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Hannah House was born in 1594 in Eastwell, Kent, England. Rev. John Lothrop and she were married on 10 October 1610 in Eastwall, Kent, England. She died on 16 February 1634 at age ~40 in London, Middlesex, England.

She was the sister of Samuel House.

Thomas Lowthrop was born on 19 June 1536 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England. He and Mary Howell were married on 29 July 1574 in Etton, Yorkshire, England. He died on 5 October 1606 at age 70 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England.

Mary Howell was born in 1556 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England. Thomas Lowthrop and she were married on 29 July 1574 in Etton, Yorkshire, England. She died on 6 January 1588 at age ~32 in Etton, Yorkshire, England.

Robert Lowthrop was born in 1513 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England. He and Ellen Aston were married in 1535 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England. He died on 15 July 1558 at age ~45 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England.

Ellen Aston was born in 1518 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England. Robert Lowthrop and she were married in 1535 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England. She died on 8 March 1572 at age ~54 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England.

John Lowthroppe was born in 1486 in Lowthroppe, Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England. He and Margaret Wade were married in 1511 in Yorkshire, England. He died in 1545 at age ~59 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England.

Margaret Wade was born in 1478 in Lowthroppe, Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England. John Lowthroppe and she were married in 1511 in Yorkshire, England. She died in 1573 at age ~95 in Lowthroppe, Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England.

John Snow and Mary Smalley were married on 19 September 1667 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Robert Dudley was born in 1555. He died on 7 May 1613 at age ~58 in Hursley, Hampshire, England.

Anne Wood was born in 1558 at Saint Mary's in Guildford, Surrey, England. She died in 1580 at age ~22 in Hursley, Hampshire, England.

Nicholas Snow and Elizabeth Rowlles were married on 9 May 1599 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.

Elizabeth Rowlles was born in 1580 in Stephany, Middlesex, England. Nicholas Snow and she were married on 9 May 1599 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. She died in 1644 at age ~64 in Hoxton, Middlesex, England.

Robert Walton was born in 1579 in London, Middlesex, England. He and Margaret Fitzwilliams were married on 26 March 1604 in Saint Sepulchre, London, England. He died in 1613 at age ~34 in Saint Bishop, Botolph Gate, Middlesex, England.

Margaret Fitzwilliams was born in 1583 in London, Middlesex, England. Robert Walton and she were married on 26 March 1604 in Saint Sepulchre, London, England. She died in 1648 at age ~65 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.

Rebecca Briggs was born about 1600 in London, England. Thomas Cornell and she were married in 1620 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. She died on 8 February 1673 at age ~73 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. She was buried on 10 February 1673 at Burial plot on the Cornell homestead in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

On 8 Feb 1673 Friend's Records state 'Rebecca Cornell, widow, was killed strangely at Portsmouth in her own dwelling house, and twice viewed by the Coroner's Inquest, digged up and buried again by her husband's grave in their own land.' On May 23 her son Thomas was charged with murder. John Cornell, in his Genealogy of the Cornell Family, wrote that the trial "reads like a farce. It appears that the old lady having been sitting by the fire smoking a pipe, a coal had fallen from the fire or her pipe, and that she was burned to death. But on the strength of a vision which her brother John Briggs had, in which she appeared to him after her death and said: 'See how I was burned with fire.' It was inferred that she was set fire to, and that her son who was last with her did it, and principally on this evidence Thomas Cornell was tried, convicted and hung for her murder. Durfee in his Legal Tracts of Rhode Island, comments on the strangeness of this trial and the injustice of the execution. The writer of this remarked to a leading lawyer of Newport (who knows much of the history of Rhode Island), that there seemed very little evidence to convict this Thomas Cornell, the lawyer's answer was simply: 'There was no evidence.'"9

Rebecca Cornell's will, dated 2 Sep 1664, proved 1673, from the RI Town Records Scrapbook 1639-, as widow to the late Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, mentions sons Thomas eldest, Richard second, William third, John fourth, Samuell fifth, and Joshua sixth; daughters Sarah eldest, Ann second whose husband is Thomas, Rebecca third, Elizabeth fourth, and Mary fifth. No surnames for spouses of children.10

Her death and the subsequent murder trial of her son, Thomas, are treated in a book by Elaine Forman Crane, "Killed Strangely: The Death of Rebecca Cornell," Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2002. Rebecca Briggs was born on 25 October 1600 in London, Middlesex, England. She died on 8 February 1673 at age ~73 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Ann Cornell was born in 1624.

Richard Cornell was born on 8 July 1624.

Thomas Cornell was born on 21 October 1627 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. He and Elizabeth Fiscock were married on 2 November 1642 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. He and Sarah Earle were married after 1650 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. He died on 23 May 1673 at age 45 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Born ca. 1621 in Essex, England. Thomas was baptized in Saffron-Walden, Essex, Eng. on 21 Oct 1627. Thomas died on 23 May 1673 in Portsmouth, RI.

On 17 Mar 1655 Thomas was chosen with three others to prize land and buildings of John Wood, deceased. He had a grant of ten acres 10 Dec 1657. On 4 May 1670 he and three others were appointed to audit colonies' accounts.His bill to Assembly for futher encouragement of a troop of horse was referred on 7 Jun 1671 to the next Assembly. At the same meeting it was ordered that Thomas Cornell be desired to be a messenger from the court to carry a letter to the Governor of Plymouth, and that he be supplied with 20 shillings in silver by the treasurer towards bearing his charge.

On 23 May 1673 Thomas was executed for the murder of his mother. On 7 Mar 1674 "ordered by the Assembly, whereas, Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, who was lately executed for murthering his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Cornell, whereupon according to law, this court of Tryalls have made seizure of his estate. This Assembly (in consideration of the matter, and for the supply of the wife and children of the said Thomas), do see cause to release the said seizure and empowere the council of the towne of Portsmouth to take care and order that the estate of the said Thomas be soe secured and improved that just debts and other charges be first paid and discharged, and that then his wife and children be supplyed and relieved and to that end to order and appoint an executor or executors for the true performance thereof, and that this said Towne Council doe make a will according to law, divide the estate to this wife and children of the said Thomas."

On 8 Feb 1673 Friend's Records state "Rebecca Cornell, widow, was killed strangely at Portsmouth in her own dwelling house, and twice viewed by the Coroner's Inquest, digged up and buried again by her husband's grave in their own land.' On May 23 her son Thomas was charged with murder. John Cornell, in his Genealogy of the Cornell Family, wrote that the trial "reads like a farce. It appears that the old lady having been sitting by the fire smoking a pipe, a coal had fallen from the fire or her pipe, and that she was burned to death. But on the strength of a vision which her brother John Briggs had, in which she appeared to him after her death and said: 'See how I was burned with fire.' It was inferred that she was set fire to, and that her son who was last with her did it, and principally on this evidence Thomas Cornell was tried, convicted and hung for her murder. Durfee in his Legal Tracts of Rhode Island, comments on the strangeness of this trial and the injustice of the execution. The writer of this remarked to a leading lawyer of Newport (who knows much of the history of Rhode Island), that there seemed very little evidence to convict this Thomas Cornell, the lawyer's answer was simply: 'There was no evidence." Thomas Cornell was born on 21 October 1627 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England.

Rebecca Cornell was born on 31 January 1629.

Joshua Cornell was born in 1642.

Samuel Cornell was born in 1644.