Fifth Generation

274. Curtis Cory^67,126 was born on 11 May 1793 in Sullivan, Cheshire Co, NH.^67,127 He died on 30 Apr 1868 in Le Ray, Jefferson Co, NY. He was buried in the Cory Plot, Sanford's Corners Cemetery, Calcium, Jefferson Co, NY.
His name is listed as Curtice in his birth records.

Curtis Cory, son of James and Polly Cory, was born April 30, 1793, in Sullivan, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, where he passed his early life, coming to Jefferson county at the age of eighteen. In company with an elder brother, he walked from Keene, carrying an ax on his shoulder. His first employment was in the clearing of land in the service of a Mr. Woodruff, at Sanford's Corners. Returning to New Hampshire, he stayed there four years. About 1820 he purchased a farm, on which he built a log house, which he later replaced with a frame dwelling, at that time the only one in the region. He was one of the founders of a Methodist Episcopal church at Sanford's Corners, of which he was a member, and in which, in 1825, he became a class leader, holding that office for twenty years. He married (first) Annis Burlingame, of Pillar Point, November 5, 1822. She died January 29, 1824. Mr. Cory was married, January 31, 1835 (this date may be wrong, since there first child was born in 1825), to Nancy Parkinson, who was born May 5, 1795, in Scoharie county, New York, and they were the parents of six children, two of whom are living: Curtis...and Nancy, who makes her home with her brother. A daughter of the first marriage, named Lucy, became the wife of John W. Ackerman, and died at Houseville, New York, in 1902. Of the second marriage, Mary J. married Joseph Child, and died May 24, 1862, aged twenty-eight years. Aaron settled in ______, Iowa, where he died. Two sons died in boyhood. Mr. Cory, the father of the family, died April 30, 1868, leaving behind him the memory of a kind-hearted and upright man and a good citizen. The death of Mrs. Cory occurred October 3, 1872. Like her husband, she was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church and foremost in every good work.