Ancestry of
Amelia Earhart

Aviation Pioneer

Richard Cornell

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Amelia Earhart — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 406 
  • Father:
  • John Cornell 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Russell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Mar 1678 
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Jun 1757 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mamaroneck, Westchester, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Thorne
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1701 
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  Hannah Cornell (Ahnentafel No:203 )

• Sources for Richard Cornell

  • ¹ Cornell, Rev. John, Genealogy of the Cornell Family: Being an Account of the Descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, R.I., New York: Press of T.A. Wright (1902), 267, 269-271.
  • ² Quinby, Henry Cole, Genealogical History of the Quinby (Quimby) Family In England and America, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company (1915), 120.

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