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John Corey1,2,3

M, #8367, b. 5 April 1753, d. 14 June 1822
Pedigree Link

Parents

FatherThomas Corey b. September 1723, d. Before 13 February 1761
MotherElizabeth Drake b. 1 March 1724/25, d. About 1768
Relationships5th great-uncle of David Arthur Walker
Last Edited 28 April 2024 19:08:09
BirthJohn Corey was born on 5 April 1753, in Portsmouth, Rhode IslandG.4,1
MarriageHe married Anna Allen daughter of Christopher Allen, on 12 July 1772.5,3
DeathJohn Corey died on 14 June 1822.4,1

Partner with Anna Allen

Citations

  1. [S255] David Moore, online http://www.geocities.com/david_al_moore. Hereinafter cited as David Moore.
  2. [S316] Robert M. & Ruth W. Sherman, editor Lucy Mary Kellogg, F.A.S.G., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, vol. 1, The Descendants of William White (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1988). Hereinafter cited as Mayflower Families through Five Generations, vol. 1.
  3. [S262] Louis Stoughton Drake, The Drake Family in England and America, 1360-1895 (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Antiquarian Books (Reprint), (Boston, 1896)). Hereinafter cited as The Drake Family in England and America, 1360-1895.
  4. [S321] Rick Crume's Genealogy Descendant Reports, online http://www.onelibrary.com/Genealogy/default.htm. Hereinafter cited as Rick Crume's Genealogy Descendant Reports.
  5. [S30] Dawn Cruickshank, Family history records, -Saint John, New Brunswick.

William Corey1,2

M, #8373, b. 6 May 1743, d. 18 May 1821
Pedigree Link

Parents

FatherWilliam Corey b. 22 February 1722, d. Before 6 October 1746
MotherElizabeth Drake b. 1 March 1724/25, d. About 1768
Relationships5th great-uncle of David Arthur Walker
Last Edited 28 April 2024 19:08:34
BirthWilliam Corey was born on 6 May 1743, in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode IslandG.3,2
MarriageHe married Sarah Dyer Clark daughter of Elisha Clarke, Sr., and Abigail Tillinghast, on 26 November 1769, in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode IslandG.2,3
MarriageWilliam Corey married Mary Allen on 4 December 1812, in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode IslandG.2
DeathHe died on 18 May 1821 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode IslandG.2

Children with Sarah Dyer Clark b. 7 November 1744, d. 17 May 1811

SonJoseph Corey+ b. 18 December 1771, d. 9 October 1856
DaughterEsther Corey b. 15 October 1773
SonFrancis Corey b. 8 August 1775, d. 1 July 1837
DaughterHannah Corey+ b. 30 September 1777, d. 26 September 1863
DaughterMary Corey b. 10 November 1779
SonJohn Corey+ b. 22 December 1781
SonDaniel Corey+ b. 7 July 1783
SonWilliam Corey+ b. 30 September 1788, d. 23 August 1870
DaughterSarah Corey+ b. 29 May 1789, d. 30 January 1820
SonBenjamin Clarke Corey+ b. 10 July 1791, d. 1 July 1859

Partner with Mary Allen b. About 1750, d. About 1820

Citations

  1. [S316] Robert M. & Ruth W. Sherman, editor Lucy Mary Kellogg, F.A.S.G., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, vol. 1, The Descendants of William White (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1988). Hereinafter cited as Mayflower Families through Five Generations, vol. 1.
  2. [S2043] Cory Family Society. This site contains genealogies of several early Corey/Cory families., online http://www.coryfamsoc.com. Hereinafter cited as Cory Family Society.
  3. [S262] Louis Stoughton Drake, The Drake Family in England and America, 1360-1895 (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Antiquarian Books (Reprint), (Boston, 1896)). Hereinafter cited as The Drake Family in England and America, 1360-1895.

