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James Sands and Mary Cornell

Husband James Sands

         Born: 1662 - Block Island, Rhode Island

   Christened:

         Died: 1732 - Sands Point, Nassau, NY

       Buried:

       Father: James Sands (1622-1695) ¹

       Mother: Sarah Walker (1620-1709)

     Marriage: 1697 - Block Island, RI

Wife Mary Cornell

         Born: 1679 - Little Neck, Long Island, NY

   Christened:

         Died: After 1728

       Buried:

       Father: John Cornwall (1634-1704)

       Mother: Mary Russell (1645-      )

Children

1 F Abijah Sands

         Born:

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         Died:

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2 F Mary Sands

         Born:

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

       Spouse: Joseph Sutton (Bef 1695-Bef 1770)

         Marr: Abt 1715

3 F Zerriah Sands

         Born:

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         Died:

       Buried:

       Spouse: Aaron Smith (      -      )

4 F Bathsheba Sands

         Born:

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

       Spouse: Thomas Everit (      -      )

5 F Jerusha Sands

         Born:

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

       Spouse: John Carman (      -      )

6 M Othniel Sands

         Born: 1699

   Christened:

         Died: 1757

       Buried:

       Spouse: Susannah Lang (      -      )

7 M James Sands

         Born: 1702

   Christened:

         Died: 1770

       Buried:

       Spouse: Rebecca Bailey (      -      )

       Spouse: Hannah Haviland (      -      )

         Marr: 25 Jan 1732 - St. George's Church, Hempstead, LI, NY ²

8 M John Sands

         Born: 1710 - Sands Point, Nassau, Long Island, New York

   Christened:

         Died: 1775 - Pennsylvania

       Buried:

9 F Sarah Sands

         Born: 1728

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

       Spouse: John Aspinwall (      -      )

General Notes: Husband - James Sands

Settled at Mantinecock, Long Island. Willed rights in Goshen, Orange county, New York.

General Notes: Child - Abijah Sands

Married a Warring.

General Notes: Child - John Sands

He married Catherine Greiner in 1735. They settled in Pottsgrove, PA , where he assisted William Penn in settling Pennsylvania.

Edward Sands and Mary Cornell

Husband Edward Sands

         Born: 1691 - Block Island, RI

   Christened:

         Died: 9 Mar 1746 - Sands Point, Nassau, NY

       Buried:  - Sands Family Cemetery , Sands Point, Nassau, Long Island, NY

       Father: John Sands (1649-1712)

       Mother: Sybil Ray (1665-1733)

     Marriage:

Wife Mary Cornell

         Born: 10 Jul 1703

   Christened:

         Died: 15 Sep 1762

       Buried:

       Father: Richard Cornell (1678-1757)

       Mother: Hannah Thorne (1678-      )

Children

1 F Polly Sands

         Born:

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         Died:

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2 F Deborah Sands

         Born:

   Christened:

         Died:

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3 M Henry Sands

         Born: 25 Feb 1725

   Christened:

         Died: 1 Jul 1781

       Buried:

       Spouse: Martha Cornell (1726-1759)

         Marr: 14 Mar 1749 - St. George's Church, Hempstead, LI, NY ³

4 F Sybil Sands

         Born: 13 Sep 1727 - Sand's Point, Long Island, NY

   Christened:

         Died: 1 Mar 1759 - Hempstead, Rockland Cty, NY

       Buried:

       Spouse: Stephen Thorne (1717-1800)

         Marr: 27 Jul 1746 - St. George's Church, Hempstead, LI, NY ³

5 M Richard Sands

         Born: 3 Feb 1729

   Christened:

         Died: 26 Oct 1798

       Buried:

       Spouse: Deborah Griffin (1729-1799)

6 F Mary Sands

         Born: 17 Apr 1733 - Sands Point, Nassau, NY

   Christened:

         Died: 28 Jul 1793

       Buried:  - Sands Point, Long Island, NY

       Spouse: Gideon Sands (1729-1770)

         Marr: 10 May 1752 - Oyster Bay, LI, NY ⁴

       Spouse: William Sutton (1734-1780)

