Cornelius Switz

  Noted events in his life were:

• Signed Petition, 4 Jun 1714. ⁷⁷⁰ In continuation of this quit-rent controversy a cogent petition was presented “To his Excellency Robert Hunter, Esq., Capt. Gen'll and Gov. in 's Province of New York * * * in Councill br John Cook, Thomas Gorton & Charles Broadhead in behalf of themselves and others the Inhabitants of Marbletown * * * Henry Bogart, Moses Dupuis & Cornelius Switts in the behalf of themselves & others the Inhabitants of the Towne of Rochester * * and Teunis Ellyse (without his Trident) for and in behalf of the Towne of Kingston,” which petition “Humbly sheweth” many truths concerning the hopeless arrearage of quit-rents. This on the 4th of June 1714. And the petition prevailed, and on July 13, 1714, all the action for the recovery of past quit-rents ceased, “but the said Inhabitants, freeholders, shall be Regular in the payment of the Quit-Rents for the future at the Custom house in New York annually as their patents do direct.”

Cornelius married Jannetje Dewitt, daughter of Tjerck Claasen Nichols Dewitt and * Barbara Andriessen. (Jannetje Dewitt was born on 12 Feb 1662 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York and died in 1744.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• lived. We lived in Rochester, New York on a sixty acre farm which we purchased from Jannetje's father, Tjerck DeWitt.