Corder Family
Earliest Proven Corder Ancestor:
b. est 1703-1705, probably City of London
m. Unknown d. aft 1799
d. aft 1763, probably Frederick County VA
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Keep up with the latest research on this Corder family
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A few of the surnames allied with our Corder Family
Adams, Asbury, Brace, Brannon, Brooks, Boulware, Carter, Cooksey, Davis, Duncan, Floyd, Green, Grey, Haldane, Hammon, Harmon, Henderson, Hodges, Hodgkinson, Holbrook, Howerton, Hutchinson, Jordan, Langham, Marmaduke, McFall, McMurdo, Newberry, Osborne, Patton, Pearsall, Powers, Raleigh, Ramey, Robinett, Shepard, Slaymaker, Smith, Stallard, Taylor, Tryon, Turnour.
View the Surname Index for a complete listing of families and names that appear in my research, and links to corresponding family group documents.
In addition to the links to Family Group Records (above), I am compiling working documents on the following lines:
These documents are works in progress and are being updated with new records and information as it becomes available.
Edward Corder Senior Memorial Library
Explore a growing collection of documents, media assets and research resources in The Edward Corder Senior Memorial Library. This section serves as a repository for resources relevant to this Corder family and its allied lines. It is a work in progress and new materials will be added on an ongoing basis.
Follow Edward Corder's journey across the sea. From his arrests in early 18th century London, to his arrival in Annapolis aboard the convict ship Gilbert in 1722, to his eventual settlement on the frontier of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains and lower Shenandoah Valley, you can follow Edward’s journey on this interactive Google map.
Colonists in Bondage: Views on the Transportation Act of 1718
“Sir, they are a race of convicts and ought to be content with anything we may allow them short of hanging.”
-- Dr. Johnson, 1769
"In what can Britain show a more sovereign contempt for us than by emptying their jails into our settlements; unless they would likewise empty their [privies] on our tables!"
--The Virginia Gazette, 1751
"I sentence you, but to what I know not: perhaps to storm and shipwreck, perhaps to infectious disorders, perhaps to famine, perhaps to be massacred by savages, perhaps to be devoured by wild beasts. Away! Take your chance! Perish or prosper, suffer or enjoy. I rid myself of the sight of you."
-- Jeremy Bentham, English Social Reformer (1748-1832)
"All the states of horror I ever had an idea of, are much short of what I saw this poor man in; chained to a board in a hole not above sixteen feet long, more than fifty with him; a collar and padlock about his neck, and chained to five of the most dreadful creatures I ever looked on."
--Visitor to a convict ship