Gideon Cornell

Gideon Cornell was a farmer, trader and judge who became the first Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, serving from 1747 to 1749.

Cornell had two known children, the oldest being a son, Gideon, born October 10, 1740, who appears to have died in infancy. His only other known child was a daughter, Rebecca, born February 17, 1755, who married Colonel Clement Biddle of the Biddle family and had numerous descendants.

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