It looks like Im a true blood Cornell. Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University, is a patrilineal ancestor of mine, related to my 9th great grandfather, Thomas Cornell. DNA Circle Information - 4 Cornell descendants have given their DNA to Ancestry, I being 1 of 4. William Cornell 1805—1861 - my 7th great grandparent, his father was Richard Cornell, his father was Thomas Cornell. Using both DNA evidence as well as family tree data, weve identified a DNA circle that includes Candy Stair and 3 other probable descendants of William Cornell. William Cornell was the grandson of Thomas Cornell. Thomas Cornell is an ancestor to a number of prominent and notorious Americans, including Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University, Bill Gates, Presidents Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon, Senator Bob Graham, Daniel Webster, Secretary of State John Kerry, Amelia Earhardt and axe murderer Lizzie Borden by way of Thomas Cornell (Jr.)s daughter, Innocent, born after his death to his second wife Sarah Earle Cornell.[5] Thomas Cornell (Jr.) fourth-great-grandson donated the original endowment for Cornell University, which is named after that descendant of Thomas. That man was Ezra Cornell (1807-1874), son of Elijah b. 1771, son of Elijah b. 1730, son of Stephen who m. Ruth Pierce, son of Stephen b. 1656, son of Thomas-the-executed and his first wife, Elizabeth Fiscock. [6].
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