John Jay Cornell

Male 1785 - 1849  (65 years)

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  • Name John Jay Cornell 
    Birth Between 1784 and 1785  Newport, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Sep 1849  Savannah, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I07816  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Gideon Cornell,   b. Abt 1753 
    Mother Rebekah Childs,   b. Abt 1756 
    Marriage 15 Jul 1779  Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Gideon Cornell and Rebeckah Child, both of Newport, RI, md by Elder Nathan Pearce 15 July 1779 (VRs of Rehoboth, MA).
    Family ID F10287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy "Ann" Anthony Remington,   b. 4 Feb 1787, Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Aug 1821, Beaufort, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 8 Oct 1807  Newport, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • They were married at the First Baptist Church, Newport, RI.
    Family ID F03019  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Clemence C. Remington,   b. 16 Oct 1797, Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1838, Savannah, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1 Feb 1823  Beaufort, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. John J. Cornell,   b. Abt 1827, Beaufort, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Joseph Childs Cornell,   b. 22 Jul 1837   d. 16 Jan 1917 (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F06020  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • According to the death record of John J. Cornell at Savannah, he died at age 65. It identifies his birthplace as Rhode Island.

      He was probably named after John Jay -- American patriot, statesman, one of the Founding Fathers, President of the Continental Congress 1778-1779, signer of the Treaty of Paris, and First Chief Justice of the United States from 1789-1795; he also was Governor of the State of New York.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013676] FindaGrave.com.

    2. [S014026] Savannah, Georgia Vital Records, 1803-1966.

    3. [S013037] Rehoboth, MA, Vital Records.

    4. [S014025] Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916.

    5. [S013120] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Providence Phenix -- Marriages, 578.