Kornegay/DeBruhl connection

Mary KORNEGAYBorn 1738, Died 1787
Mary KORNEGAY, the only daughter of George KORNEGAY, married Daniel SIMMONS linking the two Graffenreidt expedition families that founded New Bern. The KORNEGAYs being German and the SIMMONS being Swiss. Daniel, however, died at a young age leaving her with two sons. She then married Edward Cornwallis DeBRUHL about 1765 with whom she had two more children. This is the first occurence of a marriage between the KORNEGAY and SIMMONS lines.
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