Jemima Cornwallis, Countess Cornwallis
(b. c. 1747–1748; d. 1779)
BIRTH
c. 1747–1748
PLACE
England
NAME
Jemima Tullikens Jones
DEATH
February 1779 (reported February 14; sources vary)
PLACE
Culford, Suffolk, England
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
(1738-1805)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Jemima Tullekin Jones Cornwallis was the daughter of Colonel James Jones and wife of British commander Charles Cornwallis. They married in 1768 and lived at Culford, Suffolk, where their children Mary and Charles were born. Her declining health drew Cornwallis home from America late in 1778. After her death in 1779, he returned to the war that summer. Her precise birth and death dates vary in later accounts, so the more secure year of death is retained.
EARLY LIFE
Jemima Cornwallis, Countess Cornwallis was born 1747. The external genealogical record identifies James Jones and Mary Tulikens as the parents. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Jemima Tullekin Jones Cornwallis is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Jemima Tullekin Jones Cornwallis died on Feb 14, 1779 in Culford, Suffolk, England. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Jemima Tullekin Jones Cornwallis was the daughter of Colonel James Jones and wife of British commander Charles Cornwallis. Her declining health drew Cornwallis home from America late in 1778. Jemima Tullekin Jones Cornwallis's declining health drew Cornwallis home from America late in 1778. After her death in 1779, he returned to the war that summer. Jemima Tullekin Jones Cornwallis died on Feb 14, 1779 in Culford, Suffolk, England. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
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