Cornelius Corson, ^

1825 - 1900  (75 years)

• Name	Cornelius Corson  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	Sep 1825	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  Name	Cornelious Corson
  Burial	1900	Oaklawn Cemetary, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Death	6 Sep 1900	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4, 5]
  	[Since Brookhaven Hamlet, Town of Brookhaven, was his residence, this was likely the place of his death, although it was not specifically identified in the Ancestry.com source.]
  Person ID	I3311	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard Corson, >,   b. Dec 1798, Staten Island, Richmond, New York, United States d. 1 Oct 1844, Staten Island, Richmond, NY (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Henrietta Marie Lockman, >,   b. 14 Feb 1806, New York, New York, NY d. 19 Nov 1879, Staten Island, Richmond, NY (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	26 Jul 1820	Staten Island, Richmond, NY   [6]
  Family ID	F4638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Walker, ^,   b. 8 Mar 1832, NY d. 27 Oct 1911 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1855–1857  [1, 2, 3, 7]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Henrietta Corson, ^,   b. 1855, NY d. 1937 (Age 82 years)   2. Creighton Cornelius Corson, ^,   b. 1858, New York, United States d. 5 Feb 1936 (Age 78 years)   3. Percival Sanksey Corson,   b. Abt 1861, NY d. 3 Aug 1931, New York City, New York, USA (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F1558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  [Our Cornelius Corson of Brookhaven Hamlet descended from early Dutch settlers. The given name "Cornelius" was popular in the family, there being several ancestors (including this Cornelius's grandfather and great grandfather) and contemporaries with the name, including the infamous Cornelius Corson who was a close associate to Boss William M. Tweed of New York City. A Cornelius appears to have been the first generation progenitor of this family line, born in New Amsterdam, settled on Staten Island. He was a large landowner there. Nearly every generation of the various lines descending from him contains a Cornelius, easily leading to confusion. There are several variations of Corson, including Corsen and Corssen. The primary source for the ancestors of this Cornelius Corson compilation is Orville Corson's 1939 two volume work "Three Hundred Years of Corsons in America ...." This has been supplemented by entries found in the online databases at Ancestry.com, particularly for the nearer generations.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S136] http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=12148972. [S3] p. 209. [S530] v. 1, XIV, p. 1-90. [S11] . [S531] Cornelius Corson; Town of Brookhaven; (Reported by Brookhaven Town Historian Barbara Russell, 1 July 2009); 6 September 1900. [S136] http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=12144200&st=1. [S31] Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll T623_1165 Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 748.