Brief Life History of Peternelletye
When Peternelletye Cornell was born in 1736, in Neshanic, Branchburg Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, her father, Willem Cornell, was 28 and her mother, Grietje Van Wickelen, was 31. She married Jacob Nevius in 1755, in New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She died in 1783, in Montgomery Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 47.
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1750
Historical Boundaries: 1750: Somerset, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Branchburg Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States
1775
During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the "Ten Crucial Days" and remembered by the famous phrase "the times that try men's souls". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Name Meaning
English: shortened form of Cornwell , Cornwall , or of Cornhill, a habitational name from a place in Northumberland named Cornhill, from Old English corn, a metathesized form of cron, cran ‘crane’ + halh ‘nook, recess’; or from Cornhill in London, a medieval grain exchange, named with Old English corn ‘corn, grain’ + hyll ‘hill’, or from some other place elsewhere similarly named.
English: variant of Corney .
English: possibly also a nickname from French corneille ‘rook, crow’, probably denoting a chatterer or someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Grietje Van Wicklen
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/299081/person/183546664/story/67f4eef4-f7b3-421b-86ff-e5d181aa57d6?src=search Grietje^3 Van Wicklen (Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. abt. 1708, New Lots, Flatbush, NY Ma …
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