Seeking parents for a Gideon CORNELL, b. ca. 1798 in New Jersey. He ended up in Wayne County, OH, married Jane Latta there in 1823, then moved to Wood County, OH.

Several other New Jersey CORNELLs ended up in Wayne County, OH. The Wayne County Cornells have connections to the Trenton, NJ area in Burlington County. My best hypothesis is that Gideon is as well.

In the 1830 census, in Salt Creek, Wayne County, OH, are three Cornells - Gideon (30-40), which appears to be mine, James (20-30) that I've discovered was born in 1805 in Burlington County, and Jonathan Cornell (60-70) meaning he was born 1760-1770. I believe I've identified him as being born 1764 in NJ, with children Caleb (1790), Joseph (1793), Zeno (1795), Philip (1798), Deborah (1800), Sarah (1802), and Joseph (1805). Therefore, Jonathan doesn't appear to be the father of James or Gideon.

Some records for this James Cornell born in 1805 say he is the son of a James Cornell Sr. I found a James Cornell Sr. that had sons Nathaniel (1800 NJ), John (1802 NJ), Ralph (1803 NJ), and James (1805 NJ). Most of them appear to have ended up in Fulton County, OH.

If anybody has information on ANY of these CORNELLs, or other Trenton-area CORNELLs from that time period (1800 or earlier) I'd appreciate it. Gideon does not appear to be a direct descendant of any of them I've found and listed here, but he certainly appears to be tied in indirectly.

Thank you!

Trenton is in Middlesex County--not Burlington County. Are there Burlington County connections?

Thanks!

Joan

Actually, Trenton is currently in Mercer County, but that county wasn't formed until 1838. These CORNELLs left the area prior to the 1820s. At that time, the Trenton area was near the border between Burlington County and Hunterdon County, and most of the records I've seen for the ones I do have information on refer to Burlington County as much as (or more than) they do to Trenton, and never to Hunterdon County. Most of the Trenton references are of the form "near Trenton" rather than Trenton proper. In aggregate, I take this to mean "south of Trenton in Burlington County" but I might be wrong.

Thanks...just wanted clarification about Burlington County. I would probably make the same assumption you did.

Joan