         Marr: 18 Apr 1779 - St. George's Church, Hempstead, LI, NY ⁵

7 M George Sands

         Born: 19 Apr 1733

   Christened:

         Died: 8 Oct 1816

       Buried:

       Spouse: Jemima Smith (      -      )

General Notes: Wife - Mary Cornell

Mary was a Quaker. According to the records of the Westbury Meeting House, volume 1.2, pg. 262, found at http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/friends/hazard/fhlreport.php, on December 25, 1754, Mary, widow of Edward Sands, was granted a certificate of transfer to the Mamaroneck Meeting House. 1754 is the year that Mary's daughter, Mary, married Gideon, so that may have precipitated the move to be near her son, Richard, who lived in Mamaroneck, having married Deborah Griffin of Mamaroneck not later than 1751 (when their first child was born).

General Notes: Child - Richard Sands

Although I believe he lived in Mamaroneck for a time, according to his will, at the time of his death, he had returned to and had substantial property on Sands Point. The original recording of the will may be viewed on Ancestry.com in New York, US, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Wills Records, 1795-1802, images 294-303. The will was probated 14, January 1799 in Queens, NY.

General Notes: Child - Mary Sands

Mary moved to Mamaroneck some time after her marriage, in Hempstead to William Sutton in 1779. She would have had to move because Gideon' s will required the sale of the Sands Point farm stock upon her remarriage . This sale would have provided her funds to buy a farm in Mamaroneck . As discussed under her 2^nd husband’s entry, William, had family there. In addition, her brother, Richard, was married to Deborah Griffin , daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Disbrow) Griffin, of Mamaroneck, and resided there. Her son, John, also, was a Mamaroneck resident. Her daughter, Sybil, and her husband, John Davis, also resided there.

Mary's will, dated 1793, recites that she is a Mamaroneck resident and disposes of her land and buildings there. The will is witnessed by Giles Seaman, who was, probably, a next door neighbor. Mary left most of her land to her son, John, who was, also, living in Mamaroneck. When John died in 1807, his executors sold his land. The deed, Liber 30, pg. 263, mentions that the adjoining landholder was Giles Seaman. According to this deed, this farm was 8 acres in size and bordered on two sides by the Westchester Turnpike (now US 1 - W. Boston Post Rd.) and the Old Boston Post Rd. The third border of the farm was the land of Giles Seaman. Seaman is mentioned in "History of Westchester County, New York" by J. Thomas Scharf, Vol. 1 pt. 2 (1886) as a Quaker who owned the site of the John Richbell cemetery and was himself buried there (the land is described as later owned by Thomas L. Rushmore). From this information, the locations of both the Sands and Seaman farms are readily apparent (the Richbell cemetery is now in Harbor Island Park just off Rushmore Ave.). However, there was, possibly, a second Sands property in Mamaroneck, since Mary's son, John, may have been living there before she bought her farm (as described below). As John married Esther Palmer, they may have been living on property located on what is now Sand St. (formerly Sands St.), just off Palmer Ave. The property could have been provided to him by his wife's family. According to the Scharf book mentioned above, the Palmer family were significant land owners in this area and provided the site of the first Quaker meeting house. However, based upon the 1790 census, I think that John and his wife had moved in with Mary by that time.

Mary's will recites that she got her land in Mamaroneck from Bartholemew Haddon (there is no deed in the Westchester Archives). This is, presumably, a reference to Bartholemew Haddon, the younger, son of Job Hadden, who was married to Sarah Guion. She was the daughter of John Guion and Anna Hart (NYGBS Record Jan. 1920 pg. 26-27). Anna's brother was James Hart, the father of Jane, who married Mary's son, Edward. This suggests that Edward met his wife through his mother's Westchester contacts. As Edward married Jane Hart in 1783, this suggests that his mother was already in Mamaroneck by that date.

