Cynthia, daughter of Rem Cornell, and second Margaret Vandegrift; Rem, born April 4, 1777, died young; Mattie, born April 23, 1779, married Aaron Feaster; Jane, born May 15, 1781, married Christopher Vanarsdalen; John, born March 29, 1783, married Elizabeth Vandegrift; and Gil- liam, born May 13, 1785, married Eliza- beth Krewsen, November 16, 1809. In the division of the real estate of Adrien Cornell between his two sons Gilliam and Rem, the/latter retained 203 acres of the homestead tract of 250 acres, and forty-one acres of the Vanduren pur- chase adjoining. and conveyed to his brother Gilliam the balance of the home- stead, fifty-six acres, and 205 acres pur- chased by their father of Van Horn in 1772. These lands were devised by the brothers to their respective sons, and a portion of both tracts still remain in the tenure of their descendants of the name. Gilliam divided the homestead between his sons Lambert, James and Gilliam, settling his son Adrian on eighty-five acres purchased in 1785 of William Thomson, and John on 100 acres pur- chased of Henry Dyer.
Rem Cornell, second son of Adrien and Mattie (Hegeman) Cornell, born in Northampton in 1744, married Peter- neelitie Hegeman, and lived all his life on the old homestead in Northampton. acquiring later considerable other land in the vicinity/ He was an active and prominent man in the community, and a member of the Dutch Reformed church of North and Southampton. He died July 18, 1825, in his eighty-second year. His wife died December 19, 1816, in her sixty-fifth years, and both are buried in the old graveyard at Richboro. They were the parents of three children: Mat- tie, born 1770, married John Kroeson; Cynthia, born 1776, died June 7. 1808, married her cousin James Cornell; and Adrien.
Adrien Cornell, only son of Rem. was born on the old homestead in North- ampton in May, 1779, and, inheriting it from his father in 1825. spent his whole life there. He was a prosperous farmer and a good business man and acquired a large estate, owning at his death in 1857 over 700 acres of farm land and a fine mill property in Northampton, and over
400 acres in Upper Makefield township. His wife was Leanah Craven, daughter of James and Adrianna (Kroeson) Cra- ven, and was baptised at Churchville, February 21, 1779. The children of Adrien and Leanah (Craven) Cornell were as follows: I. James Craven, bap- tised November 4, 1804, died February I, 1865, married Judith S. Everett. 2. Eleanor, baptised January 10, 1807, mar- ried James Krusen. 3. John Lefferts, baptised January 10, 1807, died January 14, 1836. 4. Ann Eliza, baptised August 28, 1810, married James S. McNair. 5. Charles, baptised March 21, 1812. 6. Lydia, January 18, 1815, married Henry Wynkoop. 7. Cynthia, baptised August II, 1816, married William R. Beans. Adrian, see forward, and Mary Jane, wife of Frances Vanartsdalen.
Adrien Cornell, youngest son of Adrien and Leanah (Craven) Cornell, was born on the old homestead in Northampton, December 21, 1818. He was reared on the farm that had been the home of his ancestors since 1739, and in the house erected by his great-great-grandfather in 1747. This house he tore down in 1861, and erected the present mansion house. He was an active and successful business man. He was connected for many years with the Bucks County Agricultural So- ciety, of which he was for several years president, succeeding his brother James C. Cornell in that position. He married January 8, 1840, Mary Ann Van Horn, daughter of Abraham Van Horn, who survived him many years. He died on the old homestead, September 17, 1870.
GEORGE W. CORNELL, only child of Adrien and Mary Ann, was born on the old homestead, October 17, 1841, and resided there until the spring of 1904, when he removed to Newtown borough, where he now resides. He was educated at the public schools of Northampton, supplemented by a three years course at the Tennent School at Hartsville, Pennsylvania. He married October 10, 1871, Sarah C. Luken, who died May 23, 1873. On June 6, 1877, he married Eliza- beth B. Camm, his present wife, who is a daughter of Joseph C. and Martha (Feaster) Camm, and a granddaughter of Aaron and Matilda (Cornell) Feaster, Matilda being a daughter of Gilliam and Jannetje (Suydam) Cornell. Her pater- nal great-grandfather, John Camm, was a native of England and located in Phil- adelphia, where his son William and grandson Joseph C., were born and reared. Her father, Joseph C. Camm, lo- cated in Northampton township. Bucks county, after his marriage, and Mrs. Cor- nell was born and reared in that town- ship. On the Feaster side she is of Hol- land descent. Her great-great-grand- father, John Feaster, was born on Long Island in 1798, and died in Northampton township, Bucks county, December 19,
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1775. His wife Mary, born in 1706, died May 28, 1774. Their son David, born April 8, 1740, married Mary Hegeman, born March 8, 1743; he died September 28, 1808, and his wife May 28, 1783. Their son Aaron, the grandfather of Mrs. Cor- nell, was born in October, 1772, and died July 18, 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Cornell have no children. Mr. Cornell still owns the old homestead in Northampton, but lives retired in Newtown. In politics he is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Dutch Reformed church.
