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both are buried at Richboro. Their cliil- 

 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 i, 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, 180Q. 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 Pet'er- 

 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 gravej-^ard 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 Vas 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 Leflferts, 

 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. 

 Lj'dia, 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 prresent 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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