Born in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Braddock Gilson Phillips
and Lucy H. (Phinney) Phillips
Sister of
Mehitable (Phillips) Miller and Braddock Gilson Phillips Jr.
Wife of
Henry Thomas
— married
29 Jan 1863 in Harwich, Barnstable, MA
Descendants 
Mother of
Norton F. Thomas
Died
at age 79
in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Nov 2015
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Biography
Cornelia was born in August 1837. (1.) She was the daughter of Braddock Phillips and Lucy Phinney.(1.) She married Henry Thomas on January 29,1863 in Harwich. (2.) They lived in Townsend, Ma where Henry was a cooper. They had one child Norton Thomas She passed away in 1916 in Fitchburg, MA and her body was returned to Townsend for burial.(3)
BURIAL Hillside Cemetery Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA[1]
Sources
(1.) Birth: Date found on Find-A-Grave Memorial and August 1837 is given as her birth date on the1900 United States Federal Census for Cornelia H Thomas Massachusetts Middlesex Townsend District 0967
(2.) Marriage: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2511/41262_B139125-00011?pid=16994176&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=bJB3083&_phstart=successSource:Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 for Cornelia H Phillips _Up Through 1910 1863
Marriages Recorded in Harwich in 1863, Journal p. 46, Line14 Jan. 29 Henry Thomas res. Worcester 28 merchant b. Clinton, N.Y. Chancy & Hannah Thomas Cornelia U. Phillips res Harwich 25 b. Harwich Braddock & Lucy Phillipshttps://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/marriages1863page46.pdf
(3.) Death: information provided by Michele Cannon found searching Townsend records mostly 1877-1957
Death and date of birth and death is found on Find -A-Grave Memorial Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 October 2019), memorial page for Cornelia Homes Phillips Thomas (17 Aug 1837–20 Oct 1916), Find A Grave Memorial no. 74938767, citing Hillside Cemetery, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ;
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cornelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cornelia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cornelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cornelia:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
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