Gilliam Cornell, youngest son of Gil- liam and Jannetje (Suydam) Cornell, of Northampton, was born on the old home- stead May 30, 1785. He married Novem- ber 16, 1809. Elizabeth Krewsen, and settled on a portion of the old homestead purchased by his grandfather of the Van Horns in 1772, 103 acres of which Gil- liam inherited at his father's death in 1809. His two children were: Jacob Krewsen, born September 28, 1810, and Martin H., born May 29, 1820.
Jacob Krewsen Cornell was reared on the old Northampton homestead, but on his marriage purchased of Samuel Mc- Nair a farm in Southampton, at Church- ville, part of the land purchased in 1755 by Wilhelmus and Gilliam Cornell, and settled thereon. He married January 7, 1834, Elizabeth Finney, who bore him eleven children, seven of whom lived to maturity and raised families, viz .:
I. Mary, born June 26, 1835, married Charles Van Artsdalen, January 10, 1856, and had one daughter, Alice, born De- cember 1, 1856, who married James L. Cornell.
2. Alice, born December 18, 1837, died May 28, 1838.
3. Jane M., born August 21, 1840, mar- ried December 26, 1861, Thomas Beans, and has three children-George, William and Howard.
4. Alice L., born June 5, 1842, married (first) Henry Mckinney and (second) Joseph J. Yerkes, and has a son Jacob.
5. John Corson, born August 2. 1844, a prominent merchant of Oakford, Penn- sylvania, married April, 1870, Margaret J. Stevens.
6. Jacob Krewsen, Jr., born June 10, 1846, now deputy recorder of deeds of Bucks county; married January 8, 1884, Alice E. Woodruff: has no children.
7. Charles F., born June 10, 1848, died August 8, 1848.
8. Gilliam, Jr., born June 22, 1849; mar- ried January 24, 1878, Jane, daughter of Joseph Hogeland; one son, Joseph Rem- sen, born January 8, 1885.
9. Martin Harris, born February 19, 1851, married October 7. 1874, Mary H. Agin; now reside in Doylestown; one daughter, Carrie Ruth, born July 7, 1884.
IO. Charles Finney, born 1853, died 1861.
11. Ilenrietta, born 1857, died 1863.
Jacob Krewsen Cornell married (sec- ond) Ruth Anna Morrison, daughter of Judge Joseph J. and Ellen (Addis) Mor- rison, by whom he had the following chil- dren: Joseph M., born December 18, 1862, see forward; Ella M., born October 4, 1864, married January 14, 1897, J. Warner Cornell, and has two children-Ruth and Charles; Edith, born May 10, 1870; and Albert, born October, 1871, died July, 1872.
JOSEPH MORRISON CORNELL was born on the old homestead at Churchville, Southampton township, Bucks county, December 18, 1862, and is the eldest son of Jacob Krewson Cornell by his second marriage with Ruth Ann Morrison. He was reared on the farm and acquired his education at the local schools. On arriving at manhood lie fol- lowed farming five years in that vicinity, and then purchased his father's farm, where he has since resided. He has always taken an active interest in the affairs of his native township, and has filled several local offices. He was for three years supervisor, and has also filled the office of township assessor. Mr. Cornell was married November 27, 1884, to Emma E. Fetter, daughter of John Carrel and Mercy C. (Lefferts) Fetter, and they have been the parents of two- children: John Fetter, born December I, 1887, died July 17, 1890; and Joseph M. Jr., born January 16, 1894.
