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Cornelius Flint 1741-1822

Old Vicarage in Hartington

Cornelius Flint was born in 1741, the son of the Reverend Joshua Flint. He came from Great Longstone in Derbyshire.

He married Mary Lomas of Earl Sterndale in Derbyshire on 19 August 1781 at Earl Sterndale. His father conducted the ceremony.

They lived at the Old Vicarage in Hartington, and had the following children:

Joshua Flint. He was born in 1782, and baptised at Hartington on 10 July 1782. He died on 14 April 1805 aged 22 years, and was buried at Hartington on 17 April 1805.

Mary Flint. She was born in 1785, and was baptised at Hartington on 20 March 1785. She died on 5 July 1809 aged 21 years, and was buried at Hartington on 9 July 1809.

Grave of Cornelius Flint

Dorothy Flint. She was born in 1787, and baptised at Hartington on 6 June 1787. She died on 7 May 1811 aged 15 years, and was buried at Hartington on 10 May 1811.

Charles Flint. He was born in 1789, and baptised at Hartington on 21 June 1789. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He married Elizabeth Gough of Manchester, and they lived at Compton House, Leek in Staffordshire.

They had a son Charles Flint who died at Leek in Staffordshire on 9 August 1816. Charles and Elizabeth Flint gave property at Sheldon in Derbyshire to provide an income for the Hartington schoolmaster, and there is a monument in Hartington church recording that benefaction. Charles Flint died in 1861.

Cornelius Flint had considerable experience of the mining industry, having been Agent for the Duke of Devonshire at the Hubberdale lead mine near Flagg in Derbyshire. In 1779 he was appointed Overseer to manage the Ecton Copper Mine in Staffordshire (1).

Cornelius Flint died in 1822, and was buried on 21 February aged 84 years at Hartington, where there is monument inscribed to his memory and that of his wife.
His widow Mary Flint died in 1833, and was buried at Hartington on 18 July 1833.

(1) Ecton Copper Mines under the Dukes of Devonshire 1760-1790 Lindsay Porter (2004) pages 40 to 46.