Peter Cornwell

1688 - 1776

• Name	Peter Cornwell
  Birth	1688	Westmoreland Co, VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Land Sale	08 Oct 1750	Northumberland Co, VA   [2]
  	with wife Sarah Ann Bowling, grandaughter to Robert Wilson, 100 acres to Capt William Haynie
  Land Sale	27 Feb 1768	Fauquier Co, VA   [2]
  	Purchased 130 acres from Jeffrey Johnson
  Land Sale	12 Aug 1769	Fauquier Co, VA   [2]
  	300 acres to John Creel - granted to Peter Cornwell by Seller's Patent dated 9/2/1766
  Misc Fact	01 Mar 1773  [3]
  	Declares he owes defendant six pence for an iron rack
  Will	02 Jun 1776	Fauquier Co, VA   [4, 5]
  	Probated August 26,1776
  Probate	01 Aug 1776	Fauquier Co, VA   [5]
  	Ordered Execs be summoned to answer complaint of Christopher Neale, former servant, for non payment of Freedom dues
  Probate	01 Aug 1776	Fauquier Co, VA   [5]
  	Will proved and exec bond issued, appointed 4 men to do appraisement
  Probate	25 Nov 1776	Fauquier Co, VA   [5]
  	Sarah Ann Cornwell relinquishes all benefits
  Probate	27 Jan 1777	Fauquier Co, VA   [5]
  	Sarah Ann Cornwell relinquishes all benefits
  Probate	01 May 1778	Fauquier Co, VA   [5]
  	Ordered widow's dower
  Probate	01 Jun 1778	Fauquier Co, VA   [5]
  	Inv & App returned and recorded
  Findagrave.com	12 May 2020
  	See Notes
  Death	Between 02 Jun and 26 Aug 1776	Fauquier Co, VA   [1, 6]
  Burial	Unknown  [1]
  Person ID	I1965	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Dennis Cornhill,   b. 1655   d. Bef 1735, Stafford Co, VA (Age < 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann Dunkin,   b. 1666, Westmoreland Co, VA bur. Unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1682	Westmoreland Co, VA   [5]
  Photos		Cornwell-(Cornhill)-(Ann-(Duncan))-(Mar)
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucresse ???-xx,   b. 1688, VA d. Between 1726 and 1730 (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1709
  Notes	Children: son William Cornwell 1709 - 1767 - ** See findagrave.com page later ** son Peter Cornwell 1726 - 1776 - ** See findagrave.com page later ** - ** See picture of home in Misc-Docs-Pics ** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com on 5/12/2020 William Cornwell Birth: 1709 Stafford County, Virginia, USA Death: 1767 (aged 57–58) Prince William County, Virginia, USA Burial: Unknown Memorial #: 32419633 Family Members Parents Peter Cornwell 1688-1778 Lucresse Cornwell 1688-Unknown Spouse Lettice Gregg Cornwell 1709-1749 Siblings Peter Cornwell 1726-1776 Half Siblings Obadiah Cornwell 1730-Unknown Charles Cornwell 1731-1815 Children William Cornwell 1734-1808 Edward Cornwell 1736-1808 Noah Cornwell 1761-1789 Anna Cornwell Reagan 1764-Unknown Ozias Cornwell 1767-1789 Created by: Cindy Cornwell McCachern (46810811) Added: 26 Dec 2008 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32419633/william-cornwell Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 May 2020), memorial page for William Cornwell (1709–1767), Find a Grave Memorial no. 32419633, ; Maintained by Cindy Cornwell McCachern (contributor 46810811) Unknown. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com on 5/12/2020 Peter Cornwell Birth: 1726 Virginia, USA Death: 1776 (aged 49–50) Fauquier County, Virginia, USA Burial: Unknown Memorial #: 32419937 Family Members Parents Peter Cornwell 1688-1778 Lucresse Cornwell 1688-Unknown Spouse Sarah Ann Bowley Cornwell Shumate 1726-Unknown Siblings William Cornwell 1709-1767 Half Siblings Obadiah Cornwell 1730-Unknown Charles Cornwell 1731-1815 Children Sarah Cornwell Calvert 1741-1819 Jarvis Cornwell 1742-1820 Simon Cornwell 1746-Unknown Daniel Cornwell 1755-1823 Jacob Cornwell 1764-1827 Created by: Cindy Cornwell McCachern (46810811) Added: 26 Dec 2008 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32419937/peter-cornwell Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 May 2020), memorial page for Peter Cornwell (1726–1776), Find a Grave Memorial no. 32419937, ; Maintained by Cindy Cornwell McCachern (contributor 46810811) Unknown. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Family ID	F1105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Ann ???-xx,   b. 16 May 1708, Northumberland Co, VA d. Between 1740 and 1750 (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1730
