Mary married David DOUDE on 24 Sep 1718 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA. David (son of John DOUD and Mary BARTLET) was born on 15 Mar 1694 in Guilford Twp., New Haven, CT, USA; died on 6 Sep 1740 in Middletown, Hartford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Cornwell DOUD was born on 10 Jul 1719 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; died about Apr 1744.
2. David II DOWD was born on 8 Feb 1721 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; and died.
3. Richard DOWD was born on 4 Feb 1724 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; died in 1783 in , , Connecticut, USA.
4. Benjamin DOWD was born on 4 Mar 1725 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; and died.
5. Mary DOWD was born on 10 Apr 1728 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; died in 1745.
6. Desire DOWD was born on 29 Aug 1730 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; and died.
7. Capt. Giles DOWD was born on 17 Jul 1735 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; died in 1776 in , , New York, USA.
8. Jane DOWD was born on 4 Apr 1738 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; and died.
9. Ebenezer DOWD was born on 3 Sep 1740 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; and died.

John married Mary HILTON on 23 Mar 1699 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA. Mary (daughter of John HILTON) was born in 1672 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; died after 1738. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The parentage of Mary Hilton is not verified in primary documents. Savage states that a John Hilton died in Middletown in Dec. 1686 or Jan. 1687 leaving a daughter Mary, aged 14. If she is this Mary, she was born about 1672. (F-322)

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John was either born in Hartford or Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT. His will is transcribed at http://dunhamwilcox.net/wills/cornwall_johnsr1707.htm as follows:"Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records(Hartford District),Charles W. Manwaring,Hartford, 1902,Vol 2, p 47-48 CORNWALL, John, Sen., Middletown. Invt.

Sgt. married Martha PECK on 8 Jun 1665 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA. Martha (daughter of Deacon Paul PECK and Martha HALE) was born about 1648 in Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA; died on 1 Mar 1707 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; was buried in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William was supposedly a direct descendant of King Henry II of England. His current day descendants 37 point DNA matches that of Thomas Cornell of Rhode Island's decendants linked via George Cornell, b. 1545 in Faristead Manor, Terlling, Essex, England. (F-669) William, the immigrant ancestor, is first listed in America in the Reverend John Elio's list of the members of his church in Roxbury, Massachusetts as William Cornewell and Joane Cornewell, the wife of William Cornewell, 1633. By 1636, he joined a group of settlers moving to Connecticut according to a "Commemorative Biographical Records of Middlesex Co., CT. (F-576.8)

According to an unnamed genealogy on William Cornwell, his parents were William Cornwell and Joan Martyn instead of Margary Hayward and it's source was the Parish Records of Terling. I suspect from other writings that the author was a J. Ferren at Jferren1@cs.com. The Parish records however, only list his father, William. In 1639 when the land records began in Hartford, Connecticut, he was already living there at #54, west of South Street, south from the Lane with eight acres of land in the village. He was not an original landowner of Hartford but was still one of it's earliest residents. He is listed on the Needle Statue at Hartford as one of it's founders. Part of his lands were received for his services in the Pequot War. A land inventory was taken of Hartford in 1639 where he is called "William Cornwell, Sergeant-at-arms". Family tradition according to Edward Cornwall, M.D. in "William Cornwall and his Descendants" in 1901 said that this title comes from the fact that he was a body guard for Charles I before emigrating to the new world, but this has not been proven. All indications from records in England is that he was a farmer, pure and simple.

He emigrated to New England about the time he married and became a Puritan. Historian, Christopher Kylin, believes this would have been in the early 1630's. Shortly after his first marriage he traveled to the Americas in search of other opportunities. He is listed as a founder of Hartford in their monument in 1636. He was an Indian Fighter in the territories here, participating in what is now the famous Pequot Massacre of 1637 in Mystic, Connecticut. Under John Mason, he fought along with Sachem Thannough/Hyanno, Chief of the Cummaquid to attack the Pequot Indians. This is where he achieved the rank of Sergeant. He was one of 77 soldiers involved, 58 of them from Hartford, CT under John Mason, and 19 from Massachusetts under Capt. John Underhill. It is statistically likely that William had moved to Connecticut by 1637. In any case, he joined up under John Mason as his troops moved through Hartford on his way to Fort Saybrook. In 1638, he helped negotiate the purchase of Indian lands for the Stratford Colony in Connecticut through Chief "John Hyanno".

