Genealogies

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Branches

Several of the first Cory families in America have been identified, ether via DNA and/or parish records, as to their English origins.

•  Bristol Corys
  •  William Cory of Portsmouth, Rhode Island
•  Eastern Counties of England (Essex, Yorkshire)?
  •  Isaac Corey of Plainfield, Connecticut (John 1 Line?)
  •  John 1 Cory of Southold, Long Island, New York
  •  John Corey of Roxbury, Massachusetts (John 1 line via DNA)
  •  Bramerton Hall
•  Harpole/Northampton Corys
  • Nicholas Cory(e) of Harpole, Northampton
  • Giles Cory of Salem, Massachusetts
  • Thomas Cory of Chelmsford, Massachusetts
  • Joseph Corey of RI and Voluntown, New London Co, CT
  • David Corey of VT, NH, MA?
•  Scottish Corries
•  Other Corys

Famous/Prominent Corys

Corys who have achieved prominence in the United States have been the following:

William Ellis Cory (1866-1934)

He was born near Pittsburgh and began work in the steel mills at the age of 16.  A brilliant metallurgist, he became President of the Carnegie Steel Company from 1901 to 1903 and then became President of the United States Steel Company from 1903 to 1911

Harvey Cory (1883-1966?) (John 1 Database)

Born in Selma Alabama, he moved to Chicago.  There he invented and manufactured the "Cory Glass Coffee Brewer".  The Company's subsequent coffee percolators led the market for half a century.

Wendell Reid Corey (1914-1968) (Harpole/Northampton Corys - DNA)

He was born in Dracut, Massachusetts and after success on the Broadway stage he went to Hollywood and appeared in some 30 films.  He was featured in several Hitchcock productions.

Charles Barney Cory (1857-1921) (Bristol Corys - William Database)

As an American ornithologist, he was a Honorary Curator of the Boston Society of Natural History and from 1895 was non resident Curator of Ontology at the field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, he was head of his department at his death in 1921. He established one of the first bird sanctuaries in the United states at Hyannis, Massachusetts.

Jeff Corey (1914-2002)

An actor who found a new career as a drama teacher for students including James Dean and Jack Nicholson after being blacklisted during the communist scare of the 1950s