Benjamin Fletcher (Corssen) Corsse (bef. 1692 - 1770)

Born before 2 Sep 1692 in Harlem, Province of New York

Ancestors

Descendants

Died Nov 1770 after age 78 in Fordham, Westchester County, Province of New York

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Biography

Birth

ABT 1693

Christening

2 SEP 1692, New Amsterdam, New York

Will

456. Benjamin Coursen, Manor of Fordham

Directs estate to be sold. Leaves legacies to son Tunis, and daughter Jane Lent, grand son Benjamin son of my son John, and son Isaac.

Witnesses

Tunis Michaelsen

Henry Michaelsen

Francis Godfrie

Dated Oct. 1, 1770

Proved Dec. 22, 1770

Burial

Corsa Family Cemetery in Fordham, Bronx County, New York, USA

Plot: The circular garden behind St. John's Hall is the spot of the private burial ground of the Corsa family who owned the land that Fordham Univ. now occupies. The site was discovered in the 1840's when St. John's Hall was under construction. Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus

Church records

• 1692 Sep 02 Benjamin - Jan Corssen, Metje Craeij. Witnesses: De Hr. Gouverneur Benjamin Fletser, en Sijn Huijsvr. ^[1]

• 1718 Mar 20 Benjamin Corsse j.m V. N. Haarlem, met Jannetje Reijers j. d. V. Mannor V. Fordam. Getrouwt April 17. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Collections NY Gen. & Biog. Soc.: 1901, Vol. 2, Page 210
2. ↑ Collections NY Gen. & Biog. Soc.: 1890, Vol. 1, Page 128

• Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society (New York)

• This individual is being studied by the Corson Surname DNA Project. His birth year and date of death are confirmed by the information there.

• Benjamin Fletcher "Corsa" Corsse, Find-a-Grave memorial #147274441; entered by William DeCoursey on 1 Jun 2015 : accessed by J. Ricketts.

• Early wills of Westchester County, New York, from 1664 to 1784. A careful abstract of all wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York surrogate's office and at White Plains, N.Y., from 1664 to 1784; by Pelletreau, William S. (William Smith), 1840-1918; New York County (N.Y.). Surrogate's Court; Westchester County (N.Y.). Surrogate's Court; Haviland, Fredrick, 1847- ; Published 1898; page 241. (https://archive.org/stream/earlywillsofwest00pell#page/240/mode/2up/search/lent)

• Source: S42 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;; Repository: #R1

• Marriage information from "Genealogy of Arnold H. Breitenbach" (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~a16566/fam02658.html)

• http://www.corsondna.com/lineages.htm

• Birth and death information for Benjamin Fletcher "Corsa" Corsse. Find a grave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=147274441)

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of James_s Complete Family Tree.ged on 10 February 2011.

• WikiTree profile Corsa-161 created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski.