Person:William Cornwall (15)
William Cornwall
b.24 Jun 1641 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.18 Jun 1691 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1640
  1. Sergeant John Cornwall1640 - 1707
  2. William Cornwall1641 - 1691
  3. Samuel Cornwall1642 - 1728
  4. Jacob Cornwall1646 - 1708
  5. Sarah Cornwall1647 - Aft 1705/06
  6. Thomas Cornwall1648 - 1702
  7. Esther Cornwall1650 - 1733
  8. Elizabeth Cornwall1651/52 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  William Cornwall1641 - 1691
  • W.  Mary Bull1649/50 - 1717
m. 30 Nov 1670
  1. Willam Cornwall1671 - 1747
  2. Jacob Cornwall1673 - 1742
  3. Abigail Cornwall1679/80 - Bef 1691
  4. Experience Cornwell1682 - 1730
  5. Ebenezer Cornwall1688/89 - 1694/95
  6. Eleazer Cornwall1691/92 - 1692
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] William Cornwall
Alt Name William Cornwell
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 24 Jun 1641 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesRecorded at Middletown.
Marriage 30 Nov 1670 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Mary Bull
Death[2][4] 18 Jun 1691 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Probate[5] 9 Oct 1691 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Cornwall, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    1:483.

    "William (Cornwall), b. (Hartford) 24 June 1641 [MidVR Barbour 127]; …"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 William Cornwall, in Cornwall, Edward E. William Cornwall and His Descendants: A Genealogical History of the Family of William Cornwall, One of the Puritan Founders of New England, Who Came to America in or before the Year 1633, and Died Middletown, Connecticut, in the Year 1678. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1901)
    11-12.

    "William2 Cornwall (William1 born June 24, 1641; died June 18, 1691 [Middletown Vital Records say 1692]; married Nov. 30, 1670, Mary, daughter of William Bull of Cambridge, Mass. … He was brought up by Susannah Hooker, widow of the Rev. Thomas Hooker of Hartford, to whom he was bound out at the age of seven years with provision for his education, his father at that time "being resident in Hocanum [East Hartford]." He settled in Middletown with his father, and joined the church there at its first organization in 1668. He was rated at £40 on the tax list of Middletown in 1670. He died suddenly, leaving a nuncupative will in which he mentions his wife Mary, sons William, Jacob and Ebenezer, and daughter Experience. The inventory of his estate includes a "house, orchard and 20 acres of land at Wongon," which shows that at the time of his death he was living on the east side of the Connecticut River, or had prepared to remove there. His estate amounted to £415."

  3. ↑ William Cornwell, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:459.

    "William (Cornwell), Middletown, s. of the preced. m. 30 Nov. 1670, Mary Bell [error for Bull], had William, b. 13 Sept. 1671; Jacob, 3 Oct. 1673; Experience, a d. 14 Apr. 1682; Ebenezer, 13 Jan. 1689, d. young; Eliezur, 1692, posthum. d. soon; and d. 18 June 1691. The wid. d. 25 Nov. 1717."

  4. ↑ Middletown Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    127.

    "Cornwell, … William, Sr., d. June 18, 1692 [error for 1691] [LR1:36]."

  5. ↑ Cornwall, William, Middletown, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:431-32.

    "Probate Records. Vol. V, 1687 to 1695. Page 117.

    Cornwall, William, Middletown. Invt. £415-17-00. Taken by William Southmayd, Francis Wetmore. The children: William, age 20 years, Jacob 18, Ebenezer 2, Experience 9 years. Will Nuncupative.

    The Dying words of William Cornwall sen. were as followeth:

    'I give to my Eldest son William and my youngest son Ebenezer all my lands at home, to be equally divided between them, Ebenezer not to have his part before his Mother's death. To my son Jacob I give all my land at the upper lott. To my daughter Experience I give my house and lott at Towne, and fower cowes, at my wive's decease, if she hath them.' This was sworn to in Court by Sergt. John Hall and the relict of William Cornwall, 9 October, 1691.

    Court Record, Page 33—9 October, 1691: Adms. to the Widow with Will annexed.

    Page 42—13 April, 1692: A son was born after the death of the Father, for which no provision was made in the Will, which the Court Considered and made order to the Legatees to pay £70 in the proportion which they have received, to the young son.

    Page 264—(Probate Side, Vol. IX) : An Agreement dated 3 May, 1718, to inform the Court as followeth: The Agreement of us, Children of William Cornwall, viz., William, Jacob, Experience and Arthur her husband, as to the divideing of the Estate left to them by their Father William Cornwall, late of Middletown, Deceased. In the first place, which is left according to the Will, and what was not disposed by Will, left to the Relict of William Cornwall, Deceased, and the part of the Estate belonging to that child which is deceased, viz, Ebenezer:

    To William, the Eldest son, £87-03s-04d; To Jacob, the second son, 83-19-00; To Arthur, and Experience his wife, 64-07-04

    Witnesses: Ephraim Goodrich, Samuel Hall.

    Signed: WILLIAM CORNWALL. LS
    JACOB CORNWALL, LS.
    ARTHUR BEVINS. LS

    Acknowledged in Court, 6th May, 1718, to be their voluntary Act and Deed.

    Test: Hez: Wyllys, Clerk."

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