In 1639, he was granted a plot of land in Hartford and was called the "Sgt." in these records. By 1639, he supposedly had married again by the person of the Christian name Mary. No marriage record exists for this marriage at a time period when all other Puritan marriages were recorded in Hartford, Connecticut. (E)

United Ancestries, a professional genealogical research group, published on CD-100 that Mary's maiden name was Hyanno. This happens to be the name of an Indian "Princess", daughter of Sacham Hyanno (whom had died at age 23) of that time period. This was research done for Sharon L. Dodson and they gave her no sourcing for their work. (F-639) Research by Rosalie Hart states that there is a Massachussetts Bay history which states that William Cornwell lived for a time in an Indian village under information on William Lucas. According to her, Naragansset and Wampanoag tribes records include William Cornwell in their traced lineages.

These tribes however, are no longer providing information on this connection as they do not want anyone trying to gain claim to their casino profits. I'm sure that's not the interest any of us have to finding our actual ancestors, so it is sad that it prevents the truth from being known. (E) It should be noted that I have found an Indian on the Internet whom has given an oral history of Mary Hyanno as being the wife of an Austin/Augustine Bearce instead living in Hyannis, Massachusetts. He did not know if the oral history was true, but it is the other commonly held belief about Mary Hyanno's familial marriage instead. Hyannis is where Mary's father is in deed records as owning land and that is a good 150 miles from where this William and Mary Cornwell lived.

It is entirely possible that Mary Hyanno as listed here was the wife of Austin Bearce insted. Until DNA testing gets refined enough, this will remain a mystery in these 2 lines. In any case, William and his wife, Mary, next were found living in Middletown (Mattabeseck Settlement) on the Connecticut River, fifteen miles below Hartford. He could have actually moved to the Mattabeseck settlement by as early as 1642.

It appears that William had some land he was renting in Hartford previous to June of 1644, that he sublet out to a William Lewis. William Lewis defaulted on his payments, for which the landlord, Matthew Allen, sued him. The court case mentions the fact that Mr. Lewis had made arrangements with William Cornwall for the rental agreement. William Cornwell is also involved in court cases in Hartford in the Particular Court on Sept. 6, 1649, and the first Thursday of Dec., 1655. I am assuming that he had to return to Hartford to take up issues with the court as evidence indicates that he lived elsewhere by 1648. (F-576.9)

William and Mary moved to the east side of the Connecticut river at Hocanum, an Indian village within the boundaries of Hartford, CT probably years before Mar. 5, 1648. On that date, he indentured his seven year old second son, William, to Susannah Hooker of Hartford, CT for his education. (E)

According to the research of Christopher Kylin, he and his sons helped found Middletown and could have been some of it's earliest settlers around 1650 or 1651. They and their eldest son John lived next to each other near the present day corners of Main and Washington streets. (F-322) He owned 5 acres at the intersection of these streets and ten acres across the street from his home as well as 900 acres in Middletown and "a great lot over the Great River." He was granted 903 acres of this land on Mar 15, 1652, and the deed was recorded for it on Feb. 30, 1657. It is interesting to note that his will indicates that he owns multiple acres on Indian Hill (Indian lands before his ownership of them). (F-576)

William and family joined the church in Middletown on 3 Dec. 1668 shortly after it was founded. William became a representative from Middletown in the Colonial Legislature in 1654, 1664 and 1665. He was also a constable in 1664. A March 26, 1670 tax list gives 52 house holders in Middletown, CT, including him and three of his sons, the other two having stayed behind in Hartford. He was included in this list even though the General Court in 1667 had freed him from paying taxes, probably due to his age. Sons John, Samuel and William Jr. had accompanied him to Middletown. William's house was taxed or worth 160 lbs. at that time. (F-534)

