Thomas CORNELL

(b. 21 October 1627 , Essex County, England d. 23 May 1673 , Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )
Cause of Death: executed for murder

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Thomas CORNELL was born 21 October 1627 in Essex County, England

Thomas CORNELL was the child of Thomas CORNELL and Rebecca BRIGGS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Henrie BRIGGS and Mary HINCKES

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

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

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, Rhode Island, USA.

Thomas married (2) 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, Rhode Island, USA. Sarah died 4 November 1690 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts). Sarah was the child of Ralph EARLE and Joan SAVAGE.

Thomas CORNELL died 23 May 1673 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Born at Saffron Walden, Essex, England

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Thomas CORNELL married

Elizabeth UNKNOWN-- Date: abt. 1650 Place:

Children of Thomas CORNELL and Elizabeth UNKNOWN:

Thomas CORNELL (b.17 February 1653, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 14 October 1714, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Susanna LAWTON 1674 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

Stephen CORNELL (b.abt. 1656, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. abt. 1705, Newport, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Hannah MOSHER 30 January 1693 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Samuel CORNELL (b.abt. 1657, , Providence Plantations d. abt. 1673, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)

Edward CORNELL (b.abt. 1658, , Providence Plantations d. abt. 1708, Hempstead, Crown Colony of New York)

John CORNELL (b.abt. 1662, , Providence Plantations d. , )

Thomas CORNELL married

Sarah EARLE-- Date: 2 November 1662 Place: Portsmouth, Providence Plantations
Sarah EARLE was the child of Ralph EARLE and Joan SAVAGE

Children of Thomas CORNELL and Sarah EARLE:

Sarah CORNELL (b.abt. 1671, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 01/16/1749, Warren, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Zaccheus BUTTS 1691
m. John COLE 1 November 1715 in Swansea, Massachusetts, USA (Ocean Grove)

Innocent CORNELL (b.July 1673, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 15 November 1720, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Richard BORDEN 1692 in , Rhode Island, USA

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1627 Birth
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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