Sgt. John Cornwell

1640 - 1707  (67 years)

• Name	Sgt. John Cornwell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	Apr 1640	Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Nov 1707	Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
  Person ID	I14474	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	William Cornwell,   b. 21 Feb 1609, Terling, Essex, England d. 21 Feb 1678, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary (Hyanno),   b. 1618, Cummaquid, Barnstable, MA d. 21 Feb 1678, Middletown, Hartford, British Colonial America, Connecticut, USA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1639	Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA   [8]
  Family ID	F5017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Peck,   b. Abt 1648, Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA d. 1 Mar 1707, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	8 Jun 1665	Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
  Children	1. Thankful Cornwall,   b. 1 Mar 1682, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 22 Nov 1684 (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Paul Superscript Cornwall,   b. 6 Jun 1675, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. Bef 1751, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age < 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Capt. Joseph Cornwall,   b. 5 Oct 1679, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 3 Feb 1742, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary Cornwall,   b. 20 Nov 1666, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 16 Nov 1742, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Benjamin Cornwall,   b. 23 Dec 1688, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 20 May 1754, Connecticut, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. William Cornwall,   b. 17 Aug 1673, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 2 Jan 1731 (Age > 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Martha Cornwall,   b. 30 Aug 1669, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Hannah Cornwall,   b. 15 Sep 1677, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 16 Jun 1736, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. John Cornwall,   b. 13 Aug 1671, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. Bef 9 Mar 1742, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age < 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Thankful Cornwall,   b. 26 Jul 1685, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 1 Jun 1758, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  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.ring,Hartford, 1902,Vol 2, p 47-48 CORNWALL, John, Sen., Middletown. Invt.

  
  

• Sources

  [S206] United Ancestries Linked Pedigrees CD 100 (Automated Archives). [S229] Jacobus, Donald, Hale, House and Related Families Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society, 1952). [S115] Vital Records of Middletown, CT housed at the courthouse in Middletown, CT. [S2933] Mrs. Abigail Weller to Linda Coate Dudick Letter, July 25, 1977 at 1325 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212. [S114] Savage, Albert Wilcox Jr., New England Ancestry of Albert Wilcox Savage, Jr., Savage-Wilcox Lines Vol. I (Gateway Press, Inc.). [S2938] Edward E. Cornwall, M.D., William Cornwall and his Descendants (New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Co., c1901). [S2939] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633,Vol. I, A-F (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c1995). [S25] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). https://gw.geneanet.org/paralee1?n=hyanno&oc=&p=mary+little+dove