Asahel CORBIN & Eleanor CORBIN

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Asahel CORBIN, Sr.
Eleanor CORBIN

Husband: Asahel "Asa" CORBIN, Sr.
Birth: 1774, Baltimore Co., MD
Death: 4 Jun 1819, near Mill Creek, Huntingdon Co., PA
Father: Benjamin CORBIN
Mother: Sarah SIAS

Marriage:

Wife: Eleanor "Ellen / Nellie / Nelly" CORBIN [Asahel's first cousin]
Birth: 1779, MD
Death: 1860-1870, Huntingdon Co., PA
Father: William CORBIN
Mother: Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" BROWN

Children — born in PA:

The children's ages vary so wildly from census to census, it's hard to determine when any of them were born, which makes it just about impossible to confidently place any of them in the 1820/30/40 censuses.

. Asahel "Asa" CORBIN, Jr., b. 1805-14
. Ezekiel CORBIN, b. 1802/3
. Benjamin CORBIN, b. 1805-10
. Elijah CORBIN [twin], b. 1807-15
. Elisha CORBIN [twin], b. 1807-15
. Actoris / Actious / Achias / Axius / Achiah CORBIN, b. 1810-20

Said to have had these children
. Nicodemus CORBIN
. William CORBIN
. Abram CORBIN
. Eleanor "Ellen" CORBIN, b. 1819

Some sources say Achiah was born ca. 1802 and died 16 Nov 1881 in Miller Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA. The death date is reasonable, though she was living in Barree Twp. in the 1880 census. There is no scriptural name, "Achiah," though there is a Greek name, Achaia).

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Sources (n.b., Oneida Twp. was formed in 1856 from West Twp.):

1. Letter, dated 19 Jun 1858, from Keziah (GREENLAND) SHANAFELT (click her link for a full transcription) of Clarion Co., PA, to her son, Thomas. Keziah is a granddaughter of Benjamin & Sarah (SIAS) CORBIN. The letter is in the possession of Laurel Shanafelt Powell of Colorado, and Lorinda Clendenon Greenland generously posted a transcription at her web site.

... Uncle Ezekial and Asahal married sisters, Nelly and Lidaiu Corbin, Uncle William Corbin's daughters. They both died at the ridges near Millcreek. Their widows are living yet as far as I know...

The Mill Creek to which Keziah refers is about 10 mi SE of Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co., PA.

2. 1800 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #2 of 3; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1800 PA Huntingdon Co. Barree Twp. Roll 40 p. 158 Ln 23 Asahel Corbin 30100-00100-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 males 9 or under 1790-1800 = ?
= ?
= ?

1 male 16-25 1774-1784 = Asahel (b. 1774)

1 female 16-25 1774-1784 = Eleanor (b. 1779)

Listed between Isaac GREEN and John GREEN.

3. 1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, and I checked every page of Huntingdon Co., PA, line-by-line.

4. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #4 of 7; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 PA Huntingdon Co. West [now Oneida] Twp. p. 99 Eleanor Corbin 223300-10110-0-300

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 9 or under 1810-1820 = Elisha
= Elijah

2 males 10-15 1804-1810 = Benjamin
= Ezekiel

3 males 16-18 1801-1804 = ?
= ?
= ?

1 female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Achiah

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = ?

1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Eleanor (b. 1779)

3 persons engaged in agriculture

*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25; therefore, any individual in column three is duplicated in column four.

5. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 20; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

1830 PA Huntingdon Co. West [now Oneida] Twp. p. 141A Elen Corban 000 151 000 - 001 010 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 15-19 1810-1815 = ?

5 males 20-29 1800-1810 = Elijah
= Elisha
= Benjamin
= ?
= ?

1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = ?

1 female 10-14 1815-1820 = ?

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Achiah

1 female 50-59 1770-1780 = Eleanor (b. 1779)

Listed next to John KEMP, who is next to Henry HIGHT, who is two lines from George HIGHT.

6. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 22; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 PA Huntingdon Co. West [now Oneida] Twp. pp. 190B-191A Benjamin Corbin 000 002 100 - 110 020 001 0300000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 30-39 1800-1810 = Elisha
= Elijah

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Benjamin

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Emily (b. 1837/8)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = ?

2 females 20-29 1810-1820 = Achiah
= ?

1 female 60-69 1770-1780 = Eleanor (b. 1779)

3 persons engaged in agriculture

Listed next to George HIGHT.

7. Census Microfilm Records: Pennsylvania, 1850 (Broderbund CD-305, Disk 5): West [now Oneida] Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, Roll 784, p. 93, 253/256, enumerated 10 Sep 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Benj Corban 40 M farmer 1300 Penna

Ellen   " 70 F Md

Actoris " 30 F Penna

Emily   " 12 F "

Elijah " 35 M Laborer "

Elisha " 35 M    " "

Elijah and Elisha are tied with wiggly lines, presumably indicating they are twins, which they are. Who is Emily?

8. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #4 of 10): Huntingdon P.O., Oneida Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, p. 426, PN 4/25, 24/24, enumerated 12 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Ellen Corbin 80 F Maryland

Benjamin 55 M Farmer 1000 300 Penn

Elijah 50 M Farm Laborer "

Elisha 50 M Day [Laborer] "

Achias 48 F "

Elijah and Elisha are marked "Twins." Listed next to John HALL, who is next to Asa & Mary CORBIN. Several GREENs nearby.

9. 1870 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #3 of 10): Huntingdon P.O., Oneida Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, p. 669A, PN 3, 27/27, enumerated 26 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Corbin Benjamin 65 M W Farmer 1500 1500 Pennsylvania

______ Elisha 57 M W Farm Laborer Do

______ Elijah 57 M W Do Do

______ Achiah 55 F W At Home Do

Listed next to Micajah CORBIN, Jr.

10a. 1880 United States Census and National Index (LDS Family History Resource File: CD-ROM Library):

Census Place:Barree, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Source:FHL Film 1255134; NARA Film T9-1134; Pg 72C

Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Occupation Fa Mo

Elizah CORBIN Self M S W 72 PA Retired VA PA

Actious CORBIN Sister F S W 70 PA Keeping House VA PA

See next record.

10b. 1880 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #3 of 23): Barree Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, p. 72C, PN 3, SD 7, ED 184, enumerated 2/3 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 13 17 20 22 23 24 25 26

11 11 Corbin Elijah W 72 M / Retired / / / Penna Virginia Penna

" Actious W 70 F Sister / Keeping house / / Penna Virginia Penna

And now we know at least partly why these children went unmarried: a tick in column 17 means deaf and dumb, while 20 means disabled (23 means cannot read; 24 means cannot write). Both of their parents were born in Maryland.

11. Broderbund. World Family Trees. Vol. 40, Pedigree No. 356.

12. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File. Has Elijah and Elisha b. 1800 and Asahel b. 1813.

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