He was 64 when he signed his will in 1674 and he called himself "well stricken in years and much abated in any natural strength." "William Cornwell, Senior, of Midletowne," gave to his son "John Cornwell so much addition to his present house lot out of my house lot as may make up his present house lot the full half of the whole,"..."two acres of the meadow and swap at the riverlet"...and "one half of that wood land in the south division of the land beyond the mill"..the other half of this lot to his daughter Sarah Cornwell, ... to his "son William Cornwell ten acres of of land upon the Indian Hill" as well as "one third part of (his)0 land yet to be divided by the list of 1674 on the east side of the river, the other two thirds of the aforesaid land to (his) sons Samuel and Thomas equally to be divided between them"; to his "son Samuel one hundred acres of my wood lot at the Long Hill, the reminder to go to (his) son Jacob", to his "son Thomas what is aforesaid the remainder of (his) lot at the Indian Hill, the ten acres as above mentioned being taken out of it"; to his "daughter Hester Willcox (his) whole lot lying on the east side of the river"; to his "daughter Elizabeth Hall one parcel of upland lying in the Boggy Meadow Quarter"; to his "loving wife Mary Cornwell (his) house, homestead, all the buildings, household stuff and movables whatsover with the remainder of (his) meadow at the riverlet .. during the term of her widowhood," She was told to maintain their daughter Sarah while she was single; after his wife's decease, he willed the "above mentioned house, household and meadow land at the riverlet to (his) son Jacob Cornwell." Jacob was told to pay his sister, Sarah, "one third part of the valuation of the forementioned housing and land" unless of course his wife remarried. In that case, when she died, their 3 daughters were to have the household stuffs divided amongst them. He signed his name as William Cornell, not Cornwell. In any case, Cornwell in England is pronounced "Cornell". The inventory of his estate on Feb 22, 1677 included a listing of his lands: The house, barn & 3 acres of land, 5 acres of meadow by the ferry, 10 acres of upland at the Indian Hill, 27 acres joining the other, 395 acres beyond the mill, 250 acres at the Long Hill, 65 acres in the Boggy Meadow Quarter, 24 acres over the Great River, 4 acres of pond and a great lot over the Great River. He is probably buried in Riverside Cemetery, though no tombstones exist from that date. (F-322, 576) He actually spelled his name Cornell in all the Middletown, CT deeds and records I'm seen from him there.

This William, original immigrant, had a Thomas Cornell follow him shortly after he arrived who settled in Rhode Island. According to a Prentiss Glazier, William is the nephew through a half-brother to this Thomas of MA, NY and Rhode Island . DNA Evidence has now supported this connection. (F-383, 576.6) An LDS family file says that William was married twice, with his second wife being named Mary Bull. This is a mix-up with their son William who married Mary Bull.

William married Mary (HYANNO) about 1639 in Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA. Mary (daughter of John HYANNO and Mary NOEPE) was born in 1618 in Cummaquid, Barnstable, MA; died in 1677 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Cornwell's wife is theorized to be Mary Hyanno, an Indian princess. Though no first hand evidence has yet been found to support this claim, there is circumstantial evidence that supports this theory. (F-634)
1) Hartford Puritans in that time period would not recognize or record a marriage between an Indian and themselves, but they did record the children's births. All other marriages for the town of Hartford are recorded except for William Cornwell and his wife, Mary even though William's children are recorded.
2) When the Puritan band led by Sgt. William Cornwell removed to establish Middletown, CT. in 1650, the maiden names of all of the Puritan Women were again recorded, but not William Cornwell's wife, Mary.
3) After the Pequot Indian War, Sgt. William Cornwell, was appointed by the Hartford Puritans to purchase Cummaquid/Narangasettt Indian lands which he negotiated with and through Mary Hyanno's father, Chief Hyanno.
4) William was the original owner of lands on Indian Hill in Middletown, Connecticut, a town he helped found.
5) Naragansset and Wampanoag tribe records supposedly include William Cornwell in their traced lineages, though they will not currently verify this lineage for their fears that persons seeking that information are simply trying to take advantage of their recent economic gains as a tribe. (BETTY SULLIVAN, bettysul@inw.net)

