Person:Cornelius Comegys (26)

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Cornelius Comegys
b.10 Sep 1759 Kent County, MD
d.27 Nov 1817 Kent County, MD
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 3 May 1758
  1. John Esq Comegys1756 - 1805
  2. Cornelius Comegys1759 - 1817
  3. Sarah A ComegysEst 1760 - Aft 1805
  4. Benjamin ComegysAbt 1763 - 1809
  5. William ComegysEst 1765 - Abt 1778
  6. Ann ComegysEst 1767 - Aft 1778
Spouse and Children
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  1. Governor Cornelius Parsons Comegys1780 - 1851
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 6 Sep 1779
  1. Anna Maria Comegys1783 - 1857
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Facts and Events
Name Cornelius Comegys
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Sep 1759 Kent County, MD
Marriage to Hannah Parsons
Marriage Bef 6 Sep 1779 to Sophia Charlotte Brown
Death[2] 27 Nov 1817 Kent County, MD
Burial[3][6] Olivit Methodist Church, Galena, Kent County, MD
Reference Number? 689
Reference Number? C 13522

Poeter says Cornelius was a merchant in NYC and a partner in the firm of Comegys & Vansant. Further she says he married Sophia Charlotte Brown in NYC Sep 1778. NYC records are silent as to any Comegys involvement in this time period and they are believed to be in error.

Served in Capt Jonathan Caldwell's Company in DE as a Fifer.

References
  1. ↑ Tombstone
    Olivet Methodist Church, Galina MD.
  2. ↑ Tombstone.
  3. ↑ Tombstone.
  4.   Poeter, Nancy Moler. Comegys Family, The, Record Number: CS71.C732 1981. (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1981)
    page 66.
  5.   Military Records: Revolutionary Patriots, MD & DE 1775 - 1783
    page 54.
  6. ↑ Tombstone says "A Boy Revolutionary Soldier and Donator of this Cemetery"
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