Mrs. Cornell was born March 20, 1864, and is one of the three children of John C. and Mary (Leffets) Fetter. Her great-grandfather, George Fetter, was. one of twelve children, and was born January 13, 1768. His wife, Rebecca Wynkoop, was born August 28, 1868, and they were the parents of nine children, of whom William, the eldest, born Oc- tober 7. 1797, was the grandfather of Mrs. Cornell. He married Sarah Carrell, De- cember 26, 1821, and had six children, of whom the eldest, John C., born August 18, 1824, was the father of Mrs. Cornell. On the maternal side Mrs. Cornell is of Holland descent, being descended from Leffet Pieterse, who came to Long Island with his parents in 1669 from Haugh- wout, North Holland, and settled at Flatbush. Long Island. His son, Pieter Lefferts, born May 18, 1680, married Ida, daughter of Hendrick Suydam, and their son. Leffertse Leffertse, was the first of the family to settle in Bucks county, where he has left numerous dscendants.
THE JANNEY FAMILY of Bucks county are descendants of the Cheshire family of that name who, according to various authorities, "are supposed to be" or "considered to be" descended from the house of De-Gisne, or Gyney, of Heverland, Norfolk, who were of French extraction, and the name to be derived from Guisnes, near Calais, France.
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The earliest lineal ancestor of the American family of Janney of whom there is any authentic record was Ran- dull Janney, of Stiall, parish of Wilmes- lome, Cheshire, England, who died about the year 1596, being mentioned in the will of his son Thomas Janney, made in 1602, as having left legacies to daughters of Thomas, the youngest of whom was baptised in 1595. Thomas Janney, before mentioned, was married at least twice, if not three times. Investigations re- cently conducted in Cheshire by Miles White, of Baltimore, indicate that he married first Ellen -, who was bur- ied February 7, 1578, and by whom he had a daughter Alyce, who was baptised November 7, 1570, but as no further rec- ord of this Alice is found, and she is not mentioned in Thomas's will, there is no proof that the record above refers to Thoma, of Stiall. He married, Decem- ber 7. 1578. Jane Worthington, who was buried August 10, 1589, and (second) on November 4, 1590, Katharine Cash, of Stiall. By the first marriage he had two sons, Randle and Ilenry, and daughters Margerie and Maud. By the second marriage he had six children, two at least of whom died in infancy. He was pos- sessed of a considerable freehold of lands in Cheshire, which he devised to his sons Randle and Harry, and personal estate to Thomas and daughters Maud, Mar- garet and Anne.
Randle Janney, the eldest son of Thomas and Jane (Worthington) Jan- ney, was baptised February 23, 1579-80, and was buried October 30, 1613. He married, July 14, 1602, Ellen Abrodd, and lived and died at Stiall, Cheshire. They were the parents of four children: Thomas, baptised June 27, 1605, died 12 mo. 17, 1677, married September 3, 1625, Elizabeth Worthington, who died 12 mo. 19, 1681-2; Randle, baptised May 26, 1608, married July 16. 1636, Anne Knevet; Heine, baptised March 24, 1610, buried March 3, 1611; and Richard, baptised February 20, 1613, settled in Ardwick, Lancashire, where he died in 1691, wife Mary. Of these four children of Randle Janney, of Stiall, only the two eldest has special interest to the Janneys of America, as through the two sons of the former, Thomas and Henry, and Will- iam, son of the latter, are descended all the Janneys who today are scattered over the United States.
Thomas Janney, eldest son of Randle and Ellen (Alrodd) Janney, baptised June 27. 1605, was married September 3. 1625, to Elizabeth Worthington, and both joined the Society of Friends soon after it came into existence, and are fre- quently mentioned in the early annals of the Society. meetings being frequently held at their house at Stiall, and later at Mobberly, Cheshire. He suffered distress of goods, was imprisoned, and otherwise persecuted on account of his
faith as related in Besse's sufferings. He and others purchased and presented to the Meeting the land for the burial ground and meeting house at Mobberly. He was evidently possessed of consider- able property, and in his will made in 1677 left a legacy to the poor of the town. He died 12 mo. 17, 1677, and his widow Elizabeth on 12 mo. 19, 1681-2, and both are buried in the Friends' bury- ing ground at Mobberly. His will is still preserved at Chester, and his name thereto is spelled Janney, though men- tioned in the records as Janey. His will names the children mentioned below, his brother Richard, and William Janney of Handworth. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Worthington) Janney were:
I. Mary, baptised March 19, 1625-6, died 7 mo. 3, 1698, married 12 mo. 3, 1663-4, Robert Peirson, of Pownall Fee, Cheshire, and had a son Enoch, born II n10. 30, 1665, died 8 mo. 2, 1680-I. Thomas and Robert Pearson, who came to Pennsylvania in 1683 and 1682 respec- tively, were probably related to Robert.
