Sgt. William Cornwell

   Another name for William was William Corn.

  Events

• Church: Appears on Reverend John Eliot's list of members of his church with his wife, Joane, 1633, Roxbury, MA. ¹²³⁹

• Military: Pequot Massacre, 1637, Mystic, Ct. ¹²³⁹ This is where he received the rank of Sergeant. He was one of 77 soldiers involved, 58 of them from Hartford under John Mason.

• Land, 1639, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. ¹²³⁹ #54, west of South Street, with 8 acres of land in the village. Part of his lands were received for services in the Pequot War.

• Place, 1642, Middletown, Hartford Co. CT. Mattabeseck Settlement on the Connecticut River, fifteen miles below Hartford.

• residence, 1650-1651, Middletown, Hartford Co. CT. He and his sons helped found Middletown about this time.

• Land: 903 acres: Middletown, Hartford Co. CT. ¹²³⁹ Deed recorded for this land on Feb 30, 1657.

• Church, 3 Dec 1668, Middletown, Hartford Co. CT. ¹²³⁹

• Politics: Representative to the Colonial Legislature, 1654, 1664, 1665. ¹²³⁹

• Will, 1674, Middletown, Hartford Co. CT. ¹²³⁹ Inventory of his estate on Feb 22, 1677 included a listing of his lands.

William married Mary Hyanno, daughter of John Hyanno and Mary No-Pee, in 1639 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. (Mary Hyanno was born in 1618 and died 21 Feb 1677/78 in Middletown, Hartford Co. CT.)