Capt.
James
Cornish
Born in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Elisha Cornish Sr.
and Hepzibah (Humphrey) Cornish
Brother of
Hepzibah Cornish, Hepzibah (Cornish) Humphrey II, Elizabeth (Cornish) Wilcox, Elisha Cornish Jr., Dorcas (Cornish) Pettibone, Charles Cornish, Mary (Cornish) Wilcox [half] and Giles Cornish [half]
Husband of
Perhannah (Bidwell) Cornish
— married
28 Dec 1788 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Charles Cornish, Chloe (Cornish) Hills, Eber Cornish Sr., James Cornish II, Dorcas Huldah (Cornish) Maynard and Loruehama H. (Cornish) Harrington
Died
at age 68
in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jun 2012
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Biography
Minute Man James Cornish served with 18th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.
James Cornish is the son of Elisha Cornish and Hepzibah Humphrey. [1]
He was a soldier of the American Revolution, enlisting as a minute-man on 11 Jun 1776. He served in Captain Abel Pettibone's company, Colonel Jonathan Pettibone's 18th Regiment of Militia.[2] It is likely, as reported by SAR, that he later became a Captain in this regiment.
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Tom Bredehoft, Jun 8, 2012
- ↑ Ancestry Record 3779 #7534 Andestry.com; Connecticut Revolutionary War Military Lists, 1775-83
- Tom Bredehoft, information found in LDS FamilySearch User Submitted Trees. Click here for the source document. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Tom and others.
- FindAGrave Memorial #125930445
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~1.56%
Richard Pinney
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Dan (Sweeney) McSweeney :
23andMe, GEDmatch MQ3827496 [compare]
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~0.78%
James Holcombe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A164666 [compare], Ancestry member jhholcombe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T227760 [compare], FTDNA kit #845717
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~0.78%
Jon (Mcaulay) McAulay :
AncestryDNA
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