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The United Empire Loyalists’
Association of Canada
50 Baldwin Street, Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1L4
Telephone (416) 591-1783 Fax (416) 591-7506
Email: [email protected]
CERTIFICATE APPLICATION
BRANCH: Fredericton
BRANCH ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Applicant
Title
GIDEON COREY
Name in full.
Shirley Cora Thorne
Date
Maiden Name
Corey
Phone
Address
Postal Code
E-Mail address
Occupation
Place of Birth
Date
Married at
Date
Husband/Wife
Full Name
Occupation
Son or
Dau of
Place of Birth
Date
Place of Burial
Date
Children
(Names in Full
and Birth
Dates)
February1980
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Applicant Line of Descent From a Loyalist Ancestor
Loyalist Ancestor
Gideon Corey
Certificate # 2070-80 (June 3,1980)
2.
3.
4.
Military Service
(rank & regt if known)
Where Settled
(date & Location)
Father
Parents
Mother
Grand
Father
Parents
Mother
st
1 Great
Father
Grand
Parents
5.
2nd Great
Grand
Parents
6.
3rd Great
Grand
Parents
7.
4th Great
Grand
Parents
th
8.
5 Great
Grand
Parents
9.
6th Great
Grand
Parents
10.
7h Great
Grand
Parents
11.
8th Great
Grand
Parents
12.
9th Great
Grand
Parents
13.
10h Great
Grand
Parents
Col. Wightman's Regiment of the Loyal New Englanders at Fort Franklin at Lloyd's Neck,
Long Island. (prisoner at Boston by Benj. Baker,)
New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, Queens Co. New
Brunswick
J. Blois Corey
Born
(year)
1902
Married
(year)
1933
Died
(year)
1996
Dorothy Esther Clarke
Rowland Hill Corey
1864
1895
1947
Bessie Murray Secord
Jacob Corey
1822
1855
1897
Mother
Father
Amy Carlisle Starkey
Gardner Corey
1795
1864
Mother
Father
Elizabeth Humphrey
Gideon Corey
1757
1824
Mother
Father
Abigail Clarke
Thomas Corey
1734
1772
Mother
Father
Elizabeth (Drake) Corey
John Corey Sr.
Mother
Father
Mother
Father
Mother
Father
Mother
Father
Mother
Father
Mother
3
2.
Parents
Father
Jacob Blois Corey
Son of
Rowland Hill Corey
Place of
Birth
Married
at
Residence
New Canaan, Queens Co., New Brunswick
Date
3 October 1902
Havelock, Kings Co., N.B.
Date
12 July 1933
New Canaan, Queens Co., New Brunswick
Occupation
Farmer/Lumberman
Place of
Burial
United Baptist Cemetery, New Canaan, Queens Co.,
New Brunswick
Death Date
& Place
Mother
Dorothy Esther Clark
Daughter of
4 April,1996
Sussex, Kings Co.
N.B.
Charles Secord and
Mary Jane Murray
Occupation
Teacher/Homemaker
New Canaan, Queens Co., New Brunswick
Place of
Birth
United Baptist Cemetery, New Canaan, Queens Co.,
Place of
New Brunswick
Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
3.
Grandparents
Father
Rowland Hill Corey
Date
14 January 1911
Death Date
& Place
14 January 1994
Sussex,Kings Co.NB
Son of
Jacob Corey
Place of
Birth
Married
at
Residence
Coles Island, Queens Co. NB
Date
31 December 1864
Johnston Parish, Kings co. NB
Date
4 July 1895
New Canaan, Queens Co. NB
Occupation
Place of
Burial
United Baptist Cemetery, New Canaan, Queens Co.,
New Brunswick
Death Date
& Place
Mother
Bessie Murray Secord
Daughter of
Farmer and
Lumberman
7 May 1947
Sussex, Kings Co.
NB
Charles Secord and
Mary Jane Murray
Occupation
Homemaker
Long Creek, Johnston Parish, Queens Co. NB
Place of
Birth
United Baptist Cemetery, New Canaan, Queens Co.,
Place of
New Brunswick
Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
Date
23 September 1872
Death Date
& Place
14 July 1926 at home
in New Canaan
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4.
