Founders Cemetery, Marker #32

(~1854-1875)

Ida May was born in Beaver River about 1854 and died there of consumption (tuberculosis) 17 May 1875, age 20. She shares a grave marker with her brother Jesse Corning.

There is also a foot marker “I M C.”

Ida May is descended from several families who have been in Nova Scotia a very, very long time. One ancestor of Ida May’s may have been William Knowlton, who’s grave marker in Shelburne is among the earliest for any English settler in Nova Scotia, it simply reads “William Knowlton, 1632“. Ida May is also descended from the Corning family – with her Corning ancestry going back through Jonathan Corning whose parents were Ebenezer and Abigail (Batchelder) Corning who came to Yarmouth Township in 1764 from Beverly, Mass. and settled in Overton.

More information about Ida May and her parents may be found in the Old Stones Family Group Sheet Index.

Please leave a comment if you have information about her or her family.

Below is an ahnentafel for Ida May and her brother Jesse – a kind of ancestor table that lists her ancestors going back to the mid-1500′s.

 

a descendant of William Knowlton

(only a guide; sources not given; all information should be verified)

1. Ida May Corning,  b Beaver River N.S. abt 1855; d Beaver River 18 May 1875; bur Founders Cemetery, Beaver River; unm.

2. Daniel Batchelder Corning, b Yarmouth Township N.S. 22 Mar 1793; d Beaver River N.S. 20 Apr 1871; m Margaret (Goodwin?) Goodwin, Crosby.

3. Margaret (Goodwin?) Goodwin, Crosby, b abt 1815; d 7 Apr 1896; bur Founders Cemetery, Beaver River, Yarmouth Co N.S.; widow of Aaron Goodwin and Theophilus Corning.

4. Jonathan Corning, b 9 Aug 1761; m Yarmouth Township N.S. 12 Oct 1782 Mary Foote.

5. Mary Foote.

8. Ebenezer Corning, b Beverly, Essex Co Mass. 2 Oct 1732; m Beverly 5 Nov 1751 Abigail Batchelder.

9. Abigail Batchelder, b 20 Aug 1734.

10. Zachariah Foote, d abt 1 Jan 1784; m 5 Jan 1752 Elizabeth Ives.

11. Elizabeth Ives.

16. David Corning, b 14 Jun 1705; d Beverly, Essex Co Mass. 9 Feb 1752; m 23 Feb 1726 Priscilla Thistle.

17. Priscilla Thistle, b Beverly, Essex Co Mass. 21 Oct 1707.

18. Daniel Batchelder, d Aug 1751; m Beverly, Essex Co Mass. aft 19 jan 1729 Abigail Butman.

19. Abigail Butman, b Beverly, Essex Co Mass. 4 Mar 1708/09; d 1749.

20. Samuel Foote, b 1700; m 1 Aug 1723 Elizabeth Brown.

21. Elizabeth Brown.

32. Samuel Corning, b 1 Jun 1670; m 27 May 1690 Susanna Knowlton.

33. Susanna Knowlton, b Ipswich, Mass. Bay Colony 25 Aug 1673.

34. Richard Thistle, m Martha Thorndyke.

35. Martha Thorndyke.

36. John Batchelder, b Salem, Mass. Bay Colony 26 Feb 1675; d 1747; m 22 Apr 1696 Bethiah Woodbury.

37. Bethiah Woodbury, b 1672. d 24 Oct 1708.

40. Samuel Foote, b 1673; m 1696 Mary Palmer.

41. Mary Palmer.

64. Samuel Corning, b 1640; d 11 May 1714; m Hannah Batchelder.

65. Hannah Batchelder, d 17 Feb 1718.

66. John Knowlton, b Ipswich, Essex Co Mass. abt 1645; d Essex Co Mass. Aug 1728; m Ipswich, Essex Co abt 1670 Bethia Rice.

67. Bethia Rice, d aft 1707.

70. Paul Thorndike, b abt 1642; d bef 3 Dec 1701; m Beverly, Mass. Bay Colony 28 Apr 1668 Mary Patch.

71. Mary Patch.

72. John Batchelder, b bef 23 Jun 1649; d 6 Aug 1674; m Mary Herrick.

73. Mary Herrick, b Beverly, Essex Co Mass. 10 Oct 1654; d 19 Aug 1684.

80. Isaac Foote, m 1668 Abigail Ingalls.

81. Abigail Ingalls.

128. Samuel Corning, b 1603; d Beverly, Essex Co Mass. 1694; m Beverly Elizabeth Huntley.

129. Elizabeth Huntley, b abt 1603; d Beverly, Essex Co Mass. 18 Aug 1688.

130. John Batchelder, b Canterbury, Kent England abt 1610; d Salem, Mass. Bay Colony 13 Nov 1675; m Elizabeth Herrick.

131. Elizabeth Herrick, d 10 Sep 1675.

132. William Knowlton, b Canterbury, Kent England abt 1615; d Ipswich, Mass. Bay Colony 17 Jul 1655; bricklayer; m Ipswich 10 Jan 1639/40 Elizabeth Wilson.

133. Elizabeth Wilson, b England abt 1619; d Ipswich, Essex Co Mass. aft 1688.

140. John Thorndike, bur Westminster Abbey, London England 3 Nov 1668; m Elizabeth Stratton.

141. Elizabeth Stratton.

142. James Patch, m Hannah Woodbury.

143. Hannah Woodbury.

144. John Batchelder. (Same as #130.)

145. Elizabeth Herrick. (Same as #131.)

160. Pasco Foote, d 28 Sep 1670.

162. Thomas Ingalls.

256. Richard Cornell, b abt 1565; d 1631 Bumstead at the Tower, Essex England; m Mary —?—.

257. Mary —?—.

260. —?— Batcheller.

264. William Knowlton, b Canterbury, Kent England abt 1584; d at sea 6 Jun 1632; bur Shelburne N.S.; sea captain; m Canterbury abt 1609 Elizabeth Ann Smith.

265. Elizabeth Ann Smith, b Canterbury, Kent England 1586; d Hingham, Plymouth Co Mass. 8 Oct 1675; bur Hingham.

280. Francis Thorndike, m Alice Coleman.

281. Alice Coleman.

282. John Stratton; m Ann Dearhaugh.

283. Ann Dearhaugh.

528. Richard Knowlton, b abt 1522; m 17 Jul 1577 Elizabeth Cantize.

529. Elizabeth Cantize, b abt 1556.

530. Richard Smith, b Kent England 1533; m Kent 17 Jul 1577 Elizabeth Canty.

531. Elizabeth Canty, b Kent England abt 1537.

1056. William (Edward) Knowlton, b Canterbury, Kent England abt 1527; m Elizabeth Peyton.

1057. Elizabeth Peyton, b Canterbury, Kent England abt 1531.

1058. Valentin Cantize, b  Birchington, Kent England abt 1515; m Birchington 27 Nov 1540 Johanna Holden.

1059. Johanna Holden, b Birchington, Kent England abt 1520.

2112. John Knowlton, b Canterbury, Kent England abt 1504; m Dorothy Tyndal.

2113. Dorothy Tyndal, b Canterbury, Kent England 1507.