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Rebecca Cornell

Rebecca Cornell

Female Abt 1620 -


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  • Name Rebecca Cornell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth Abt 1620  Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 7] 
    Baptism Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FSID L5P4-DCF  [3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19] 
    Death Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6] 
    Burial Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 

    • Grace Episcopal Churchyard
    Person ID I45223  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Thomas Cornell,   b. Abt 1600, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Abt 1656, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1620  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F24925  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Woolsey,   b. 27 Oct 1610, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1698, Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 6 Dec 1647  New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Woolsey,   b. 3 Aug 1650, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1734, Long Island, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F24927  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Sources 
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      "Rebecca2 Cornell, the third dau. in her mother's will, was bap. Jan. 13, 1630, at Saffron-Walden; m. George Woolsey, 1610-1698, at New Amsterdam on Dec. 9, 1647. George was the son of the Rev. Benjamin Woolsey of Yarmouth, England. Rebecca was buried on Feb. 5, 1713, aet. 91. This would indicate she was b. some eighty years prior to baptism.

      Ch. Woolsey:
      1. Sarah, bap. Aug. 7, 1650; m. William Hallett of Newtown, L. I.
      ii. Capt. George, bap. Oct. 10, 1652, d. Jan. 19, 1740; m. Hannah .
      iii. Thomas, b. 1655; m. Ruth ; Res. Bedford, Westchester Co. N. Y.
      iv. John, Bap. Jan. 16, 1661; m. Abigail . Res. Jamaica in 1711.
      v. Rebecca, bap. Feb. 13, 1659; m. Wiggins.
      vi. Mary, bap. Mar. 9, 1664; unmarried at time of father's will,
      vii. William, bap. June 30, 1678, of "reasonable age." Not named in father's will or listed in "The Desc. of Rev. Benjamin Woolsey" by Benjamin W. Dwight.

      1651—Rebecca sponsored the baptism of Jacobus Mott.

      1662—George & Rebecca sponsored the bap. of Elizabeth, dau. of Richard2.

      1664—Granted land at Jamaica, L. I. by the town.

      1673—Rebecca was witness at the trial of her brother Thomas2; gave power of attorney to her brother Richard for collection of legacies from mother's will. George was chosen town clerk of Jamaica. The will of George Woolsey was proven on Feb. 22, 1698/9. It reads: "George Woolsey, of Jamaica, weak of body, gives his oldest son George his land at Beaver Pond; to son Thomas, the 15 acre lot west of Anton Waters; to son John, his 30 acre lot by the Little Plains, and 2 oxen, and all his wearing apparel; to daughter Mary, 1 feather bed and bolster, 2 pillows, 1 pr. sheets, and 2 coverlets, to be delivered on day of marriage or when 18 years of age; to wife Rebecca, the remainder of his lands and tenements, goods and chattels, during her lifetime. At her decease, the lands and tenements not already given, he gives to his three sons, George, Thomas, and John, to be equally divided; his goods and chattels to his 3 daughters, Sarah Hallett, Rebecca Wiggins and Mary Woolsey. George Woolsey was a boy of 13 when he emigrated to America from England. The descendants of George and Rebecca are numerous and distinguished in the military and ministry.

      Theodore Dwight Woolsey was the president of Yale, 1846-71."

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      Rebecca Woolsey
      Death Date: abt 1713
      Burial Date: 1713
      Burial Place: Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States

    14. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USAThis unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
      Name: Rebecca Cornell
      Gender: Female
      Birth Place: EN
      Birth Year: 1629
      Spouse Name: George Woolsey
      Spouse
      Birth Place: EN
      Spouse Birth Year: 1610
      Marriage
      Year: 1647
      Marriage State: NY
      Number Pages: 1

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      birth: about 1620; Westchester, New York, United States
      birth: about 1620; Westchester, New York, United States
      birth: about 1620; Westchester, New York, United States
      birth: about 1620; Westchester, New York, United States
      death: 5 February 1713;
      death: 5 February 1713;
      death: 5 February 1713;
      death: 5 February 1713;

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      This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.

    19. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-MR8 : 14 February 2020), Rebecca in entry for Marritie Wolsij, 1664.
      This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.


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