2. Margaret, baptised March 16, 1627, died II mo. II, 1673, is buried at Mob- berly.
3. Martha, baptised June 6, 1630, died 2 mo. 4, 1702, married 12 mo. 12, 1672, Hugh Burges. of Pownall Fee, who died 3 mo. 23, 1713, aged seventy-four years. Both are buried at Mobberly. It was at their house, that her brother Thomas Janney, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, died in 1696, while on a religious visit to England.
4. Randle, baptised December 16, 1632, died 3 mo. 17, 1674, buried at Mobberly.
5. Thomas, the ancestor of tlfe Jan- neys of Bucks county, baptised January II, 1634, died 12 mo. (Feb.) 12, 1696, and is buried at Mobberly; see forward.
6. Henry, baptised January 1, 1637, died at Eaton Norris, Lancashire, 6 mo. 3, 1690, and is buried at Mobberly. He married at the house of Thomas Potts, Pownal . Fee, I mo. 3, 1674, Barbara Baguley, of Stockport, was a tailor and chapman or cloth dealer. His daughter Elizabetli, born 9 mo. 7, 1677, came to Philadelphia in 1698, and married in 1710 Pentecost Teague, a distinguished Friend of Philadelphia. Mary, born II mo. I, 1680, and Tabitha. born 7 mo. 29. 1687, also came to Philadelphia, the former marrying in 1708 Joseph Drinker, and the latter in 1709 William Fisher. A son Thomas and daughter Martha died in infancy.
Before proceeding to give an account of Thomas Janney, the distinguished an- cestor of the Janneys of Bucks county, it might be well to say a word or two in reference to William Janney, (son of Randle and Mary, and grandson of Randle and Ellen Alrodd Janney), whose two sons, Randle and Thomas, also came to Pennsylvania.
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William Janney was baptised Decem- ber 8, 1641, died 8 ino. 4, 1724, and is buried among his kinsman in the old burying ground at Mobberly. He mar- ried 7 mo. 30, 1671, Deborah Webb, and was then living at Haudforth; after his wife's death he removed to Morley. He was a prominent member of the Society of Friends. and suffered persecution for his faith. Meetings were frequently held at h's house. His son Randle, born 2 mno. 10, 1677, in 1699 obtained a certifi- cate from the Meeting at Morley and emigrated to Philadelphia, where he be- came a prominent merchant, was a friend of Penn, and a large landowner in Penn- sylvania and Cecil county, Maryland. He married at Philadelphia, in 9 mo., 1701, Frances Righton, daughter of William and Sarah Righton, of Philadelphia. Their only child died in infancy. In 1702 and 1706 he visited England, and in 1715 obtained a certificate to visit the Bermudas, but died before starting, 10 mo. 7, 1715. His will mentions his brother Thomas and his sister Mary, wife of George Pawley, who had also come to Philadelphia, and their children, De- bora, Mary, Sarah and Thomas.
Thomas Janney, brother of Randle, was born in Cheshire, England, 3 mo. 18, 1679, and died in Cecil county, Maryland, about 1750. In 1702 his brother Randle obtained a certificate for him to Phila- delphia, which, with the one brought from the Morley Meeting by Randle ill 1699, is preserved among the records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. In 1706 he went to England with his brother, and after his return settled in West Not- tingham township, Chester county, on land formerly owned by Randle, and later found to be in Cecil county, Mary- land. His will was proven in Cecil county, March 22, 1751, and in it he men- tions his wife Magdalen, son-in-law Rob- ert Lashly, and children Jemima Janney, Debora Lashly, William, Thomas and Isaac Janney, who are the progenitors of the Janneys of Cecil county. Robert Lashly was Robert Leslie, who married Debora Janney, in 1740, and is the an- cestor of Charles Robert Leslie, R. A., the noted author and artist, and his"tal- ented sisters. Deborah Pawlee, dangh- ter of George and Mary (Janney) Pauley, married 9 mo. 21, 1727, Samuel Siddons, son of Thomas and Lowrey (Evans) Siddons, who have descendants in Bucks county. Sarah Pawley, another daughter of George and Mary, married 7 mo. 24, 1734, William Atkinson, Jr., of a Bucks county family.
