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- Gelyam Guilliamse Cornelise is the common ancestor of the Cornell famil y in America. The first record of him in New Amsterdam is a land purcha se in Flatbush, Long Island, New York in 1658. In 1661 he and his son p urchased a bowery (farm) in Flatbush of 48 margens and 480 rods. He als o purchased two pieces of salt meadow of five margens, two pieces of la nd of five margens, two house plots with houses and barns and two black o xen, three milk cows, a wagon, plough, iron chain, and cramp-iron to ho ld saw teeth when filing ... all for 4500 guilders. Some believe him to b e Huguenot. The surname for more than a century was Cornale, with the a ccent on the e; then it changed to Cornell.
Gelyam Guilliamse Cornelise is the common ancestor of the Cornell famil y i n America. The first record of him in New Amsterdam is a land purcha se i n Flatbush, Long Island, New York in 1658. In 1661 he and his son p urc hased a bowery (farm) in Flatbush of 48 margens and 480 rods. He als o p urchased two pieces of salt meadow of five margens, two pieces of la nd o f five margens, two house plots with houses and barns and two black o x en, three milk cows, a wagon, plough, iron chain, and cramp-iron to ho l d saw teeth when filing ... all for 4500 guilders. Some believe him to b e H uguenot. The surname for more than a century was Cornale, with the a cc ent on the e; then it changed to Cornell.
Gelyam Guilliamse Cornelise is the common ancestor of the Cornell famil y in America. The first record of him in New Amsterdam is a land purcha se in Flatbush, Long Island, New York in 1658. In 1661 he and his son p urchased a bowery (farm) in Fla tbush of 48 margens and 480 rods. He als o purchased two pieces of salt meadow of five margens, two pieces of la nd of five margens, two house plots with houses and barns and two black o xen, three milk cows, a wagon, plough, iron chain, and cramp -iron to ho ld saw teeth when filing ... all for 4500 guilders. Some believe him to b e Huguenot. The surname for more than a century was Cornale, with the a ccent on the e; then it changed to Cornell.
Gelyam Guilliamse Cornelise is the common ancestor of the Cornell famil y i n America. The first record of him in New Amsterdam is a land purcha se i n Flatbush, Long Island, New York in 1658. In 1661 he and his son p urc hased a bowery (farm) i n Flatbush of 48 margens and 480 rods. He als o p urchased two pieces of salt meadow of five margens, two pieces of la nd o f five margens, two house plots with houses and barns and two black o x en, three milk cows, a wagon, plough, iron chain, a nd cramp-iron to ho l d saw teeth when filing ... all for 4500 guilders. Some believe him to b e H uguenot. The surname for more than a century was Cornale, with the a cc ent on the e; then it changed to Cornell.
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1612 - 1666 (53 years)
