Cornelius FAWDRY ²

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The older of two sons, Cornelius was a farmer and landowner in Salford. He was executor for his uncle William, and also inherited property from his parents. He firstly married Rachel Cole (qv) from Great Tew. They had six children, five surviving childhood. Their eldest son William was a farmer and churchwarden in Salford, and his father's executor: he married late and did not have any children. Their eldest daughter Mary married John Rouse of Warwick: they had two daughters. Their younger son Richard was living in Churchill in Oxfordshire when he married his first wife Elizabeth Simmons in 1790: they had one son who died young. Their next daughter Rachel (qv) married her cousin William Fawdry (qv). Their youngest daughter Sarah married John Hitchman, currier and landowner in Stratford-on-Avon: they had two daughters, both marrying farmers, and one son.

Cornelius secondly married Sarah Halloway. They had six sons, all surviving childhood. Their eldest son James died when he was 16. Their second son Thomas farmed at Weston Park in the Parish of Long Compton: he married his second cousin Jane Fawdry and had 10 children. Their third son Cornelius was a farmer in Gretton in Gloucestershire, a Methodist, and had six children with his wife Ester Wells: their two youngest daughters emigrated with their husbands to Tasmania. Their next son John was named as a beneficiary in his father's will, but has not been traced thereafter. Next was George, who was a milkman in Birmingham: he married his cousin Rachel Fawdry and had two children. Their youngest son Charles died when he was 16.

Cornelius's second wife Sarah survived him, and remarried.

PCC: Cornelius Fawdry PROB11/1349 dated 27-11-1800

Cornelius married Rachel COLE, daughter of Richard COLE and Mary FREEMAN, on 3 Aug 1760 in St Mary, Salford, Oxfordshire.¹ (Rachel COLE was christened on 25 Mar 1739 in St Michael and All Angels, Great Tew, Oxfordshire ⁶ and was buried on 28 Oct 1769 in St Mary, Salford, Oxfordshire ⁵.)

Cornelius next married Sarah HALLOWAY on 17 Dec 1775 in St Mary, Salford, Oxfordshire.¹ (Sarah HALLOWAY was christened on 15 Nov 1749 in St Nicholas, Chadlington, Oxfordshire,⁷ died on 3 Aug 1814 in Salford, Oxfordshire ^{4 8} and was buried on 10 Aug 1814 in St Mary, Salford, Oxfordshire ⁹.)