For more on Mary, see the entry for her second husband, William Sutton

Richard Cornell and Hannah Thorne

Husband Richard Cornell

         Born: 26 Feb 1678

   Christened:

         Died: 15 Apr 1757 - Manor of Scarsdale, Long Island, NY

       Buried:

       Father: John Cornwall (1634-1704)

       Mother: Mary Russell (1645-      )

     Marriage: 1701

Events

1. Occupation: Farmer.

2. Religion: Quaker.

Wife Hannah Thorne

         Born: 25 Oct 1678 - Flushing, Queens, NY

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

       Father: John Thorne (1643-1709)

       Mother: Mary Pearsall (1643-      )

Children

1 F Mary Cornell

         Born: 10 Jul 1703

   Christened:

         Died: 15 Sep 1762

       Buried:

       Spouse: Edward Sands (1691-1746)

2 F Deborah Cornell

         Born: 1 May 1705 - Long Island, NY

   Christened:

         Died:

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3 M Richard Cornell

         Born: 6 Dec 1708 - Long Island, NY

   Christened:

         Died:

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4 F Hannah Cornell

         Born: 26 Apr 1711 - Long Island, NY

   Christened:

         Died:

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5 M Joseph Cornell

         Born: 4 Jan 1712 - Long Island, NY

   Christened:

         Died:

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6 F Phebe Cornell

         Born: 6 May 1715 - Long Island, NY

   Christened:

         Died:

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7 F Rebecca Cornell

         Born: 30 Sep 1716 - Long Island, NY

   Christened:

         Died:

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8 M John Cornell

         Born: 15 Jan 1718

   Christened:

         Died:

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9 F Elizabeth Cornell

         Born: 20 May 1720

   Christened:

         Died:

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10 M Benjamin Cornell

         Born: 18 Nov 1723 - Long Island, NY

   Christened:

         Died:

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General Notes: Husband - Richard Cornell

He and his wife and five children were "driven from the eastward by the Indians" and received a grant of land on Oct. 3, 1676 from the Governor and Council of 100 acres on the west side of Cow Neck, all of which was claimed by Hempstead. His unfinished house was pulled down by a mob of Hempstead freeholders, who were soon after tried and punished for their violence. The Cornells eventually became one of the leading families of the town. His Will was written at the Manor of Scarsdale on Quaker Ridge, on October 31, 1756 and proved April 21, 1757

General Notes: Child - Mary Cornell

John Cornwall and Mary Russell

Husband John Cornwall

         Born: 6 Jun 1634 - Safron Waldon, Essex, England

   Christened:

         Died: 1704 - Hempstead, Rockland Cty, NY

       Buried:

     Marriage: 1669 - Portsmouth, RI

Wife Mary Russell

         Born: 1645 - Dartmouth, MA

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

Children

1 M Joshua Cornell

         Born: 1677 - Hempstead, Rockland Cty, NY

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

       Spouse: Sarah Thorne (1677-      )

2 M Richard Cornell

         Born: 26 Feb 1678

   Christened:

         Died: 15 Apr 1757 - Manor of Scarsdale, Long Island, NY

       Buried:

       Spouse: Hannah Thorne (1678-      )

         Marr: 1701

3 F Mary Cornell

         Born: 1679 - Little Neck, Long Island, NY

   Christened:

         Died: After 1728

       Buried:

       Spouse: James Sands (1662-1732)

         Marr: 1697 - Block Island, RI

4 M Caleb Cornell

         Born: 1683 - Scarsdale, Westchester, NY

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

       Spouse: Elizabeth Hagner (      -      )

         Marr: 10 Oct 1705 - Hempstead, Rockland Cty, NY

General Notes: Child - Richard Cornell

John Corvin and Elizabeth Creager

Husband John Corvin

         Born: Abt 1755 - Augusta Co., VA

   Christened:

         Died: Abt 1823

       Buried:

       Father:

       Mother: Susannah Gale (Bef 1740-      )

     Marriage: Abt 1773 - Probably in Fincastle Co., VA

Wife Elizabeth Creager

         Born: Abt 1757 - Frederick Co., Maryland

   Christened:

         Died: 10 Apr 1850 - Wythe Co., Va

       Buried:

       Father: Michael Krieger Jr. (Abt 1718-Abt 1807)

       Mother: Susanna Cullup (Abt 1722-      )

Children

1 M Isaac Corvin

         Born: Abt 1776 - Wythe Co., Va

   Christened:

         Died:

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2 M John Corvin Jr.

