Martha (Peck) Cornwell (abt. 1641 - 1708)

Born about 1641 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Cornwell — married 8 Jun 1665 in Middletown, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1 Mar 1708 at about age 67 in Middletown, Connecticut

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Biography

Martha was born in 1641.^[1] Martha married John Cornwall in 8 June 1665, in Middletown, Connecticut.^{[2] [1] [3]} In the 1600s, rivers were the main source of transportation in the New England colonies. Middletown, located on the great Connecticut River, was about 16 miles downstream from Hartford, also located on the river.^[4]

She passed away in Middletown, Connecticut on March 1, 1707/8.^[5]

Husband: John Cornwall

Wife: Martha Peck

Child: Mary Cornwell

Child: Martha Cornwell

Child: John Cornwell

Child: William Cornwell

Child: Paul Cornwell

Child: Hannah Cornwell

Child: Joseph Cornwell

Child: Thankful Cornwell

Child: Thankful Cornwell

Child: Benjamin Cornwell

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 1, page 379
2. ↑ Middletown Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852, Transcribed by Coralynn Brown
3. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
4. ↑ GoogleMap of Hartford, CT to Middletown, CT on Google Map
5. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, The Barbour Collection, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Reference Middletown Volume, page 125

• Hale, House and Related Families Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, by Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978) p. 258.
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=283722&pid=-381118913
• Wm. Cornwall and his Desc., E.E.Cornwall
• FindAGrave #170675080
• Google, Map Hartford, CT to Middletown, CT on Google Map, about 16 miles south on the Great Connecticut River