Born in Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Tryon Sr
and Mary (Andrews) Tryon
Sister of
Abel Tryon, Mary (Tryon) Clark, Phebe (Tryon) Thayer, Abiah (Tryon) Atwater, Ruth (Tryon) Churchill, Thomas Tryon Jr, Rachel (Tryon) Hubbard, Sarah (Tryon) Atwater and John Tryon
Wife of
Abijah Cornwell
— married
1 Jul 1762 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Cornwell, Mary (Cornwell) Beers, Thomas Tryon Cornwell, Lucy (Cornwall) Beach, Abijah Cornwell, Jemima Cornwell, Jemima (Cornwall) Beach and Asa Cornwell
Died
at age 77
in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Feb 2016
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Biography
Jemima was born in 1743 in MIddletown, the eight child, sixth daughter of Thomas Tryon and Mary Andrews.[1] She married Abijah Cornwell.[2] She died in 1821 and is buried beside her husband.[3][4]
Sources
In Tryon Family in America she is named as the wife of Abijah Cornwell, the second executor of her father Thomas's will.
- Families of Ancient New Haven. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as New Haven genealogical magazine. vols. I-VIII. Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. 8 vols. Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932. Volume 2, p. 461.
- ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection): Middletown p. 458. Original record Vol. 1, p. 70. (Americanancestors.org)
- ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection): Middletown Vital Records 1651-1854, p. 144. Original record Vol. 2, p. 227 (Ancestry.com)
- ↑ Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934: Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 08, p. 27 (Ancestry.com)
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 27751315
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jemima 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 Jemima:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jemima 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 Jemima:
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Jean Steele :
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~0.78%
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