         Born: Abt 1780

   Christened:

         Died:

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3 M Thomas Corvin

         Born:

   Christened:

         Died:

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4 M Samuel Corvin

         Born: Abt 1788

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

5 F Elizabeth Corvin

         Born: Abt 1790 - Wythe Co., Virginia

   Christened:

         Died: After 1850

       Buried:

       Spouse: John M. Cline (Abt 1770-After 1850)

         Marr: Abt 1809 - Wythe Co., Virginia

6 M Joseph A. Corvin

         Born: 25 Dec 1795 - Wythe Co., Va

   Christened:

         Died:

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7 F Mary Corvin

         Born: 11 Sep 1796

   Christened:

         Died:

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General Notes: Husband - John Corvin

According to "Notes on the Two Krieger (Creger, Cregger, Criggre, etc. ) Families of Wythe County, Virginia" by Clifford R. Canfield, Revise d Ed. 1989, John was said to have fought in both the French and Indian War and the Revolution. Michal Walters testified to this in 1853. John was in both James Finley's and John Stephen's militia companies in 1781.

Augustus Fitzroy and Elizabeth Cosby

Husband Augustus Fitzroy

         Born: 1716

   Christened:

         Died: 1741

       Buried:

       Father: Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke of Grafton (1683-1757)

       Mother: Henrietta Somerset (1690-1726)

     Marriage: 1734

Wife Elizabeth Cosby

         Born:

   Christened:

         Died: 1788

       Buried:

Children

1 M Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3d Duke of Grafton

         Born: 1735

   Christened:

         Died: 1811 - Euston Hall, Suffolk

       Buried:

       Spouse: Anne Liddell (      -      )

         Marr: 1756

Manners Charles Wood 10th Hussars and Harriet Clara Couper

Husband Manners Charles Wood 10th Hussars

         Born: 4 Mar 1852 - Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England

   Christened:

         Died: 12 Sep 1941 - Three Hedges, Yateley, Camberley, Surrey

       Buried:  - Littleton

       Father: Price Builth Manners Wood (1825-1877)

       Mother: Catherine Anne Jarman (1835-1907)

     Marriage: 19 Dec 1891 - Dulverton

 Other Spouse: Mary Adelaide Barnes (1854-1890) - 22 May 1878 - Horsley, Glocester, England

Events

1. Baptism: 4 Mar 1852, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England.

Wife Harriet Clara Couper

         Born: 3 Nov 1862 - Bengal, India

   Christened:

         Died: 1962

       Buried:

       Father: James Kempt Couper (Abt 1828-1901)

       Mother: Emily Jane (Abt 1834-      )

Children

1 F Harriet Lucy Avice Manners Wood

         Born: 15 Jun 1893 - Dulverton, Somerset, England ⁶

   Christened:

         Died: 16 May 1984 - Qundle, Northamptonshire, England ⁷

       Buried: 23 May 1984 - Qundle Parish Church, Qundle, Northamptonshire, England

General Notes: Husband - Manners Charles Wood 10th Hussars

89 at time of his death. Commander Xth Royal Hussars; Afghan Medal 1879. He was a Major, according to his wedding announcement in the Western Times, Exeter, Devon, for Tuesday December 22, 1891. According to the Sussex Agricultural Express for Friday July 15, 1892, page 4, he was being given command of the 10th Hussars at that time because of his service in the Afghan War of 1878-1879. According to the Reading Mercury, Oxford Gazette, Newbury Herald, and Berks County Paper for Saturday April 15, 1899, page 3, he started his military career with the old 66th in 1869 and was transferred in 1874 to the 10th Hussars. He commanded the 10th Hussars from 1892 until 1896. He then became an officer of the Royal Beshires Regiment and retired in 1899.

