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Sarah (Cornell) Cole (abt. 1668 - 1748)

Sarah Cole formerly Cornell aka Butts
Born about in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Islandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1690 (to 1700) [location unknown]
Wife of — married 25 Aug 1712 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 80 in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

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Sarah (Cornell) Cole has English ancestors.

Sarah was the daughter of Thomas Cornell, Jr. and Sarah Earle (Thomas's 2nd wife). She married Zaccheus Butts in 1689 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. They had 4 other children: Sarah, John, Abigail and Elizabeth. Zaccheus deserted Sarah. When that happened their daughter, Mary was put in family of Joseph Palmer but was deemed "...not suitable to bring her up" so ordered her to be put in family of David Lake "whose wife is childs grandmother." After Zaccheus died, Sarah married John Cole on August 15, 1712 in Swansea, Massachusetts. It was his 2nd marriage as well. Her father, Thomas Cornell, Jr. was executed for murdering his mother, Rebecca (Rebecka) Briggs Cornell. It is an interesting mystery, to read more about it: "Killed Strangely: The story of Rebecca Cornell" by Elaine Forham Craine.[1]

Sarah died on January 16, 1748 in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island [2] Buried in Kickemuit Cemetery, Near Warren, Rhode Island [3]

Marriage Husband Zaccheus Butts. Wife Sarah Cornell. Marriage 1691 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. [4]


Sources

  1. Ancestry Link
  2. "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F86H-86X : 10 February 2018), Sarah Cole, 16 Jan 1748; citing Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, reference Vol 1 p 103; FHL microfilm 947,767.
  3. Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 10 December 2019), memorial page for Sarah Cornell Cole (1668–25 Jun 1749), Find A Grave: Memorial #9258410, citing Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Sue Williams (contributor 46538018) .
  4. Ancestry Record 7836 #190662


Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to David Townsend for creating WikiTree profile Cornell Or Conklin-1 through the import of cornell_flakey.ged on Jun 28, 2013.
  • WikiTree profile Sarah-481 created through the import of my family 10.ged on Aug 1, 2012 by Lydia Vierson.




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Cornell-4484 and Cornell-412 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents, same approx birth and death info, same married names. Please merge
posted by S (Hill) Willson
I think this may be a duplicate of Cornell-412. Can you check into it? Thanks.
posted on Cornell-4484 (merged) by Kim Williams

Rejected matches › Sarah Conklin (abt.1695-)

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