John Cory II (abt. 1639 - 1686)

Born about 1639 in New Haven Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Cornish) Sammis — married 16 Dec 1667 in Huntington,Suffolk,New York, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1686 at about age 47 in Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony

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Biography

John Cory was the son of John Cory and Ann Salmon.^[1][2]

He moved from his parents town of Southold to Huntington. The first record of John's presence in Huntington bears date of the seventh of July, 1663, when he bought a home lot of Jonas Wood,^[1][3]

He married, had children and died in Huntington.

Birth

John Cory Jr. was likely born in the New Haven Colony of Connecticut, in 1639. One source lists his parents' marriage in New London, Connecticut in 1638.^[2] His father John was likely among the first settlers of Southold in 1640.

Marriage

He married Mary Cornish 15 December 1667.^[1][2]

Death

John Cory died 1 January 1686,^[2] before the 25 January 1686 date his estate was inventoried.^[1][3]

Research Notes

Huntington Town Records, including Babylon, Long Island, N.Y. 1653-1688:^[3]

• Corey Family Record:

[1683, Oct. 28.] huntington

John Core was maried to Mary Cornish the 15 day of desember 1667.

1. Mary Core the daughter of John Core was borne October the 20 1668 on the third day of the week in the night about the 10 hour.
2. Abigail Core the daughter of John Core was born the 13 day of November on the second day of the week about the 9 hour 1670.
3. Elizebeth Core, the daughter of John Core was born Jeneuary the 9 in the year 1672 on th 5 day of the week in the afternoon.
4. John Core the son of John Core was borne the 3 day of febery in the yere 1674 on the 4 day of the week in the afternoon.
5. Martha Core the daughter of John Core was born the 17 day of febuary in the yeer 1677 the 7 day at evening.
6. Elnathan Core the son of John Core was born the first day of June in the yeare of our lord 1679 on the first day of the week in the morning before the sun was up.
7. Thomas Corey, the son of John Corey was born the 21 of September in ye year of our lord 1681 one ye fourth day of ye week called wednesday about noon.
8. Abraham Corey was borne ye 28th of October 1683 on ye first day of ye week in ye night about ye 12 hour.

The Cory Lineage, found in "Lineal Ancestors of Captain James Cory and of His Descendants; genealogical, historical and biographical":^[1]

• John Cory Senior:

"After landing at, or near Boston, in 1638, or earlier, John lived, it is supposed, either in Lynn, or in Salem, Mass."

August Griffin says, in his “Journal of the First Settlers of Southold,” that there were thirteen families in the group, headed by Parson John Youngs, which had arrived in the New Haven Colony in July of 1639. Soon after reaching Southold, the first thing that the Parson did was to “gather his church anew on the 21st of October, 1640."

• John Cory Junior:

"John Cory was born, it is supposed, in the old country, if not in this, about 1639. As he was of legal age in 1660, his name was written in a clause, in the conditional transfer his father made over to John Conkling, Jr."

• John Cory Jr.’s children, all born in Huntington, were:

1. Mary, born October 20, 1668; was married February 14, 1689, to Samuel Smith, grandson of Nicholas and Mary Smith, who emigrated to America.
2. Abigail, born November 13, 1670; probably was a spinister. The Salmon family record, however, says that an Abigail Cory was married to Reuben Shaw, August 31, 1736, and died December 29, 1739.
3. Elizabeth, born January 9, 1672; probably died young.
4. John, born February 3, 1674; married Priscilla, likely an Osborn; died in 1722 in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. (from pp. 66-80)
5. Martha, born February 17, 1677; was married to one of Sammis’ sons, as in the will of John Sammis, she is called his daughter-in-law'; she also was his stepdaughter.
6. Elnathan, born June 1, 1679; probably was in New Jersey, about 1706; died, about 1710.
7. Thomas, born September 21, 1681; settled in Stamford, Conn., about 1720, where he married for the second time; his first wife was Miriam, and his second, Elizabeth, but their family names are not recorded. Judge Charles E. Cory, of Fort Scott, Kan., who is an authority on the Cory history, is descended from him.
8. Abraham, born October 28, 1683; married Alice Braddock, probably at Elizabethtown, N. J., in 1706; died in Hanover, N. J., October 10, 1740.

Southampton, on the south fork of Long Island, is said to have been established first in June of 1640 and Southold, on the north fork of the island, shortly thereafter.^[1] Southold celebrated it's 250th Anniversary on August 27, 1890.^[4]

Corys of America - Second Edition - Volume 1^[2]

• CORY John II (John I) - Born, Sep 1639, in Southold, Suffolk Co LI NY. Died, 1 Jan 1685/6, in Huntington, Suffolk Co LI NY. Occupation: Farmer/Merchant. John removed to Huntington, L.I. about 1660. On July 7, 1663 he bought a lot at Huntington for a home. He was granted land there in 1668, 1681 and 1682. He was at one time one of the owners of farm number nine of ten farms. He is said to be a Quaker, a man of considerable importance in Huntington, being town clerk, arbitrator, recorder, etc. His Will dated 25 January 1686 was never proven. Inventory of his personal property was 82 pounds 10 shillings.

• He married CORNISH Mary, daughter of CORNISH Thomas and STONE Mary, 15 Dec 1667, in Stamford CT. Born, 4 May 1649, in Exeter NH. Died, 1 Dec 1702, in Huntington, Suffolk Co LI NY(Mary survived both her husbands, was mentioned in her sons will 1696).

