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In the 18th Century, the house was the center of all activity. People were born and died there. The house witnessed the entire range of human activities and emotions.
Begun in 1740 at the time of his marriage to Sabra, we know that three sections of the Miller-Cory House were completed before Samuel Miller’s death because they are mentioned in his will of 1782. The Miller-Cory House was the birthplace of three Revolutionary War soldiers and the home of another.
The property came into the possession of Joseph Cory in 1784 and remained in the Cory family until 1921. Joseph Cory died in 1802 and his inventory of that date has set the pattern for furnishing the house.
The Miller-Cory House is a one and a half story clapboard farmhouse with shingled roof, brace and beam construction, and nogging filled walls typical of an average New Jersey homestead of the period.
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