Individual Details
CHARLES HENRY COREY
(12 Dec 1834 - 5 Sep 1899)
Charles was the most successful of all the ministers who came from the Corey family. He attended the local school in New Canaan, and it is said he did not see a newspaper until he was fourteen years of age. If so, he learned quickly, as in 1851 at the age of 17, he was teaching school in Salisbury parish. He prepared himself for entry to Acadia University in Wolfville Nova Scotia and graduated B.A. in 1858. He pursued his theological studies at Newton College, graduating D.D. in 1861. Through his professors at Acadia he became interested in "those kept in bondage" in the United States. He removed to Seabrook NH, where he married. The following brief biography was provided by a descendant, Hamilton Corey:
[picture - The Reverend Charles Henry Corey]
Grandfather Dr. Charles H. Corey was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Seabrook, New Hampshire, from July 1861 to December 31, 1863. From January 1, 1864 to May 1865 he served with the United States Christian Commission. His duties were to preach the gospel, distribute religious reading matter, and to render such other services to the soldiers as might be needed. He served with the Army in New Orleans, Louisiana,; Indianola, and Brownsville, Texas; Port Hudson on the Mississippi River; Alexandria, Louisiana; and Charleston, North Carolina (on Morris Island). Previous to May 1865 he served for several months as Pastor in charge if the Wentworth Baptist Church (colored) in Charleston. Around that date, the United States Christian Commission closed their offices and he returned to Seabrook and home. In the autumn of 1865, he returned to Charleston as a Missionary to the colored people of the American Baptist Home Missionary Society. In the Spring of 1867, under the auspices of the National Theological Institute in Augusta, Georgia. On September 16, 1868, he was transferred to Richmond, Virginia, as a teacher and President of the Colver Institute, which was named successively the Richmond Institute, The Richmond Theological Institute until 1884, then changed to Richmond Theological Seminary, and subsequently the Virginia Union University (north Lombard Street). He served as teacher and President from 1868 to 1895.
From September 16, 1868 to January 26, 1870, in Richmond, Virginia, grandfather and grandmother Corey lived in and taught colored men to become ministers in the buildings known as "Lumpkin's Jail," and commonly referred to as "the old slave pen." The location was on the west side of Shockoe Creek between Franklin and Broad Streets at Fifteenth Street. On January 26, 1870, the fifty room United States Hotel (until 1853 known as the Union Hotel) was purchased by the American Baptist Society for $10,000 and was located on the southwest corner of Nineteenth and Main Streets. Grandmother and Grandfather Corey lived on the second floor of this building until 1891, when they moved to their newly-built home at 7 South Beach Street.
Dr. Corey was teacher and President of Richmond Theological Seminary from 1868 to 1898. Then, because of ill health, he returned to the home of his first ministry, Seabrook, New Hampshire, were he died 5 Sep 1899.
The New York Mercury and Financial Times recalled him as a "man of the finest intellectual qualifications and attainments, as well as a high Christian character and pleasant personality."
Dr. Corey and his wife Fannie are buried in Seabrook NH, and the family plot there has since become a burial place for at least 12 Corey descendants, with headstones for all.
References: Blois Corey, New Canaan Early Settlers; Hamilton Corey, "Corey-Hamilton Lineage" [Corey Book]
[picture - The Reverend Charles Henry Corey]
Grandfather Dr. Charles H. Corey was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Seabrook, New Hampshire, from July 1861 to December 31, 1863. From January 1, 1864 to May 1865 he served with the United States Christian Commission. His duties were to preach the gospel, distribute religious reading matter, and to render such other services to the soldiers as might be needed. He served with the Army in New Orleans, Louisiana,; Indianola, and Brownsville, Texas; Port Hudson on the Mississippi River; Alexandria, Louisiana; and Charleston, North Carolina (on Morris Island). Previous to May 1865 he served for several months as Pastor in charge if the Wentworth Baptist Church (colored) in Charleston. Around that date, the United States Christian Commission closed their offices and he returned to Seabrook and home. In the autumn of 1865, he returned to Charleston as a Missionary to the colored people of the American Baptist Home Missionary Society. In the Spring of 1867, under the auspices of the National Theological Institute in Augusta, Georgia. On September 16, 1868, he was transferred to Richmond, Virginia, as a teacher and President of the Colver Institute, which was named successively the Richmond Institute, The Richmond Theological Institute until 1884, then changed to Richmond Theological Seminary, and subsequently the Virginia Union University (north Lombard Street). He served as teacher and President from 1868 to 1895.
From September 16, 1868 to January 26, 1870, in Richmond, Virginia, grandfather and grandmother Corey lived in and taught colored men to become ministers in the buildings known as "Lumpkin's Jail," and commonly referred to as "the old slave pen." The location was on the west side of Shockoe Creek between Franklin and Broad Streets at Fifteenth Street. On January 26, 1870, the fifty room United States Hotel (until 1853 known as the Union Hotel) was purchased by the American Baptist Society for $10,000 and was located on the southwest corner of Nineteenth and Main Streets. Grandmother and Grandfather Corey lived on the second floor of this building until 1891, when they moved to their newly-built home at 7 South Beach Street.
Dr. Corey was teacher and President of Richmond Theological Seminary from 1868 to 1898. Then, because of ill health, he returned to the home of his first ministry, Seabrook, New Hampshire, were he died 5 Sep 1899.
The New York Mercury and Financial Times recalled him as a "man of the finest intellectual qualifications and attainments, as well as a high Christian character and pleasant personality."
Dr. Corey and his wife Fannie are buried in Seabrook NH, and the family plot there has since become a burial place for at least 12 Corey descendants, with headstones for all.
References: Blois Corey, New Canaan Early Settlers; Hamilton Corey, "Corey-Hamilton Lineage" [Corey Book]
Events
| Birth | 12 Dec 1834 | New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick |  | ||
| Marriage | 27 Aug 1865 | Seabrook, Rockingham County, New Hampshire - ABIGAIL FRANCES SANBORN | | ||
| Death | 5 Sep 1899 | Seabrook, Rockingham County, New Hampshire | |
Families
| Spouse | ABIGAIL FRANCES SANBORN (1844 - 1919) |
| Child | HERBERT S. COREY (1867 - 1867) |
| Child | HARRY SANBORN COREY (1870 - 1929) |
| Child | CHARLES HENRY COREY (1877 - ) |
| Father | GARDNER COREY (1794 - 1864) |
| Mother | ELIZABETH HUMPHREY (1792 - 1862) |
| Sibling | MARY COREY (1816 - 1872) |
| Sibling | MEHETABLE (HETTY) COREY (1816 - 1904) |
| Sibling | JAMES GARDNER COREY (1820 - 1893) |
| Sibling | JACOB CLARKE COREY (1822 - 1897) |
| Sibling | SUSAN COREY (1824 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | WILLIAM THOMAS COREY , REV. (1829 - 1896) |
| Sibling | ABRAHAM COREY (1832 - 1914) |
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