The Cornell Family Cemetery, now officially designated the Richard Cornell Graveyard, is located on Gateway Boulevard (formerly Greenport Road and Greenwood Avenue). According to
NYC Parks Department, the Cornell Burial Ground is on the west side of Caffrey Avenue north of New Haven Avenue in
Far Rockaway, Queens
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in
New York City
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.
This was one of many cemeteries surveyed by
Charles U. Powell, chief engineer for the Topographical Bureau, Borough of Queens.
[Kahn, Eve. "Private Cemeteries Of Queens County." Nov. 1987]
Archives at Queens Library
vertical files Powell undertook this task for two reasons. First, he was concerned that the cemetery sites would be destroyed before being documented, and second, his own Dutch ancestors were buried in one of them.
Both Powell and his crews surveyed this cemetery, along with 21 others, between 1919 and 1932.
This private cemetery was found to be one of six cemeteries that have survived in Queens.
Research sources discuss how a shopping mall developer rediscovered four headstones.
Burials
The
cemetery
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contains the remains of descendants of
Richard Cornell
Richard Cornell (16251693) was an English Quaker ironmaster and resident of Long Island who is generally considered the first European settler on the Rockaway Peninsula in the present-day Borough of Queens, New York City. Cornell purchased the Rock ...
, generally considered the first settler of
European
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descent to homestead in Rockaway. In 1970 it was designated a
New York City Landmark.
Richard Cornell Graveyard
NYCLPC Many members of the Cornell family are buried in this cemetery.
* Benjamin Cornell, who died on June 9, 1821, at age 71.[Vertical File. "Description of Private and Family Cemeteries in the Borough of Queens: Part 1 and Supplemented. Compiled by The Topographical Bureau, Charles U. Powell, C. E. Engineer in Charge and Edited by Alice H. Meigs. Jamaica, New York. 1932.]
* Abegil Cornell, who departed on April 20, 1762, at age 57.
See also
* List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Queens
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), formed in 1965, is the Government of New York City, New York City governmental commission that administers the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. Since its founding, it has designated over ...
*
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Rockaway, Queens
Cornell family
Cemeteries in Queens, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Queens, New York
New York City Designated Landmarks in Queens, New York