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John Walter Cornish 1520–1608 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Tiverton, Devon, England

Death Date: c. 1608

Death Location: Tiverton, Devonshire, England

Father: James Cornish

Mother: Alice Hankley

Spouse(s): Lady Willioams

Children(s): George Cornish

John Walter Cornish was born in 1520 in Tiverton, Devon, England, the child of James Cornish And Alice Maud Hankley. John Walter Cornish married Lady Margaret Willioams, and had children including George Cornish. John Walter Cornish passed away in 1608 in Tiverton, Devonshire, England.

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Biography

  • John Walter Cornish was born in 1520 in Tiverton, Devon, England, the child of James Cornish And Alice Maud Hankley.
  • John Walter Cornish married Lady Margaret Willioams, and had children including George Cornish.
  • John Walter Cornish passed away in 1608 in Tiverton, Devonshire, England.

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John Cornish's Ancestors

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John Cornish
1520–1608
Birth Place: Tiverton, Devon, England
Parents
James Cornish
1496–1602
Great Waltham, Essex, England
Alice (Maud) Hankley
1500–1554
Exeter, Devon, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Cornish's Descendants

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John (Walter) Cornish (1520–c. 1608) m. Lady (Margaret) Willioams (1523–1559)
  1. 1. George Cornish 1540–1607 m. Mary Lawrence 1561–1623
    1. 1. Richard (Chave) Cornish 1578–1625 m. Lady (Grace) Goodinge 1587–1658
      1. 1. Jane Cornish 1612–1674 m. Colonel (Edward) Robbins 1602–1641
        1. 1. Elizabeth Robins 1635–1687 m. William Burgess 1622–1686

John Cornish's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of John Walter Cornish in Tiverton, Devon, England
Tiverton, Devon, England
1608
c. 1608
Age 88
Death of John Walter Cornish in Tiverton, Devonshire, England
Tiverton, Devonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Tiverton, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: c. 1608
    Event Place: Tiverton, Devonshire, England

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