Mr. Cord Cordis, aged 63 yrs.
Information from Bill Boyington:
According to John Boyle's diary, Mr. Cordis was "the keeper of the British Coffee House" [in Boston]. (From John Boyle's diary, "Boyle's Journal of Occurrences in Boston", published in NEHGS Register, 1930 )
At his death proprietor Cord Cordis left 100 gallons of rum and 184 gallons of Madeira wine, plus 72 beer and wine glasses. There's no comparable figure on coffee, but it's obvious that "coffee-house" really meant "fancy and expensive bar." (From a post online by J.L. Bell, a Mass. writer who specailizes in the start of the American Revolution.)
Until the town split into Whigs and Tories, the British Coffee House in King Street was the most popular of Boston's taverns. Merchants, Crown officers, members of the bar, military ranks, and men with all shades of political opinion were long its patrons. Cord Cordis was the proprietor, and it must still have been a place where a proper Whig could be seen as late as 1771, for John Adams mentions the split in his Diary entry for August 13: "Spent the evening at Cordis', the British Coffee House—in the front room, toward the Long Wharf, where the Merchants Club has met this 20 years. It seems there is a schism in that church, a rent in that garment, a mutiny in that regiment, and a large detachment has decamped and marched over the way to Ingersoll's." Ingersoll was the proprietor of the Bunch of Grapes. John Adams speaks frequently in his Diary of dining or spending the evening at one of the taverns. Sometimes Samuel Adams, his second cousin, is there too. (from Samuel Adams: the Fateful Years--1764-1776 By Stewart Beach, 1965)
Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
Cord Cordis, Sarah Evilley, 30 Nov 1733, Boston (she d. Mar 25 1740, Boston)
Cord Cordis, Hannah Jones, 2 Oct 1740, Boston
Hannah Jones, Cord's second wife, was the third wife and widow of Elnathan Jones. She was a tory refugee who died in St. Andrew's parish, London. (from a query in NEHGS Register, 1881)
Information from Bill Boyington:
According to John Boyle's diary, Mr. Cordis was "the keeper of the British Coffee House" [in Boston]. (From John Boyle's diary, "Boyle's Journal of Occurrences in Boston", published in NEHGS Register, 1930 )
At his death proprietor Cord Cordis left 100 gallons of rum and 184 gallons of Madeira wine, plus 72 beer and wine glasses. There's no comparable figure on coffee, but it's obvious that "coffee-house" really meant "fancy and expensive bar." (From a post online by J.L. Bell, a Mass. writer who specailizes in the start of the American Revolution.)
Until the town split into Whigs and Tories, the British Coffee House in King Street was the most popular of Boston's taverns. Merchants, Crown officers, members of the bar, military ranks, and men with all shades of political opinion were long its patrons. Cord Cordis was the proprietor, and it must still have been a place where a proper Whig could be seen as late as 1771, for John Adams mentions the split in his Diary entry for August 13: "Spent the evening at Cordis', the British Coffee House—in the front room, toward the Long Wharf, where the Merchants Club has met this 20 years. It seems there is a schism in that church, a rent in that garment, a mutiny in that regiment, and a large detachment has decamped and marched over the way to Ingersoll's." Ingersoll was the proprietor of the Bunch of Grapes. John Adams speaks frequently in his Diary of dining or spending the evening at one of the taverns. Sometimes Samuel Adams, his second cousin, is there too. (from Samuel Adams: the Fateful Years--1764-1776 By Stewart Beach, 1965)
Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
Cord Cordis, Sarah Evilley, 30 Nov 1733, Boston (she d. Mar 25 1740, Boston)
Cord Cordis, Hannah Jones, 2 Oct 1740, Boston
Hannah Jones, Cord's second wife, was the third wife and widow of Elnathan Jones. She was a tory refugee who died in St. Andrew's parish, London. (from a query in NEHGS Register, 1881)
Mr. Cord Cordis, aged 63 yrs.
Information from Bill Boyington:
According to John Boyle's diary, Mr. Cordis was "the keeper of the British Coffee House" [in Boston]. (From John Boyle's diary, "Boyle's Journal of Occurrences in Boston", published in NEHGS Register, 1930 )
At his death proprietor Cord Cordis left 100 gallons of rum and 184 gallons of Madeira wine, plus 72 beer and wine glasses. There's no comparable figure on coffee, but it's obvious that "coffee-house" really meant "fancy and expensive bar." (From a post online by J.L. Bell, a Mass. writer who specailizes in the start of the American Revolution.)
Until the town split into Whigs and Tories, the British Coffee House in King Street was the most popular of Boston's taverns. Merchants, Crown officers, members of the bar, military ranks, and men with all shades of political opinion were long its patrons. Cord Cordis was the proprietor, and it must still have been a place where a proper Whig could be seen as late as 1771, for John Adams mentions the split in his Diary entry for August 13: "Spent the evening at Cordis', the British Coffee House—in the front room, toward the Long Wharf, where the Merchants Club has met this 20 years. It seems there is a schism in that church, a rent in that garment, a mutiny in that regiment, and a large detachment has decamped and marched over the way to Ingersoll's." Ingersoll was the proprietor of the Bunch of Grapes. John Adams speaks frequently in his Diary of dining or spending the evening at one of the taverns. Sometimes Samuel Adams, his second cousin, is there too. (from Samuel Adams: the Fateful Years--1764-1776 By Stewart Beach, 1965)
Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
Cord Cordis, Sarah Evilley, 30 Nov 1733, Boston (she d. Mar 25 1740, Boston)
Cord Cordis, Hannah Jones, 2 Oct 1740, Boston
Hannah Jones, Cord's second wife, was the third wife and widow of Elnathan Jones. She was a tory refugee who died in St. Andrew's parish, London. (from a query in NEHGS Register, 1881)
Information from Bill Boyington:
According to John Boyle's diary, Mr. Cordis was "the keeper of the British Coffee House" [in Boston]. (From John Boyle's diary, "Boyle's Journal of Occurrences in Boston", published in NEHGS Register, 1930 )
At his death proprietor Cord Cordis left 100 gallons of rum and 184 gallons of Madeira wine, plus 72 beer and wine glasses. There's no comparable figure on coffee, but it's obvious that "coffee-house" really meant "fancy and expensive bar." (From a post online by J.L. Bell, a Mass. writer who specailizes in the start of the American Revolution.)
Until the town split into Whigs and Tories, the British Coffee House in King Street was the most popular of Boston's taverns. Merchants, Crown officers, members of the bar, military ranks, and men with all shades of political opinion were long its patrons. Cord Cordis was the proprietor, and it must still have been a place where a proper Whig could be seen as late as 1771, for John Adams mentions the split in his Diary entry for August 13: "Spent the evening at Cordis', the British Coffee House—in the front room, toward the Long Wharf, where the Merchants Club has met this 20 years. It seems there is a schism in that church, a rent in that garment, a mutiny in that regiment, and a large detachment has decamped and marched over the way to Ingersoll's." Ingersoll was the proprietor of the Bunch of Grapes. John Adams speaks frequently in his Diary of dining or spending the evening at one of the taverns. Sometimes Samuel Adams, his second cousin, is there too. (from Samuel Adams: the Fateful Years--1764-1776 By Stewart Beach, 1965)
Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
Cord Cordis, Sarah Evilley, 30 Nov 1733, Boston (she d. Mar 25 1740, Boston)
Cord Cordis, Hannah Jones, 2 Oct 1740, Boston
Hannah Jones, Cord's second wife, was the third wife and widow of Elnathan Jones. She was a tory refugee who died in St. Andrew's parish, London. (from a query in NEHGS Register, 1881)
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