Richard Cornell

Richard Cornell (1625–1693) ƙwararren masani ne a fannin ƙarfe na Quaker ɗan ƙasar Ingila kuma mazaunin Long Island .  Galibi ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin ɗan asalin Turai na farko da ya ƙaura a yankin Rockaway a cikin gundumar Queens ta yanzu, birnin New York . Cornell ya sayi ƙasar Rockaway daga wani ɗan Ingila, Kyaftin John Palmer,  a shekara ta 1687, kuma ya zauna a can a shekara ta 1690. Kakansa Thomas Cornell ne.

Cornell ta mallaki filaye da yawa a Rockaway, wanda aka raba mafi yawansu zuwa filaye 46 a shekarar 1820, waɗanda daga ƙarshe aka sayar wa baƙi, har yanzu ana sayar da kadarori har ma a ƙarshen ƙarni na 19, misali sayar da ƙasar da ta ƙunshi unguwar Bayswater ta yanzu ga William Trist Bailey a shekarar 1878.

Gidan Cornells da ke bakin teku daga baya wurin da aka gina Marine Pavilion .

An sanya makabartar Iyalan Cornell da ke kan titin Gateway Boulevard a Far Rockaway a matsayin wurin tarihi na birnin New York .

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