Francis Corey1,2

M, #8374, b. 7 April 1745, d. About 1794
Pedigree Link

Parents

FatherWilliam Corey b. 22 February 1722, d. Before 6 October 1746
MotherElizabeth Drake b. 1 March 1724/25, d. About 1768
Relationships5th great-uncle of David Arthur Walker
Last Edited 12 June 2024 17:48:43
NameFrancis Corey was also known as Francis Cory.3
NoteFrancis was a Lt. in the Loyal New Englanders.
BirthHe was born on 7 April 1745, in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode IslandG.3,2
MarriageHe married Hannah Soule daughter of Samuel Soule and Patience, on 27 March 1774, in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode IslandG.3,2
DeathFrancis Corey died About 1794 in Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, CanadaG.4
DeathHe died After 1818 in New Brunswick, CanadaG.3

Partner with Hannah Soule b. 30 March 1750, d. 5 February 1776

Citations

  1. [S316] Robert M. & Ruth W. Sherman, editor Lucy Mary Kellogg, F.A.S.G., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, vol. 1, The Descendants of William White (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1988). Hereinafter cited as Mayflower Families through Five Generations, vol. 1.
  2. [S262] Louis Stoughton Drake, The Drake Family in England and America, 1360-1895 (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Antiquarian Books (Reprint), (Boston, 1896)). Hereinafter cited as The Drake Family in England and America, 1360-1895.
  3. [S2043] Cory Family Society. This site contains genealogies of several early Corey/Cory families., online http://www.coryfamsoc.com. Hereinafter cited as Cory Family Society.
  4. [S321] Rick Crume's Genealogy Descendant Reports, online http://www.onelibrary.com/Genealogy/default.htm. Hereinafter cited as Rick Crume's Genealogy Descendant Reports.

Elizabeth Gasesett1,2,3

F, #8376, b. About 1660, d. 1713
Pedigree Link

Parents

FatherChief Canonchet Miantomomo II b. 1625, d. 3 April 1676
MotherMephibosheth Thayer
Relationships7th great-grandmother of David Arthur Walker
Chart MembershipAncestors of Frieda Ruth Palmer
Last Edited 7 December 2025 19:28:04
NameElizabeth Gasesett was also known as Elizabeth Cory.4
NameShe was also known as Minnetinka Gasesett.5
NameShe was also known as Minnetinka.3
NameShe was also known as Elizabeth Corey.
Biographical NoteThere are questions about the names and spellings of Elizabeth's and her father's names. The main sources used here refer to the daughter as Elizabeth Gasesett (others spell it Gassoset or Gassett) and her father as a Narragansett Indian sachem. An article in the April 2000 issue of the 'Cory Family Society Newsletter' quotes a writer named Edwin Frances Corey saying that a newspaper article which he recalled reading years previously stated that the daughter's name was 'Minnetan koo.' A reference found by a descendent of Lillis Baker Corey, (Richard_Kretsinger@macnexus.org) at another web site followed a line of Coreys from Robert in England, dated 1554. It appeared to use 'Minnetinka' as Elizabeth's Indian name and referred to her father as Chief Gasesett. This web site, however, was no longer valid when tried by this researcher. Whether Gasesett was the father's name, the adopting parents' name or Elizabeth's Indian name is unknown. She is listed herein with Gasesett as her maiden name and that of her sachem father. Documentation states that Elizabeth Gasesett was an Indian 'Princess;' Her mother having died when Elizabeth was young, she was orphaned when her father was killed in a battle with the Mohegan Indians during King Philip's War (1675-76). The Mohegans were allied at that time with the English who wished to destroy the Pequot tribes and their allies. Elizabeth was reportedly adopted by a white Quaker family whose identity is unknown. They reared and educated her. When her husband died he made her the sole executor of his estate.There is a question as to whether Elizabeth was John Corey's first or second wife. Although some records state that he fathered eight children by one wife and two by another, there is only one wife, Elizabeth, buried with him. Their headstones are unusual and identical as though quarried from the same rock source and carved by the same hand. She was originally buried in the family cemetery on Quonset Peninsula, but when the Navy bought the land in 1941 in order to build Quonset huts, the family graves were moved to Quidnessett Cemetery. [See further notes with her husband's entry).3
BirthShe was born About 1660, in Newport County, Rhode IslandG. Minnetinka was raised and educated by a Quaker or Dutch family after her mother died and her father was killed by the Mohegans. She adopted her Christian name Elizabeth.6,3,5,7
MarriageShe married John Cory son of William Cory and Mary Earle, Between 1678 and 1679, in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode IslandG.3,8,9,5
DeathElizabeth Gasesett died in 1713 in Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode IslandG.10
BurialShe was buried on 19 December 1713 in the family cemetery, Quonset Peninsula, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode IslandG. The graves of John Cory and Elizabeth "Minnetinka" Gasesett were removed from the family cemetery on Quonset Peninsula to Quidnessett Cemetery in 1941 to make room for a military base.3
Marker - Elizabeth "Minnetinka" (Gasesett) Corey, next to her husband John. Courtesy of findagrave.com.
ReinterShe was reinterred in 1942, in Quidnessett Cemetery, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode IslandG. The graves of John Cory and Elizabeth "Minnetinka" Gasesett were removed from the family cemetery on Quonset Peninsula to Quidnessett Cemetery in 1941 to make room for a military base.

