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Selected sources for this Corker family genealogy:
- Corker, Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 1937, Irish Supplement.
- Corcor [Corker] of Cor Castle, Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1912, pp. 136–7.
- Irish Will Abstracts online database of the Society of Genealogists, London.
- Irish Newspaper Transcript Archive, Ffolliott Collection, FindMyPast database.
Careful research has been used to compile this family history –
however, there is no guarantee for accuracy.d.s.p. – died without children, from the Latin decessit sine prole
PCC – Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills probated in London
James CORKER, of Huntwick Grange, Wragby, Yorkshire,
bur. St Michael’s Church, Wragby 19 Jul 1573; Yorkshire Will
+ Elizabeth [COTTON?], Yorkshire Will probated 11 Jun 1592
1 John CORKER, in his father’s will, inherited lands in the county of
Lancashire at Ulverston and Furness
1 Francis CORKER, of Badsworth, Yorkshire
+ Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VAVASOUR
.. 2 James CORKER
...... 3 Francis CORKER, Cambridge University, B.A. 1629/30,
(see Venn’s Alumni Cantabrigienses)
vicar of Bradford, Yorkshire; bur. Bradford 29 Mar 1667
+ Ann, daughter of George HIPPON of Featherstone, Yorkshire
.......... 4 James (Maurus) CORKER, born 1636,
(see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)
principal of the Benedictines in England,
died at Paddington, London, 22 Dec 1715, PCC Will
.. 2 Robert CORKER, of Manchester,
bur. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 24 Oct 1648
+ (1st wife) Elizabeth COLLUMBELL
married Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 13 Nov 1623
...... 3 Charles CORKER,
bap. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 17 Oct 1624
...... 3 Susan CORKER,
bap. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 24 Sep 1626
...... 3 Robert CORKER,
bap. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 11 May 1628
+ (2nd wife) Anne JACKSON,
bur. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 17 Nov 1651
married Prestbury, Cheshire, 11 Jun 1632
...... 3 Mary CORKER,
bap. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 25 Nov 1632
...... 3 Martha CORKER,
bap. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 14 Sep 1634,
bur. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 13 Nov 1635
...... 3 Edward CORKER of Dublin, Ireland, MP in the Irish Parliament,
bap. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 25 Sep 1636,
died 31 Mar 1702; bur. St Werburgh’s Church, Dublin
+ Esther, daughter of Sir Daniel BELLINGHAM,
Will probated 30 Jun 1720 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
.......... 4 Bellingham CORKER,
bap. St Michan’s Church, Dublin, 29 May 1683
.......... 4 Jane CORKER
+ Jeremiah SMITH, will dated 1733
married St Michan’s Church, Dublin, 3 Feb 1695/6
(see the Bellingham Pedigree, in Séamus Bellew,
"Inscriptions and Heraldry in St Mary's Church,
Castlebellingham . . . ", Journal of the County Louth
Archaeological and Historical Society, 2009, p. 76)
.............. 5 Edward SMITH, died 1754
+ Catherine FOULKE
.................. 6 Mary SMITH
+ Hugh STAFFORD, died 1783
.......... 4 Arabella CORKER,
bap. St Michan’s Church, Dublin, 30 Nov 1685
.......... 4 Ann CORKER, living unmarried in 1719
...... 3 Thomas CORKER of Dublin, Ireland,
bap. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 02 Dec 1638,
died 19 Mar 1716; bur. Clonkeen Church, Churchtown, County Louth
+ Abigail CHAMBRE
marriage licence 1662
.......... 4 Mary CORKER,
bur. St John’s Church, Dublin, 3 Nov 1666
.......... 4 Thomas CORKER,
bur. St John’s Church, Dublin, 8 Nov 1666
.......... 4 Edward CORKER, born about 1666; MP in the Irish Parliament,
of Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry, County Cork, d.s.p.,
bur. St Werburgh’s Church, Dublin, 29 Jan 1733/4,
