Person:Cornelius Darling (1)

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Cornelius Darling
 
m. 3 Jan 1662/63
  1. Cornelius Darling1662/63 - 1663
  2. John Darling1664 - 1753
  3. son Darling1667 - 1667
  4. Sarah Darling1669/70 -
  5. Cornelius Darling1674/75 -
  6. Hannah Darling1677 -
  7. Ebenezer Darling1679 - Bef 1705
  8. Daniel Darling1682 - 1745/46
  9. Elizabeth Darling1685 -
  10. Benjamin Darling1687/88 - 1772
m. Abt 1694
m. Bef Dec 1721
Facts and Events
Name Cornelius Darling
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 23 Mar 1674/75 Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Marriage Abt 1694 to Mary Freebery
Marriage Bef Dec 1721 to Sarah Spofford
Living[3] May 1763 Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
References
  1. Bates, Samuel. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. (Randolph, Massachusetts : D.H. Huxford, 1886)
    page 651.

    'Cornelius Darly son of Denice Darly & Hannah his wiffe borne 1 mo. 23, 75.'

    If old-style dating was strictly followed, this should be 23 Mar 1675/6. However, the records before and after this record imply that it was 23 Mar 1674/5. This also fits better with the next birth in this family.

  2. Clemens, William M. (William Montgomery). The Darling family in America; early settlers prior to 1800. (New York, New York: William M. Clemens, 1913)
    page 5.

    'Braintree Vital Records give the following children born there to Dennis and Hannah Darling:
    ... Cornelius Darling, born January 25, 1675.'

    NOTE: This source interprets the dates in the Vital Records using new-style dating (1 mo = Jan.), whereas it was likely old-style dating.

  3. 3.0 3.1 Smith, Dean Crawford, and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2008)
    1:290-91.

    'CORNELIUS, born Braintree, MA 23 1mo 1675 ([Register], 37:164); living "of Mendon" 27 May 1763 ... (Suffolk Deed 101:81); married probably about 1694 MARY FREEBERY, born probably Pemaquid, ME say 1676, daughter of Richard and Ann (_____) Freebery; married second before 17 December 1721 (birth of their child, BVR, 31) SARAH SPOFFORD, born between say 1680 and 1700 ..., living 27 April 1763 ... (Suffolk Deed 101:81), daughter of Francis Spofford of Rowley, MA (Essex Deed 66:56).'