Edward Corder Jr (abt. 1737 - 1810)

Born about 1737 in Frederick, Virginia

Husband of Susannah (Oney) Corder — married before 29 Mar 1767 in Frederick County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1810 at about age 73 in Greenway Court, Clark Co., VA

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Biography

Important Note: Edward Corder Jr. was the son of Edward Corder Sr. and an undentified wife. John Corder (who married Elizabeth Branson, not Mary Sloat) is the only other identified child of Edward Corder Sr. and the only known brother of Edward Corder Jr. (who married Susannah Oney, not Mary Wallace).

The Ann/Alice linked as a mother of Edward Corder Jr. (above) is incorrect. Ann/Alice belongs to the Fauquier County Corders, who were a different branch of the Corder family. Please do not use Ann/Alice in your trees as this information is incorrect.

Please refer to this living document for a current chronological collection of all notes, records, abstracts and comments pertaining to Edward Corder Jr. (II) and his brother John Corder. There are too many records to transcribe into this Wikitree space.

A note about Susannah Oney, wife of Edward Corder Jr. (II)

There are a number of trees online and on Ancestry.com which refer to the wife of Edward Corder Jr. as "Susannah Mary Wallace." Edward Corder's wife was Susannah Oney, daughter of Benjamin Oney and Jemima Soper (records of whose family can be found scattered from Frederick County VA to Russell County VA). In a March 1767 Frederick Co VA land record, Edward Corder's wife is clearly referred to within the text of the deed as "Susannah" but at the end of the deed, Edward and his wife "Mary" make their marks. Susannah had a sister, Mary Oney, but that Mary married William Webb in Frederick Co VA. I am not sure why the deed calls Edward's wife Susannah in one place and Mary in another, nevertheless, Benjamin Oney's will names Edward Corder as one of his sons-in-law, and DNA testing has returned an overwhelming number of autosomal DNA matches between descendants of the Corder and Oney families, so Susannah Corder was an Oney, not a Wallace.

A note about the date of death for Edward Corder Jr. (II)

Identifiable records can be found referencing this Edward Corder until 1808 (by which time he had become "senior" and his son, Edward III was "junior").

In 1820 there is an "Edward Corder S" (Sr?) living in Wayne County KY about 26 houses down from Stephen Corder, but it isn't clear whether he is Edward II or Edward III. Edward Jr. (II) may be the elderly male in the household of Richard Corder in Claiborne County TN in 1830. While it is always possible that Edward II died in Burke's Garden (Tazewell Co VA) prior to his children migrating down into KY and TN during the first decade of the 19th century, it is generally believed that he left Tazewell County with them.

This page is maintained by Elizabeth Owens and Laura Henderson-Franta. If you are a descendant of Edward Corder, please join us on the public Facebook group "Corder Genealogy."

Contributed by L. K. Henderson, 27 Jul 2018

Sources

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/i/l/Robert-M-Williams-IL/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0731.html

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Angelique Chamberlain for starting this profile.

• Edward Corder Jr. and John Corder (through 1825), a living document by L. K. Henderson and Ron B. Stephens.