Children with John Cory b. About 1658, d. 12 May 1712

SonWilliam Cory+ b. 1679, d. August 1719
SonJohn Cory, Jr.+ b. September 1687, d. March 1768
SonElisha Cory+ b. September 1688, d. About 1742
SonJoseph Cory+ b. About 1690, d. 7 February 1766
DaughterHopestill (Corsy) Corey+ b. About 1692
DaughterDinah Cory+ b. About 1692, d. 4 November 1729
DaughterElizabeth Cory b. About 1693, d. About 1693
SonAnthony Cory b. About 1694
SonThomas Cory+ b. 2 September 1697, d. About 1714
DaughterAnne Cory b. February 1698/99
DaughterPatience Corey b. About 1703

Citations

  1. [S315] Stanley Corey, The Corey/Cory Familes of New Brunswick, Canada (Green Valley, AZ: self published, 1979). Hereinafter cited as The Corey/Cory Familes of New Brunswick, Canada.
  2. [S1858] Al B. Cory, compiler, Corys of America, Ancestors and Descendants, 2nd Edition, Vol. II (self published, 1994). Hereinafter cited as Corys of America, Ancestors and Descendants.
  3. [S2043] Cory Family Society. This site contains genealogies of several early Corey/Cory families., online http://www.coryfamsoc.com. Hereinafter cited as Cory Family Society.
  4. [S255] David Moore, online http://www.geocities.com/david_al_moore. Hereinafter cited as David Moore.
  5. [S20276] John Cory and Elizabeth "Minnetinka" Gasesett, (1678), Marriage Record - John Cory and Elizabeth "Minnetinka" Gasesett: Rhode Island. Hereinafter cited as Marriage Record.
  6. [S1856] Thomas L. Clough, online http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tclough/index.htm, Corey Family Society, online http://coryfamsoc.com/index.htm, Earl S. Corey, webmaster, Site include genealogies of several early Cory/Corey families. [:CR:]. Hereinafter cited as Thomas L. Clough.
  7. [S20277] "Miantonomoh", Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miantonomoh. Hereinafter cited as "Miantonomoh".
  8. [S357] "The Slocum File, PANB", compiled records, to (Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick); Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada. Hereinafter cited as "Slocum File, PANB".
  9. [S2503] Ancestry.ca - John Cory - Family Data Collection - Individual Records, online www.ancestry.ca. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.ca - John Cory - Family Data Collection - Individual Records.
  10. [S321] Rick Crume's Genealogy Descendant Reports, online http://www.onelibrary.com/Genealogy/default.htm. Hereinafter cited as Rick Crume's Genealogy Descendant Reports.

