Individual 62: Corey, Wheelock

Individual Record 62

Name} Corey, Wheelock

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Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Cir 1827

Place} New Jersey

Marr.: Date} Exa 2 Dec 1852

Place} Clinton Twp., Exssex, New Jersey (Link)

Death: Date} Aft 1860

Place} New Jersey

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Source 1}	1293=1850 USA cen
Source 2}	1337=Marriage rec
Source 3}	1294=1860 USA cen
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Parents: } Samuel Corey & Sarah Speer
Relationship No.} 1070

1st Household No.} 537 = North Ward, Newark, Essex, New Jersey

Occupation 1} Carman
Occupation 2} Teamster

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Spouses: Prime} Stuart, Phebe
Total Number of} 1

Notes: Wheelock Corey was born about 1827 in New Jersey, probably in Newark. His parents were Samuel Corey and Sarah Speer. He had an older brother James, a younger brother David, and younger sister Lydia.

In the 1850 U.S. census, Wheelock Corey, 23, was living with his "wife", Phebe, 18 in the North Ward of Newark, Essex, New Jersey. Wheelock was a carman. In the 1850s, the "carmen" were largely wagoners, stagecoach drivers, and horse-drawn transport operators. Listed with his family were Polly Harrison, 82, Mary Lundy, 34, and William Lundy, 1. They were sharing the house with his parents, Samuel Corey, 50, and Sarah, 48, and his siblings, David, 18, and Lydia, 16. His father and brother were also carmen.

The New Jersey Marriage records report a marriage date for Wheelock Corey and Phebe Stuart of 2 Dec 1852 in Clinton Twp., Essex, New Jersey

In the 1860 U.S. census, Wheelock Corey, 33, and his wife Phebe, 27, were living in Newark Ward 8, Essex, New Jersey. Their children were Sarah E., 9, Anna, 6, and Samuel W., 1. Also living with the family was his sister Lydia Corey, 24, and brother David Corey, 27. Wheelock was a teamster, and David drove a coal wagon.

Wheelock and Phoebe Corey are not found in the 1870 U.S. census, and their death dates are unknown.

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Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 8 Apr 2026
Date Created} 15 Jun 2012

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