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William Cornell 1728 – 1799 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Dec 1728

Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 24 Mar 1799

Death Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Father: Joshua Cornell

Mother: Charity Haight

Spouse(s): Mary Quinby

Children(s): Quinby Cornell, William Cornell, Daniel Cornell

In 1728, William Cornell entered the world in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, born to Joshua Cornell and Charity Haight. William Cornell married Mary Quinby, and had children including Quinby Cornell, William Cornell, Daniel Cornell. William Cornell passed away in 1799 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1728, William Cornell entered the world in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, born to Joshua Cornell and Charity Haight.
  • William Cornell married Mary Quinby, and had children including Quinby Cornell, William Cornell, Daniel Cornell.
  • William Cornell passed away in 1799 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joshua Cornell
1696 –
Birth Location: –
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Charity Haight
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Mary Quinby
1730 – 1809
Birth Location: Mamaroneck, Westchester, New York, USA
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Children(s)

Quinby Cornell
1749 – 1818
Birth Location: Brookhaven, Lewis, New York, USA
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William Cornell
1757 – 1799
Birth Location: Westchester, New York, USA
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Daniel Cornell
1760 – 1854
Birth Location: Hempstead, Long Island, New York, USA
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William Cornell's Ancestors

Self
William Cornell
1728 – 1799
Birth Place: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Joshua Cornell
1696 –
Charity Haight
Grandparents
Joshua Cornell
1677 – 1768
Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, USA
Sarah Thorne
1680 – 1756
Flushing, Queens, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Cornell
1634 – 1704
Mary Russell
1645 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cornell
1593 – 1655
Rebecca Briggs
1600 – 1673