1st Great Grandparents
Father
Jacob Corey
Gardner Corey
Place of
Birth
New Canaan, Queens Co., New Brunswick
Date
3 October 1822
Married at
Johnston, Queens Co. N.B.
Date
19 April 1855
Residence
Coles Island then New Canaan, Queens Co., NB
Occupation
Place of
Burial
Mother
Baptist Cemetery, Coles Island, Queens Co., NB
Death Date
& Place
Daughter of
Farmer, Trader
(Storekeeper)
14 March 1897
Occupation
Teacher/ Homemaker
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
5.
Son of
Any Carlisle Starkey
James Starkey and
Catherine Carlisle
Johnston, Johnston Parish, Queens Co. NB
Date
6 November 1832
Baptist Cemetery, Coles Island, Queens Co., NB
Death Date
& Place
14 February 1928
Son of
Gideon Corey UE
July1795
2nd Great Grandparents
Father
Gardner Corey
Place of
Birth
Married at
New Canaan, Queens Co., New Brunswick
Date
(Only assume New Canaan0both from there)
Date
Residence
New Canaan, Queens Co., New Brunswick
Occupation
Farmer
Place of
Burial
Baptist Cemetery, New Canaan, Queens Co., New
Brunswick
Death Date
& Place
24 November 1864
Mother
Elizabeth Humphrey
Daughter of
William Humphrey
and Nancy Peatman
Occupation
Homemaker
Place of
Birth
New Canaan, Queens Co., New Brunswick
Date
Baptist Cemetery, New Canaan, Queens Co., New
Brunswick
Death Date
& Place
Abt 1792 New
Canaan, Queens
Co., NB ,
1850
Place of
Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
New Canaan,
Queens Co., NB
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6.
3rd Great Grandparents
Father
Gideon Corey
Son of
T homas Corey and
Elizabeth Drake
East Greenwich, Rhode Island USA
Date
Date
Place of
Burial
Mother
(? likely NB as Abigail wasn't listed as passenger on
"Union" with Gideon)
(First NB grant in Carleton--was in Hampstead in
1795)
New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, Queens Co. NB
Baptist Cemetery, New Canaan, Queens Co., New
Brunswick
Abigail Clark
Occupation
Homemaker
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Place of
Birth
Married
at
Residence
Occupation
Cooper (barrel
maker), Night
School Teacher
Death Date
& Place
Daughter of
1823
New Canaan
Elisha Clark Jr and
Desire Gardner
North Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
Date
1766
Pioneer Cemetery, Petitcodiac East, West Co., NB
Death Date
& Place
29 April 1849
Petitcodiac,
West.Co. NB
Children
and spouses
if known
7
.
21 March 1757
4th Great Grandparents
Father
Son of
Place of
Birth
Married at
Date
Residence
Occupation
Place of
Burial
Mother
Death Date
& Place
Daughter of
Date
Occupation
Place of
Birth
Date
Place of
Burial
Death Date
& Place
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PROOFS OF LINEAL DESCENT
List your direct line of descent, beginning with yourself, one person in each generation to your Loyalist ancestor. Lineal de scent is
proved by the use of documents which state the relationship of two individuals to each other. The document must state the fact to be
proved: e.g. “William, THE SON of Henry Smith ...”
Attach copies of your proofs to the back of the application.
1. Applicant
Proof
2. Parent
Proof
3. Grandparent
Proof
4. 1st Great
Grandparent
Proof
nd
5. 2 Great
Grandparent
Proof
6. 3rd Great
Grandparent
Proof
7. 4th Great
Grandparent
Proof
Shirley Cora Thorne
Birth certificate
Jacob Blois Corey
Birth certificate
Rowland Hill Corey
1881 census, Brunswick parish, Queens Co. NB microfilm F1636
Family Bible of Amy Corey
Jacob Corey
Family Bible of Amy Corey
Gardner Corey
Executor of his Father's will (1824); Family Bible of Amy Corey
Gideon Corey
"Loyalist on New Brunswick" by Esther Clark Wright, pg 272
"Loyalists of the American Revolution", Sabine V.IIpg.499
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