Mary (HYANNO)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1618 - 1677  (59 years)

• Name	Mary (HYANNO)
  Born	1618	Cummaquid, Barnstable, MA   [11]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1677	Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA   [10, 12]
  Person ID	I889	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John HYANNO,   b. Abt 1595, Mattachee Village, Barnstable, MA ,   d. 1623, Cape Cod, Barnstable, MA  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Mother	Mary NOEPE,   b. 1597, Gay Head, Dukes, MA ,   d. 1623, Cape Cod, Barnstable, MA  (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F2781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William CORNWELL,   b. 21 Feb 1609, Terling, Essex, ENG ,   d. 21 Feb 1678, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Abt 1639	Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA
  Children	1. Sgt. John CORNWELL,   b. Apr 1640, Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA ,   d. 2 Nov 1707, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA  (Age ~ 67 years)   2. William CORNWALL,   b. 24 Jun 1641, Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA ,   d. 18 Jun 1691, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA  (Age 49 years)   3. Samuel CORNWALL,   b. Sep 1642, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA ,   d. 6 Dec 1728, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA  (Age ~ 86 years)   4. Jacob CORNWALL,   b. 16 Sep 1646, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA ,   d. 18 Apr 1708, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA  (Age 61 years)   5. Sarah CORNWALL,   b. Oct 1647, Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Thomas CORNWALL,   b. Sep 1648, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA ,   d. Nov 1702, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA  (Age ~ 54 years)   7. [H]Esther CORNWALL,   b. May 1650, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA ,   d. 2 May 1733, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA  (Age ~ 82 years)   8. Elisebeth CORNWALL,   b. Abt 1652, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA ,   d. Abt 1690  (Age ~ 38 years)   9. Ebenezer CORNWELL
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Cornwell's wife is theorized to be Mary Hyanno, an Indian princess. Though no first hand evidence has yet been found to support this claim, there is circumstantial evidence that supports this theory. (F-634) 1) Hartford Puritans in that time period would not recognize or record a marriage between an Indian and themselves, but they did record the children's births. All other marriages for the town of Hartford are recorded except for William Cornwell and his wife, Mary even though William's children are recorded. 2) When the Puritan band led by Sgt. William Cornwell removed to establish Middletown, CT. in 1650, the maiden names of all of the Puritan Women were again recorded, but not William Cornwell's wife, Mary. 3) After the Pequot Indian War, Sgt. William Cornwell, was appointed by the Hartford Puritans to purchase Cummaquid/Narangasettt Indian lands which he negotiated with and through Mary Hyanno's father, Chief Hyanno. 4) William was the original owner of lands on Indian Hill in Middletown, Connecticut, a town he helped found. 5) Naragansset and Wampanoag tribe records supposedly include William Cornwell in their traced lineages, though they will not currently verify this lineage for their fears that persons seeking that information are simply trying to take advantage of their recent economic gains as a tribe. (BETTY SULLIVAN, bettysul@inw.net) It should be noted that an entire Bearce line claims that this Mary Hyanno married an Augustine/Austin Bearce instead, but this is effectively put in question in the "American Genealogist", Vol. XV (1938-9). Catherine Judd and I have found further evidence that this Bearce line was first published by Franklin Bearse in the 1900's when he was trying to claim Indian ancestry during the depression to get help from the government. He added a middle Indian name which was not his name at birth or on his social security application and claimed to be descended from at least 3 Indian princesses, two of which Jacobus in the "American Genealogist" disproved. The third was Mary Hyanno but Jacobus considered it highly suspect because of all the falsehoods in the lineage. (F-642, 642a, 2376) It should be noted that there is no Augustine Bearse listed in any of the records of that town in the 1600's on the N.E.H.G.S. CD "Barnstable Massachussetts". There is an Austin Bearse listed in deed records of 1686. This Austin Bearce had a wife Mary, but this marriage is not listed in the Puritan records of the time for that community. That is a very rare occurance, as all the other marriages for the community were in the records. We do not know at this point in time for sure who was married to Mary Hyanno. I suspect that improved DNA testing will eventually sort out which family Mary Hyanno belongs to, the Bearce's or the Cornwells.

  
  

• Sources

  [S615] Savage, Albert Wilcox Jr., New England Ancestry of Albert Wilcox Savage, Jr., Savage-Wilcox Lines Vol. I (Gateway Press, Inc.). [S2793] United Ancestries Linked Pedigrees CD 100 (Automated Archives). [S613] Mrs. Abigail Weller to Linda Coate Dudick Letter, July 25, 1977 at 1325 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212. [S683] Gustafson, Sheryl, Bartlett Gedcom File. [S670] Chris Kylin to Chris Kylin 8/4/1998 at CKylin@aol.com (F-578). [S3083] Cornwell, Gale, Email dated 2000 + at GALECORNWELL@aol.com. [S643] Cornwell, Gale Thomas Jr., Descendants of Thomas Cornwell, Lord of Fairstead Manor, Essex, England (forwarded by Gale Cornwell). [S674] Sullivan, Betty, Modified Register of Thomas Lucas born Colchester, England. [S684] Jacobus, Donald Lines, "The American Genealogist" Vol. XV, (1938-1939). [S3145] Cornwell, Gale, Letters dated 2000+ (81641 Ave 48, #89, Indio, CA 92201-6749). [S2465] Sullivan, Betty, Email dated 2002 from bettysul@inw.net to Rosalie Hart as forwarded by her from rosahart8@cs.com. [S679] Sheryl Doud Gustafson to Linda Coate E-mail letter dated July 4, 1997 at sgustaf@epix.net in Linda Coate files (F-492, 510).