George Corliss came from England to Newbury about the year 1639, being at the time about twenty-two years of age. He is believed to be the first one of the name who came to this country, and the ancestor of most if not all of that name in New England. He married Joanna Davis, 26 Oct 1645, by whom he had one son and seven daughters. He settled in the West Parish and at his death (19 October 1686) was possessed of a large landed property, over 400 acres. The tract of land on which he settled in 1640, and on which he built a log house in 1647, was in "West Parish" and remained in the family for many generations. He owned most of the land on both sides of the old "Spicket Path," as it was then called, for a distance of more than three miles. He was included on the Haverhill list of freemen in 1645, was chosen constable in 1650, and served as a selectman in 1648, 1650, 1657, 1669-70, and 1679. His daughter, Mary, who married William Neff, was captured along with Hannah Dustin in the Indian raid on Haverhill in 1696.

GEORGE1 CORLISS [or CORLES], of Haverhill, W. Parish "farmer," b. ab. 1617; came to this country in 1639; may have been in Newbury first; settled in Hv. as early as 1645; selectman in 1648. He m., Oct. 26, 1645[Hv], JOANNA2 DAVIS(+) (Thomas1) He d. Oct.
19, 1686[Hv]. Will Oct. 18, Nov. 23, 1686; wid. Jo anna liv. [See Chase's Hist. Hv., pp. 60, 627, etc.]

• Married: 26 OCT 1645 in Haverhill, Essex, MA U. S. A.
• Note:

  from TORREY:
  
  CORLIS, George (-1686) & Joanna DAVIS, m/2 James ORDWAY 1687; 26 Oct 1645; Haverhill {LBDF&P 4:169; Frame-Dana 289; Ferrin-Preston 82; Driver 514; Eastman 1:10; Foreman Anc. 146; Ruggles 39; Treman 1468; Williams (#18) 20; Sv. 1:457; Brownell Anc. 91; Corliss 3; Putnam's Mag. 3:200}
  
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  I MARY,2 b. Sep. 8, 1646[Hv]; m. Jan. 23, 1665(Hv], Wm. Neff. He rem from Nb. to Hv.; "went after the army and d. at Pemaquid, Feb. 1688-9." She was taken by the Indians with Mrs. Hannah Dustin, in 1697, and remained with her through the whole captivity. She d. Oct. 22, 1722[Hv].
  
  II JOHN,2 b. March 4, 1647-8[Hv]; m. Dec. 17, 1884. Mary Wilford. +
  
  III JOANNA,2 b. April 28, 1650[Hv]; m. Dec. 29, 1669[Hv Sm], Joseph Hunkins or Hutchins. She d. Oct. 29, 1734.
  
  IV MARTHA,2 b. June 2, 1652[Hv]; m. Dec. 1, 1674[Hv], SAMUEL2 LADD (Daniel1). +
  
  V DEBORAH,2 b. June 6, 1655[Hv]; m. THOMAS2 EASTMAN (Roger1). +
  
  VI ANN,2 b. Nov. 8, 1657[Hv]; m. Nov. 1, 1677[Hv], John Robie; she d. June, 1691.
  
  VII HULDAH,2 b. Nov. 18, 1661[Hv]; m. Nov. 5, 1679[Hv], Samuel Kingsbury.
  
  VIII SARAH,2 b. Feb. 23, 1663-4[Hv]; unm. Oct., 1686; m. Nov. 24, 1686[Hv and A], (14) JOSEPH3 AYER. +
  

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1. Mary CORLISS b: 6 SEP 1646 in Haverhill, Essex, MA U. S. A.
2. John CORLISS b: 4 MAR 1647/8 in Haverhill, Essex, MA U. S. A.
3. Joanna CORLISS b: 28 APR 1650 in Haverhill, Essex, MA U. S. A.
4. Martha CORLISS b: 2 JAN 1652 in Haverhill, Essex, MA U. S. A.
5. Deborah CORLISS b: 6 JUN 1655 in Haverhill, Essex, MA U. S. A.
6. Ann CORLISS b: 1657
7. Huldah CORLISS b: 18 NOV 1661 in Haverhill, Essex, MA U. S. A.
8. Sarah CORLISS b: 23 FEB 1664 in Haverhill, Essex, MA U. S. A.

1. Abbrev: Corliss Family in America
   Title: Augustus W. Corliss, Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America (Yarmouth, ME: 1875)
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
   
   Page: p. 3
2. Abbrev: Torrey's New England Marriages
   Title:
   New England Marriages Prior To 1700
   
   Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior To 1700 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1985)
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
   
   Repository:
   Name: Patrick McDonald Personal Library
   Dural, NSW 2158
   AUSTRALIA
3. Abbrev: Vital Records of Haverhill, MA
   Title: The Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Haverhill, MA to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1911 [reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO, 1998]
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
4. Abbrev: Putnam's Magazine
   Title: The Genealogical Magazine (Salem, MA: Salem Press, 1890+)
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
   
   Page: Vol. 3, p. 200
5. Abbrev: Ferrin-Preston
   Title: Lavisa Ferrin Hollinger, A Genealogical Record of the Ancestors and Descendants of Joseph Ferrin and Elizabeth Preston (Cherokee, IA: 1915)
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
   
   Page: p. 82
6. Abbrev: Foreman Ancestors
   Title: Elbert Eli Farman, Foreman-Farman-Forman Genealogy (NY: Tobias A. Wright, 1911)
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
   
   Page: p. 146
7. Abbrev: SAVAGE'S DICTIONARY
   Title:
   A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those who Came before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register
   
   James Savage; compiled by O. P. Dexter, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those who Came before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register
   
   (The best known and most frequently used genealogical dictionary.This monumental work gives the name of every settler who came to New England before 1692, regardless of his rank, station in life or fortune. Traces the descendants of each person, giving dates of marriage and death, dates of birth, marriage and death of his children, and the birth dates and names of his grandchildren, thus recording the beginning of the third generation in New England. Binding is 4 vols. 2,541 pp.) Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 65-18541
   
   (Boston: 1860-1862
   
   Reprinted with "Genealogical Notes and Errata," excerpted from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, April, 1873, pp. 135-139, And A Genealogical Cross Index of the Four Volumes of the Genealogical Dictionary of James Savage, by O. P. Dexter, 1884.
   
   Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore,
   1965,1969,1977,1981,1986, 1990)
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
   
   Repository:
   Name: Patrick McDonald Personal Library
   Dural, NSW 2158
   AUSTRALIA
   
   Page: Vol. 1, p. 457
8. Abbrev: Treman
   Title: Ebenezer Mach Treman, et. al., The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America, 2 parts (Ithaca, NY: Press of the Ithaca Democrat,1901)
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
   
   Page: p. 1468
9. Abbrev: Frame-Dana
   Title: Julia Locke Bunce, Some of the Ancestors of Rev. John Selby Frame & Clara Winchester Dana (Privately printed, 1948)
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
   
   Page: p. 289
10. Abbrev: Ordway (1990)
    Title: Dean Crawford Smith, The Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway (1844-1916) (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1990)
    Repository:
    Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
    Boston, MA 02116
    U. S. A.
    
    Page: pp. 77-90 and p. 207