Cornish - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Robert B CORNISH and Jessie Louise KIRKLAND, WI 1897+

johnqcopeland1 — 2012-05-15 15:49:39Z

I have a Kirkland chalk portrait of a Kirkland dating back to Scotland in the 1600 hundreds. via the Copeland who married a Bird who was a family member of the Kirkland family.

Re: William Cornish

topaz16 — 2012-04-24 19:29:24Z

Will send you what I can find on that family line and you might be able to see where your family members fit in ...also, what are the approximate dates of their births .... Many from that line lived around the Finger Lakes .. Penn Yan, Himrod, Wayland from what I see in the book. Naples is along Canandaigua Lake, one of the Finger Lakes .... Also, email me with a good email to send you info. Typed some up for Mary Kay and need to send her more, but a family emergency came up and I got sidetracked ... Almost forgot. My email is topaz16@aol.com

Karen

Re: William Cornish

amalocon — 2012-04-24 18:42:02Z

I'm also researching the Cornish family from Naples,NY. The ancestors I have are Carabel Cornish who married Harry Bachman Greene. Carabel's parents are Edward Duane Cornish and Edna Belle Marcy. Any information would be appreciated.
thanks,
anita

Re: William Cornish

topaz16 — 2012-04-03 11:16:42Z

Wineries are down there ..and I think Widmer Wine or close by. I will be sending more as soon as I can type it out ....our ancestors were close by each other ...I grew up in Monroe County, but spent summers at Canandaigua Lake in Ontario County ... Naples is quaint and used to be full of writers. Karen

Re: William Cornish

MaryKayShea — 2012-04-02 02:35:27Z

Karen,

Thank you so much for sending me all this information! I find it so interesting to see where I actually came from because growing up I was always told I was a heinz 57! I hope to visit Naples NY this summer because a cousin from another side will be there. This is where the Widmer's and Cornish's came from.

Mary Kay

Re: William Cornish

topaz16 — 2012-04-01 15:18:12Z

yours might be the Southern branch of Cornishes .... found some info on them in my book .. send me email and I will type out what I have here ... might have a bit of info for you in there ...

Re: William Cornish

topaz16 — 2012-04-01 15:08:19Z

Mary Kay

Found quite a bit on your family in the book .... Several pages ... Will type out little by little and send to you directly ... Will first try to contact you through ancestry.com to see if we can connect so I can email it to you ... Our lines do not connect. It will give you a lot of information .... Karen

Re: William Cornish

topaz16 — 2012-04-01 14:49:28Z

Mary Kay

I know exactly where Naples, NY is. I grew up not too far from there. My Newown, LI, NY Cornishes ended up in Broome County, Wayne County, Monroe County and some other spots around there in NY. It is possible that we might have a distant relationship because of the proximity ... But, I need some information from you to lookup in that book.

There were approximately six groups of Cornishes in this country. They were not direct relations, but all seem to come from same area and might have been related way back. The name Cornish means "of Cornwall".

Some of mine are buried in cemeteries in Monroe County, NY, some in Wayne County, and some are more distant ...you can contact me directly with some info to help me find what I can in the book to see which line your descendants came from. And, my grandmother had a copy of a genealogy report done in the early 1800's which helped me, and with the book, and some tidbits of history, pieced my group together ...

Contact me at topaz16@aol.com

Karen

Re: William Cornish

MaryKayShea — 2012-04-01 02:11:03Z

My side is from Naples, NY. Do you have any info in your book on them? Would love to hear about them if you do.

Mary Kay Shea

Re: William Cornish

topaz16 — 2012-03-31 01:28:49Z

Where does one find the Society of Cornishes? Thanks?

William Cornish

topaz16 — 2012-03-31 01:24:44Z

I have a book on the Cornish family in America ... My line came from Cornwall to MA to Newtown, LI, NY. My great great great grandfather was a William Cornish .... I would be glad to share any info I can find I that book for any of you.

