Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
(Hartford District),
Charles W. Manwaring,
Hartford, 1902,
Vol 3, p 115

Daniel SPELMAN, Middletown. Invt. £102-00-11. Taken 28 Jan 1733-4, by Richard SPELMAN, Benjamin CORNWALL, & Samuel COTTON.

Court Record, Page 104 -- 5 Feb 1733-4: Adms. to Annah SPELMAN, widow, who with Benjamin CORNWALL, gave bond.

Page 18 (Vol. XV) -- 7 May 1746: Thomson SPELLMAN, a minor, 16 years of age, & Daniel SPELLMAN, 15 years, children of Daniel SPELLMAN, chose their uncle Benjamin CORNWELL of Middletown to be their guardian. Recog., £500 for each minor.