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Cory History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Cory History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

The Cory surname in England may have been taken on from a place named Cari listed in the Domesday Book. The place name is thought to derive from the Old Norse personal name Kori, of uncertain meaning.

Early Origins of the Cory family

The surname Cory was first found in Suffolk, where a Walter Cari was listed in the Pipe Rolls for that county in 1200.

Early History of the Cory family

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Cory Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cory, Corey and others.

Early Notables of the Cory family

Notables of this surname at this time include: Katherine Corey, an English actress of the Restoration era, one of the first female performers to appear on the public stage in Britain; her career spanned (1660-1692); and Giles Corey (1621-1692) born in Northampton, he was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey (c. 1620-1692) during the...
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Cory Ranking

In the United States, the name Cory is the 5,797^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Cory migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cory Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Giles Cory, who landed in Salem, Massachusetts in 1659 2
Fran Cory, who arrived in Virginia in 1665 2

Cory Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Samson Cory, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1713-1714 2
Robert Cory, who settled in Philadelphia in 1774
T Joal Cory, who arrived in Mississippi in 1798 2

Cory Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

A. H. E. Cory, who both arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850
John Cory, who arrived in Texas in 1850-1906 2

Cory migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Cory Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. William Cory, (b. 1822), aged 22, Cornish labourer travelling aboard the ship "Sea Queen" arriving in Port Phillip, New South Wales, Australia on 15th April 1844 3
Mrs. Mary Cory, (b. 1822), aged 22, Cornish settler travelling aboard the ship "Sea Queen" arriving in Port Phillip, New South Wales, Australia on 15th April 1844 3
Mr. William Cory, (b. 1822), aged 22, Cornish labourer departing from London in January 1844 aboard the ship "Sea Queen" arriving in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia on 15th April 1844 4
Mrs. Mary Cory, (b. 1822), aged 22, Cornish settler departing from London in January 1844 aboard the ship "Sea Queen" arriving in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia on 15th April 1844 4
Mr. William Cory, (b. 1803), aged 40 born in Launceston, Cornwall, UK convicted in Bodmin on 17th October 1843, sentenced for 7 years for stealing wheat, transported aboard the ship "Equestrian" in 1844 to Van Diemen's Land, Tasmania, Australia 5
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Cory migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Cory Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

John Cory, who landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1840
Dr. W. H Cory, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Joseph Fletcher" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 31st August 1852 6
Henry Cory, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Cresswell" in 1856
Mr. John Cory, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Euphemus" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 12th February 1857 6
Mrs. Elizabeth Cory, (b. 1829), aged 29, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Mystery" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 29th March 1859 6
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Contemporary Notables of the name Cory (post 1700) +

Charles Barney Cory (1857-1921), American ornithologist, traveler and golfer, who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Johnson Cory (1823-1892), English poet and classicist, who published a single volume of verse "Ionica" in which is found the famous translation from Callimachus "Heraclitus"
Peter deCarteret Cory CC QC (1925-2020), Canadian jurist, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1989–1999)
Mrs. Rose Cory M.B.E., British Milliner, was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire on 8th June 2018, for services to the Millinery Industry 7
Suzanne Cory (b. 1942), Australian biologist, awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 2002
Robert Towerson Cory, Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy in 1809
Mabel Cory Costigan (1873-1951), American community and church leader and advocate for labor laws for children and foreign-born individuals
Michael Cory Doyne (b. 1981), American Major League Baseball pitcher
John Cory Hassall (b. 1981), English musician and bassist for The Libertines
Earl Cory Michener (1876-1957), American politician, member of U.S. Congress from 1919 to 1933 and from 1935 to 1951

Historic Events for the Cory family +

HMS Dorsetshire

Robert Charles Elderton Cory, British Lieutenant Royal Marine aboard the HMS Dorsetshire (1945) when she was struck by air bombers and sunk; he survived the sinking 8

Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie)

Scott Cory (1968-1988), American Student from Old Lyme Court, Connecticut, America, who flew aboard the Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to Detroit, known as the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 and died 9

USS Arizona

Mr. James E. Cory, American Private First Class working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he survived the sinking 10

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, May 30). Ships' Passenger Lists of Arrivals in New South Wales on (1828 - 1842, 1848 - 1849) [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_nsw_1838_on.pdf
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retreived 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_australia_victoria.pdf
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 30th May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/tasmanian_convicts_cornish.pdf
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
"Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62507, 28 December 2018 | London Gazette, The Gazette, Dec. 2018, www.thegazette.co.uk/honours-lists
Force Z Survivors HMS Dorsetshire Crew List, (Retrieved 2018, February 13th), https://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listdorsetshirecrew.html
Pan Am Flight 103's victims: A list of those killed 25 years ago | syracuse.com. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/12/pan_am_flight_103s_victims_a_list_of_those_killed_25_years_ago.html
Pearl Harbour: USS Arizona Casualties List Pearl Harbour December 7, 1941. (Retrieved 2018, July 31st). Retrieved from http://pearl-harbor.com/arizona/casualtylist.html