Re: William Cornish

flowerlady12 — 2012-03-29 20:02:26Z

Helen:

Saw your post here and I too am searching this line. I am a descendant. Mine comes through Elizabeth d/o William. She married Ralph Josselyn.

Do you have history for William parent's, names of siblings
etc? I am very interested in that.

Thanking you in advance, email me, Maxine

kansaslassie@gmail.com

Re: William Cornish

flowerlady12 — 2012-03-29 19:55:38Z

Hi there:
I too am a descendant of William Cornish b ABT 1453, by his daughter and co-heiress. The daughter Elizabeth,b 1479 & was married to Ralph Jocelyn/Josselyn. This was in Canfield, Essex, England. This information goes back to 1475.The names of their children were: Ralph b 1503 in Canfield,Essex. Eng.:
Agnes b ABT 1499:Phillip b ABT 1501: Nicholas b ABT 1506:
Denys b ABT 1508: the last 4 all born in same location as Ralph[the first son]and was the s/o John Josselyn b ABT 1449,& Anne Lavenham b ABT 1451. Before I continue, is any of this line in your branch of this tree.?
More than willing to share, but, it's of no interest to you
if it don't pertain to your line.

email me when you can Maxine at kansaslassie@gmail.com

Re: Bell Family

MissMMW — 2012-03-29 18:04:04Z

I would love to have a copy of the picture of Rebecca B Bell and her husband. I believe that Rebecca is my gggrandmother and Margaret is my ggrandmother. However, when Margaret got married she used the name Effort. John Effort b. 1817 Georgia was a cherokee indian Territory, Oklahoma and was married to someone else. I do have a picture of Margaret and one of her brothers and his family. I see the resemblance between Thomas J Bell and the man in the picture that I have but his wife looks different than Martha, Thomas' wife. vovercomer at yahoo.com

Re: Robert Fenton Cornish

gpondbarrett — 2012-03-26 02:55:17Z

I cannot help you go back further, but my grandfather was called robert fenton cornish. He was killed in the first war.He was a coachbuilder & signwriter living in Bletchingley Surrey. He had 5 children the eldest of whom was named Rivers

Re: Cornish and Davey

shellz52 — 2012-03-07 15:34:37Z

Thanks Paul, I will do a little digging in Cornwall to see what I can come up with. Thanks again :)

Re: Cornish and Davey

paul_davey1 — 2012-03-07 08:00:02Z

Hi Shellz52
came across your thread completely by chance. for what it's worth, my father Francis Davey was born (1913)near Penzance, Cornwall and eventually settled in S.Africa. His father was Harold and g/f was John so i think the family line goes way back in Cornwall. I now live in sydney, aus. I have been to his birthplace in Cornwall. I noticed that 'Davey' was a common surname in Cornwall, and less so the derivatives like davies, davie, davy, davis, etc, which are more common in Wales or SE England. rgds, paul davey

Re: William Cornish

halewia — 2012-03-06 04:50:36Z

Hi Cindy,
I am also a direct descendant of William Cornish (168O, Virginia)through Ransom Cornish. I would be very interested in any information about any of the Cornish's you could share with me, but particularly William.
Thank you!
Shari

Re: Scott Lane CORNISH

amberoaks82 — 2012-02-05 20:50:31Z

I am looking for the same information. Did you ever find anything?

Cornish/Kennedy

ducorn — 2011-12-21 22:33:32Z

Looking for descendents of the Cornish family from Brooklyn. Also descendents of Ellen Ida Cornish Kennedy.

John Cornish b 27 Apr 1800 Kenwyn

viv811 — 2011-12-03 02:42:37Z

m 10 Aug 1825, Gwennap, Harriet Dowrick b 14 Oct 1798 Gwennap. Interested in all generations before and after.

Re: Amelia (Cornish) Patton b 1816

mnrlkng — 2011-11-29 17:42:26Z

Would anyone know what the "B. B." stands for in William B. B. Patton? I have seen one B or 2 Bs used.

