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Excerpted from --
The Collie Family of Pittsylvania Co, VA, their Scottish origins, relatives & descendants
by Betty Cox Collier
The Collie Family p. 656
Dennis Cornwell (d. pre 1735), father of Charles Cornwell (d. 1781)
Dennis Cornwell, father of Charles Cornwell, is thought to be the Dennis Cornwell
who was transported to Virginia (apparently from England) sometime around 1692 by Richard
Taylor. Subsequently, on April 20, 1694, Taylor was granted 293 acres in Nansemond
County, VA, for importing Dennis Cornwell and five other persons as settlers for the Virginia
colony.3 If typical, the date of the grant would have been about two years after the
event. Over several decades, this policy was responsible for bringing in thousands of ablebodied
men and women, who helped develop Virginia and whose descendants number in
the millions today.
From information in a Westmoreland County, VA, deed, dated 1698, Dennis Cornwell's
wife appears to have been Ann Dunkin, daughter of a Peter Dunkin, Sr. According to other ********
researchers, Peter Dunkin, Sr. was born in 1633 and died about 1676 when his will apparently
was proved.4
Dennis Cornwell is mentioned in at least twelve court records dating between 1693 and
1704 in Westmoreland County, VA, and then in three court records (all in 1711) occurring in
Stafford County, VA, where he apparently moved sometime by 1711.5 Dennis had died by
May 20,1735, when a Prince William County, VA, deed reported the sale of 100 acres he had
owned in his lifetime from a 200-acre tract he had purchased in 1699. The sale was to John
Tayloe of "Lunnenbury Parish" in Richmond County, VA, and was done by his sons, Charles
and Peter Cornwell, who were identified as being of Hambleton Parish in Prince William
County, VA.
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Excerpted from --
The Collie Family of Pittsylvania Co, VA, their Scottish origins, relatives & descendants
by Betty Cox Collier
The Collie Family p. 656
Footnote:
4 Peter Dunkin, Sr. apparently lived in or near Westmoreland Co., VA. He is discussed in the Genealogy
of Dodson, Lucas, Etc., by S. Emmet Lucas. In addition to Ann Dunkin, Peter Dunkin, Sr. appears
to have had the following children whose identities are shown in 1694 and 1701 Westmoreland
County, VA, records: 1) Elizabeth, wife of George Harrison, 2) Ellen Dunkin (unmarried), 3)
Rebecca, wife of Thomas Kirtley, and 4) Elinor (Dunkin) Bryan, who lived in Charles County, MD,
in 1701.
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found at findagrave.com on 5/12/2020
Peter Duncan, Jr
Birth: 17 Jun 1624 Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Death: 9 Sep 1676 (aged 52) Virginia, USA
Burial: Unknown
Memorial #: 49759093
Bio: 9th great grandparents Peter and Bessie Caldwell were married 2 June 1646, Cannongate, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Family Members
Parents
Peter Duncan 1597-1676
Spouse
Elizabeth Caldwell Duncan 1630-1671
Children
Charles Duncan 1647-1712
Ann Duncan Cornhill 1666-Unknown
Created by: dek_tx (47124601)
Added: 15 Mar 2010
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49759093/peter-duncan
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 May 2020), memorial page for Peter Duncan, Jr (17 Jun 16249 Sep 1676), Find a Grave Memorial no. 49759093, ; Maintained by dek_tx (contributor 47124601) Unknown.
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Steve Butler and Suzanne Hibbs Family History
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