Thomas CORNELL

1595 - 1655  (60 years)

• Name	Thomas CORNELL  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	24 Mar 1595	Terling, Essex, ENG   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 May 1655	Portsmouth, , (Now) Rhode Island   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I14914	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	George CORNELL,   b. Abt 1536, Fairstead Manor, Terling, Essex, ENG d. Bef 1 Jun 1595, Fairstead Manor, Terling, Essex, ENG (Age < 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susan CASSE,   b. Abt 1571, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, ENG d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 Apr 1593	Terling, Essex, ENG
  Family ID	F3572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca BRIGGS,   b. 25 Oct 1600, St. James Ckerkenwell Parish, London, ENG d. 8 Feb 1673, Portsmouth, , (Now) Rhode Island (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1622	, Essex, England   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Thomas CORNELL, Jr.,   b. 21 Oct 1627, , Essex, England d. 23 May 1673, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4991	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas is twice called "Mr." in Saffron-Walden records distinguishing him as a land owner according to an article in "The American Genealogist". Thomas and his wife came to Boston, MA in 1638. He is probably the Thomas Cornell who was givrmission on Aug. 20, 1638 to buy brotehr Willliam Balstone's house and become an inhabitant. By Apr. 25, 1640 at General Court in Portsmouth, (R.I.) he was lent a goat and a piece of meadow. By Aug. 6, 1640, he was admitted a freeman of this body politic in Rhode Island where he made his permanent residence. (F-700) Cornell University, President Nixon and President Carter are all results of this Thomas Cornwell/Cornell. (F-593) His 37 point DNA from descendants matches that of Sgt. William Cornwell, founder of Middletown, Connecticut.(F-699)

  
  

• Sources

  [S562] Cornwell, Gale, Letter dated 2006? (8350 Fair Oaks Blvd., #126, Carmichael, CA 95698). [S957] Terence Duniho to Linda Coate E-mail letter dated Oct 13, 1998 at TDuniho@aol.com (F-593). [S223] Stewart, Bill, Database at http://footprints.org/7c020004.htm (8/24/2007). [S659] Cornell Family (www.cornell.1hwy.com).