It should be noted that an entire Bearce line claims that this Mary Hyanno married an Augustine/Austin Bearce instead, but this is effectively put in question in the "American Genealogist", Vol. XV (1938-9). Catherine Judd and I have found further evidence that this Bearce line was first published by Franklin Bearse in the 1900's when he was trying to claim Indian ancestry during the depression to get help from the government. He added a middle Indian name which was not his name at birth or on his social security application and claimed to be descended from at least 3 Indian princesses, two of which Jacobus in the "American Genealogist" disproved. The third was Mary Hyanno but Jacobus considered it highly suspect because of all the falsehoods in the lineage. (F-642, 642a, 2376) It should be noted that there is no Augustine Bearse listed in any of the records of that town in the 1600's on the N.E.H.G.S. CD "Barnstable Massachussetts". There is an Austin Bearse listed in deed records of 1686. This Austin Bearce had a wife Mary, but this marriage is not listed in the Puritan records of the time for that community. That is a very rare occurance, as all the other marriages for the community were in the records. We do not know at this point in time for sure who was married to Mary Hyanno. I suspect that improved DNA testing will eventually sort out which family Mary Hyanno belongs to, the Bearce's or the Cornwells.

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Paul Peck was born in England, anywhere from 1608 to 1623. Ira Peck in A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH PECK states that it is believed he came to Boston in 1635 from Essex Co, England in the "Defence". No proof has been found to support this knowledge. He came to Hartford, Conn. in 1639 though not as an original proprietor. When he died in Hartford on 23 Dec. 1695, his age was recorded as 87. Jacobus believes this to be in error as he would have been too old for his wife and children and as he listed his age in the 60's in a 1683 reference. He was almost always referred to as "Deacon Paul Peck". He was the first preacher in Weathersfield, CT. Jacobus and Savage are also related to this Paul Peck through his son Paul and granddaughter Ruth who married Samuel Sedgwick, Jr. The 10 children listed here are the children as Jacobus has researched them. They differ slightly with early versions of Savage and Ira Peck's book above for reasons explained in "The American Genealogist" vol. 9, p. 82-89 & 154. In Paul's will, he lists his eldest son, Paul and grandson Samuel Peck (who lived with him). Samuel was to make payments to Paul's son-in-law, Joesph Benton and granddaughter Ruth Beach. His wife is to be paid annually by his sons (Paul and Joseph Peck), and four daughters, Martha Cornwell, Mary Andrews, Elizabeth Howe of Wallingford, and Sarah Clarke. Sons Paul and Joseph, and son-in-law John Shepherd were executors. A possible sibling to Paul Peck, is William Peck, b. 1604, London. He died in Old Lyme, Ct. on Oct. 4, 1684. (F-415) ,

Deacon married Martha HALE in 1631 in Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA. Martha (daughter of John HALE and Martha UNKNOWN) was born on 16 Dec 1618 in Watton At Stone Parish, Hertfordshire, ENG; was christened on 16 Dec 1618 in Watton At Stone Parish, Hertfordshire, ENG; died after 7 Mar 1700 in Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Martha's birth date was listed in either F-75, or 77 as 1618. In Savage's recent publication she is listed as born in 1622. In a medical entry by Gov. John Winthrop, physician, on 23 Mar 1666 she is listed at age 45 making her birth date around 1621 like in CD 100. CD-100 also gives a different birth place, Kings Waldon, ENG. However, it is now accepted by genealogists that her age of 45 was a general estimate. Her baptismal record has been found in Watton, ENG as the daughter of John and Martha Hale dated 1618. In this medical record it states that she was the sister of Samuel Hale of Wethersfield and Thomas Hale of Charlestown, Mass. She is likely the Martha Peck in the court records in Mar 7 1699/1700 bringing suit against Paul and Samuel Peck for refusing to make payments to her as willed by her husband. These are probably her son, Paul, and his son Samuel. (C-466c) This was settled out of court. However, If Sheryl Gustafson's death date for her of June 25, 1695 is accurate, than this court case does not apply to our Martha. (F-495) This family supposedly came from "Woten-on-the-Edge", Glouchester, England. This could be another name for "Walden" which is a part of the place names for Martha's possible preceeding generations. (F-418) It should be noted that there is still some controversy on her parentage as written in TAG Vol 38, p. 237 by S. Allyn Peck, "Have we Found the Parents of Thomas, Samuel, and Martha Hale of Connecticut?" (C-1345)