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| 1. | Thomas CORNELL was born on 24 Mar 1593 in Fairstead Manor, Essex, England; died on 7 Feb 1655 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Thomas married Rebecca BRIGGS in 1622 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Rebecca was born on 25 Oct 1600 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 8 Feb 1673 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 2. | Sarah CORNELL Sarah married John BRIGGS, Sr in 1641 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. John (son of Henrie Clement BRIGGS and Mary Ellen HINCKES) was born in 1609 in Darrington, Yorkshire, England; died on 16 Nov 1690 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; was buried in Old Commons Burial Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | William BRIGGS William married Elizabeth COOK in 1680 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Elizabeth was born in 1653 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died in Aug 1716 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 4. | William John BRIGGS William married Margaret Turner CUTLER on 13 Nov 1710 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret (daughter of Edmund CUTLER and Isabell TURNER) was born on 11 Jan 1689 in Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1744 in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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