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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



\77S. 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, i860. 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.: 



1. Mary, born June 26, 1835, married 

 Charles Van Artsdalen, January 10, 1856, 

 and had one daughter, Alice, born De- 

 cember I, 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 recorded- of deeds of 

 Bucks county; married January 8. 1884, 

 Alice E. Woodrufif; has no children. 



7. Charles F., born June 10, 1848, died 

 August 8, 1848. 



8. Gilliam, Jr., born June 22, 1849; mar- 

 ried Januar} 24, 1878, Jane, daughter of 

 Joseph Hogeland; one son, Joseph Rem- 

 sen, borrt January 8, 1885. 



9. Martin Harris, horn February 19, 

 1851, married October 7. 1874. Mary H. 

 Agin ; now reside in Doylestown ; one 

 daughter, Carrie Ruth, Ixirn July 7, 1884. 



TO. Charles Finney, born t8s3, died 

 1861. 



II. Henrietta, born 1857, died 1863, 



Jacob Krewsen Cornell married (s'ec- 

 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 farrn 

 and acquired his education at the local 

 schools. On arriving at manhood he 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 l3orn 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 

 LefTet 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 LefTertse, 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 derivect 

 from Guisnes. near Calais. France. 



