Lt. Cornelius Cornwell

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Lt. Cornelius Cornwell

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut
Death: November 11, 1811 (89)
Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Pvt. Benjamin Cornwall and Hannah Cornwall
Husband of Abigail Cornwell
Father of Rachel Cornwell; Hart Cornwell and Ashbel Cornwell
Brother of Elijah Cornwall
Half brother of Sgt. Benjamin Cornwall

Managed by: Christopher Duane Alm
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Lt. Cornelius Cornwell's Timeline

1722
July 15, 1722
Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut
1749
1749
1754
February 9, 1754
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States

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(84) Lieutenant CORNELIUS* CORNWALL {Benjamin, John^, William^), born July 15, 1722; died Nov. 11, 181 1; married first, Dec. 18, 1745, Abigail, daughter of Captain Wait Cornwall of Middletown. She died July 3, 1785, and he married second, Nov. 30, 1785, Anna Doolittle of Wallingford. He lived in Middletown (Westfield). Was commissioned Lieutenant in the militia 1769. He served in the French and Indian War, and was at the siege of Quebec, 1759. Children born in Middletown, Conn.

160. Hannah, b. March 25, 1747; m. (?) Jan. 16, 1772, Ephraim Higby of Middletown. Children (Higby) : i. Sarah, b. April 2, 1773; d. 1776. 2. Rachel, h. March 22, 1776. 3. Sarah, b. Oct. 29, 1777. 4. Epliraim, b. Aug. 5, 1779. 5. Hannah, b. Aug. 31, 1781. 6. Caleb, b. Jan. 19, 1784; d. 1806. 7. Jacob, b. July 16, 1786; d. 1806. 8. Ann, b. March 12, 1791.

161. Cornelius, b. Aug. 9, 1748. + (161)

162. Rachel, b. Aug. 20, 1751 ; d. April 8, 1776.

163. Capt. AsHBEL, b. Feb. 9, 1754. + (163)

164. Elijah, b. Aug. 17, 1756. + (164)

165. Abigail, b. April 3, 1759; m. Edward Johnson of Whitesboro,

N. Y. Children {Johnson) : i. Edward. 2. Enoch. 3. Millicent, b. Nov. 22, 1791 ; m. Cyrus Ashley of Corinth, N. Y., and Plainfield, 111.

166. Enoch, b. April 2, 1762; d. at sea, 1785; m. Rene, dau. of Richard Dowd of Middletown, who m. 2d. Ebenezer Roberts. He had one daughter.

167. Hart, b. Sept. 18, 1764; m. ; had five children; removed to one of the southern counties of New York.

168. Millicent, b. March 12, 1767; m. Mr. Doolittle of Wallingford.

1764
September 18, 1764
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1811
November 11, 1811
Age 89
Connecticut, United States
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Lamson Corner Cemetery, Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States