Peter CORBIN I & Abigail BENEDICT

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Peter CORBIN I
Abigail BENEDICT

Husband: Peter CORBIN
Birth: 1733, of Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT
Death: 20 Mar 1805, Colebrook, Litchfield Co., CT
Military Service: Capt., 1st Co., Alarm Rgmt. of CT, 1780

Marriage: 18 Nov 1756, Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT

Wife: Abigail BENEDICT
Birth: ca. 1737, of Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT

Children:

— born in Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT:
1. Daniel CORBIN, b. 1 Oct 1757
2. Peter CORBIN II, b. 6 Aug 1762
3. Abigail CORBIN, b. 26 Feb 1766; m. 11 Jun 1789, Winchester, Litchfield Co., CT, Abijah BENEDICT (1765- )
4. Lucy CORBIN, b. 20 Jan 1770; m. 1806, Mr. JENNINGS of Coventry, Chenango Co., NY
5. Anna CORBIN, b. 6 Feb 1772; m. 1795, Ashbel HUMPHREY (1771-1855) of Goshen, Litchfield Co., CT

— born in Winchester, Litchfield Co., CT:
6. Esther CORBIN, b. 3 Jan 1776; m. 1797, Zerah HOYT

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310): not found.

3. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #18 of 41; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1790 CT Litchfield Co. Litchfield [Winchester] Roll M637_1 p. 369 Ln. 33 Danl Corbin 3-0-5-0-0

These data indicate:

Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 free white males 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = Peter (b. 1733)
= Daniel (b. 1757)
= ?

5 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Abigail (b. ca. 1737)
= Mabel (b. ca. 1757)
?
?
?

Our subjects cannot be living with son, Peter II, because his household includes just one male and one female, so I'm assuming our subjects are living with their son, Daniel. Winchester is not listed in the census at Ancestry.com or Genealogy.com; it appears Winchester was indexed as Litchfield.

4. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1800 CT Litchfield Co. Winchester Roll 2 p. 845 Ln. 3 Peter Corban 00101-00011-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 16-25 1774-1784 = ?

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = Peter I (b. 1733)

1 female 26-44 1755-1774 = ?

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = Abigail (b. ca. 1737)

5. Harvey M. Lawson, compiler. 1905. Descendants of Clement Corbin of Muddy River (Brookline, Ma. and Woodstock, Ct): with notices of other lines of Corbins. Hartford Press, Hartford, CT (online at Ancestry.com and at GoogleBooks):

p. 316 CORBINS OTHER THAN DESCENDANTS OF CLEMENT...

p. 324 (From Boyd's "History of Winchester, Conn.")
PETER CORBIN of Danbury, Conn.; b. 1733; m. Abigail Benedict of Simsbury, Nov. 18, 1756, at Danbury. He and his wife were received into the church at Winchester, June 30, 1776. He moved from Danbury to Winchester with his sons Daniel and Peter, Jr., in 1774. He removed to Colebrook in 1805, and spent his remaining days with his son Peter.
He was captain of the first company of the Alarm Regt. of Connecticut in 1780. Assessed at Winchester, 1783, for £56 16s., and Peter, Jr., at £21. He d. March 20, 1805, in Colebrook, Conn.
Children:

i. DANIEL, b. Oct 1, 1757, at Danbury; m. Mabel Everitt, May 30, 1776; d. at Colebrook, 1809.

ii. PETER, Jr., b. Aug. 6, 1762.

iii. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 26, 1766; m. Abijah Benedict.

iv. LUCY, b. Jan. 20, 1770; m. _____ Jennings of Coventry, N.Y., in 1806.

v. ANNA, b. Feb. 6, 1772; m. Ashbel Humphrey of Goshen, Conn., 1795.

vi. ESTHER, b. Jan. 3, 1776, at Winchester; m. Zeri Hoyt, 1797; moved from Winchester in 1803, perhaps to Locke, N.Y., as several members of the Hoyt family went to that place.

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Winchester is in Litchfield County.

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