Ancestry of
Rutherford B. Hayes

19th U.S. President

Roger Cornwall alias Birchard

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• • Grandfather of Rutherford B. Hayes — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • ----- Birchard 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Jacob   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Dec 1756 
  • Birth Location:
  • Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Aug 1805 
  • Death Location:
  • Wilmington, Windham, Vermont 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington, Windham, Vermont 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Drusilla Austin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Dec 1790 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Sophia Birchard (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Roger was apparently the illegitimate child of Sarah Jacob and was recorded without a surname, but later took his step-father's name.

• Sources for Roger Cornwall alias Birchard

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A010282, #A003786 and A010291.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1980, Vol. 56, pp. 161-162.
  • ³ Phelps, Judge Oliver Seymour and Andrew T. Servin, The Phelps Family of America, and Their English Ancestors, with Copies of Wills, Deeds, Letters, and . . ., Vol. 1, Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Eagle Publishing Company (1899), 184.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 418.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 45.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 479-480.