Abigail (Harris) Cornwall (1682 - 1723)

Born 7 Feb 1682 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph (Cornwall) Cornwell — married 20 Apr 1710 in Middletown CT

Descendants

Died 13 May 1723 at age 41 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

Birth

7 FEB 1682 Middletown CT^[1]

Marriage

20 APR 1710 Middletown CT^[2]

Death

13 May 1723 Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut^[3]

Burial: Middletown CT, Indian Hill Cemetery^[4]

Research Notes

Edward Everett Cornwall states that she is the daughter of Daniel Harris and Abigail Barnes.

Some sources claim that she married Joseph Cornwall rather than Samuel Bidwell.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73P-1JL : 11 February 2018), Abigail Harris, 07 Feb 1682; citing Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; FHL microfilm 1,513,707.
2. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-Z6N : 5 November 2017), Joseph Cornwell and Abigail Harris, Marriage 20 Apr 1710, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,513,707.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KV-XW5 : 9 February 2018), Abigail Harris Cornwell, 13 May 1723; citing , reference item 1 p 23; FHL microfilm 1,513,707.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 26 June 2019), memorial page for Abigail Harris Cornwell (7 Feb 1682–13 May 1723), Find A Grave: Memorial #9009892, citing Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Judith (contributor 46608035) .

• Barnes, Trescott. The Barnes Family Yearbook (Grafton Press, New York, 1907) Vol. 1, Page 17
• Cornwall, Edward Everett. William Cornwall and His Descendants (Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Co., New Haven, 1901) "William Cornwall and His Descendants: A Genealogical History of the Family of William Cornwall, One of the Puritan Founders of New England, who Came to America in Or Before the Year 1633, and Died in Middletown, Connecticut in the Year 1678", by Edward Everett Cornwall
• Harris, Gale Ion. The Brothers William² and Daniel² Harris of Middletown, Connecticut, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 656.

Page 285: Gives Samuel Bidwell's third wife as Abigail Unknown, d. 14 Nov. 1672

Page 287: Abigail Harris, b. 7 Feb. 1681/2, m. 20 April 1710 Capt. Joseph Cornwall.

• Harris, T. W., Notes on The Will of Richard Hills, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1848) Vol. 2, Page 220.
• Pane-Joyce Genealogy Abigail Harris, 1682-1723