Jemima (Cornish) Pettibone (1718 - 1791)

Born 20 Nov 1718 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Barber — married 28 May 1740 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Wife of Jacob Pettibone Sr — married 28 Nov 1740 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1791 at age 72 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Parents

• James Cornish, Jemima's father, inherited his father's estate, and became one of the first deacons appointed by the First Church, and he was a "trusted leader' of the community. He was also a Revolutionary soldier and is buried in the Hop Meadow Cemetery in Simsbury.^[1]
• Jemima's mother, Hannah Hillier, was her father's second wife, and was also a native of Simsbury, Connecticut.^[2]
• Jemima's paternal grandparents, arrived in America from the district of Devon, near Cornwall, England sometime between 1620 and 1650.^[3] Jemima's grandfather, James Cornish I was well known up and down the Connecticut River, as he was a traveling schoolteacher who taught in the towns from Northampton, Massachusetts to Norwalk, Connecticut.^[4] The surname of Cornish is supposedly Welsh.^[5]

Birth Data

• Jemima Cornish was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, New England, on the 20th of November in the year 1718.^[6]

Marriage

1. Jemima married Jonathan Barber.^[7]
2. Jemima married Jacob Pettibone.^[8]

Children

• Marriage to Jonathan Barber:

1. Jemima Barber Messenger (1741-1791)
2. Mary Barber born in 1742
3. Jonathan Barber (1743-1762)
4. Bildad Barber (1745-1816)

• Marriage to Jacob Pettibone:

1. Lurannah Pettibone (1748-1845)
2. Jacob Pettibone, Jr. (1751-1807)
3. Martha Pettibone Fletcher (1754-1795)
4. Susannah Pettibone (1755-1845)
5. David Pettibone (1756-1822)
6. Thankful Pettibone Snow (1756-1812)

Life Events

Death and Burial

• Jemima passed away on October 2, 1791, in Simsbury at the age of 72, where she had spent her whole life.^[9]She is buried at the Hop Meadow Cemetery in Simsbury.^[10][11]

See Also

• Find A Grave: Memorial #83248429

Notes

Sources

1. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4110&h=12435&tid=41071914&pid=28889122713&hid=26272867029&usePUB=true&_phsrc=vIJ61&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true
2. ↑ Connecticut Death and Burial Index, 1650-1934; Ancestry.com records
3. ↑ Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900; Ancestry.com records
4. ↑ The History of Simsbury; Simsbury Historical Organization
5. ↑ House of Names Website
6. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5769&h=1049691&tid=41071914&pid=28887786935&hid=26272866795&usePUB=true&_phsrc=vIJ56&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true
7. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Yates Publishing
8. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Yates Publishing
9. ↑ Connecticut Death and Burial Index; Ancestry.com
10. ↑ Family Data Collection; Ancestry.com
11. ↑ Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934.

• Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906; Jemimah Cornish, 1718.
• Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850
• Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934.
• Simsbury Historical Society; History of Simsbury