Person:Samuel Cornwall (1)
Samuel Cornwall
b.Sep 1642 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.6 Dec 1728 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.  Samuel Cornwall1642 - 1728
  • W.  Rebecca Bull1644 - Aft 1722
m. 15 Jan 1667
  1. Mary Cornwall1667 - 1669
  2. Rebecca Cornwall1670 - Aft 1722
  3. William Cornwall1672 -
  4. Elizabeth Cornwall1675 -
  5. Mary Cornwall1677 -
  6. Samuel Cornwall1679 -
  7. Ebenezer Cornwall1690/91 - 1757
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Samuel Cornwall
Alt Name[3] Samuel Cornwell
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Sep 1642 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesRecorded at Middletown.
Marriage 15 Jan 1667 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Rebecca Bull
Will[2][5] 3 Jul 1722 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Death[2][3][4] 6 Dec 1728 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Probate[5] 2 Jan 1728/29 Will proved.
Estate Inventory[5] 24 Jan 1728/29 £25-01-02(?). Taken by Joseph Starr, William Whitmore and Joseph Rockwell.
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.

    "Samuel (Cornwall), b. (Hartford) [blank] September 1642 [MidVR Barbour 126]; …"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Samuel 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)
    12.

    "Samuel2 Cornwall (William1), born Sept., 1642; died Dec. 6, 1728; married June [error for January] 15, 1667, Rebecca, daughter of William Bull of Cambridge, Mass., who was born Aug. 27, 1644. He lived in Middletown, Conn., and joined the church there in 1668. His will, dated July 3, 1722, mentions wife Rebecca, sons Samuel and Ebenezer, daughters Rebecca, Elizabeth and Mary, and granddaughters Jemima and Lois, daughters of his son William, deceased. His estate amounted to £251."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Samuel 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.

    "Samuel (Cornwell), Middletown, br. of the preced. m. 15 Jan. 1667, Rebecca Bull, had Mary, b. 21 Oct. 1667, d. early; Rebecca, 26 Dec. 1670; William, 22 Jan. 1673; and d. 6 Dec. 1728. Perhaps he was of Dartmouth 1686."

  4. ↑ Middletown Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    126.

    "Cornwell, … Samuell, s. William & Mary. b. Sept. [__], 1642 [LR1:45]"
    "Cornwell, … Samuell, Sr., d. Dec. 16, 1728 [LR1:37]."

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cornwall. Samuel, Sen., Middletown, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:491.

    "Probate Records. Volume X, 1723 to 1729. Recorded in Vol. XII, Page 160-1.

    Cornwall, Samuel, Sen., Middletown. Invt. £25-01-02. Taken 24 January, 1728-9, by Joseph Starr, William Whitmore and Joseph Rockwell. Will dated 3 July, 1722: I give to my wife Rebeckah the use of all my moveable estate during life, and 1-3 part forever; the use of the south end of my dwelling house, and 1-3 part of all my cleared lands. To my son Samuel I give what I have made over to him by deed of gift. To my son Ebenezer what I have made over to him by deed of gift. To my daughter Rebeckah I give all my lands in Wongog Meadow. I give to my daughter Elizabeth 14 acres near 3-Mile-Hill, 60 1-4 acres at the west end after Elizabeth hath her eighty acres at the east end. I give to my granddaughters, Jemima and Lois Cornwall, £35 apiece, partly paid already (daughters of my son William Cornwall deceased). To my grandson Samuel Cornwall, who bears my name, I give a good Bible, and order my executors to procure it for him. I appoint my sons Samuel and Ebenezer to be executors.

    SAMUEL X CORNWALL, LS.

    Witness: William Russell, Jonathan Blake, Cheney Clark.

    Court Record, Page 210—2 January, 1728-9: Will now exhibited by Samuel and Ebenezer Cornwall, executors named in sd. will. Proven.

    Page 211—4 February, 1728-9: Exhibit of inventory."

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