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Personal data William Corey 

• Also known as Cory.
• He was born about 1680 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island.
• He died August 1719 in East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island.
• A child of John Corey and Elizabeth Gasesett

Household of William Corey

He is married to Elizabeth Unknown.

They got married

Notes about William Corey

== Biography ==
=== Birth ===William Corye was married in 1703/4. If 21, he would have been born 1682/3.
William Corye and Elizabeth _____ were married at Portsmouth, by Giles Slocum, Asst., Jan. 20, 1703/4Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Vol· 01: Kent County: Births, Marriages, Deaths. East Greenwich p. 24. "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F829-MJZ : 6 December 2014), William Corye and Elizabeth, 20 Jan 1703; citing East Greenwich,Kent,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,269.[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-8HYZ?i=159 image 160 of 745]
William was deeded 90 acres, a house and meadow in East Greenwich, "for Love" by his father John Corey on 4 Oct 1707. They both lived in Portsmouth at this time.Wilcox, Wayne Howard Miller. "Five Unknown Children of John and Elizabeth (____) Cory of Portsmouth and Kingstown, Rhode Island. Rhode Isalnd Roots 18:100 (1992).Austin, John Osborne. ''Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation.'' (Albany: J. Munsell Sons, 1887) [https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldict00aust/page/n129 p. 56]
William was the executor of his brother Anthony's will in 1714 and was left £5

=== Death & Will ===William Corey of East Greenwich died between 23 July 1719, the date of his will and 29 August 1719, when it was proved. He appointed his wife Elisabeth sole executrix. "I give & bequeth unto my beloved wife Elisabeth Cory all my movable estate what so ever during her widowhood. I doe give & bequeth unto my eldest son William Cory one hundred acres of land in the great purchase in East Greenwich on which I have begun to improve & one gun further my will is & I doe give unto my son John Cory one gun my will is & I do give to my son Anthony Cory one house lott in ye Town of East Greenwich further my will is & I doe give to my four daughters four cows that is two cowes shall be put out till the doe double." The inventory was presented 29 Aug 1719.

=== Children ===# [[Corey-396|William '''Cory''']] b. 26 March 1705, East Greenwich; d. after 1724; m. 21 Jan 1724 at East Greenwich, Sarah Matteson# [[Corey-397|Mary '''Cory''']], b. 9 Feb 1707, East Greenwich;; d. after 1724; m. 10 Dec 1724 East Greenwich Abner Spencer, son of Michael# [[Corey-398|John '''Cory''']]b. 22 Nov 1709, East Greenwich;; d. between 1744 and 1748; m. Elizabeth Underwood# [[Corey-385|Anthony '''Cory''']], b. 21 Jan 1711/12, East Greenwich;; d. between 15 March 1790 and 17 Aug 1795 at Coventry, Rhode Island; m. 19 March 1741 at Scituate, Rhode Island.# [[Corey-399|Sarah]] b. before 1719; d. after 1739; m. 17 July 1739 at East Greenwich David Matteson, sos of Joseph# [[Cory-328|Elizabeth Cory]] b. 23 March 1710; d. after 1733; m. 19 April 1733 at East Greenwich William Carr, son of Caleb
# Daughter, four daughters were mentioned in their father's will

== Sources ==
* A.A. Carr, Book: "The Carr Book", (Ticonderoga, NY: 1947), p.40, 86.* Cory, Al Bertus. ''Cory's of America : ancestors and descendants'' (1991) p. 8 section B #10

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