William Cornwell

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We must be decended from the different lines of Cornwells which I have tried so hard to prove are connected - but cannot.  This is my line:
PHILIP2 CORNWELL born 1798 married ANN AYRES, daughter of JOHN AYRES and SUSAN WEBB. Notes for PHILIP CORNWELL:
In the 1841 census Philip is listed as a publican.  Although he was baptised in 1801along with his brothers John and William, and sister Mary Ann, census data shows that he was born in 1798.  In the 1851 he was receiving Parish relief, which means he was probably ill.  By 1861 he had returned to work.  A news report in 1870 tells of an accidental fire at John King's destroying 5 cottages, the greatest loser being an old roadman, Philip Cornwell . No pensions in those days...
   
Children of PHILIP CORNWELL and ANN AYRES are:
   i.   EMMA3 CORNWELL, b. 30 Mar 1828; m. RICHARD RAYMENT, 25 Dec 1844, Bottisham England
   ii.   LEVI CORNWELL, b. 30 Mar 1828; m. SARAH PETTIT, 21 Mar 1857, Bottisham England; b. 1836.
3.   iii.   WILLIAM CORNWELL, b. 29 Sep 1829, Bottisham  England.
   iv.   CHARLES CORNWELL, b. 15 May 1832; m. (1) ELIZABETH AYRES, 1855; m. (2) EMMA HANCOCK, 30 Oct 1857, Bottisham England; b. 1836.
   v.          ELIJAH CORNWELL, b. 14 Nov 1834.
   vi.   ELLIS CORNWELL, b. 08 Jan 1837.
   vii.   URIAH CORNWELL, b. 1842.
   viii.   ZILLAH CORNWELL, b. 1843.
   ix.   JOHN CORNWELL, b. 1847.
3.  WILLIAM3 CORNWELL (PHILIP2, WILLIAM1) was born 29 Sep 1829 in Bottisham  England.  He married  AVIS SHIP 13 Jan 1855.these are my grandmothers grandparents...
I have extracted every reference to Bottisham/Lode Cornwells I could find in the Records Office and can't link my line with the VC one...

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At the time of the en bloc baptisms of Philip and his siblings in 1801, I believe that it WAS a legal requirement that marriages had to be in the Parish Church - but NOT that children had to be baptised in Parish Churches.   This is why some baptisms are untraceable, where the original Non Conformist records are lost, or where families just didn't bother.  I suspect that a new broom (Vicar) may have arrived in Bottisham and decided to sweep up the unbaptised. 

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No disagreement between us about the new broom vicar, there was indeed no requirement about baptism to be in the parish church. There is no doubt about our connection on the Ayres line as John Ayres and Susannah Webb are one set of my 3Xgreat grandparents; however so far as I am concerned I too have not been able to prove a link to Philip other than the fact that he married a daughter of my ancestors as shown above, but given the high degree of proven intermarriage between the Ayres and Cornwell families I think a link must remain highly likely.

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Yes - I agree.
I also have Bendall, Hart, Shipp... so we are probably multi- related!

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Not forgetting, Avis, Benstead, Harvey etc.etc. as I have said prev iously on other threads I think the whole village was inter-related, certainly to the extent that I am my own 4th cousin.

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Hi Roger

When did your William Cornwell die?

Ben

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Unfortunately I have not yet found that information.