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State of Service: NJ
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Inscription: Wife and children, may deplor, The husband, father, is no more His frugal hands no more provide We must he rests as Jesus side
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Author: Peter Baron
Significance: Provided Supplies to the Army
Jonathan was a Revolutionary War Patriot from Westfield, Union County (now Essex County), New Jersey. Jonathan was born 22 January 1732 in Westfield. He married Martha Miller (1737-1798) in 1753 in Westfield. She is the daughter of John Miller (1706-1794 and Martha Pierson (1697-1770). Jonathan was brought to life by stories told by his granddaughter Abby. Jonathan served the cause by providing Washington’s Army in New Jersey the following:
52 cords of wood curing 27 1/4 cords of wood 7 days of carting wood 3 days of horse hire 1 bushel of corn 1 bushel of oats
He was reimbursed by Certificate #138 dated 11 March 1780 for $5140 Continental and Certificate #38 dated 07 Aug 1780 for $4092.60. Daniel Marsh, Quartermaster, issued the Certificates in Trenton New Jersey.
He is buried at Westfield Presbyterian Cemetery. His tombstone still stands:
In Memory of Jonathan Cory who died June the 30th 1793 in the 62d year of his age Wife and Children may deplore his frugal hands no more provide We trust he rests at Jesus side
Jonathan's lineage is itself remarkable. His Cory Great Great Grandfather immigrated to the new world between 1637 and 1640. John Cory is listed as residing in Southold, New York and served as the Whaling Commissioner in 1644. He qualifies as an immigrant ancestor for the Order of Founders and Patriots.
Societies and Proof: Proven to the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Cory's of America Ancestors and Descendants by Al Bertus Cory, 1991 The American Cory's: Their Settlement and dispersment in the United States and Canada by Vernon and Michael Cory, 1991 The Cory Family: A Genealogy by Harry Harmon Cory, 1941 Pagans Puritans Patriots of Yesterday's Southold by Warren Hall 1975 The Order of Founders and Patriots of America: www.FoundersPatriots.org
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Additional Information:
father of Joseph Cory, P-139234
Joseph & Benjamin Corey, Jr - Executors for Jonathan Corey
NJ census index-Oct 1781 tax list; Jonathan Cory; Westfield, Essex, NJ