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This Thomas and family never came to America. E.E. Cornwall passes along a tradition that William had two brothers who accompanied him to America. Others have assumed it was this Thomas as there is a Thomas in Long Island and Rhode Island that have created this mismatch. (F-593)

Family/Spouse: Jane ROBERTS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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IGI files give a couple other possible parents for a William Cornwall. William chr. 20 Nov 1577, Morval, Cornwall, ENG, son of John or chr. 24 Jul 1575, Heveningham, Suffolk, ENG, son of Gabriell Cornewall. (F-371, F-376) Savage's book has a better reputation for accuracy than any time matches in I.G.I. and so I've chosen the line as is. I do not know the children or spouses of either of these I.G.I. listings. He is also listed with only one spouse in the Terling, England Parish records: Joan Martyn when they married on Nov. 23, 1602 and two children, William and Thomas Cornwell. The sources for their children are not of substance. (F-639) Gale Cornwell also wrote that his death date was abt. 1636 instead.(F-669)

William married Margery HAYWARDE on 26 Sep 1592 in Terling, Essex, ENG. Margery was born about 1561 in , , , England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margery isn't his wife in some sources and verification is needed. His wife is sometimes listed as Joan Martyn instead with a marriage date of 1602.

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Here are my theories on the parentage of George Cornwell. The first is from a book entitled "The Visitation of Essex, 1552". A census that listed family lineages was taken in Essex in 1552. For Cornwell it says that George was the second son of Humphrey Cornewell and Mary Mannoke (of Stoke Gyfford, Nayland, Suffolk Co. England) his siblings being first born, Thomas - heyre, and third born Fraunces and sisters Jane, Margaret, Elizabeth and Fraunces. His father, Humphrey was the second son, but became heyre when his older brother John died without male issue. They were the sons of Thomas who was the son of John. This original John listed was an "esquyer" of Haverell in the county of Essex. The evidence so far that this is this George's line is that it included a son George of appropriate age in Essex County. (F-344)

The second theory of George's parentage is simply a listing of his peers named Cornwell living in Terling at the same time he was. These could be cousins or brothers. I've listed them in probable order of oldest to youngest by the years their children were born: John, Henry, (our George), Thomas, and Richard. (F-385)

The third and most common theory currently held by other other researchers is that George is the son of Thomas of Fairsted Manor in Essex Co., England but I have not yet seen any proof of this.

Our George had a son Thomas by his third wife, who moved to MA, NY and then Rhode Island, shortly after George's son, William moved to Connecticut. This is how the lineage is presented in multiple Cornell genealogies on the Internet and is now supported by 37 point DNA tests of current day living descendants. (F-576.6, 669)

As for his children by his 3rd wife, Susan Casse, only Thomas and Joshua are certain. I also have disagreeing sources on his death date. My death date of bef. 1595 would not be correct if George was buried on 21 Dec. 1602 as in a lineage from Gale Cornwell. This burial supposedly took place at Terling Church, Terling, Essex Co., England. Another letter Gale sent me says he died in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England. (F-641)

George married Joan UNKNOWN about 1556 in , Essex, England. Joan was born in maybe 1540 in Fairstead Parish, Essex, ENG; was buried on 7 Mar 1567. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]