Literature Relating to Staten Island 43 



Island, also Leases by the State of New York of submerged lands 

 in the waters of Staten Island." In particular it is an argument 

 on behalf of the claims and objects of the much discussed Symes 

 Foundation, 



Of especial interest to us is the fact that the Staten Island 

 Institute of Arts and Sciences is specifically designated as one 

 of the proposed beneficiaries in the event of the objects of the 

 Foundation being accomplished. 



This document may be regarded as an appendix or a sequel to 

 the work previously reviewed. 



A. H. 



The CouRSEN (Corson) Family" 



This is a genealogical record, together with copies of grants, 

 wills, and other instruments in connection with which the Coursen 

 (or Corson) family was concerned. The plates include a por- 

 trait of the author, a picture of his residence at Huguenot Park, 

 Staten Island, and a reproduction of an old sketch of Manhattan 

 Island made about 1650. 



The genealogical records begin with " Peter Coursen the first 

 French Huguenot Emigrant from France to New Amsterdam in 

 1 61 2," and ends with the issue of Cornelius Corson 7th, who died 

 in 1900. 



The author notes as a peculiar coincidence, that Arendt 

 Coursen, in 1642, gave a power of attorneys to one Covert Looker- 

 man (whose family name was subsequently changed to Lookman 

 and finally to Lockman) the direct ancestor of Samuel Lockman, 

 the great great grandfather of the author, whose daughter 

 Henrietta Maria married Richard Corson in 1820. 



A. H. 



11 The Coursens | From 1612 to 1917, compiled from Ancient and Mod- 

 ern Records, with the Staten Island Branch | By | Percival Glenroy UU- 

 man. 8° cloth, 88 p. 3 pi. No date or place of publication. 