Anne Cory1

F, #8394, b. February 1663, d. About 1700
Pedigree Link

Parents

FatherWilliam Cory d. 8 February 1681/82
MotherMary Earle b. 22 March 1618/19, d. 22 March 1717/18
Relationships8th great-aunt of David Arthur Walker
Last Edited 27 July 2025 14:40:08
NameAnne Cory was also known as Ann Corey.2
NameShe was also known as Anne Corey.
NameShe was also known as Anne Bennett.3
NoteHer name is spelled different ways: Anne, Annie, Aimee.3
BirthShe was born in February 1663, in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode IslandG.3
MarriageShe married Robert Bennett About 1680.3
DeathShe died About 1700.3

Children with Robert Bennett b. March 1660, d. About 1722

SonCaleb Bennett b. About 1681, d. About 1740
SonRobert Bennett b. About 1683, d. About 1750
SonJoseph Bennett b. About 1685, d. About 1750
SonJohn Bennett b. About 1686, d. About 1750
DaughterAnne Bennett+ b. About 1688, d. September 1750
SonWilliam Bennett b. About 1690, d. About 1750
DaughterMary Bennett b. About 1691, d. September 1750
SonJob Bennett b. About 1693, d. About 1750
SonJonathan Bennett b. About 1695, d. About 1750

Citations

  1. [S1856] Thomas L. Clough, online http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tclough/index.htm. Hereinafter cited as Thomas L. Clough.
  2. [S255] David Moore, online http://www.geocities.com/david_al_moore. Hereinafter cited as David Moore.
  3. [S2043] Cory Family Society. This site contains genealogies of several early Corey/Cory families., online http://www.coryfamsoc.com. Hereinafter cited as Cory Family Society.

Agnis Wauker1,2

F, #8400, d. Before 30 August 1670
Pedigree Link

Parents

FatherWilliam Wauker b. About 1556
MotherAlice Payne b. About 1555
Relationships10th great-grandmother of David Arthur Walker
Chart MembershipAncestors of Frieda Ruth Palmer
Last Edited 13 April 2024 16:00:05
NameAgnis Wauker was also known as Agnis Cory.3,4,5
NameShe was also known as Agnis Roome.6
ChristeningShe was christened on 26 April 1582 in St. James Parish Church, Bristol, Gloucestershire, EnglandG.5,2
MarriageShe married first John Cory on 13 June 1606 in St. James Parish Church, Bristol, Gloucestershire, EnglandG.3,4,1,2
MarriageShe married second John Roome After 1621 in EnglandG.6
ImmigrationShe immigrated to Portsmouth, Rhode IslandG, After 1634. her son, John, and grandson, William, accompanied her to Rhode Island.2
WitnessShe immigrated with John Cory to Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode IslandG, About 1638.7,2
DeathShe died Before 30 August 1670 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode IslandG.3,4,1

Children with John Cory b. About 1582

SonJohn Cory+ d. 1660
DaughterBridgett Cory d. May 1608
DaughterJoan Cory
SonThomas Corye

Partner with John Roome

Citations

  1. [S1856] Thomas L. Clough, online http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tclough/index.htm, Wayne Howard Miller Wilcox, "Further Notes on the English Home of the Cor(e)y Family of Rhode Island", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 17, whole number 586 (April, 1993). Hereinafter cited as Thomas L. Clough.
  2. [S2043] Cory Family Society. This site contains genealogies of several early Corey/Cory families., online http://www.coryfamsoc.com. Hereinafter cited as Cory Family Society.
  3. [S255] David Moore, online http://www.geocities.com/david_al_moore. Hereinafter cited as David Moore.
  4. [S321] Rick Crume's Genealogy Descendant Reports, online http://www.onelibrary.com/Genealogy/default.htm. Hereinafter cited as Rick Crume's Genealogy Descendant Reports.
  5. [S1856] Thomas L. Clough, online http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tclough/index.htm. Hereinafter cited as Thomas L. Clough.
  6. [S1856] Thomas L. Clough, online http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tclough/index.htm, Corey Family Society, online http://coryfamsoc.com/index.htm, Earl S. Corey, webmaster. Site includes genealogies of several early Cory/Corey families. Hereinafter cited as Thomas L. Clough.
  7. [S1856] Thomas L. Clough, online http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tclough/index.htm, Corey Family Society, online http://www.coryfamsoc.com/index.htm. Hereinafter cited as Thomas L. Clough.