Thomas Cornell Genealogy

Record modified: 2023-01-21
This is my ancestor 12 generations back.

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 / Richard Cornell|
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Thomas Cornell |
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Born: about 1594-00-00 Fairstead Manor, Essex England
Died: 1656-02-08 Portsmouth, Rhode Island USA
Marriages:
1. Rebecca Briggs

Children of Thomas Cornell and Rebecca Briggs:
*Rebecca Cornell b. 1629-01-31


Notes:

ancestors from this RootsWeb entry

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FamilySearch's England Births collection shows a Thomas Cornell christened 1591-02-27 in Ashdon, Essex, s/o William; and another one 1596-01-16 Ashdon, s/o Robert. The latter one is supposed to have died in 1601. There's no Thomas Cornell s/o Richard.

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He was licensed to "keep an inn, in the room of William Baulston" in Portsmouth on 1638-09-06.

On 1638-08-05 William Baulston sold to Thomas Cornell all his lands in Boston. [Boston Town Records 1:38]

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The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
p314-315

The election of officers at this General Court, 1641, resulted as follows: ...
Constables -- Thomas Cornell, Henry Bishop

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Genealogy of the Cornell family : being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, R.I.

He arrived in Boston about 1638; removed to Portsmouth RI in 1640.
other children: Thomas, Richard, John, Samuel, Joshua, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary

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Here is a picture of his house, and a map of its location.

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 6722
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