William Cornell's Descendants

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William Cornell (3 Dec 1728 – 24 Mar 1799) m. Mary Quinby (5 May 1730 – 29 May 1809)
  1. 1. Quinby Cornell (11 May 1749 – 21 Jun 1818) m. Hannah Underhill (16 Jan 1750 – 19 Jul 1827)
    1. 1. Amy Cornell (3 Mar 1779 – 19 Jun 1850) m. John Hull (11 Aug 1762 – 11 Aug 1840)
      1. 1. William Hull (9 Dec 1805 – 9 Aug 1868) m. Charlotte (Louisa) Clarke (1810 – 20 Feb 1875)
        1. 1. James (Clarke) Hull (1 May 1833 – 2 Sep 1911) m. Melissa (Augusta) Washburn (27 Apr 1838 – 6 May 1930)
        2. 2. Isabella (Clarke) Hull (31 Jul 1842 – 9 Dec 1906) m. Benjamine (Romaine) Western (7 Apr 1840 – 1 May 1913)
  2. 2. William Cornell (19 Nov 1757 – 24 Mar 1799) m. Esther Underhill (16 Aug 1763 – )
    1. 1. Charity Cornell (10 Oct 1784 – 6 Mar 1858) m. Nathaniel Thorn (17 Oct 1784 – 14 Dec 1857)
      1. 1. John Thorn (22 May 1809 – 15 Dec 1886) m. Hannah (P) Lewis (14 Jun 1810 – 12 Sep 1896)
        1. 1. Solomon (P) Thorn (1 Jan 1845 – Oct 1928) m. Katheryn (M) Hasbrouck (1844 – 1935)
  3. 3. Daniel Cornell (3 Feb 1760 – 26 Dec 1854) m. Elizabeth Birdsall (19 Nov 1760 – 6 Sep 1799)
    1. 1. Anna Cornell (9 May 1786 – 1870) m. Benjamin Reynolds (1 Jan 1779 – 6 Feb 1856)
      1. 1. Daniel Reynolds (15 Oct 1805 – 1 Nov 1890) m. Margaret Morris (12 May 1806 – 27 Apr 1881)
        1. 1. Mary (E) Reynolds (3 Dec 1828 – 6 Feb 1866) m. Foster (B) Scott (19 Oct 1824 – 19 Feb 1880)
        2. 2. Josiah Reynolds (29 Sep 1838 – 31 May 1913) m. Lucretia Macy (25 Mar 1843 – 27 Apr 1913)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Reynolds (22 Mar 1807 – 30 Mar 1888) m. Henry Hester (15 Jan 1809 – 27 Feb 1837) m. Absalom Goodnough (2 Feb 1796 – 23 Sep 1856)
        1. 1. Nelson (Burgess) Hester (7 Feb 1829 – 12 Mar 1912) m. Freelove Clemmons (ABT 1827 – ABT 1858) m. Cornelia (Melissa) Hathaway (14 Oct 1841 – 8 Mar 1905)
        2. 2. Joseph (Absolom) Goodnough (5 Oct 1842 – 7 Nov 1917) m. Nancy (Ellen Staub) Andrew (2 Jun 1866 – 19 Mar 1952)
        3. 3. Sarah (Elizabeth) Goodnough (May 1848 – 30 Jun 1939) m. Charles (E) Hofmann (1844 – 19 Jun 1918)
      3. 3. Josiah Reynolds (20 Mar 1810 – 1866) m. Elizabeth Burgess (1814 – 11 Jun 1866)
        1. 1. Stephen (Gerrard) Reynolds (27 Apr 1837 – 6 Apr 1878) m. Sarah (Jane) Cleveland (Oct 1844 – 15 Mar 1903)
      4. 4. Hannah Reynolds (19 Apr 1816 – 25 Feb 1857) m. Isaac Hester (9 Dec 1812 – 26 Jun 1871)
        1. 1. Levi (R) Hester (1835 – 13 Oct 1862) m. Mary (Emily) Peckenpaugh (18 Sep 1842 – 20 Apr 1921)
        2. 2. Sarah (B) Hester (1839 – 29 Jul 1876) m. William (Thompson) Gilkey (25 Nov 1840 – 30 Jul 1913)
        3. 3. Isabel (R) Hester (9 Mar 1844 – 10 May 1912) m. Darius (Baldwin) Mitchell (21 Apr 1842 – 17 Aug 1919)
        4. 4. Eliza (Jane) Hester (25 Dec 1847 – 21 Sep 1925) m. Francis (M) Roush (1 Dec 1843 – 27 May 1920)
        5. 5. William Hester (5 Jan 1850 – 8 Jan 1933) m. Sabra (Priscilla) Baichtel (Nov 1851 – 30 May 1930)
      5. 5. Sarah Reynolds (21 Nov 1817 – 23 Dec 1905) m. Orrin Burgess (21 May 1816 – 25 Jun 1900)
        1. 1. Nelson Burgess (29 Dec 1837 – 3 Aug 1917) m. Sarah (Virginia) Powers (31 Aug 1845 – 27 Dec 1919)
        2. 2. Hannah (Gertrude) Burgess (9 Sep 1839 – 11 Feb 1911) m. Jonathan Herrold (1840 – 31 Dec 1862) m. William (A) Sargent (22 Mar 1833 – 3 Oct 1906)
        3. 3. Matilda (L) Burgess (3 Oct 1842 – 29 Jan 1906) m. Silas Allen (19 Sep 1842 – 16 Jan 1911)
        4. 4. Ruth (Ann) Burgess (5 Jun 1851 – 2 Jan 1939) m. James (Venorsdol) Reed (26 May 1842 – 12 Aug 1929)
        5. 5. Amos (Reynolds) Burgess (6 Apr 1853 – 14 Feb 1928) m. Anna (Mirta) Eacret (9 Aug 1857 – 13 Oct 1947)
        6. 6. Elizabeth Burgess (16 Jan 1855 – 5 Jun 1936) m. Nathan Dodd (28 Aug 1852 – 20 Oct 1942)
        7. 7. Rosetta (E) Burgess (22 Jan 1859 – 17 Jan 1935) m. Edwin Greening (24 Feb 1859 – 11 Jan 1945)
      6. 6. Benjamin (Cornell) Reynolds (19 Jul 1819 – 4 Oct 1916) m. Sarah Lower (31 Mar 1820 – 30 Nov 1903)
      7. 7. Amos (B) Reynolds (2 Mar 1821 – 15 May 1891) m. Lydia McGill (11 Jan 1818 – 8 Mar 1861)
        1. 1. William (Henry) Reynolds (22 Mar 1849 – 14 Feb 1928) m. Madora (Jane) Ray (2 Feb 1853 – 21 Jul 1952)
      8. 8. Anna Reynolds (9 Jan 1823 – 4 Dec 1905) m. Stephen Huddleston (31 Oct 1816 – 12 Nov 1897)
        1. 1. Margaret (Alice) Huddleston (1 Oct 1846 – 3 Feb 1915) m. David (Conrad) Ritenour (25 May 1830 – 6 Jul 1924)
        2. 2. Joseph (A) Huddleston (1850 – 7 Sep 1898) m. Louisa Maley (1859 – )
        3. 3. Madison (Adelbert) Huddleston (4 Apr 1861 – Oct 1941) m. Marietta Horner (11 Sep 1867 – 28 Apr 1904)

William Cornell's Timeline

2 Records

1728
3 Dec 1728
Birth of William Cornell in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1799
24 Mar 1799
Age 71
Death of William Cornell in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Dec 1728
    Event Place: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Mar 1799
    Event Place: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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