Re: John Cornish and Eunice (Barnes?) Cornish

ptokarz0163 — 2011-11-18 14:33:15Z

Those e-mails mentioned regarding John Cornish and wife Eunice Barnes are from me.
Alana Knochel Bauman
sbauman@netnitco.net

Re: Watson Reed Cornish and Josephine Foreman

madameony — 2011-11-10 23:52:36Z

Back to learn more...has been a long time. If you still would like contact let me know. My website is www.thegalleywench.com and has how to contact me on it

Re: John Cornish, b1638, Somerset, England

topaz16 — 2011-10-17 11:42:47Z

In the Cornish family genealogy book, Amaziah appears only twice. The father was Lieut. Jabez Cornish. 1726. There is an article written on him in book. Married twice ... Dorothy Dibble, then Sarah Whiting. Amaziah was one of 8 children ... Shows no birthdate, but shows death around 1836. Married a Rebecca and lived in Coventry, NY. Shows one child Keziah. Do not know if anything here helps ....

Re: John Cornish, b1638, Somerset, England

CRosen2 — 2011-10-16 23:05:38Z

I think John Cornish married to Johanna Hore is my husband's 4x great grandfather. From your post you indicated you have the marriage and death cert. Is there any way you could connect me with the link to these documents? I have not found these documents online and would like to added this info to my tree. Any other info would be great.

Re: Ludwell Cornish

topaz16 — 2011-10-16 22:33:10Z

Some people just add names no matter what and don't think about dates -- maybe Eliza was named after her mother ... An Elizabeth or such.

Re: Ludwell Cornish

c_carpeno — 2011-10-16 21:41:04Z

Ludwell Veatch b Abt. 1839 Ky son of Eliza Cornish & Eleven D Veatch yes

Re: Ludwell Cornish

topaz16 — 2011-10-16 20:02:19Z

Eliza f. Did have a son she named Ludwell. Thomas in 1770 died in KY.

Re: Ludwell Cornish

c_carpeno — 2011-10-16 17:01:53Z

http://www.veerhuis.org/cgi-bin/searchdb?family=%5ECornish$

there are some Conn Cornishish here ???

Ludwell Carter Cornish Col -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 30 APR 1807 at: Virginia
Died: 27 SEP 1857 at: Cornishville, Mercer Co, Kentucky
Burial: at:
and this one I would bet my bottom dollar is her brother and he is married into my other families

Re: Ludwell Cornish

c_carpeno — 2011-10-16 16:54:14Z

That makes more sense- and in the We Veitches - has her b in PA and says the father is thought to be Ludwell - well there is a Ludwell in Mercer but he is nearly the same age - I am going to look for Thomas - Thank you - hopefully there is a will

Re: Ludwell Cornish

topaz16 — 2011-10-16 16:48:17Z

I know ... My Cornish line was hard, but think I have it ... I had some clues, and Abraham came from Newtown, NY and is buried in Fairport, NY where I lived, but have never been to grave ... Getting beyond him was the puzzle, then one day a month ago a genealogy of Seversmith etc. Was found and I searched and in the add on info found the clue ...hope it is correct ... My grandmother was a Cornish in NY. Now, finding more on the spouse is the hard part .... Almost have to search through google to the locale of her death and see if any records are available through vital record units in that county.

Re: Ludwell Cornish

topaz16 — 2011-10-16 16:38:16Z

In the Braden Family Tree they show Eliza F. Cornish being born in 1807 in Cynthiana, KY and dying in Cornishville, KY in 1864. She married Eleven or Elvin D.Veatch ... Mary was one of their children. Shows her father being Thomas Cornish born in 1770 and dying in KY

Re: Ludwell Cornish

c_carpeno — 2011-10-16 16:23:44Z

Thank you - this is really a puzzle

Re: Ludwell Cornish

topaz16 — 2011-10-16 16:10:11Z

Will look in the Cornish Geneaology book I have and see if I find anything. Had trouble with my line from Newown, NY until I read Some other history or document ... Will see if aything there .... There were approx 6 Cornish lines in this country with some smaller lines as well. Some big ones started im MA and Conn and they all moved on and one in the South.

