Thomas Cornell

Thomas Cornell

Male Abt 1600 - Abt 1656  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name Thomas Cornell  [1
    Birth Abt 1600  Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Abt 1656  Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I43676  footsteps
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Family   
    Marriage Abt 1620  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Rebecca Cornell,   b. Abt 1620, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]
    Family ID F7016  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Thomas Cornell came to the Americas around 1636 with the 2nd Winthrop E xpedition along with his wife, Rebecca and many of their children.

      Thomas Cornell was an innkeeper in Boston who was part of the Periphera l Group in the Antinomian Controversy, a religious and political confli ct in the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Cornell sold his i nn in 1643 and left for Rhode Island, where others from the Antinomian C ontroversy had settled in 1638 after being ordered to leave the Massach usetts Bay Colony, settling in Rhode Island.

      Thomas Cornell was one of the earliest settlers of Rhode Island and the B ronx and a contemporary of Roger Williams and the family of Anne Hutchi nson. He is the ancestor of a number of Americans prominent in business , politics, and education.

      Cornell became friends with Roger Williams and co-founded the village o f Westchester north of New Amsterdam (later New York City) in 1643. He r eturned to Rhode Island in 1644 and obtained a land grant for 100 acres i n Portsmouth, RI on Aquidneck Island that became the Cornell homestead. H is neighbor was Edward Hutchison, a son of Anne Hutchison from the Anti nomian Controversy.

      In 1646, Cornell was granted a patent on an area of about four square m iles that later became part of the Bronx. It was bounded by Westchester C reek, Bronx River, village of Westchester and East River and was called C ornell's Neck. The area is now known as Clason Point.
      Thomas Cornell came to the Americas around 1636 with the 2nd Winthrop E x pedition along with his wife, Rebecca and many of their children.

      Thomas Cornell was an innkeeper in Boston who was part of the Periphera l G roup in the Antinomian Controversy, a religious and political confli ct i n the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Cornell sold his i nn i n 1643 and left for Rhode Island, where others from the Antinomian C on troversy had settled in 1638 after being ordered to leave the Massach u setts Bay Colony, settling in Rhode Island.

      Thomas Cornell was one of the earliest settlers of Rhode Island and the B r onx and a contemporary of Roger Williams and the family of Anne Hutchi n son. He is the ancestor of a number of Americans prominent in business , p olitics, and education.

      Cornell became friends with Roger Williams and co-founded the village o f W estchester north of New Amsterdam (later New York City) in 1643. He r e turned to Rhode Island in 1644 and obtained a land grant for 100 acres i n P ortsmouth, RI on Aquidneck Island that became the Cornell homestead. H i s neighbor was Edward Hutchison, a son of Anne Hutchison from the Anti n omian Controversy.

      In 1646, Cornell was granted a patent on an area of about four square m i les that later became part of the Bronx. It was bounded by Westchester C r eek, Bronx River, village of Westchester and East River and was called C o rnell's Neck. The area is now known as Clason Point.
      Thomas Cornell came to the Americas around 1636 with the 2nd Winthrop E xpedition along with his wife, Rebecca and many of their children.

      Thomas Cornell was an innkeeper in Boston who was part of the Periphera l Group in the Antinomian Controversy, a religious and political confli ct in the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Cornell sold his i nn in 1643 and left for Rhod e Island, where others from the Antinomian C ontroversy had settled in 1638 after being ordered to leave the Massach usetts Bay Colony, settling in Rhode Island.

      Thomas Cornell was one of the earliest settlers of Rhode Island and the B ronx and a contemporary of Roger Williams and the family of Anne Hutchi nson. He is the ancestor of a number of Americans prominent in business , politics, and education.

      Cornell became friends with Roger Williams and co-founded the village o f Westchester north of New Amsterdam (later New York City) in 1643. He r eturned to Rhode Island in 1644 and obtained a land grant for 100 acres i n Portsmouth, RI on Aquidnec k Island that became the Cornell homestead. H is neighbor was Edward Hutchison, a son of Anne Hutchison from the Anti nomian Controversy.

      In 1646, Cornell was granted a patent on an area of about four square m iles that later became part of the Bronx. It was bounded by Westchester C reek, Bronx River, village of Westchester and East River and was called C ornell's Neck. The area i s now known as Clason Point.
      Thomas Cornell came to the Americas around 1636 with the 2nd Winthrop E x pedition along with his wife, Rebecca and many of their children.

      Thomas Cornell was an innkeeper in Boston who was part of the Periphera l G roup in the Antinomian Controversy, a religious and political confli ct i n the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Cornell sold his i nn i n 1643 and left for Rho de Island, where others from the Antinomian C on troversy had settled in 1638 after being ordered to leave the Massach u setts Bay Colony, settling in Rhode Island.

      Thomas Cornell was one of the earliest settlers of Rhode Island and the B r onx and a contemporary of Roger Williams and the family of Anne Hutchi n son. He is the ancestor of a number of Americans prominent in business , p olitics, and education.

      Cornell became friends with Roger Williams and co-founded the village o f W estchester north of New Amsterdam (later New York City) in 1643. He r e turned to Rhode Island in 1644 and obtained a land grant for 100 acres i n P ortsmouth, RI on Aquid neck Island that became the Cornell homestead. H i s neighbor was Edward Hutchison, a son of Anne Hutchison from the Anti n omian Controversy.

      In 1646, Cornell was granted a patent on an area of about four square m i les that later became part of the Bronx. It was bounded by Westchester C r eek, Bronx River, village of Westchester and East River and was called C o rnell's Neck. The are a is now known as Clason Point.

  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QVKF-GFBP : Thu Apr 03 08:16:59 UTC 2025), Entry for Thomas Cornell.