Captain Philip Cory

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General Notes: Philip was a long time resident of Tiverton, Rhode Island. When it came time to defend his believes against the British during the Revolutionary War he joined the Rhode Island Militia. He is listed in Isaac Cooks records as a Leuitenant in the 1777 Military Census of Rhode Island town of Tiverton. In the DAR index he is listed as a Captain in the 1st Co. Rhode Island. His Mayflower index number is 47740. It appears from differrent records that he owned property in Westport Point, Massachusetts, his son Joseph my 3rd great grandfather rented this house. A record of this can be found in a 1798 tax roll taken on this property, I have a copy of this tax record. There is also evidence that he was involved in ship building and sailing of these ships from a contract agreement between him and a brother. I have recently acquired a copy of war orders given to Philip from Colonel Pardon Gray requiring him to muster all the men under his command. He is buried in the Gardner Douglas Farm Historical Cemetary plot number 64.

War orders from Pardon Gray Lieutenant Colonel

Tiverton, June 28, 1778

Lieu. Philip Cory - In the name of the Governor, & Company of the State of Rhode Island you are

hereby commanded to warn all the militia & alarm men within your District that is not on duty to

appear by ten o'clock at the Four Corners - all acutred, fit for action, with all the spades & shovels

& pick axes that can be found. You are also to give them notice that in case they do not appear they

may expect to be delt with according to law. Whether they have guns or not, they are not to be

excused but to come forward and in case any person is absent, you are to return such delinquant

without fail. Given under my hand the day and date first above ritten.

Pardon Gray, Lieut. Colonel

The Corey Society of America has in its records a copy of a Revolutionary War payroll that lists Philip as Lieutenant in Capt. Isaac Cook's Camp in Col. John Cook's Regt. of Militia in the Service of the United States from the 21st to the 31st of July 1778 For Wages of Subsistance Money. This record along with others in the sources are accepted as primary evidence by the SAR/DAR and General Descendants of the Mayflower Society.

Philip's Will can be found in Tiverton, Rhode Island Probate Book 5; page 578

Will of Philip Corey

Page 578

In the Name of God Amen the twenteth Day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and two. I Philip Cory of Tiverton in the County of Newport in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, Gentleman being weak in Body but of a Sound mind and Memory thanks be to Almighty God for the Same Calling to mind the Mortality of this body and removing that his appointed for men once to Die, do make and ordain this my Last will & Testament in manner and form following that is to Say first primarally I recommend my Soul unto the hand of God who gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth to be Decently Interred therein at the Discretion of my Executor hereinafter named and appointed and as Touching the disposition of Such Worldly Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to Bestow me with in this Life I give devise & Dispose of the Same in Manner and form following

Imprimis my will is and I do will and order that first of all my just Depts and funeral Charges be paid and Satisfied by my Executor therein after named and appointed

Item I give and Bequeath unto my well beloved wife Comfort the use Improvement and Profits of all my Estate Real and Personal one year after my Decease and further I give to my said wife the improvements of one third part of all my Real Estate So Long as She Shall Remain my Widow also I Give to my

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Said wife one half of my household goods and furniture and a horse and one cow She to have her choise of my horses & cows also I give to my Said wife in Liew of her Right of Dower and ____thirds of in and unto all my Estate Both Real and Personal & she Sees fit to Except and not Otherwise

Item I give and Bequeath unto my three well beloved Daughters Namely Elizabeth Hicks the wife of Gabriel Hicks Hannah Almy the wife of Peleg Almy and Deborah Cook the wife of William Cook four hundred and fifty Silver Dollars to be Equally divided among them Share and Share alike

Item I give and Bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Mary Cory three hundred Dollars to be paid her in two Years after my Decease I also Give to my Said Daughter -- one half of all my household goods and furniture and I further Give unto my Said Daughter So Long as She Shall Remain unmarried the use and improvement of the Slave bedroom in the house where I now Live and the Chamber Room over it and a priviledge in the Cellar and to the Oen to Bake and to the Well for water and inthe Door Yard for wood and for such Other uses as need may Require Also give unto my Said Daughter Mary Twenty five Silver Dollars Yearly and every year So Long as she Shall Remain unmarried and no longer

Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Grandson Philip Cory Son of my son Philip Cory Deceased three hundred Silver dollars to be paid to him when he come to the age of twenty one years.

Item I give and Bequeath unto my five well beloved Sons Namely William Cory Joseph Cory Barney Cory Nathaniel Cory and Andrew Cory to them and to their heirs and assigns forever all my Real and Personal Estate that I have not herein this my Last will and Testament Otherway Disposed of to be Equally Divided among my five Sons before named Share and Share Alike my Real Estate being part of it in Tiverton and part of it in Little Compton and some of it in Westport I have thought unnecassary to Dispose of in particular these Gifts I Give to my before named five Sons they Doing and fulfilling this my Last will and Testament and further my will is that my said five sons Shall Equally alike be at the Last Charge and Expense of fulfilling this my Said will and Testament

Lastly to this my Last will and Testament I do Constitute make ordain and appoint my Son William Cory and my well and trusty friend Barney Hicks of Westport Joint Executors defined

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To the three Intent and attaining thereof And I do hereby Utterly Dissalow Revoke And Disanull All and every Other former wills and Testaments Legacies And Bequests And Executors by me in any ways before named Willed and bequeathed Ratifying this and no Other to be my Last will and Testament In Witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year first above Written

Signed Sealed Published Pronounced

And Declared by the Said Philip Cory Philip Cory (seal)

as his Last will and Testament in the

presence of us the Subscribers

Noah Palmer

Barney Hicks

Redford Dennis

Be it Remembered that the covenant made in Second page in the Seventh and Ninth Lines from the Top were made before the Signing and Sealing thereof

Newport att a Court of Probate held in Tiverton on the 20th Day of November in 1802 the Within will was presented for probate the Witnesses being present and engaged it was therefore Considered adjudged And Decreed by Said Court that the Same is proved And approved as the Last will and Testament of the Said Philip Cory Dec. And that our Clerk ___ Sellors Testomentory unto Barney Hicks and William Cory they Giving (the rest of the text unreadable)