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Thomas Cornell

Ancestry of
Thomas Cornell

(c1595 - c1655)
Great Migration Immigrant 1638


Who was Thomas Cornell?

Thomas Cornell was a Great Migration immigrant who arrived in New England by 1638. The Great Migration includes immigrants to New England who arrived between the Mayflower in 1620 and the beginning of the English Civil War in 1640. The first wave of immigrants consisted largely of Puritans, who left England in search of religious freedom and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Over the next few decades, thousands of people from England, Scotland, and other parts of Europe made the journey to New England, bringing with them their skills, customs, and cultures. The immigrants played a key role in shaping American society and politics, and many of their descendants went on to play important roles in the American Revolution and the formation of the United States.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Thomas Cornell

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Tennessee Williams

Author of A Streetcar Named Desire

8th great-grandnephew
via Cornell

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Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

11th great-grandson

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Hetty Green

“The Witch of Wall Street”

5th great-grandniece
via Cornell

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John Kerry

68th U.S. Secretary of State

9th great-grandson

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Amelia Earhart

Aviation Pioneer

8th great-granddaughter

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Ezra Cornell

Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union

4th great-grandson

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Alonzo B. Cornell

25th Governor of New York

5th great-grandson

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Clement Clarke Moore

Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”

4th great-grandson

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Joseph Wharton

Founder of the Wharton School of Business

5th great-grandson

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Ethan Hawke

Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist

10th great-grandnephew
via Cornell

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Lewis Henry Lapham

Co-Founder of Texaco

6th great-grandnephew
via Cornell

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Christopher Lloyd

Movie Actor

8th great-grandnephew
via Cornell

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Richard Nixon

37th U.S. President

8th great-grandson

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Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe

First Lady of President James Monroe

3rd great-granddaughter

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Lizzie Borden

Accused Murderess

6th great-granddaughter

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Susan B. Anthony

Women's Rights Advocate

5th great-grandniece
via Cornell

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Sir Robert Laird Borden

8th Prime Minister of Canada

5th great-grandson

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Jimmy Carter

39th U.S. President

8th great-grandson

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Kyra Sedgwick

TV and Movie Actress

9th great-granddaughter

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William Ellery

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

2nd great-grandson

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Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer

8th great-granddaughter

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Tuesday Weld

TV and Movie Actress

9th great-granddaughter

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