| Father | Richard Corley (b. about 1620, d. 1708) |
| Mother | Becky Lynn Austin, ( Rebecca ) (b. 1630, d. before 1700) |
| Son | Richard Corley, III+ (b. between 1670 and 1675, d. about 1737) |
| Son | William James Corley (b. 1 June 1678, d. 1 June 1710) |
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| Included in charts - lists | Carol Gilstrap Ancestors |
| Relationship | 8th great-grandfather of Carol Jay Gilstrap 10th great-grandfather of Isaac Silas Vaughn 10th great-grandfather of Katherine Gilstrap Scott 10th great-grandfather of Joseph Ryland Scott 10th great-grandfather of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott 10th great-grandfather of Orly Marie Vaughn 10th great-grandfather of Avital Catherine Vaughn |
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| Anecdote | It is believed throughout the family that this Richard Corley, is Richard the Immigrant.Richard Corley is the earliest Corley of record in North America. Hanover County is near Richmond, up the James River from Jamestown and Williamsburg. The first ship reached Jamestown from England in 1607, not too long before Richard was born. I don't know where Richard was born, but if he wasn't born in England, his parents probably were. As Virginia got too crowded, and more land opened up to the south, descendants of Richard Corley migrated to the Edgefield County area of South Carolina and from there to Georgia, Alabama and other statesRichard Corley was living in Blisland Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia in 1671, where "Rich Corley" witnessed with his mark, "RC," a deed from William Claiborne Junior of Ramancock, New Kent County to Joseph Cockeram. He may have been the same man listed as a headright in a land grant to Row. Horsly and Robert Lancaster in 1675/6, part of which was a renewal for a patent granted 8 Oct. 1672. Richard's own 80 acres of land lay in the deep forests along Crump's Creek near the Pamunkey River on the outermost fringes of settlement. In 1674 two mutinies against the Crown had failed. In 1676 the insurrection known as Bacon's Rebellion began and culminated with Bacon's death and the final defeat of his supporters in 1677. Richard Corley could have been a Bacon adherent since upper New Kent supplied many of his men, but of this we have no record.Richard was a signatory, again with his mark "RC", to a "grievance" submitted to His Majesty's Commissioners sent from England in January to inquire into the state of affairs in the Colony. Perhaps the best description of the times in which he lived is given there. "We present as an insupportable Grievance the great taxes imposed upon us yearly, especially the sixty pounds per poll which for two years together was levied upon the County, over and beside all ordinary and legal for the public. County and parish...We present as a most Heavy Grievance the late frequent horrid and barbarous murders committed and perpetuated upon our fellow subjects by the perfidious Indians, the Manifold Rapins and depredations by them committed upon our stocks and estates, and still expecting relief, but no order was taken but only that we should draw together at least ten able men to one house, whereupon ensued the lamentable burnings of houses, and several killed per the Indians, in adventuring to go to their plantation to make some Corn.." The Blisland residents also protested against the "Great exaction's of sheriffs ...the selling of strong drinks at any place where the County Courts is kept... it breeding matter of protraction in the county affairs..." and as "a manifest grievance the effort duties ...not withstanding when we are at any time called fourth by public authorities upon any military occasion, we are forced to find ourselves ammunition upon our private charge..." In this hostile and perilous environment Richard Corley made a life and raised a family. In about 1678 St. Peter's Parish was cut from Blisland and in 1704 the new County of Hanover and the new Parish of St. Paul's, then co-terminous with Hanover, were formed. Richard Corley's land fell into these successive jurisdictions as they were erected and it is in the extent Parish records that we can follow him through the years.It is the writers belief that he died shortly after this date. The next relevant entry refers only to Richard, with no mention of a younger man. "The lands of Daniel Parke Esqr, Henry Chiles Gent., Henry Bourn, Paul Harrold, Richard Anderson & Richard Corley lying adjacent to each other, being made one precinct, the said Henry Childs and Richard Anderson were appointed overseers thereof, and made this return on the back of ye Ordr, viz. November 19th 1708. It is this writer's considered opinion that Richard Corley of New Kent - Hanover Counties, Virginia was born about 1650, died about 1708/9 in Hanover County, and was the father of at least two identifiable sons2 | |
| Person Source | Richard Corley, II, had person sources.1 | |
| Birth | 1650 | He was born in 1650 in Blisland, New Kent, Virginia, United StatesBG. |
| Birth | between 1653 and 1655 | He was born between 1653 and 1655 in Hanover, Virginia, United StatesBGO.1 |
| Death | about 1708 | He died about 1708 in Saint Pauls, Hanover, Virginia, United StatesBG.1 |
| Last Edited | 19 March 2018 |