Born about in England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Briggs
— married
about 1641 in Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
John Briggs, Susannah (Briggs) Palmer, Thomas Briggs, Job Briggs, William Briggs and Enoch Briggs
Died about
at about age 40
in Newport, Rhode Island [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Disputed Origins
Sarah Cornell has been shown as the child of George Cornell and his wife Susan (Casse) Cornell. However, they both died well before Sarah's birth, 1616 and 1567, respectively. Due to this, they have been removed from her profile as parents.
There was also speculation that Sarah Cornell was the daughter of Thomas Cornell and Rebecca Briggs. The Saffron Walden, county Essex, parish register contains the following entry: Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Cornell, baptized 30 Mar 1623.[1] The Sarah who was daughter of Thomas Cornell, according to the original Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, married Thomas Willett in 1643, and Charles Bridges in 1647.[2] Torrey and other sources report a Sarah Cornell marrying (1) Thomas Willett in 1643, (2) Charles Bridges in 1647, and (3) John Lawrence in 1682.[3]
According to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,
"It is stated in the record of the proceedings in the suit of Charles Bridges and Sarah, his wife, plaintiffs, against Thomas Pell, defendant, before the court of Assize, September 29, 1665, that Thomas Cornell left a will appointing his widow his executrix, and that by virtue of her authority as such executrix, she sold and conveyed to their two daughters, of whom the plaintiff, Sarah Bridges, was one, and Rebecca Woolsey, wife of George Woolsey, was the other, the lands known as Cornell's Neck, Westchester County."[4]
NOTE: This serves to show that the Sarah Cornell of this profile cannot be the same Sarah Cornell as was the daughter of Thomas Cornell.
Sarah Cornell is the Sarah who was the daughter of Thomas Cornell. Her profile is well sourced.
Biography
Sarah Cornell(?) was born in in about 1621, estimating based on her having children starting in 1642.
John Briggs married Sarah Cornell "sister of Thomas" according to this source: [5]
A Sarah Cornell MAY have been the first wife of John Briggs, married before 1642 in Newport or Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The entry in Torrey reads "BRIGGS, John (1609-1690) & 1wf ________/?Sarah Cornell? by 1642 Newport/Warwick, RI/Portsmouth, RI"[6]
Sarah (Cornell?) Briggs died, presumably, by 1662 when John Briggs married a possible second wife, Constant (Mitchell) Forbes (wife of John Forbes).[6]
In conclusion, there is very little source data to support Sarah's supposed last name at birth of Cornell.
Sources
- ↑ Moriarity, G. Andrews "Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island" The American Genealogist 35:107. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
- ↑ Austin, John Osborne The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690 (with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation), published 1887. Reference page 55
- ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages prior 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 page 1676
- ↑ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 10:181. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)
- ↑ Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin. Little Compton Families (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003) Vol. 1, Page 57
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Torrey's New England Marriages Prior 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 page 204
- McKracken, George E. "Who was Rebecca Cornell" The American Genealogist 36:16. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
Acknowledgments
- Thanks to Lynden Rodriguez for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Lynden and others.
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If his testimony put Rebecca's son to death (which it did), then it's less likely that said son was his wife's nephew (his wife would probably not have liked having her husband send her nephew to his death).
Thus, I believe we should remove the "Cornell" origins from her profile with appropriate explanations.
It is far more likely that John was really Rebecca's blood brother, and she of maiden name Briggs. John's wife Sarah, this profile, has unknown origins as far as I can tell.
Both couples are my ancestors, so I'd really like to get this cleaned up!
edit: I mixed up the relationships. earlier