• Children:

1. Mary?
2. Abigail. Born, 13 Nov 1670, in Suffolk Co LI NY. Died, 29 Dec 1739, in Suffolk Co LI NY. She married SHAW Reuben, 1692 (?), in Huntington, Suffolk Co LI NY.
3. Elizabeth. Born, 9 Jan 1671/2, in Huntington, Suffolk Co LI NY. Died, 1674 (?), in Huntington, Suffolk Co LI NY.
4. John III, Born 3 Feb 1673/4 in Huntington, Suffolk Co LI NY. Married Priscilla Osborn 16 Mar 1697/8. Died 30 Dec 1721 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co NJ. (from pp. 5-6)
5. Martha. Born, 17 Feb 1676/7, in Huntington, Suffolk Co LI NY. Died, 1702 (??) in Suffolk Co LI NY (Martha's Mother as a widow married her husband's father). She married SAMMIS Silas.
6. Elnathan. Born, 1 Jun 1679, in Huntington, Suffolk Co LI NY. Died, 1710.
7. Thomas.
8. Abraham

The Cory Family Society:

John Cory II was born in Sep 1639 in Southold, Suffolk Co, LI, NY. He died on 20 Oct 1685 in Huntington, Long Island, N. Y.

John removed to Huntington, about 1660. On July 7, 1663 he bought a lot at Huntington for a home. He was granted land there in 1668, 1681 and 1682. He was at one time one of the owners of farm number nine of ten farms. He is said to be a Quaker, a man of considerable importance in Huntington, being town clerk, arbitrator, recorder, etc. His Will dated 25 January 1686 was proved 14 October 1702. Inventory of his personal property was 82 pounds 10 shillings. The Greate Booke was passed on to John III.

John Cory II and Mary Cornish were married on 15 Dec 1667 in Huntington. Mary Cornish (daughter of Thomas Cornish and Mary Stone) was born on 4 May 1649 in Exeter, Rockingham Co, N. H. She died on 1 Dec 1702 in Huntington, N. Y. John Cory II and Mary Cornish had the following children:

1. John Cory b. 3 Feb. 1674
2. Mary Cory b. 20 Oct. 1668
3. Abigail Cory b. 13 Nov. 1670
4. Elizabeth Cory b. 9 Jan. 1672
5. Martha Cory b. 17 Feb. 1677
6. Elnathan Cory b. 1 Jun 1679
7. Thomas Cory b. 21 Sep. 1681
8. Abraham Cory b. 28 Oct 1683

Father: John CORY b: 9 Oct. 1611 in England, UK

Mother: Ann SALMON b: 25 Feb. 1616/7 in Aldersgate, Middlesex, England, UK

Marriage 1: Mary CORNISH b: 4 May 1649 in Exeter, Rockingham, NH

Married: 15 Dec. 1667 in Huntington, N. Y.

From Torrey:

COREY, John & Mary CORNISH, m/2 John SAMMIS betw 1686 & 1693; 15 Dec 1667; Huntington, LI {Corey (1900) 5; Cory (1914) 13, 14; Davis (1927) 67; NYGBR 31:227, 50:73; TAG 25:99}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Lineal Ancestors of Captain James Cory and of His Descendants; genealogical, historical and biographical - Cory, Charles Henry, 1937 - pp. 9-11: John Cory Sr. Massachusetts, New Haven & Southold - p. 13: Southampton & Southold - pp. 46-47: John Cory Sr. children - pp. 48-65: John Cory Jr. - p. 52: marriage - pp. 60-61: John Cory Jr. estate inventoried Archive.org or Ancestry.com
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Corys of America - Ancestors and Descendants Second Edition Volume I - Al Bertus Cory 1994 - p. 2: John Cory II FamilySearch.org viewer print download
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Huntington Town Records, including Babylon, Long Island, N.Y. 1653-1688 with introduction, notes and index by Charles R. Street, Huntington, N.Y 1887 - p. 48: deed from Jonas Wood Archive.org - p. 376: Corey Family Record Archive.org - p. 435: John Corey inventory of estate Archive.org
4. ↑ Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the formation of the Town and the Church of Southold - Epher Whitaker 1890 Archive.org

• The Cory Lineage in Lineal Ancestors of Captain James Cory and of His Descendants: genealogical, historical and biographical - Vol. 1 Part 1 - pages 39-40: Will of John Cory Sr. 9 Feb 1685 - pages 48-65: John Cory Jr. Ancestry.com

• Cory's of America - Ancestors and Descendants, First Edition, compiled by Al Bertus Cory, 1991, pp. 2-3: John Cory II Archive.org borrow after login

• The Corey Family of Southampton and Southold, Long Island, N. Y. by Lucy D. Akerly http://longislandgenealogy.com/Cory.pdf

• New England Marriages Prior To 1700 Clarence Almon Torrey, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1985) New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA U. S. A. Ancestry.com

• The Corey Family of Southampton and Southold, Long Island, N. Y. - Lucy Dubois Akerly, from New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 31 (New York, NY: 1900) - pp. 225-229 Archive.org

• The Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Davis (1773-1865) of Norway, N.Y. and His Wife Elizabeth Hallock Davis - Davis, William Church, (Walton, N.Y.: Press of the Reporter, 1927) pp. 66-67: The Corey Lineage Archive.org

• The American Genealogist (TAG) Demorest GA U. S. A. http://americangenealogist.com Repository: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA U. S. A.

• Some Chronicles of the Cory Family Relating to Eliakim and Sarah Cory and Their Descendants Dickinson, Harriet C., Westfield, N.J., Ballston Spa, N.Y., with others from "John of Southold" - Harriet C. Dickinson(New York: T.A. Wright, 1914) - p. 14: John Cory II HathiTrust.org

• Birth: - Date: 19 May 1639 - Place: Long Island, Suffolk, New York, USA - Source: #S-2123128525 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network

• Death: - Date: 25 Jan 1686 - Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York, USA - Source: #S-2123128525 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network