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
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Department, the Cornell Burial Ground is on the west side of Caffrey Avenue north of New Haven Avenue in
Far Rockaway, Queens in
New York City.
This was one of many cemeteries surveyed by
Charles U. Powell
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, 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 contains the remains of descendants of
Richard Cornell, generally considered the first settler of
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descent to homestead in Rockaway. In 1970 it was designated a
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.
Richard Cornell Graveyard
NYCLPC Many members of the Cornell family are buried in this cemetery.
* Benjamin Cornell
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, 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
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...
, 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.Thomas Cornwell
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, whose widow erected his bluestone grave monument signifying her attraction and his age.
See also
* List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Queens
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Queens County, New York
References
External links
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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