Lieutenant
Jonathan
Corliss
Born in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of John Corliss Jr.
and Ruth (Haynes) Corliss
Brother of
Ruth (Corliss) Merrill, George Corliss, John Corliss III, Timothy Corliss, Sarah Corliss, Abigail Corliss, Joseph Corliss, Hannah Corliss, Mary (Corliss) Page and Joshua Corliss
Husband of
Lydia (Emerson) Corliss
— married
17 Mar 1750 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Corliss and Emerson Corliss
Died
at age 46
in Isle Aux Noix, Canada
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Biography
Lieutenant Jonathan Corliss served with 1st New Hampshire Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Birth
Jonathan, the son of Mary Wilton and John Corliss, born 25 Feb 1730/1 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Bay.[1]
Military
Lieutenant Jonathan Corliss is honored for service: 1) ALSO ENS, CAPT ELISHA WOODBURY, COL JOHN STARK. Jonathan married Lydia Emerson, born Haverhill, Massachusetts Bay, on 13 April 1731. Lydia died 1799; Jonathan died at Isle aux Noix, Canada, on 18 June 1776. [2]
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7717/77/141286403
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Feb 28, 2019), "Record of Jonathan Corliss", Ancestor # A026099.
Acknowledgments
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Categories: 1st New Hampshire Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution | American Revolution Militia Officers
Jonathan was born on February 25 1730, in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA. Lydia was born on April 13 1731, in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA. James had 8 siblings: Phebe Hastings (born Corliss), Hannah Corliss and 6 other siblings. James married Sarah Corliss. They had one son: Jonathan Corliss. James passed away on month day 1828, at age 78 at death place, New Hampshire.
Jonathan Corliss lived in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Salem, New Hampshire. He was a farmer. Jonathan Corliss entered the army in 1775; "was a brave officer." He died of smallpox in Canada (with the army).
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book: Jonathan Corliss (1730-76) served as private in the Vermont troops. He was born in Haverhill, Mass.; died in Isleau Noix, Canada. Automated email response from DAR 7/22/2009 lists his rank as "Ens." (Ensign), his date of death as 18 Jun 1776, and no pension was paid to his widow or children.
Lt. Jonathan Corliss listed in "Salem [NH] Soldiers in the Revolutionary War," pg. 245. He is listed in Captain Stark's regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill as a Lieutenant (pg. 234), but it also says that Ensign Jonathan Corliss was paid seventy shillings per month. He was appointed a Lieutenant at Bunker Hill, and Luke Woodbury, who was a corporal at Bunker Hill, was appointed to Ensign.
Index to Revolutionary War Service Records: Jonathan, srv as a 2nd Lt in Reed's NH Regt; srv as an Ensign in Stark's 1st NH Regt.
Wikipedia: "The 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, also known as the 2nd Continental Regiment, was formed on June 1, 1775, as the third of three Continental Army regiments raised by the state of New Hampshire during the American Revolution. Its first commander was Colonel James Reed. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Trois-Rivieres, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth, and the Sullivan Expedition. In January 1781, the 3rd NH Regt was merged into the 1st NH Regt. In 1782, the 1st NH and the 2nd NH became the New Hampshire Regiment and the New Hampshire Battalion. During the summer of 1783, both units were merged into one unit, the New Hampshire Battalion, and disbanded on January 1, 1784."
Wikipedia: Île aux Noix is a 210 acre (85 hectare) island in the Richelieu River. The French and Indian War caused the French to build a fort in 1759, named fort de l'Isle aux Noix, to slow the British advance on Montreal, but were forced to surrender it in 1760. In 1775, the island was taken by American forces, and used as a base by the American generals Philip Schuyler and Richard Montgomery for attacks on Montreal and Quebec. The Americans used the island again in 1776 during their retreat from Canada. Their army spent 10 days on the island: more than 900 American soldiers died and were buried in two mass graves on Isle aux Noix. The British then built a new fort in 1778 and named it the fort of Isle aux Noix. During the War of 1812, the British used the island to supply their operations against the American fleet on Lake Champlain. The present Fort Lennox was built from 1819 to 1829, when the old fortifications were completely demolished. It remained a military post until 1870 and is now a popular tourist location.
Notes from Doris Thelma Grace (Corliss) Morse Mace: Jonathan was a Sargent in Samuel Watt's company, National Reserve Regt. Enlisted for Expedition against Crown (Reduction of Canada) May 1756; discharged December 1756, when NH raised 700 men. Entered the army in 1775 and was a brave officer; died in Canada of smallpox in 1776.
Doris also says he probably had 11 children, adding William and probably Mary at the end of the list I already have.
A marriage license found in Concord, New Hampshire Vital Records Office lists his wife's name as "Aliddea Emerson." The document was certified as correct by Daniel A. Abbott, clerk, Salem, New Hampshire, 11-27-1905.
History of Salem, NH: Jonathan Corliss is listed as a Lieutenant at the battle of Bunker Hill, Woodbury's company, Stark's regiment. He is also listed in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Rolls of Honor.
From "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots": cemetery location is between Haverhill & Merrimac NH 45 (reference: abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol. 1, p.?, Serial 10950, volume 13).
Rockingham County deeds, book 0058 page 0495: Jonathan Corliss ye 3rd of Salem in ye Province of New Hampshire in New England, yeoman, for consideration of 250 pounds old tenor money truly paid, convey an estimated 23 acres more or less in the town of Salem, NH to Micah Amey of Haverhill in ye county of Essex & Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England, yeoman. Signed 19 March 1757 by Jonathan Corliss 3rd; witnessed by Timothy Sanders and Seth Patee; notorized by John Ober, JP; recorded 11 Nov 1760. Sources [S7] HaverhillMAVR, website: ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Haverhill.
[S7] HaverhillMAVR, website: ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Haverhill, pg. 146.
[S19] Salem NH History, Gilbert, Edgar, A.B., (Rumford Printing Company, Concord, NH, 1907), ISBN 1-55613-767-2.. my 5th great grandfather