Gardner Thurston Cornell
1797 - 1884 (87 years)-
Name Gardner Thurston Cornell Born 20 Jul 1797 RI 
[1] Gender Male Died 13 Oct 1884 Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA [1] Buried Westside Cemetery, Edgartown, MA Person ID I27582 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Gideon Cornell, b. Abt 1753 Mother Rebekah Childs, b. Abt 1756 Married 15 Jul 1779 Rehoboth, MA [2] 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 Mary Coffin, b. 11 Oct 1791, Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA , d. 7 Nov 1865, Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA (Age 74 years) Married 26 Feb 1815 Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA Children 1. William Henry Cornell, b. 19 Jan 1816, New Bedford, MA , d. 14 Mar 1817, Beaufort, SC (Age 1 years)2. John Jay (1) Cornell, b. 3 Oct 1817, SC , d. 7 Sep 1820, Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA (Age 2 years)3. Henry William Cornell, b. 29 May 1819, Charleston, SC , d. Abt 6 Jun 1827 (Age 8 years)4. John Jay (2) Cornell, b. 14 May 1822, Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA , d. 10 May 1825, Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA (Age 2 years)5. Gideon Cornell, b. 14 Jul 1823, Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA , d. 13 Aug 1856 (Age 33 years)6. Enoch Coffin Cornell, b. Abt 1827, Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA , d. 24 Feb 1902, Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA (Age ~ 75 years)7. William G. Cornell, b. 16 Mar 1830, Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA , d. 28 Sep 1901, Somerset, Bristol Co., MA (Age 71 years)8. Wyett Morison Cornell, b. 12 Oct 1831, d. 16 Oct 1832 (Age 1 years) 9. George B. Cornell, b. Abt 1833, Edgartown, Dukes Co., MA Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F10288 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - According to his death record, he died at age 87 y 2 m 25 d. It identifies his birthplace as Newport, RI, and his parents as Gideon and Belinda Cornell.
Consequently, I am not absolutely sure Gardner belongs to this couple, but some of the names of his children suggest that he does, as well as a connection to Beaufort, SC. Compare the names of his sons with his uncle John J., and with his uncle's two sons. I am wondering if the informant at his death gave the incorrect name of his mother. Since he died in old age, as a widower, it is possible that the informant at the time did not remember his mother's name correctly.
It is also possible that his father Gideon was married twice, with Belinda being a second wife.
In the 1850 Federal Census, the family is at Edgartown, MA: Gardner T. Cornell 52 born Newport, RI; Mary 59 born Edgartown; Gideon 26 Ed. mariner; Enoch C. 23 Ed. painter; William G. 20 Ed. ship carpenter; George B. 17 Ed. laborer; Velma Coffin 64 Ed.
- According to his death record, he died at age 87 y 2 m 25 d. It identifies his birthplace as Newport, RI, and his parents as Gideon and Belinda Cornell.
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