George Corliss

Abt 1617 - 1686  (~ 69 years)

• Name	George Corliss  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1617  [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Oct 1686	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [4, 6]
  Person ID	I17422	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family	Joanna Davis,   b. Abt 1625, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England d. Bef 12 Jan 1693, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 68 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1645	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4, 5, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Corliss,   b. 8 Sep 1646, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. 22 Oct 1722, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 76 years) + 2. John Corliss,   b. 4 Mar 1648, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. 17 Feb 1698, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 49 years) + 3. Johanah Corliss,   b. 28 Apr 1650   d. 29 Oct 1734, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 84 years) + 4. Huldah Corliss,   b. 18 Nov 1661, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. Aft Dec 1704 (Age > 44 years) + 5. Sarah Corliss,   b. 23 Feb 1664, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. 11 May 1737 (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F10698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He is said to have been born in Devon, son of a Thomas Corliss, but we are unaware of any evidence for this. He first appears in Newbury, Massachusetts about 1639, giving his age as 22 years. Not long afterward he moved to Haverhill, where he spent the rest of his life.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1912] Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910. [S1964] A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America by Augustus W. Corliss. Yarmouth, Maine: 1875. [S2270] The Descendants of William Neff Who Married Mary Corliss, January 23, 1665, Haverhill, Massachusetts by Dorothy Neff Curry. 1958. [S2318] The Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway by Dean Crawford Smith; edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1990. [S1125] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908. [S1125] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908., year and place only. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.