Thomas CORNELL

Born

21 October 1627 , Essex County, England

Died

23 May 1673 , Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Cause of Death: executed for murder

Thomas married Elizabeth UNKNOWN abt. 1650 . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Elizabeth UNKNOWN was born abt. 1625 Elizabeth died abt. 1667 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Thomas married Sarah EARLE 2 November 1662 in Portsmouth, Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Sarah EARLE was born 23 April 1647 in Portsmouth, Providence Plantations. Sarah died 4 November 1690 in Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . Sarah was the child of Ralph EARLE and Joan SAVAGE .

Parents & Family of Thomas CORNELL

Parents of Thomas CORNELL

Father

Thomas CORNELL

Mother

Rebecca BRIGGS

Grandparents of Thomas CORNELL

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Henrie BRIGGS Mary HINCKES

Thomas was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1661.

Immigration to the United States: A Genealogist’s Perspective

Born at Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Thomas CORNELL

Thomas CORNELL married

Elizabeth UNKNOWN
Marriage date: abt. 1650
Marriage place:

Children of Thomas CORNELL and Elizabeth UNKNOWN

Thomas CORNELL

Born: 17 February 1653, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations
Died: 14 October 1714, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: Susanna LAWTON 1674 Place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Stephen CORNELL

Born: abt. 1656, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations
Died: abt. 1705, Newport, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: Hannah MOSHER 30 January 1693 Place: Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Samuel CORNELL

Born: abt. 1657, , Providence Plantations
Died: abt. 1673, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Edward CORNELL

Born: abt. 1658, , Providence Plantations
Died: abt. 1708, Hempstead, Crown Colony of New York

John CORNELL

Born: abt. 1662, , Providence Plantations
Died: ,

Thomas CORNELL married

Sarah EARLE
Marriage date: 2 November 1662
Marriage place: Portsmouth, Providence Plantations
Sarah EARLE was the child of Ralph EARLE and Joan SAVAGE

Children of Thomas CORNELL and Sarah EARLE

Sarah CORNELL

Born: abt. 1671, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: 01/16/1749, Warren, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: Zaccheus BUTTS 1691

Married: John COLE 1 November 1715 Place: Swansea, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Innocent CORNELL

Born: July 1673, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: 15 November 1720, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: Richard BORDEN 1692 Place: , Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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Birth — 1627
21 October 1627
Essex County, England

1653 Birth of Child
Thomas CORNELL was born 17 February 1653, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

Thomas was 25 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1662 Marriage / Partner
Thomas CORNELL and Sarah EARLE 2 November 1662, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

He was 35 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1673 - Executed

Thomas Cornell was accused, tried, convicted and hanged for the alleged murder of his mother, Rebecca Briggs Cornell, in Portsmouth in 1673. He was convicted using circumstantial evidence as well as spectral evidence, where witnesses recounted dreams involving ghosts pointing to his alleged guilt. American jurisprudence was later modernized to exclude the use of apparitions and dreams as evidence in trials. This case and its history has been chronicled in the book Killed Strangely: The Death of Rebecca Cornell by Elaine Forman Crane.

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