  Notes	Children: son Obadiah Cornwell 1730 - Unknown - ** See findagrave.com page later ** son Charles Cornwell 1731 - 1815 - ** See findagrave.com page later ** son Simon Cornwell 1740 - 1810/13 - married Mary Johnston and had eleven children: son Francis Cornwell son William B Cornwell - married Mary F Swan son James Cornwel son Jeremiah Cornwell - married Sarah Burgess son Charles Cornwell - married Elizabeth "Betty" Thornton son Peter Cornwell - married Elizabeth Arterburn son Lewis Cornwell son Patton Cornwel dau Elizabeth Cornwell dau Sarah Cornwell dau Ann Cornwell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ found at findagrave.com on 5/12/2020 Obadiah “Obed” Cornwell Birth: 1730 Prince William County, Virginia, USA Death: unknown Virginia, USA Burial: Unknown Memorial #: 36349217 Family Members Parents Peter Cornwell 1688-1778 Ann Cornwell 1708-Unknown Spouse Hannah Davis Cornwell 1728-Unknown Siblings Charles Cornwell 1731-1815 Half Siblings William Cornwell 1709-1767 Peter Cornwell 1726-1776 Children William Cornwell 1752-1816 Elijah Cornwell 1760-1827 Obadiah Cornwell 1766-1817 Eli Cornwell 1766-1848 Created by: Cindy Cornwell McCachern (46810811) Added: 25 Apr 2009 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36349217/obadiah-cornwell Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 May 2020), memorial page for Obadiah “Obed” Cornwell (1730–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial no. 36349217, ; Maintained by Cindy Cornwell McCachern (contributor 46810811) Unknown. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com on 5/12/2020 Charles Cornwell, Jr Birth: 1731 Prince William County, Virginia, USA Death: 1815 (aged 83–84) Prince William County, Virginia, USA Burial: Unknown Memorial #: 32508488 Family Members Parents Peter Cornwell 1688-1778 Ann Cornwell 1708-Unknown Siblings Obadiah Cornwell 1730-Unknown Half Siblings William Cornwell 1709-1767 Peter Cornwell 1726-1776 Children Peter Cornwell 1762-1824 Samuel Cornwell 1772-1861 Created by: Cindy Cornwell McCachern (46810811) Added: 30 Dec 2008 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32508488/charles-cornwell Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 May 2020), memorial page for Charles Cornwell, Jr (1731–1815), Find a Grave Memorial no. 32508488, ; Maintained by Cindy Cornwell McCachern (contributor 46810811) Unknown. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Family ID	F1106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Sarah Ann Bowling-xx
  Marriage	Bef 08 Oct 1750	Prince William Co, VA   [7]
  Notes	Children: son Jacob Cornwell 1764 - 1829 - on 9/7/1790 in Fauquier Co, VA married Molly Hayes - ** See marriage record ** dau Sarah - married Jesse Nally son John Cornwell (died as infant) son John Cornwell (II) son Jacob Cornwell - married Mary Wolfe son Daniel Cornwell son Elias Cornwell - married Susan White son Benjamin Cornwell - married Elizabeth Gore dau Mary "Polly" Cornwell son Peter Cornwell son Joseph Cornwell son Silas Cornwell - married Cynthia Bowie dau Lucy Cornwell dau Ann Cornwell - married Newton Laws
  Family ID	F1107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1688 - Westmoreland Co, VA Marriage - Bef 08 Oct 1750 - Prince William Co, VA Land Sale - with wife Sarah Ann Bowling, grandaughter to Robert Wilson, 100 acres to Capt William Haynie - 08 Oct 1750 - Northumberland Co, VA Land Sale - Purchased 130 acres from Jeffrey Johnson - 27 Feb 1768 - Fauquier Co, VA Land Sale - 300 acres to John Creel - granted to Peter Cornwell by Seller's Patent dated 9/2/1766 - 12 Aug 1769 - Fauquier Co, VA Will - Probated August 26,1776 - 02 Jun 1776 - Fauquier Co, VA Probate - Ordered Execs be summoned to answer complaint of Christopher Neale, former servant, for non payment of Freedom dues - 01 Aug 1776 - Fauquier Co, VA Probate - Will proved and exec bond issued, appointed 4 men to do appraisement - 01 Aug 1776 - Fauquier Co, VA Probate - Sarah Ann Cornwell relinquishes all benefits - 25 Nov 1776 - Fauquier Co, VA Probate - Sarah Ann Cornwell relinquishes all benefits - 27 Jan 1777 - Fauquier Co, VA Probate - Ordered widow's dower - 01 May 1778 - Fauquier Co, VA Probate - Inv & App returned and recorded - 01 Jun 1778 - Fauquier Co, VA Death - Between 02 Jun and 26 Aug 1776 - Fauquier Co, VA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** -- who is the mother of the following children listed in his will? son Daniel Cornwell son Jarvice Cornwell dau Mary Cornwell dau Chloe Cornwell - married ??? Strange -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See the book 'The Collie family of Pittsylvania Co, VA' by Betty Cox Collie for list of descendants on p 657 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excerpted from -- The Collie Family of Pittsylvania Co, VA, their Scottish origins, relatives & descendants by Betty Cox Collier The Collie Family p. 656 Peter Cornwell (d. 1776), Brother of Charles Cornwell (d. 1781) Peter Cornwell, another son of Dennis Cornwell, presumably was born in the 1690s or early 1700s probably in Prince William or Stafford County, VA.6 He died prior to August 26,1776, in Fauquier County, VA, the date when his will, written on June 2,1776, was presented for probate. In it he named his beloved wife Sarah Ann, and six children. Records indicate that Peter was married three times, with the names of his first two wives reported in Fauquier County, VA, court records. He first married by 1723 to Lucresse (...); second married by 1732 to Ann (...); third married by 1750 to Sarah Ann BowUng.7 Peter had at least Footnotes: 3 Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, p. 389, Patent Book No. 8. 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. 5 These are abstracted in Cornwell of Virginia and England, by William Claude Gould of Pana, IL, privately printed, 1996, pp. 38-39. One of the fifteen records is a court order in 1698 (in Westmoreland County Order Book 1690-98) involving "Dennis Cornwell also Elizabeth Dunkin, Ann Dunkin Cornwell and Rebecca Dunkin Kirtley." 6 Records on Peter Cornwell and his family came mostly from Gould (1996). 7 Peter Cornwell and wife "Lucresse" were listed in a Stafford Co., VA, deed dated September 8,1723. Peter Cornwell and wife Ann were listed in a Prince William Co., VA, deed (Liber A, p. 13) dated March 1,1732. Peter Cornwell and wife "Sarahanne" were listed in a deed, dated October 8,1750. There is a possibility that "Ann" and "Sarah Ann" were the same person, but more likely not. 656 Appendix: Cornwell Family Records six children by two or more of these wives over a period of around forty years. The six children named in his will were: 1. Simon Cornwell (1740-1810/13) married Mary Johnston and had eleven children: (1) Francis Cornwell; (2) William B. Cornwell, husband of Mary F. Swan; (3) James Cornwell; (4) Jeremiah Cornwell, husband of Sarah Burgess; (5) Charles Cornwell, husband of Elizabeth "Betty" Thornton; (6) Peter Cornwell, husband of Elizabeth Arterburn; (7) Lewis Cornwell; (8) Patton Cornwell; (9) Elizabeth Cornwell; (10) Sarah Cornwell; and (11) Ann Cornwell. 2. Jacob Cornwell (1764-1829) married Molly Hayes on September 7,1790, in Fauquier County, VA, and had thirteen children: (1) Sarah, wife of Jesse Nally; (2) John Cornwell (died as infant); (3) John Cornwell (II); (4) Jacob Cornwell, husband of Mary Wolfe; (5) Daniel Cornwell; (6) Elias Cornwell, husband of Susan White; (7) Benjamin Cornwell, husband of Elizabeth Gore; (8) Mary "Polly" Cornwell; (9) Peter Cornwell; (10) Joseph Cornwell; (11) Silas Cornwell, husband of Cynthia Bowie; (12) Lucy Cornwell; and (13) Ann Cornwell, wife of Newton Laws. 3. Daniel Cornwell 4. Jarvice Cornwell 5. Mary Cornwell 6. Chloe Cornwell, wife of a Mr. Strange -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com on 5/12/2020 Peter Cornwell Birth: 1688 Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Death: 1778 (aged 89–90) Prince William County, Virginia, USA Burial: Unknown Memorial #: 32419291 Family Members Parents Dennis Cornhill 1655-1715 Ann Duncan Cornhill 1666-Unknown Spouses Lucresse Cornwell 1688-Unknown Ann Cornwell 1708-Unknown Siblings Mary Cornwell Wallis 1701-Unknown Charles Coleman Cornwell 1703-1781 Children William Cornwell 1709-1767 Peter Cornwell 1726-1776 Obadiah Cornwell 1730-Unknown Charles Cornwell 1731-1815 Created by: Cindy Cornwell McCachern (46810811) Added: 26 Dec 2008 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32419291/peter-cornwell Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 May 2020), memorial page for Peter Cornwell (1688–1778), Find a Grave Memorial no. 32419291, ; Maintained by Cindy Cornwell McCachern (contributor 46810811) Unknown. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Findagrave.com. [S84] See land records. [S47] See Misc Docs Pics, /Cornwell. [S48] See Notes. [S46] See Documents. [S77] Will. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.