Elisha was born on January 1, 1784 in Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick. He was a son of Gideon Elisha Corey and [[Clarke-455|Abigail (Clarke) Corey. His parents were United Empire Loyalists, having arriving in New Brunswick a year earlier during the exodus from New England after the American Revolution. The province of New Brunswick was itself only created in 1784 from the northern portion of the Colony of Nova Scotia after the arrival of the loyalists greatly increased the population in the area.
He obtained a land grant of 215 acres at Wickham, Queens County, on October 2, 1809.[1]
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WikiTree profile Corey-184 created through the import of Perry Family Tree.ged on Dec 19, 2011 by Glen Perry. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Glen and others.
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Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
~1.56%David Williams :
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