CORNING CONNECTIONSCORNING CONNECTIONS
The story passed down in our family is that our namesake
was a gamekeeper in the King of France's hunting preserve and
on one occasion, blew his horn as a means of warning his patron
about the approach of an attacking boar. For his timely act of
loyalty, he was knighted "de Cornu" (of the horn) and
duly rewarded. For reasons unknown, the de Cornus, with many other
families, left France. Research suggests that the family went
to Holland, to Belgium, and finally were invited to England by
King Edward III, circa 1330, to teach the people the art of loom
weaving. The french spelling of the name was dropped and 'Cornu'
became anglicized as 'Cornynge' and finally 'Corning'.
---Compliments of Peter Corning , Richard Corning, and Dorothy
Corning Seed
(arranged from the earliest known Corning (Cornynge))
1. CLEMENT CORNYNGE SR.(great-great
grandather of Samuell, the first Corning to emigrate to North
America) was born circa 1490 and died 1548.
2. CLEMENT CORNYNGE, JR (great-grandfather of Samuell) was born in 1515 in Saundby, England. Clement married Anne and they had four children:-Robert, Hugh, Thomas, and Mary. Clement died in 1556 and his will has also been found.
3. THOMAS CORNYNGE (grandfather of Samuell) was born in
1555 in Saundby, England. He made his living by being an entrepreneur
in the Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire areas of
England. He had a group of knitters to whom he distributed wool
and then purchased and sold their finished products.Thomas married
Frances and they had 5 children:-
1. Anne born in 1577, married circa 1597.
2. Thomas born in 1578
3. Clement born in 1579 and died 1582
4. John born in 1582 (Samuell's father)
5. Frances born in 1586 and died the same year.
4. JOHN CORNYNGE, (Samuell's father) was a yeoman farmer
5. SAMUELL CORNING emigrated from England to North America and became known as the " Father of the North American Corning Family".
In North America, the family began with the immigration of Samuell Corning (Cornynge) circa 1634 to Salem, Massachusetts. Samuell would be approximately 19 years of age at the time. He married Elizabeth (Huntley?) (Oakes?) and they had three children:
1. Remember (Corning) Stone -(born 1640;died 1715)
2. Samuel Corning II - (born 1641; died 1714)
3. Elizabeth (Corning) Hayward- (born 1644; died 1714) .
In 1641, the Corning Family moved to Beverly, Massachusetts where Samuell became a very prominent citizen.
"An acre of land granted him [Samuell Corning] for sowing hemp in 1641". Pope, p.118
Samuell founded the First Church in Beverly and built the
Meeting House.
Samuell died in 1694 at 78 years of age and our Corning line descended down through his son Samuel II who married Hannah Batchelder.
The Corning Family has a newsletter
which is published 6 times a year.
We print stories of various family members, past and present,
with the hopes of tying the family branches together. If you would
like to view an entire copy of this newsletter write:
Other exciting genealogy sites to visit:
A listing of many families who have web pages
Stanley Johnson, Curator of Rare Books at The Holden Arboretum has a wonderful page on Warren Holmes Corning