The Corls were soldiers. Hendrick Corl came to Schenectady in 1745, where he married Maria Olin.
John, his son, born April 3d, 1757, married Susanna, daughter of Jan Baptist Van Vorst. He was a gallant private in Captain Clute's company in the Revolutionary War, and died April 24th, 1842, in his eighty-fifth year, leaving several children surviving.
William, another son of Hendrick, born November 16th, 1760, married Maria Springer, July 8th, 1787. He was also a patriotic private in Captain Vrooman's company, in Colonel Wemple's Regiment in the Revolutionary War. He died March 19th, 1848, aged eighty-four years. His wife died May 5th, 1852, aged ninety-one years. They left several sons and daughters and many descendants surviving them.