Richard Cornell (1625–1693) was an

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and resident of

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. He is generally considered the first European settler on the

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in the present-day Borough of

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. Cornell purchased the Rockaway land from another Englishman, Captain

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, in 1687, and settled there in 1690. His grandfather was Thomas Cornell. Cornell owned much land in Rockaway, much of which was partitioned into 46 parcels in 1820, which were eventually sold to outsiders, property was still being sold even in the late 19th century, as for example the sale of the land comprising the present-day neighborhood of

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William Trist Bailey William Trist Bailey (October 9, 1846, in Torquay – February 21, 1910, in New York City) was a land developer who founded the community of Bayswater near Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is ...

in 1878. The homestead of the Cornells by the beachfront later the site of the Marine Pavilion. The Cornell Family Cemetery on Gateway Boulevard in

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has been designated as a

Landmark.

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* http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12915 17th-century American landowners 17th-century ironmasters Cornell family English ironmasters English Quakers People from Flushing, Queens People from the Province of New York 1693 deaths 1625 births Emigrants from the Kingdom of England to the Thirteen Colonies {{NYC-stub