Gregg Bonner's Cordray Family
Gregg Bonner's CORDRAY Family
A Pattent for a parcell of land At Dellaware granted unto Josias Cowdery.

Edmund Andros, Esq. &c. Whereas there is a certaine parcell of land which by my order hath been layd out for Josias Cowdery called by the name of ye lott of Bengman, scituate lyeing and being upon a creeke, called Cedar Creeke, and on ye North side of ye said Creeke, and from thence begining at a red Oake, and runing West South West one (252) hundred perches, & from thence runing North West and by North three hundred and twenty perches to a white Oake, with a lyne of marked trees dividing it from the land of Robert Hart, & from thence North East & by East with a lyne of marked trees to a white Oake, and from thence South East & by South three hundred and twenty perches to a White Oake, and from thence South West and by West three hundred and twenty perches to a Hickory, and from thence East North East one hundred perches to a bounded red Oake tree, and from [thence] South South East one hundred pearches to ye first bounded red Oake, contayning and layd out for seven hundred acres, as by ye returne of ye survey under ye hand of ye Surveyor doth and may appeare. Know yee &c. dated.
Fo. 81.

[Editor's Note: The "(252)" in the above is the page number from the original record.]


Duke of York Record, Page 179
The surname of this family I have found spelled numerous ways -- Cordray, Cowdery, Coudray, Cowdray, Cordrey, Cowdrey, & Coudery, just to name a few.
Last update: 19 January 2012