George CORLISS

Abt 1617 - 1686  (~ 69 years)

• Name	George CORLISS
  Born	Abt 1617	Devonshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Migration	Abt 1639
  Occupation	Farmer
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	19 Oct 1686	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
  Buried	unknown   [1]
  Person ID	I4859	Main
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family	Joanna DAVIS,   b. Abt 1632, England ,   d. 17 Apr 1688, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1645	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Johana CORLISS,   b. 28 Apr 1650, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 29 Oct 1734, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F13146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1617 - Devonshire, England Married - 26 Oct 1645 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Died - 19 Oct 1686 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  s/o Thomas COLISS —— George Corliss came from England to Newbury about the year 1639, when he was about twenty-two years old. He is believed to be the first one of the name who came to this country, and the ancestor of most, if not all, of that name in New England. He settled in the West Parish and at his death (October 19, 1686) owned a large property, over 400 acres. The tract of land on which he settled in 1640, and on which he built a log house in 1647, was in "West Parish" and remained in the family for many generations. He owned most of the land on both sides of the old "Spicket Path," as it was then called, for a distance of more than three miles. He was included on the Haverhill list of freemen in 1645, was chosen constable in 1650, and served as a selectman in 1648, 1650, 1657, 1669-70, and 1679. His daughter, Mary, who married William NEFF, was captured along with Hannah Dustin in the Indian raid on Haverhill in 1696.

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 101790311.