Samuel
Weld
(Weld)
Cornwell
aka Cornwall
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of William Cornwell
and Frances Johnson
Brother of
William George Cornwell, James Allen Cornwell, Edmund Cornwell, Hannah Cornwell, Jacob Lester Cornwell, Mary Ann Cornwall, Robert Cornwall and Elizabeth Jane Cornwell
Husband of
Margaret Gilliland
— married
4 Dec 1851 in Digby Neck
Descendants 
Father of
Henrietta Alma Cornwell, Omer Berton Cornwell, John Fenwick Cornwell, Charles Rupert Cornwell, Clarence Weld Cornwell, Jessie Maud Cornwell and Arthur Allen Cornwell
Died
at age 81
in Waterford, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Feb 2016
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Biography
Buried
Buried in Rossway cemetary as Macon (Mason?) Samuel Cornwell; Nov. 23, 1823- Apr. 11, 1905 Would that be "Mason"
Macon Samuel Cornwell Nov. 23, 1823- Apr. 11, 1905 Wife: Margaret Cornwell Mar. 29, 1833- Oct. 12, 1920 Charles .R. Cornwell Dec. 23, 1860- June 14, 1918 Arthur .A. Cornwell 1870-1961 Janet May Cornwell 1873-1962
It appears from his daughter, Jane's, marriage cert that he was commonly called " Weld"
Canada Census 1861 Name of Weld Cornwell.
Census 1871 has all as Cornwalls
Sources
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4108907_00172.pdf (1861 Census as Weld Cornwell)
https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1800-11160&Event=marriage&ID=201725 (daughter Jane Cornwell)
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LZN9-7R3 (tree) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4D7-5W5?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LZN9-7R3 (1871Census)
data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e325/e008120749.pdf (1981 Census; name looks more like Cornwell than Cormwall)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6Y-C4Q?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LZN9-7R3 (1881 Census Dwelling 39 as Cornwell)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Weld by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Weld:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Weld by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Weld:
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~3.12%
Marion (Welch) Foote
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A796589 [compare], Ancestry member marionlfoote
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~1.56%
Paul Gott :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Cathy Ingersoll :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Harriet (Frost) Vaughan :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member harrietvaughan1
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~0.78%
Philip A Bentley :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jennifer (Tidd) Thibodeau :
AncestryDNA
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