James Cornish^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1612 - 1698  (86 years)

• Name	James Cornish  [1, 2, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	Abt. 1612	Weymouth, Dorset, England   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Oct 1698	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America   [1, 2, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	30 Oct 1698	Non-Cemetery Burial, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I312684223552	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Phoebe Browne,   b. 01 Oct 1620, Rusper, Sussex, England d. 28 Dec 1664, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 44 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Cornish,   b. 1662, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America   2. James Cornish,   b. 30 Oct 1663, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 02 Apr 1740, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 76 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   3. Gabriel Cornish  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F1860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 2
  Children	1. Gabriel Cornish,   b. Abt. 1650, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 24 May 1702, Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 52 years)  [Father: unknown]
  Family ID	F3462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !1. Information Source: Barber Gen. Ance !1. Information Source: Barber Gen. Ancestral Lives of Diantha Lois Barber L. A Library. 2. Husband James was the third husband of Phebe BROWNE. His first wife's name is unknown. 3. Wife Phebe md to (1) Thomas LEE and sealed to him 3 Apr 1951 SG. 4. Children of Phebe and James was sealed to Thomas LEE and Phebe BROWNE 19 Oct 1955. Approved by El Ray L. Christiansen. 5. Child # 2 James md (1) Elisabeth THRALL 10 Nov 1692. 6. Child # 2 James md (2) Hannah HILLIARD 15 Apr 1715. 7. Wife Phebe md to (2) Greenfield LARRABOY. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1 Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Record about James Cornish Name: James Cornish Year: 1620-1650 Place: Connecticut Source Publication Code: 275 Primary Immigrant: Cornish, James Annotation: Comprehensive listing of early immigrants, in various arrangements to assist the researcher. Pages 1-189 contain passenger lists; pages 193-295 are indexes. Source Bibliography: BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Edited, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987. Page: 37 (website: www.ancestry.com) His estate was probated on 2 July 1711 a His estate was probated on 2 July 1711 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.In the details of his will we can read the oft repeated story of the youth led by love of adventure or other allurement into joining the king's army, and it is apparent that he never returned from this expedition. James Cornish left a will on 17 August 1710. !SOURCE: NEHGR 1909, p.100 Cornish had t !SOURCE: NEHGR 1909, p.100 Cornish had two sons; James and one stillborn. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. http://www.simsburyhistory.org/SimsHistory/FirstSettlers.html JAMES CORNISH James Cornish was a schoolteacher who traveled up and down the Connecticut River teaching in towns from Northampton, MA, to Norwalk, CT. He also served as Clerk of the Courts in Northampton. Cornish settled for a period in Westfield, MA, where he served as the first town clerk and at one time owned the area now known as Tolland and Granville, MA, supposedly purchasing the land from an Indian called "Captaine Toto" on June 10, 1686. It is believed he had a first wife but no record of her name or any issue has been found. On one of his teaching assignments, Cornish met twice-widowed Phebe Brown Lee Larabee; they married some time before 1661 when he assumed the administration of the late Greenfield Larabee’s estate and the guardianship of his four children with Phebe. James and Phebe (Brown Lee Larabee) Cornish had two sons of their own, Gabriel and James, before her death in 1664. James raised the combined family of six children (entries in the Diary of Joshua Hempstead, a grandson of Phebe, describe trips to Simsbury to see "Uncle James" and "Cousin James"). By 1698, the elder James “Old Mr. Cornish” had relocated from Windsor to Simsbury with his son James and James’ family. At his death on October 29, 1698, sons James and Gabriel Cornish inherited their father’s estate. Gabriel Cornish died just a few years later in Westfield, MA; James Cornish flourished in Simsbury, becoming one of the first deacons appointed by the First Church and a trusted leader of the community. 1610 1610 !INFORMATION:From "The Family of Auer Wi !INFORMATION:From "The Family of Auer Winchester Proctor, Vol II", page524. Film #1036367 and the Ancestral File. DOCUMENTATION BIRTH: Source - Torrey, DOCUMENTATION BIRTH: Source - Torrey, Clarence Almon, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700 pages 183. MARRIAGE: Source - same as birth. DEATH: Source - same as birth. JAMES CORNISH, BORN ABT 1610 Married PH JAMES CORNISH, BORN ABT 1610 Married PHEBE BROWN, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM BROWNE AND JANE BURGIS. Source of info: Barber Genealogy, Cornish Gen., Wolcott Gen. MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior t MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (C. A. Torrey) p. 183

  
  

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