Thomas Cornell 
Thomas was born in 1653 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI.1 Thomas' father was Thomas Cornell and his mother was Elizabeth ??. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Cornell and Rebecca Briggs. He had four brothers named Samuel, Edward, John and Stephen. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named John, Sarah and Innocent. He died at the age of 61 on October 14th, 1714 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI.1 General Notes
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Witness at Father's trial in 1673.
Dec. 13, 1683 Thomas and four others refuse to take oath in court when called upon to do so, all returned by the sheriff to serve on the grand jury and fined 6 shillings and 8 pence.
In 1688 Thomas and Susannah convey to R. Cadman (who married Sarah Almy, daughter of Christopher Almy) land in Dartmouth joining Samuel and Stephen Cornell. Samuel of Dartmouth and "my cousin (nephew) Thomas of Rhode Island," settled boundary disputes.
In 1696, Thomas and Susannah convey to son George "two parsells of land" in Portsmouth, one being 28 acres called the Surkit or Circuit, the other 12 acres joining the ocean.
May 5, at the General Assembly for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, held at Newport, Thomas Cornell, Jr., admitted freeman of the colony by vote of the Assembly. (Records of the Colony of Rhode Island, Vol. III, p. 121, 311)
May 2, 1705 Chosen Justice-of-the-Peace for Portsmouth.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b. in <, , , England>
- b.~ 1565 in Bumstead Tower, Essex, England d.22 Jun 1631 in Bumstead Tower, Essex, England
- b. in <, , , England> d.7 MAR 1566/67 in Terling,,England
- b.24 MAR 1593/94 in Fairstead, Manor, Essex, England d.8 FEB 1655/56 in Cornell Homestead, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
- b.1567 in Of, Essex, England d. in , , England
- b.<21 Oct 1627 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England d.23 May 1673 in Portsmouth, Newport , Rhode Island
- b.1574 in Of St. James, Clerkenwell, Essex, England d.14 Aug 1625 in St James, Clerkenwell, London, England
- b.25 Oct 1600 in London, Middlesex, England d.8 FEB 1672/73 in Portsmouth (or Cornell), Newport, RI
- b.~ 1577 in Of, London, London, England d.< 1662 in , , England
- b.1653 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI d.14 Oct 1714 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
- b.~ 1622 in England d.~ 1658 in , , Rhode Island
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‌Thomas and Susannah were married in a religious ceremony about 1680 in Portsmouth, Warwicke, Rhode Island.1 They had two sons and a daughter, named Thomas, George and Elizabeth.
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Children
Thomas Cornell
Thomas was born on November 30th, 1674 in Portsmouth, RI.1 He died at the age of 53 on April 18th, 1728 in Portsmouth, RI.1
George Cornell
George was born in 1676 in Newport, Newport, RI.1 He died at the age of 76 on May 11th, 1752 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI.1
1 RossBonny.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral File (TM), Gcornell.ged, Rcornell.ged, JSWing.FTW, JSWing.FTW, JSWingJan99.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral File (TM), Gcornell.ged, Rcornell.ged, JSWing.FTW, JSWing.FTW, JSWingJan99.FTW
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