Re: Ludwell Cornish

c_carpeno — 2011-10-16 15:20:46Z

Eliza F Cornish b May 16, 1808 Reading Pa (1807 VA in 1860 Mercer Census)d Cornishville, Mercer Co., KY (20 Dec 1854) m Eleven D Veatch August 21, 1826 Duncansville,KY
Veatch b November 01, 1803 Woodford Co KY d August 1871 Cornishville, Mercer Co. KY

They named a child Ludwell Carter Veatch
his sister Mary is my line
Mary Veatch b March 26, 1834 Kentucky d February 12, 1917 Mercer Co., KY m Addison T Carter Sr

The main reason is I want is to know who Eliza's parents are is she is the end of my mtDNA.

She is like the end of my knowing almost all my lines in the US

Re: Ludwell Cornish

topaz16 — 2011-10-16 12:02:34Z

There is a Cornishville, KY.

Re: Ludwell Cornish

topaz16 — 2011-10-16 12:00:11Z

Approximately, what is their birth dates? Do you know which Cormish line they came from ... As in MA, Conn, Newtown, NY or the Southern States? Not sure about Cornishville ....

Ludwell Cornish

c_carpeno — 2011-10-14 02:29:55Z

Possible father of Eliza F Cornish - I went to the Library today and it says Eliza was born in Reading PA - and Ludwell died in Cornishville ?? Anyone have any information?

John Gaines Cornish

Thinblueline979 — 2011-10-10 22:14:37Z

Hello,

My 3rd Great Grandfather in John Gaines Cornish. I know that he was born in March of 1820 in Ontario, New York. I know that he moved to Clayton County, IA and married Anna Eastman. When she died in 1854, I know their children were left with neighbors and he "disappeared." I have found SEVERAL family trees with him dying in Los Angeles 5 April 1913, yet none of them are sourced. I inquired about them. The authors that replied stated they copied the info from someone else's tree. I have researched this for some time. Not only can I not find a source for this date and location, I can not find any record of a John G. Cornish living in California. Are you at all familiar with this name? Thank you in advance for your time.

Re: Abraham Cornish M Keziah Brush . 1799

topaz16 — 2011-10-09 20:44:48Z

P.S. Abraham's father appears to be John, son of 2nd Benjamin and his mother's last name was Simmons. Biggest problem is the way the cenuses were take. In NY ... No names, just numbers.

Re: Abraham Cornish M Keziah Brush . 1799

topaz16 — 2011-10-09 20:02:31Z

This report I have that was done by Delphine has been in my grandmother's family for years. My mother gave me a copy. Do not know who John C. Moore is. I am descended from William. I presume the report was given to my grandmother, Justine. William's son by his second marriage was Edwin S. Cornish who was the father of Justine's father Jay Edwin. I have a photo of William's second wife Ann Eliza Smith with Edwin, Jay and Justine. Apparently, this report got around the Cornishes in Wayne and Monroe County NY.

Re: Abraham Cornish M Keziah Brush . 1799

pma24 — 2011-10-09 17:19:48Z

How do you have DElphine Hanna's report? That is where I got my information. Are you related to John C. Moore? Huband descends from Eliza.

Re: Abraham Cornish M Keziah Brush . 1799

topaz16 — 2011-10-09 11:57:26Z

I have wondered the same thing about her age. I pulled out the genealogy sheets prepared by Delphine Hanna, A.M. -M.D. In 1928. Keziah was 7 years older than Abraham. They were married by a Presbyterian mi inter in Newtown. Abraham died at the hom of his granddaughter Margaret Smith. I am going to try to get her death certificate from Fairport ... I am from there and when I go to visit my mother I will check into it.

