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Micajah CORBIN
Mary KELLEY
Husband:  Micajah CORBIN
Birth:  1765 or 1778, Baltimore Co., MD
Death:  29 Jan 1847, Cassville, Huntingdon Co., PA
Occupation:  farmer
Father:  Benjamin CORBIN
Mother:  Sarah SIAS
Marriage:
Wife:  Mary KELLY / KELLEY
Birth:  ca. 1769, MD
Occupation:  homemaker
Sister:  Sarah KELLEY, b. 31 Mar 1763, Baltimore Co., MD; married Micajah's brother, Elijah CORBIN

The KELLEY's who were intermarrying with the CORBINs in MD and PA usually spelled their name KELLEY, rather than KELLY.

Children:
— born in Baltimore Co., MD:
  1.  Asahel "Asa" CORBIN, b. 1799; m. Nancy DEAN
  2.  (Daughter A) CORBIN, b. 1794-1800

— born in Huntingdon Co., PA:
  3.  Sarah CORBIN, b. 1797-1800; m. John HIGHT
  4.  Nicholas CORBIN, b. 1802/3; m1. Mary CHILCOTT; m2. Eleanor CRUM
  5.  Abel W. CORBIN, b. 1804/5; m. Mariah __?__
  6.  William Kelly CORBIN, b. 1807
  7.  Eleanor CORBIN, b. 1804-10; m. Amon CHILCOTT
  8.  Mary CORBIN, b. 1810/1; m. Abraham EVANS
  9.  Ruth CORBIN, b. 1810/1; m. Matthew GLASGOW
10.  Micajah CORBIN, Jr., b. 1815; m1. Ellen __?__; m2. Ellen __?__

Keywords for search engines:  genealogy; USA, US, United States, Maryland, Pennsylvania

Sources (n.b., Henderson Twp. was formed in 1814 from Huntingdon 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 Elijah and Mycajah married sisters, Sarah and Mary Kelly.  They both died in Cassville...

2a.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).
Micajah CORBIN
Birth: 1765, Baltimore, Maryland; Death: 29 Jan 1847, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Father: Benjamin CORBIN; Mother: Sarah SIAS
Spouse: Mary KELLY
Birth: Abt. 1769
Source: patron submission

2b.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).
Micajah CORBIN
Birth: 1765, Baltimore, Maryland; Death: 29 Jan 1847
Marriage: About 1793, Baltimore, Maryland
Spouse: Mary KELLY
Birth: 1774, Baltimore, Maryland

Children born in Baltimore, Maryland:
Male CORBIN; Birth: About 1794
Female CORBIN; Birth: About 1795

Children born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania:
Sarah CORBIN; Birth: 1797
Male CORBIN; Birth: About 1801
Abel W CORBIN; Birth: 1804; Death: After 1880
Male CORBIN; Birth: 1806
Female CORBIN; Birth: About 1808
Mary CORBIN; Birth: 18 Mar 1811; Death: 27 Feb 1852
Micajah CORBIN; Birth: 1815
Female CORBIN; Birth: About 1817
Female CORBIN; Birth: About 1819

Source: patron submissions

3.  1800 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 3; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1800 PA Huntingdon Co. Springfield Twp. Roll 40 p. 137 Ln 32 Micajah Corbin 10010-20100-00
These data indicate:
No. & Sex  Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 male 9 or under 1790-1800 = Asahel (b. 1799)
1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = Micajah (b. 1765) 
2 females 9 or under 1790-1800 = Sarah (b. 1797-1800)
= Daughter A
1 female 16-25 1774-1784 = Mary (b. 1774/5)
Micajah is the only CORBIN head-of-household in the township.

3a.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313):  not found.

3b.  1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found, and I did a page-by-page search of Huntingdon County.  He was not the only one missing from this census who should have been there.

4.  1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 6 — indexed "Muijah"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1820 PA Huntingdon Co. Henderson Twp. Roll 104 p. 71 Ln. 21 Mecijah Corbin 111101-21201-0-300
These data indicate:
No. & Sex  Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = Micajah Jr. (b. 1815)
1 male 10-15 1804-1810 = Abel (b. 1804/5)
1 male 16-18 1801-1804 = Nicholas (b. 1802/3)
1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Micajah (b. 1765) 
2 females 9 or under 1810-1820 = Ruth (b. 1810/1)
= Mary (b. 1810/1)
1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = Eleanor (b. 1804-10) 
2 females 16-25 1794-1804 = Sarah (b. 1797-1800)
= Daughter A
1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Mary (b. 1774/5)
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 #85 of 86 — indexed "Michael Corban"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1830 PA Huntingdon Co. Henderson Twp. p. 137 Michage Corban 001 020 001 - 000 111 010
These data indicate:
No. & Sex  Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 male 10-14 1815-1820 = Micajah Jr. (b. 1815)
2 males 20-29 1800-1810 = Abel (b. 1804/5)
= Nicholas (b. 1802/3)
1 male 60-69 1760-1770 = Micajah (b. 1765)
1 female 15-19 1810-1815 = Ruth (b. 1810/1)
1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Eleanor (b. 1804-10)
1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Sarah (b. 1797-1800)
1 female 50-59 1770-1780 = Mary (b. 1774/5)

6.  1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 20; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
1840 PA Huntingdon Co. Henderson Twp. Roll 462 pp. 206B-207A Ln 15 Micajah Corbin 000 010 001 - 000 000 001 0200000
These data indicate:
No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = Micajah Jr. (b. 1815)
1 male 60-69 1770-1780 = Micajah (b. 1765)
1 female 60-69 1770-1780 = Mary (b. 1774/5)
2 persons engaged in agriculture
Micajah should be in the 70-79 age class.  Listed next to son, Able W. CORBIN, who is listed next to Thomas DEAN. 

7.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 17):  Cass Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, Roll M432_784, p. 207B, 38/38, enumerated 12 Oct 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen).  It says "Clay" on this one page, but all the pages before and after say "Cass," and the page is indexed as Cass.¤
Nicholas Corbin 47 M   Shoemaker 2500 Pa
Eleanor    " 40 F       "
James H    " 12 M       "
Howard M   "  6 M       "
Mary       " 80 F       Md

8.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Mary not found; Nicholas is in Cassville, Micajah Jr. and daughter, Mary (CORBIN) EVANS, are in Oneida Twp.

9.  Handwritten "Instrument" found at the Centre County, Pennsylvania, Historical Society (please see this page for transcription and links to scans).

10.  J. Simpson Africa.  1883.  History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania.  Louis H. Everts, Philadelphia, PA (online at the Huntingdon County PAGenWeb site; contributed by Mike Gifford):
Under the heading, "Henderson Township":
Micajah Corbin, a native of the State of Maryland, after living a short time on Murray's Run, on the farm now owned by James S. Hall, made a home on the Ridge in Henderson, on a farm which had been occupied by Abraham Corbin.  He died in Trough Creek Valley.  He was the father of Asa, Nicholas, Abel, W.K., and Micajah Corbin.  The latter two are yet residents of Oneida.  Of his daughters, one was married to Capt. Abraham Shore, of Cass township; another to Amon Chilcott, of Trough Creek Valley; a third to Matthew Glasgow, of Brady; another to Abraham Evans, of Henderson; and yet another to John Hight, of the same township.  Her husband died a few years ago at the age of ninety-six years, and she yet resides at Centre Union at the age of eighty-one years. [She since died.]

11.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File.  Says Micajah was born in 1765.

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

13.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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