Daniel Corson
ID # 3316, (1790-)
| Father | Daniel Corson (1763-1849) |
| Mother | Rebecca Lawrason |
| Birth | Daniel Corson was born in 1790. |
| Marriage | He married Zelinda Wells on 10 October 1832 at London District. MS248 reel 3, Vol. 16, page 1 London District Extracted from a list of marriages as submitted by Rev. Abraham Sloot (Calvinist Baptist Church). The list covers marriges from July 10th, 1832, to July 10th, 1833. (The page is damaged along left hand side and given names of grooms and brides are missing. See The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada / Canada West, Vol. 4: Part 1, LondonDistrict, 1795-1841, compiled by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai, Global Heritage Press, Milton, Ontario, 2000, page 33. The groom's name is Corson and the bride's Wells. They authors interpret them as being Daniel and Zelina. Spelling of the bride's name aside, it's a reasonable interpretation.) (Daniel) Corson,of Malahide, to (Zelin)a Wells, of Westminster. 10 Oct. 1832, by banns. Rev. Sloot. Wit. John Wells and Tilmond Olds. The same marriage is transcribed in The History of the County of Middlesex, 1889, and it reads: Oct 10, 1832 - Daniel Corson to Zelinda Wells. Witnesses J. Wells and T. Olds. It notes that Abraham Sloot of the Calvinist Baptist Church was the officiating clergyman. Rev. Sloot was located in Westminster Township, near the town of London. Typically, marriage locations aren't shown in these listings, but, since the bride was of Westminster (Township), this is likely where the marriage was performed. |
| Note | Corson Ellis, in his Three Generations of Canadian Corsons, dated 5 June, 1996, provides the following notes for Daniel Corson Jr. Mr. Ellis states that Daniel Jr. was born about 1790 and that his first wife is unknown. His second wife is said to be Zelinda Wells and that they were married on 10 Oct., 1832. He goes on to say: This couple disappears from history without a trace leaving all their children to live with their neighbours. He dates this event to about 1846/1847. Damaris Chase says little more, but mentions that Daniel and his first wife are believed to be the parents of William Henry Corson who was born in Gainsborough Township on 20 Feb., 1824. Mr. Ellis provides us with a list of children which as will be seen may be verified: Stratford Corson, 1833 - Marshall B. Corson, 1834 - Junius B. Corson, 1837 - Mercy Louise Corson, 3 Nov 1839 - 3 Oct 1923 Emma Eliza Corson, 1842 The 1851 census, taken in January of 1852, lists all these children in the home of John and Lucinda Freeman in Malahide Township, Elgin County. John is shown as a clothier. It's possible that the Freemans are a family connection to the Corsons, though this is unproven. The household in 1851 reads as follows: John Freeman, 37, clothier Lucinda Freeman, 24 Margaret Murdoch, 4 Stratford C. Courson, 19, clothier Marshall B. Courson, 17, clothier Junius B. Courson, 15 Mercy L. Courson, 13 Emma Eliza Courson, 11 Wallas Freeman, 16, clothier Zelinda Freeman, 1 Leonard Freeman, 69, born Vermont Given that Zelinda Freeman, age 1, is in the household - Zelinda being an uncommon name - and considering that Daniel's second wife was said to be Zelinda Wells, it's likely that there was a marriage connection between the Freemans and the Corsons. Lucinda's name, at the time of her marriage to John Freeman in 1851, was Sullivan. She may have been a widow. |
Children of Daniel Corson and Zelinda Wells |
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| Last Edited | 2 Aug 2020 |