THOMAS JANNEY, second son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Worthington) Janney, baptised at Stiall, Cheshire, Eng- land, January II, 1634, "was convinced of the truth as held by Friends" at the first preaching thereof in Cheshire in 1654, and the next year took up the min-
istry in that sect and traveled exten- sively in England and Ireland. He mar- ried, 9 mo. 24, 1660, Margery Heath, of Horton, Staffordshire. The marriage took place at the house of James Harri- son, in the township of Pownal Fee, in which Stiall the home of the Janneys was situated. Ann, the wife of James Harrison, was a sister of Margery, as was also Jane, the wife of William Yard- ley, both of whom came with their hus- bands to Pennsylvania and settled in Bucks county in 1682, as shown by an account of each family given in this volume. They lived at Stiall, where their four sons were born, until 1683, when they followed their brothers-in-law to Pennsylvania and settled on a tract of land in Makefield, Bucks county. Thomas Janney had purchased of William Penn, 6 mo. 12, 1682, 250 acres of land to be laid out in Per. : sylvania, and it was laid out in Lower Makefield. fronting on the Delaware. He and his wife Margery, their four sons and two servants, John Nield and Hannah Falkner, arrived in the Delaware river in the Endeavor. 7 mo. (September) 29, 1683. He eventually purchased other lands in the vicinity; the tract fronting on the Delaware below the present Forough of Yardley containing 550 acres was confirmed by patent in 1691. anl another tract of 1000 acres lay back of the "River Lots" and extended into Newtown and Middletown town- ships, where the line between these townships joins the line of Lower Make- field. The latter tract was of irregular form and was well watered, Core creek running through it. A saw mill was erected on it soon after its occupation in 1683, and Jacob Janney erected a grist mill near the old family mansion in 1816, which was in use until a few years since, that portion of the plantation still being owned and occupied by descendants of the name. Thomas Janney was related by blood or marriage to many of the most prominent settlers of the county. William Yardley, for many years a jus- tice of the county courts and a member of provincial assembly, and James Har- rison, Penn's confidential agent in Penn- sylvania, were, as before stated, his brothers-in-law, and Phineas Pemberton, called by Logan "the father of Bucks County," was therefore his nephew, and John Brock, another prominent official of the county. was his cousin. Thomas Janney was also an intimate friend of Penn, who entertained a high opinion of him and mentioned him lovingly in many of his letters. Thomas Janney continued his labors as a minister of the Society of Friends, but that did not preclude his en- gaging actively in civil affairs, and upon his arrival in America he at once took a prominent place in the affairs of the col- ony. He was elected to provincial coun- cil for a term of three years, and was qualified as a member I mo. 20. 1684, and
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was again elected and commissioned in 16gr. He was also commissioned April 6, 1685. one of the justices of the courts of Bucks county, which commission was renewed January 2, 1689-90. He was one of the commission of twelve men ap- pointed to divide the county into town- ships in 1690, and filled many other im- portant official positions. In the minis- try he visited Friends' meetings in New England, Rhode Island, Long Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, and was an esteemed counsellor in all matters pertaining to the Society, as well as of the county and province. In the early part of 1695 he began to make preparations for a visit to Friends in England, executing a power of attorney to his eldest son, Jacob Janney, to trans- act business for him in his absence, and making his will, which is dated 3 in0. 21, 1695. This will was doubtless proved and recorded in the county of Bucks, but the records of the county (with the exception of deeds) from 1693 to 1713 are entirely lost, and it is only through a copy found among the papers of Samuel M. Janney, the Quaker historian, that we learn what its provisions were. He was accompanied on his visit to England by Griffith Owen, and they started by way of Maryland 3 mo. 31, 1695. Landing in London, they traveled through Eng- land and Wales, visiting many meetings. Janney was taken sick in the spring of 1696, while in Derbyshire, but, partially recovering, attended the Quarterly Meet- ing in London, and then started to pay a visit to his relatives in Cheshire, and, though detained in Hertfordshire by a severe attack, eventually reached Che- shire, and so far recovered as to visit meetings there and in Lancashire, and made preparations to return to Penn- sylvania in II mno., 1696, but, being taken. seriously ill, returned to the home of his sister, Mary Burgess, where he was born, and died there the 12th of the 12th mo., (February) 1696-7, at the age of sixty- three years, having been a minister for forty-two years. His wife Margery sur- vived him and died somewhere between 1697 and 1700. Their children were six in number-four sons: Jacob, Thomas, Abel, and Joseph, who accompanied their parents to America: and two daughters, Martha and Elizabeth, who died in Eng- land.
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