Will probated 12 Feb 1733/4 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
+ Margaret WALLIS, died July 1721
marriage licence 1701
.......... 4 Chambre CORKER, born 1677; of Falmouth, Cornwall,
mayor of Falmouth in 1716 and 1723; died 1747
+ Honoria, daughter of William MELHUISH of Penryn, Cornwall
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.......... 4 Thomas CORKER, merchant of Dublin, d.s.p. 1737,
Will probated 2 Jul 1737 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
+ Ruth FALKINER
.......... 4 William CORKER
.......... 4 Margaret CORKER, died unmarried 1764,
(death notice in Faulkner’s Dublin Journal)
.......... 4 Sarah CORKER
+ __ MORTON
.......... 4 Elizabeth CORKER
+ Edward BOLTON of Tullydonnell, County Louth
(see Charles Knowles Bolton, Bolton families in
Ireland, 1937, pp. 19–20)
.......... 4 Ann CORKER
+ Stephen WRIGHT
marriage licence 1720
.............. 5 Stephen WRIGHT
...... 3 John CORKER,
bap. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 24 Jan 1640/1,
bur. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 05 Feb 1640/1
...... 3 John CORKER, born Manchester,
admitted to Trinity College Dublin 10 May 1659, aged 16,
of Hurdsfield, near Macclesfield, Cheshire,
Cheshire Will probated 1693
+ Margaret FRY
.......... 4 Edward CORKER, barrister-at-law, Gray’s Inn, London
...... 3 Francis CORKER,
bur. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 21 Apr 1647
...... 3 Benjamin CORKER,
bur. Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 18 Mar 1648/9
.. 2 John CORKER, of Dublin, Ireland, d.s.p. 1651
1 Thomas CORKER (living in 1590)
1 Leonard CORKER,
bap. Wragby, Yorkshire, 29 Jun 1549
1 Lionel CORKER,
bap. Wragby, Yorkshire, 16 Nov 1550,
bur. St Cuthbert’s Church, Ackworth, Yorkshire, 7 Apr 1583,
York probate administration 2 Oct 1583
1 William CORKER
1 Cotton CORKER
1 Ann CORKER
+ Thomas CROSBIE
1 Mary CORKER
+ Alan AUSTWICK, mayor of Pontefract in 1589 and 1594
(see Dugdale’s Visitation of Yorkshire)
married Wragby, Yorkshire, 13 Nov 1582
.. 2 Thomas AUSTWICK, mayor of Pontefract in 1621 and 1640
1 Jane CORKER
+ Robert LOVELL
Chambre CORKER, born 1677, son of Thomas & Abigail CORKER of Dublin,
mayor of Falmouth, Cornwall in 1716 and 1723; died 1747,
Will probated 4 Apr 1748 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
+ Honoria, daughter of William MELHUISH of Penryn, Cornwall,
bur. St Werburgh’s Church, Dublin, 22 Aug 1740, aged 68
Faculty Office marriage licence 7 Jul 1704,
married Charterhouse Chapel, Finsbury, London, 10 Jul 1704
1 Robert CORKER (Revd), born 12 May 1704,
bap. Falmouth, Cornwall, 17 May 1704,
admitted to Trinity College Dublin 24 May 1723; B.A. 1727
(see Alumni Dublinenses), ordained priest 20 Nov 1730
(see the Clergy of the Church of England online database),
clergyman of St Buryan, Cornwall,
bur. St Buryan, Cornwall, 15 Oct 1764,
Will probated 3 Dec 1765 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
+ Hannah TRESILLIAN
married St Sennen’s Church, Sennen, Cornwall, 1 Jun 1737
.. 2 Martha CORKER,
bap. St Buryan, Cornwall, 25 May 1738, died unmarried,
bur. St Buryan, Cornwall, 09 Nov 1780
.. 2 Rebecca CORKER,
bap. St Buryan, Cornwall, 22 Jan 1739/40
+ Richard DENNIS
married Gulval, Cornwall, 13 Aug 1763
.. 2 Hannah CORKER,
bap. St Buryan, Cornwall, 12 Oct 1741
.. 2 Robert CORKER,
bap. St Buryan, Cornwall, 06 May 1743, died unmarried,
bur. St Buryan, Cornwall, 17 May 1770,
Will probated 6 Aug 1770 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
.. 2 Edward CORKER,
bap. St Buryan, Cornwall, 11 Oct 1744
.. 2 Elizabeth CORKER,
bap. St Buryan, Cornwall, 28 Oct 1745
+ John VIGURS, stationer of Penzance, Cornwall
married St Buryan, Cornwall, 13 Oct 1777
...... 3 Robert Corker VIGURS,
bap. Madron, Cornwall, 9 Nov 1784
.. 2 James Chambre CORKER,
bap. St Buryan, Cornwall, 10 Nov 1747, died unmarried,
bur. St Buryan, Cornwall, 01 May 1789,
Will probated 26 May 1789 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