James Kempt Couper and Emily Jane

Husband James Kempt Couper

         Born: Abt 1828 - Canada

   Christened:

         Died: 14 May 1901

       Buried:

     Marriage:

Events

1. Occupation: Staff Corps.

Wife Emily Jane

         Born: Abt 1834 - India

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

Children

1 F Cara G. Couper

         Born: Abt 1856

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

2 F Harriet Clara Couper

         Born: 3 Nov 1862 - Bengal, India

   Christened:

         Died: 1962

       Buried:

       Spouse: Manners Charles Wood 10th Hussars (1852-1941)

         Marr: 19 Dec 1891 - Dulverton

3 F Lizzie Couper

         Born: Abt 1865

   Christened:

         Died:

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General Notes: Husband - James Kempt Couper

According to a wedding announcement (see entry for son in law Charles), he was a Lieutenant-General and Harriet was his third daughter. He was formerly of the Bengal Staff Corps.

Charles Couse and Margaret Sands

Husband Charles Couse

         Born: Abt 1821

   Christened:

         Died: 14 Aug 1876

       Buried: 1876 - Hancock, Delaware, New York

     Marriage:

Wife Margaret Sands

         Born: 18 Jan 1829

   Christened:

         Died: After 1900

       Buried:

       Father: William E. Sands (1795-1872)

       Mother: Percilla Thomas (1810-1877)

Children

1 F Emma Couse

         Born: Abt 1849

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

2 M William K. Couse

         Born: 1851

   Christened:

         Died: 1905

       Buried:

3 M Samuel P. Couse

         Born: Nov 1853

   Christened:

         Died: After 1900

       Buried:

4 M James Couse

         Born: Abt 1857

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

General Notes: Husband - Charles Couse

Civil War veteran in Company F, 144th NY Regt. On 1870 census, he is listed as age 48, farm laborer, Hancock, NY.

General Notes: Wife - Margaret Sands

Listed as a resident of Hancock, Delaware County, NY on the 1870, 1880, and 1900 U.S. census. The 1880 census lists Charles Howard, age 10, grandson.

General Notes: Child - Emma Couse

Married name was Denniston.

General Notes: Child - William K. Couse

Shown as laborer on 1880 census with wife, Laura J. age 25.

General Notes: Child - Samuel P. Couse

Shown as laborer on 1880 census with wife Emma, age 26, and daughter Margarita M., age 2. Shown as day laborer on 1900 census.

General Notes: Child - James Couse

Listed as age 13 on 1870 census and age 20 (laborer) on 1880 census.

Alfred Azariah Taft and Emily Ludlow Covel

Husband Alfred Azariah Taft

         Born: 27 Dec 1861

   Christened:

         Died: 4 Mar 1936

       Buried:

       Father: Azariah Horton Taft (1830-1877)

       Mother: Caroline Elizabeth Francis (1833-1889)

     Marriage: 25 Feb 1886

Wife Emily Ludlow Covel

         Born: 17 Feb 1863

   Christened:

         Died: 1948

       Buried:

Children

1 F Edith Isabel Taft

         Born: 21 Aug 1888 - New Jersey

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

       Spouse: Colonel Kenneth Bailey Harmon (1886-1967)

         Marr: 19 Sep 1911

2 F Marjorie Emily Taft

         Born: 14 Apr 1893

   Christened:

         Died:

       Buried:

       Spouse: Francis A. Doniat (      -      )

Sources

1 Malcolm Samds Wilson, Descendants James Sands of Block Island (Name: New York, 1949;). .... Rebecca [Peck] Dusenbery, Peck, Adams and Allied Families, Genealiogical & Biographical (Name: New York, American Historical Sociey, 1925;). .... Charles H. Sandys, Dawn to Twilight in American Colonization. .... Rebecca [Peck] Dusenbery, Peck, Adams and Allied Families, Genealiogical & Biographical (Name: Name: New York, American Historical Sociey, 1925;;). .... Malcolm Samds Wilson, Descendants James Sands of Block Island (Name: Name: New York, 1949;;).

2 NYGBS Record, January 1881 pg. 45.

3 NYGBS Record, April 1881 pg. 83.

4 St. George's Episcopal Church Hempstead, LI Marriage Register.

5 NYGBS Record, July 1883 pg. 128.

6 Civil Registration, Northamptonshire, May 1984.

7 obituary London Times May 19, 1984, pg. 30.

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