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(2) and Mary (Hilton) Cornwall, was
born April 7, 1705, in Middletown, Connecticut,
and there passed his life. He
married, in 1727, Mary Foster, of that
place. He died April 23, 1746, and his
widow married (second) Malachi Lewis.
(V) Thomas Cornwall, son of John
(3) and Mary (Foster) Cornwall, was
born April 13, 1740, in Middletown, Connecticut,
and lived in Stratford and Norwalk.
In 1778 he served as coast guard
at Stratford. He married, in 1783, Mary
Beers, daughter of William Beers, of that
place. Thomas Cornwall died December
12, 1815, and his widow passed away November
1, 1824.
(VI) William (2) Cornwall, son of
Thomas and Mary (Beers) Cornwall, was
born September 4, 1784, in Stratford,
Connecticut, and lived in Norwalk, his oc-
cupation being that of fitting out sailing
vessels. He married, in 1810, Lucinda
Nash, daughter of Noah and Anna
(Keeler) Nash, and his death occurred
September 16, 1832. His widow survived
him forty years, passing away December
1, 1872.
(VII) Clark Thomas Cornwall, son of
William (2) and Lucinda (Nash) Cornwall,
was born April 10, 1826, in Norwalk,
Connecticut. He learned the tailor's
trade. He was yet a young man when he
established himself in business as a custom
tailor, but when he was but twentyfive
years of age the doctors told him
that he had only a year or two to live
and sent him to Scranton, Pennsylvania.
There he was employed for two years in
the store of one of the coal mining companies,
and the fine air of the hills about
Scranton restored his failing health.
Upon his return to Norwalk he engaged
in farming, continuing along that line
during the remainder of his life. He af-
filiated with St. John's Lodge, No. 6,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and
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at the time of his death was its oldest
member. He married Catherine Guion
(see Guion), in 1856, and died at the advanced
age of eighty-six, more than sixty
years after the doctors had predicted his
speedy demise.
(VIII) Kate Guion Cornwall, daugh-
ter of Clark Thomas and Catherine
(Guion) Cornwall, was educated in St.
Mary's Episcopal Convent School in New
York City. She became the wife of
Henry Banks Balcom, as stated above.
Mrs. Balcom was an active member of
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church,
of Norwalk.
(The Guion Family).
This patronymic, spelled Guion, or
Guyon, is the name of an ancient and honorable
Huguenot family. At the Revocation
of the Edict of Nantes and even
before that tremendous and well-nigh
fatal blow at French Protestantism, many
of them fled to Holland and America.
Gregory and Jaques Guyon came to New
York, the former settling at New Rochelle
and the latter on Staten Island.
Peter Guion, probably a descendant
of Gregory Guyon, was of Mamaroneck,
New York. He married Amy .
He
is said, also, to have lived in Rye, New
York.
Catherine Guion, daughter of Peter and
Amy Guion, became the wife of Clark
Thomas Cornwall (see Cornwall VII).
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