.. 2 Joseph CORKER,
bap. St Buryan, Cornwall, 02 Jan 1752, died unmarried,
Will probated 5 Sep 1772 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
1 Thomas CORKER,
bap. Falmouth, Cornwall, 03 Aug 1707,
built Firgrove near Innishannon, County Cork, Ireland,
death notice in the Hibernian Chronicle, April 1777,
Will probated 16 Apr 1777 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
+ (1st wife) Hannah MOORE (daughter of Revd John MOORE who became
Treasurer of Cork in 1711, also Vicar of Innishannon; his will
dated 1748 mentioned his daughter, wife to Thomas Corker;
see Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross,
Volume 1, 1864, pp. 21–22),
death notice in the Cork Evening Post, July 1758
marriage licence 1738
.. 2 John CORKER (Revd),
admitted to Trinity College Dublin 1759; B.A. 1764,
Vicar of Killaconenagh and Kilcaskin, 1770; died 1771
(see Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross,
Volume 2, 1864, p. 507)
.. 2 Chambre CORKER (Revd),
admitted to Trinity College Dublin 1759; B.A. 1765, M.A. 1769,
of Upper Lota, County Cork; Archdeacon of Ardagh,
death notice in the Dublin Hibernian Journal, Oct 1789,
Will probated 4 Aug 1790 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
+ Elizabeth, daughter of Dr Jemmett BROWN
...... 3 Thomas CORKER,
death notice in the Hibernian Chronicle, Feb 1783
...... 3 Chambre CORKER, born 1773,
Captain 87th South Cork Light Infantry,
of Downdaniel and Cor Castle, Innishannon, County Cork,
Will probated 20 Sep 1845 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
+ (1st wife) Caroline THORNHILL, died 1825
marriage licence 1799
.......... 4 Eliza CORKER, born 1800
+ Henry BALDWIN of Mount Pleasant, Bandon, County Cork
marriage licence 1827
.......... 4 Chambre CORKER, born 1802
+ Anna Victoria GRAVES
marriage licence 1825
.............. 5 Caroline Victoria CORKER, born 1827
.............. 5 Chambre CORKER, born 1834; died in India
.......... 4 Caroline CORKER, born 1805
.......... 4 Anna Sophia CORKER, born 1810,
+ William Henry HERRICK
married 1848
.......... 4 James Richard Moore CORKER (also CORCOR), born 1814,
of Cor Castle; died 1872
+ Sophia, daughter of John Tonson RYE
of Ryecourt House, County Cork
marriage licence 1840
.............. 5 Chambre CORCOR (also CORKER), died unmarried 1867
.............. 5 Richard Rye CORCOR (also CORKER)
of Cor Castle; died unmarried at Gibraltar 1873
.............. 5 Eliza Katherine CORCOR (also CORKER)
+ Henry SLORACH, M.D.
.............. 5 Caroline Georgina Sophia CORCOR (also CORKER)
+ Henry Stillington Grey STEPHENSON,
of Lympsham Manor, Somerset, England
married St George Hanover Square, London, 6 Oct 1880
.............. 5 Georgina Alice CORCOR (also CORKER)
+ Thomas Herbert BROCK (Colonel)
+ (2nd wife) Ellen Gertrude MANN
marriage licence 1838
.......... 4 Anthony CORKER, died young
.......... 4 Gertrude Caroline CORKER
.......... 4 Elizabeth Anna Mann CORKER
.......... 4 Louisa CORKER
.......... 4 Katherine CORKER
...... 3 Eliza CORKER
+ Philip FRENCH (Revd), curate of Glanbarrahan [Castlehaven]
married St Nicholas, Cork, 10 Apr 1794
(see Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross,
Volume 3, 1864, p. 187)
...... 3 Catherine CORKER
+ Horatio TOWNSEND (Revd),
Rector of Clonakilty and Carrigaline,
of Derry House, Rosscarbery, County Cork; died 1837
(see Burke’s Landed Gentry, 1871)
marriage licence 1787
.......... 4 Chambre Corker TOWNSEND (Revd),
Rector of Kilmacabea, County Cork,
of Derry House, Rosscarbery, County Cork; died 1852
+ (1st wife) Frances Vere STEWART; died 1824
.............. 5 Horace TOWNSEND
+ (2nd wife) Eliza OLIVER
.............. 5 Nathaniel Wilmot Oliver TOWNSEND, born 1836
.............. 5 Chambre Corker TOWNSEND (or TOWNSHEND), born 1838
(see The Townsend (Townshend) Family Records 
)
+ Emily GIBSON
.................. 6 Caroline Charlotte TOWNSHEND, 1878–1944,
stained glass artist,
designer of the Fabian Window at LSE .
