2002 Annual Meeting
and Family Reunion
Schedule of Events
Thursday ? August 15
Friday ? August 16
(8:30am to 6pm)
Saturday ? August 17
(8am to 5pm)
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Drive to
Westport Point. Lester Corey joined us. See where early
Cory/Corey whaling vessels tied up, walk short section of Main Street to
see these early houses, including a Corey house or two. There is a
coffee shop here which boasts a unisex rest room and there is a porta-john
outside the harbor master's office.
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Towards Tiverton, RI
? Lot 22 of the Pocasset Purchase
William purchased in 1680 and left to his sons Thomas and Roger.
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South to Tiverton
Four Corners (Historic District) ?
Five Cory homes built before the Revolution, including Cory-Hicks-Bordon
home purchased by Thomas Cory in 1720, and remained in possession of his
descendants until 1900; the home built by his grandson, Philip Cory
c1770; and the Chase Cory house (1730) purchased by Andrew Cory in 1816
and occupied by his descendants until 1966 when it was donated to the
Tiverton Historical Society. Edna Snell who lived there as a child more
than ninety years ago.
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Cemetery on the land of Captain Philip Cory
? where he, his wife and descendants
are buried. Contains the oldest gravestone in Tiverton. (We've ordered a
new cemetery sign and are hopeful it'll be in and installed.) Westport
Pointe, MA - land purchased by William Cory in 1669, which he left to
his son, Caleb. Cemetery in Westport Pointe - where Capt Isaac Cory, a
grandson of Thomas Cory of Tiverton, and his descendants are buried.
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Drive further north in Tiverton, see site of first
Tiverton land grants of William.
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Driving tour half mile stroll down. Main Rd. to the
tip of the point ? During the
Revolution Capt. Isaac Cory built his store that would remain active
until 1915. This store would be the focal point for his whaling, coastal
trading and fishing business. We passed by beautiful old homes, many
built soon after the Revolutionary War, including the home of Capt.
Isaac still owned by his descendants. Isaac inherited lands in Westport
from his father, Philip Cory in 1750, which still remain in the
possession of his descendants.
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Portsmouth,
RI ? Cory's Lane, Old
Cemetery, and Green Animals Topiary Gardens (1880): (We have also
ordered a new sign for this cemetery and are hopeful it too will be
ready - for us to install.) William Cory and Ann and John Roome's
homestead. William Cory received his eight-acre land grant in 1657. He
also inherited the adjoining thirty-eight acre land grants of his
step-grandfather and grandmother. Burial site for Samuel Cory (the
revolutionary War Patriot). It is thought that William is buried there
as well as his wife some years later.
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Briggs
Hill ? a site which
overlooks much of Wm's Portsmouth lands and was the location of the
Corey windmill. And we shall tour the
Prescott Farm with
its Pilgrim furniture and its windmill.
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North
Kingstown, RI ? "Homestead"
land purchased by John Cory c1705 son of William Cory of Portsmouth, RI.
This land and home was owned by his descendants until 1901. In 1941 the
land was made part of the Quonset Naval Air Station. We shall make a
brief stop at the approximate site of the John Cory House where I shall
explain why we cannot be more precise.
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Quidnessett
Cemetery ? Gravestones in
the "Homestead Cemetery" were moved to the Quidnessett Cemetery from the
John Cory home site when the US Navy acquired the site. The two oldest
marked J.C. and E.C. are thought to be those of John Cory and his wife
Elizabeth.
Sunday ? August 18
(8am to 12noon)
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Whaling
Museum in New Bedford, MA ?
viewing some papers from collection of Isaac Cory papers. Did you know that New Bedford once was the center of
whaling activities in this country? We will hear Mr. Kugler, a former
director of the museum, speak on whaling and Cory involvement in early
whaling activities.
Business Meeting and Banquet
? (12:30pm to 4pm)
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