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Joshua Cornell was born circa 1641-1643 in Portsmouth , Rhode Island. His father was Thomas Cornell and mother was thought to be Rebecca Briggs Cornell.
1664 "Will of Rebecca Cornell, widow of Thomas, dated 2 September 1664, proved 1673. Gave her Portsmouth lands to...
son Thomas and his eldest son Thomas and his wife Elizabeth.
To son Richard, land at Acushnet Accoxet in Dartmouth (now New Bedford and Westport, Mass.). Bequest to son William.
To sons John, Samuel, and Joshua, lands at Accoxet.
To daughter Sarah, lands in the Bronx (New York).
To daughter Anne and her husband Thomas (i.e. Thomas Kent), ten acres in Portsmouth.
To daughter Rebecca, land in the Bronx. Bequests to daughters Elizabeth and Mary.
The will disposes of a considerable amount of plate.
(Original will among the unrecorded papers at the Portsmouth Town House.)"[1][2]
!LOCALITY: Newport was organized as a county from Colonial Lands on 22 June 1703. One source lists Newport County s original name as Rhode Island County, changed 16 June 1729.
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[S1258] McCracken, George E. "Who Was Rebecca Cornell?" The American Genealogist 36 (January 1960): 16-18.
[S1259] Glazier, Prentiss, "Thomas Cornell (or Cornwell), 1594-1655/6, of Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island: His English Origin and His Family in America". 1975. Microform: FHL Film #1014122 Item 1. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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