Individual Details
John Cornwall
(Apr 1640 - 2 Nov 1707)
He lived in Middletown. His house stood next to his father's, near the corner of the present Main and Washington streets. He was sergeant in the militia. In his will he mentions nine children and his wife, for the possibility of whose second, and even third marriage he provides.
Events
| Birth | Apr 1640 | Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut | |||
| Marriage | 8 Jun 1665 | Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut - Martha Peck | |||
| Death | 2 Nov 1707 | Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut |  | ||
| Alt name | John Cornwell |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Peck (1641 - 1708) |
| Child | Mary Cornwall (1666 - 1742) |
| Child | Martha Cornwall (1669 - 1709) |
| Child | John Cornwall (1671 - 1746) |
| Child | William Cornwall (1673 - 1731) |
| Child | Paul Cornwall (1675 - 1751) |
| Child | Hannah Cornwall (1677 - 1736) |
| Child | Captain Joseph Cornwall (1679 - 1741) |
| Child | Thankful Cornwall (1682 - 1684) |
| Child | Thankful Cornwall (1685 - 1758) |
| Child | Benjamin Cornwall (1688 - 1754) |
| Father | Seargent William Cornwall (1609 - 1678) |
| Mother | Mary Bailey (1618 - ) |
| Sibling | William Cornwall (1641 - 1691) |
| Sibling | Samuel Cornwall (1642 - 1728) |
| Sibling | Jacob Cornwall (1646 - 1708) |
| Sibling | Sarah Cornwell (1647 - 1704) |
| Sibling | Thomas Cornwall (1648 - 1702) |
| Sibling | Esther Cornwall (1650 - 1733) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Cornwall (1652 - ) |
Notes
Death
Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records(Hartford District),
Charles W. Manwaring,
Hartford, 1902,
Vol 2, p 47-48
CORNWALL, John, Sen., Middletown. Invt. £317-17-00. Taken 26 December,1707, by Samuel DOOLITTLE and Zacheus CANDE. Will dated 17 September,1707.
I, John CORNWALL, Sen., of Middletown, being infirmand weak, do therefore make this my last will and testament: I willthat my wife Martha shall have the use, benefit and improvement of allmy homelott whereon my dwelling house stands (excepting what is in thiswill given to my son William), together witht he eastward end or rooms,both higher and lower, of my dwelling house, with the barn and orchardand all the clear meadow that lies in my lot at Goose's Delight, halfthe breadth of my Boggy Meadow lot, called Ko-Lot, next the river. AlsoI leave unto her all the moveables, within doors and withou; all whichland and moveables may be improved by her for her comfort andsubsistence so long as she remains my widow. I give unto my eldest sonJohn CORNWALL 1-3 part of my Proper Lott in the Boggy Meadow Quarter,reckoning that I have given 1-3 part thereof to my son-in-law SamuelDOOLITTLE and part of the other third is given to Joseph. Also I giveunto my sd. son John halfe the breadth of my Ko-Lott next to theupland, and at his mother's death or marriage the whole Ko-Lott untoJohn; also ½ of my lands or rights ont he east side of the Great River,and the other half to Joseph and Benjamin, my sons. I give to my sonWilliam CORNWALL the west end or rooms, both higher and lower, of mynow dwelling house, with the yard that lies to the west and north, andwhat fruit trees are therein, and the garden plott. And the other halfof my homelott, next my Brother Jacob's, I give to my daughters,Martha, Hannah and Thankfull, equally. I give unto my son Paul thewestward end of that lott of land that lieth beyond my brother Samuel'shouselott where now Paul's house stands, unto the middle row ofapple-trees in the orchard there. Also, I give unto Paul ½ of my lottin the westernmost range of lotts; the other half of that lott I giveunto my daughters, Martha, Hannah and Thankful. It is my will that myson-in-law, Richard HUBBARD, shall have one acre of it, to be laid outfrom the highway to his boggy meadow, on that side next Mr. SOUTHMAYD,and the remainder to be equally dividied betwixt Paul, Joseph andBenjamin, so that their bredth be equal without respect to the lenghtof either. It is my will that what moveables shall be extant ofhousehold goods shall be equally shared amongst my four daughters. Mywill is that my wife Martha shall be sole executrix. I desire Mr. JohnHAMLIN and Mr. Noadiah RUSSELL to be overseers.
John CORNWALL, L.S.
Witness: Thomas STEVENS,
John LONE,
Alexander ROLLO
Court Record, Page 101 -- 5 January, 1707-8: Will approved.
Page 107 -- 4 March, 1707-8: The widow Martha CORNWALL, nowdeceased, this Court grant letters of Adms. to John CORNWALL, son o fJohn CORNWALL, late of Middletown, deceased, with the will annexed.