Also, this genealogy was done for the ancestors of Maria Louise Smith Chadwick. She also says to find an expert to look up the records of Newtown, now Elmhurst, L.I. Am trying to find who Jonathan Furman married fo his second wife. Keziah's sister. Also, will join the NY genealogical society to get into their records.

Is your husband and I related through William or Eliza?

Re: Abraham Cornish M Keziah Brush . 1799

pma24 — 2011-10-09 02:50:48Z

If Keziah was born in 1766 she would have been 33 years old when she married Abraham. That seem to be unusual for the time. Could she hsve been a widow? If she did marry that late that might be why there are only 2 children listed. I only had the two children listed also.
You would be related to my husband.

Re: Abraham Cornish M Keziah Brush . 1799

topaz16 — 2011-10-09 02:08:19Z

We must be related then .... I have a family genealogy that was done for my grandmother, Justine Cornish VerCrouse. Her father was Jay Edwin and his father was Edwin S. Cornish and Mary Benton his mother. Edwin's father was William and his mother was Ann Eliza Smith ... She remarried after William died and married a Pratt. I found that out when I found a picture in my grandmother's family album of Ann Eliza, Edwin, Jay, and grandma as a baby. William was dead so Ann Eliza was in the picture as part of the generation.

Abraham and Kezia(h) are both buried in Fairport, NY Greenvale Cemetary.

I have several sheets in a genealogy done for my grandmother. It starts with Abraham and Keziah.

I got a copy downloaded of the Cornish Families in America and found the thread of Newtown, NY beginning with Thomas Cornish from England. I then said .... Who was Abraham'sfather? Puzzling, but then I found a thread in an article entitled Colonial Families in Long Island and Connecticut .... And there are pages on the Cornish family and later a supplement which is where I found the real information.

So, under Benjamin there is a lot and below it was John Cornish with his children ... It listed Abraham who married Keziah ... And that is where my thread went .... Keziah's sister married a Jonathan Furman .... And it said that Keziah was from NJ.

Here is the thread that I think I have straight .... Thomas from England .... Benjamin born in Exeter, NH to Benjamin, to John to John to Abraham to William, To Edwin to Jay to Justine, to my mother . Jean Lenora VerCrouse to me Karen McCrary.

One thing my genealogy sheets show is that Keziah and Abraham show two children, but there were probably more ... Eliza and William. H was 100 years old and died in the home of his grand daughter in Fairport. I have lots more info on Eliza's children and so on .... Pages.

Re: Abraham Cornish M Keziah Brush . 1799

pma24 — 2011-10-08 20:16:50Z

I would be interested in all you hve on Abraham Cornish as he is my husband's 3rd great grandfather. I am willing to share. Right know we are quite busy, so not able to do much now. Who have you just found?

Keziah Brush Cornish and Abraham Cornish from Newtown, NY

topaz16 — 2011-10-08 12:15:14Z

Trying to find more information on Keziah Brush who married my great grandfather 3 or 4 times removed, Abraham Cornish. Have copies of a genealogy done decades ago. It only shows two children born to them, but indicating there were probably more. Their son William was the father of Edwin, father of Jay, who was the father of my grandmother Justine. I have traced Abraham to Thomas Cornish from England. Hard to find on genealogy websites, but there are documents and books that helped form this lineage. Keziah, however, according to one document, appears to be from NJ! That trail seems to end! Anyone have any info on her? She was born in 1766 according to the genealogy. Thanks.

Re: Abraham Cornish M Keziah Brush . 1799

topaz16 — 2011-10-08 11:52:33Z

Think I have found them ... Well, Abraham's at least.

Re: Abraham Cornish M Keziah Brush . 1799

topaz16 — 2011-10-08 11:50:38Z

Realize this might be past the time this post was added, but Abraham Cornish was my great grandfather 3 or 4 times removed. I have finally traced him to the first ancestor in MA from England. My grandmother was a Cornish from Williamson,NY. Finding info on Keziah is hard... One document shows her from NJ.