Recently I discovered that I'm a descendant of Andrew Corsa.
Who's he?
He was a farmer born in 1762, and he owned property in what is today the Bronx where Fordham University now stands.
Most notably he was a "Westchester Guide" (the Bronx being part of Westchester back then) during the Revolutionary War. In July 1781, he helped General George Washington and Count Rochambeau navigate the Bronx, doing reconnaisance with them about British troop locations and movements. It burnished his legend.
Corsa also had two wives and 13 children, and some untold number of great and great-great and great-great-great and beyond grandchildren.
And Mr NYC is one of them.
Also, the Corsas are on the map! In the Bronx there is an avenue named after Andrew Corsa called ... Cosa Avenue! Here it is:
And in doing some more Corsa research I found ... this ... apparently 14 years ago the was a YouTube channel (and perhaps a public access show as well) called CorsaAveTV. It's something! Enjoy.
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