.............. 5 Richard Baxter TOWNSEND, born 1846
.............. 5 Marianne Oliver TOWNSEND
.............. 5 Katherine TOWNSEND
.............. 5 Eliza Susan TOWNSEND
.............. 5 Caroline Charlotte TOWNSEND
.............. 5 Anne TOWNSEND
.............. 5 Susan TOWNSEND
.............. 5 Isabella Frances Vere TOWNSEND
.............. 5 Alicia Hewitt TOWNSEND
.......... 4 Horatio TOWNSEND
.......... 4 Richard William TOWNSEND
.......... 4 Eliza TOWNSEND
.......... 4 Katherine TOWNSEND
.......... 4 Maria TOWNSEND
.......... 4 Isabella TOWNSEND
.......... 4 Susan TOWNSEND
.......... 4 Harriet TOWNSEND
.......... 4 Caroline Charlotte TOWNSEND
...... 3 Alice CORKER
+ John MEADE esq. of Ballintobber
married 1791 (notice in the Cork Evening Post)
...... 3 Hannah CORKER
...... 3 Maria CORKER
...... 3 Isabella CORKER
+ Thomas SEALY
married 1805 (notice in the Cork Mercantile Chronicle)
+ (2nd wife) Alice, sister of Richard NEVILLE,
death notice in the Hibernian Chronicle, Nov 1780,
Will probated 16 Dec 1780 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
1 Rebecca CORKER,
bap. Falmouth, Cornwall, 26 Jun 1709, died unmarried,
bur. St Werburgh’s Church, Dublin, 2 Feb 1738/9,
Will probated 9 Sep 1739 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
1 Abigail CORKER,
bap. Falmouth, Cornwall, 30 Mar 1712
+ Patrick BRISCOE
marriage licence 1740
1 Edward CORKER,
bap. Falmouth, Cornwall, 27 Sep 1713,
of Ringsend, Dublin; died 1781
+ Prudence JENKINS, died at Ringsend 1781, 66 years of age
married St Michan’s Church, Dublin, 2 Feb 1739/40
.. 2 Thomas CORKER, surgeon of North King Street, Dublin,
Deputy Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Ireland,
bur. St Paul’s Church, North King Street, Dublin, 27 Jan 1801
+ Charity MADDEN
married St Paul’s Church, North King Street, Dublin, 21 Jan 1793
...... 3 George CORKER, died 1863
+ Penelope BERFORD
marriage licence 1813
...... 3 Charity CORKER
+ William WHITE
marriage licence 1819
...... 3 Prudence CORKER, died 1854
.. 2 Robert Chambre CORKER, born 1749; Revenue Officer; died 1812
+ Ann JACKSON,
married St Paul’s Church, North King Street, Dublin, 14 Feb 1780
...... 3 Chambre CORKER
.. 2 John CORKER, of Ringmahon, Cork, Ireland; died 1803
+ Susanna HOLLAND
marriage licence 1765
...... 3 Thomas Holland CORKER,
Lieutenant, 39th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, 5 Mar 1796,
died 1804 in the West Indies
...... 3 John CORKER,
built Rathcooney House, Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland,
died 1853
+ Elizabeth Ware KENNEDY, died 1853
.......... 4 Frederick Ware CORKER, d.s.p. 1867
+ Sarah Elizabeth SHERLOCK
marriage licence 1843
.......... 4 Thomas Ware CORKER, born 1811,
solicitor of Rushbrooke, County Cork, died 1903
+ (1st wife) Ann PRATT
marriage licence 1835
.............. 5 Sarah Adelaide CORKER, died unmarried
.............. 5 Eliza Ware CORKER, died unmarried
.............. 5 Annie Pratt CORKER, died unmarried
+ (2nd wife) Serena MARTIN, died 1884
.............. 5 Thomas Martin CORKER, born 1856,
Corker family historian
+ Jane Florence LESLIE
.................. 6 Thomas Chambre Leslie CORKER, born 1886
.............. 5 William Henning CORKER,
solicitor in Cork, d.s.p. 1932
+ (his cousin) Albinia Georgina MARTIN
married Leeson Park, Dublin, 19 Apr 1900
.......... 4 John Roden CORKER, born 1812,
joined 8th Kansas Infantry U.S.A. 1862, died 1889
.......... 4 Edward CORKER, d.s.p. 1891
.......... 4 Frances CORKER, died unmarried
...... 3 William Henry CORKER, died about 1800 in the West Indies
...... 3 George CORKER, died young
...... 3 Harriet CORKER
+ Peter WINDHORST
...... 3 Belinda CORKER, died unmarried
...... 3 Ann CORKER, died unmarried
.. 2 Edward CORKER
1 Martha CORKER,
bap. Falmouth, Cornwall, 21 Aug 1715, died unmarried,
bur. St Paul’s Church, North King Street, Dublin, 12 Aug 1790,
Will probated 16 Nov 1790 (see Irish Will Abstracts)
1 Anne CORKER,
bap. Falmouth, Cornwall, 08 Mar 1716/7; buried 14 Oct 1719
1 William CORKER,
bap. Falmouth, Cornwall, 16 Mar 1717/8; buried 24 Apr 1718
1 Chambre CORKER,
bap. Falmouth, Cornwall, 02 Nov 1719
.. 2 Thomas CORKER
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