CORNWELL from Bottisham

[wdurham]

Carolyn -

A correction to my guess at parents for Isaac Cornwell - James & Sarah Cornell of Little Wilbraham DID baptise an Isaac in 1819, but he is with them in 1841 and 1851 in Little Wilbraham.

Whereas "your" Isaac and Rebecca are in Bottisham for both censuses, with their children.

So the two cannot be the same man, although the son of James & Sarah is the only Cornell/Cornwell visible in the Cambs Baptism Index. 

Sorry about that!

Wendy

[CAROLYNDERRY]

no probs, i also thought that that was the same isaac until i delved into census records as it is only isaac listed. will have to keep going onthat one.

thanks

carolyn

[wdurham]

Hi, Carolyn

The IGI has Bottisham well covered and no sign of an Isaac around 1817.  He's not in the Cambs FHS baptism index either.

Though I note that Isaac and Rebecca baptised nearly all of their children on the same day - 6 May 1855. Maybe the family were just careless about baptisms? I have a similar situation with my Armstrongs in Ravensden - children baptised in large batches, and if one was away or busy elsewhere on the day, he/she just didn't get "done".

Alternatively, perhaps Isaac was not his first name, or the name with which he was baptised?

You may have to send for the 1839 marriage certificate to find out who Isaac's father was.

Wendy

[CAROLYNDERRY]

thanks for that
i will have to send for it i think as i am running out of other ideas.

i seem to have a family that appear and disappear at odd times

carolyn

[wdurham]

A lot of that may be the name, Carolyn.

I have Cornhills from Kent, and a friend has Cornhills in Devon and Portsea. We believe the two families are linked, although no proof found as yet. However we have found family members under every conceivable variant of the name - often children of the same parents have different spellings of the name. I have a family with four sons born in Oare to William and Elizabeth Cornhill, and the sons all have a different variant spelling. In Devon, one family has its earlier children correctly labelled, but the rest are Cornwalls. Anything from Cornel to Cornwill to Cornwall and so on....

Intriguingly, one of the several circumstantial reasons why we believe the Devon and Kent Cornhills are linked is the sudden cropping up in the early/mid 1800s of the name Lewis/Louis. When you check there are precious few with that name under any of the surname variants.  and your Louis/Lewis Cornwell -  son of Isaac and Rebecca - is one of only about 6 or 7.

Pure coincidence? Almost certainly - but still interesting just as a curiosity!

[mig]

Hi Carolyn
I am new to Roots.chat and have just found your listing about the Cornwells of Bottisham.

I too have the name of Cornwell in my family tree and they were living in Bottisham Lode.
My great x 3 grandfather Philip Cornwell was born about 1799 and married Ann Arber. Their children were Emma, Levi, William, Charles, Elijah, Uriah, Zillah and John born between 1826 to 1847. It is through Emma, their eldest daughter, that my family tree grows. She married Richard Rayment, another Bottisham name, and it was their son who moved away from the village and agriculture to live in the North East and work in industry.

I have not pursued the whereabouts of any of Emma's brothers and sisters but who knows, there may be a connection ............

[CAROLYNDERRY]

hi
thanks for your reply. i think your cornwells well may be related as i have come across these names before. i havent found a direct link as yet but will keep you informed if i do

carolyn

[CAROLYNDERRY]

hi

i now have isaac and rebekahs marriage certificate but doesnt really help very much.

isaacs father was Wm, presumably William occupation-dead
rebekahs father also Wm also dead

witnesses were samuel cornwell possibly a brother?
and ann osler

i cant find a samuel who also has a father called william or a death for william that may fit

has anyone any further suggestions where i go from here?

[bedfordshire boy]

Bear in mind that it wasn't unknown for someone illegitimate to make up a father's name for appearances' sake

David