- Ezekiel Cornell
Ezekiel Cornell (1732 –
April 25 ,1800 ) representedRhode Island in the U.S.Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782.Ezekiel Cornell was born in Scituate, R.I., in 1732, attended the public schools and was employed as a mechanic.
During the American Revolution Cornell was appointed lieutenant colonel in Hitchcock’s
Rhode Island Regiment in 1775 and was present at the siege of Boston. The unit was taken into theContinental Army , from which Cornell resigned in December 1776.Cornell was appointed deputy adjutant general on October 1, 1776, appointed brigadier general of State troops in 1776 and served until March 16, 1780.
Cornell served as a member of the Continental Congress from 1780 until 1782 and retired to his farm at Scituate.
Ezekiel Cornell died in Milford, Massachusetts on April 25, 1800.
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