Rebecca BRIGGS

1600 - 1673  (72 years)

• Name	Rebecca BRIGGS
  Born	25 Oct 1600	London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Feb 1673	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I60	My Family History
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2021

  
  

  Family	Thomas CORNELL,   b. 24 Mar 1593, Fairstead Manor, Essex, England ,   d. 7 Feb 1655, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Married	1622	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Sarah CORNELL,   b. 30 Mar 1623, Saffron Walden, Essex, England ,   d. 6 Sep 1703, Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2021
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rebecca died when her clothes accidentally caught fire near a fireplace, but her son, Thomas Cornell, Junior, was later convicted using circumstantial evidence as well as spectral evidence, where witnesses recounted dreams involving ghosts pointing to his alleged guilt. Elaine Froman Crane examined the case in depth in her 2002 book, Killed Strangely: The Death of Rebecca Cornell.

  
  

• Sources

  [S28] Online Database: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line] - digital - Rebecca Cornell (Reliability: 3). [S28] Online Database: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line] - digital - Rebecca Cornell. [S29] Online Database: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 - digital - U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 for Thomas Cornell (Reliability: 3).