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William CORBIN
Sarah JENKINS
Sarah FANT
Husband:  William CORBIN
Birth:  1720, Stafford Co., VA
Death:  3 Dec 1796, Culpeper Co., VA
Father:  John CORBIN III
Mother:  Ms. __?__
Marriage-1:  1 Jan 1743, Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., VA
Wife-1:  Sarah JENKINS
Birth:  ca. 1724
Death:  1743/4
Marriage-1:  2 Aug 1744, Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., VA
Wife-2:  Sarah FANT
Birth:  3 Jul 1725, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford Co., VA
Probable Sister:  Frances FANT, b. 1728, VA
Parents:  disputed, but not George FANT (1745-1830) & Elizabeth (LEWIS) SEWELL
Child with Sarah JENKINS — born in Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., VA:
  1.  Anne CORBIN, b. 22 Jun 1743; d. 25 Feb 1811, VA; m. William GAUNT, s/o John GAUNT & Margaret BRONAUGH
Children with Sarah FANT:
— born in Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., VA:
  2.  Peter CORBIN, b. 23 Apr 1746
  3.  John CORBIN, b. 22 Nov 1747; d. 16 Jan 1813; m. Frances THATCHER
  4.  Mary CORBIN, b. 10 Nov 1748; d. in infancy
  5.  William CORBIN, Jr., b. 10 Nov 1749; d. 15 Apr 1815; m. 6 Feb 1781, Sarah "Sally" HILL (c1750s-1815), d/o Harry HILL & Ann POWELL
  6.  Margaret CORBIN, b. 17 Jan 1752; m. John WALKER, Jr., s/o John WALKER, Sr., & Isabel __?__

— born in King George Co., VA:
  7.  Lewis Henry CORBIN, b. 4 Apr 1754 

— born in Culpeper Co., VA:
  8.  Catherine "Caty" CORBIN, b. 1762-70; d. 24 Mar 1844; m. ca. 1789, Culpeper Co., VA, Andrew GAUNT, s/o Mr. GAUNT & Mary __?__
  9.  Isaiah CORBIN, b. bef. 1764; m. Lydia GARNETT
10.  Benjamin Lewis CORBIN, b. 4 Mar 1765

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Sources:

1.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1993.  Virginia Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):
Corbin, William Jenkins, Sarah Jan 1, 1743 Overwharton Parish, VA
Corbin, William Want, Sarah Aug 2, 1744 Overwharton Parish, VA

2.  Kenneth Corbin.  2009.  The Leaves of the Corbin Tree.  Vol. 1 of 2.  Self-published, Louisville, KY:
The author did not routinely put surnames in all-caps, so I have converted them to make for easier scanning for names.
p. 9 27.  William6 CORBIN Sr. (John5 [CORBIN],...) was born in 1720 at Stafford Co., VA.  He married Sarah JENKINS in Jan 1743 at Stafford Co., VA; in Overwharton Parish.13,18  He married Sarah FANT, daughter of George FANT and Elizabeth SEWELL, on 2 Aug 1744 at Stafford Co., VA; in Overwharton Parish.13  He died on 3 Dec 1796 at Culpeper Co., VA...

[long paragraph including land and court records]... On 13 Apr 1776 William CORBIN Sr. gives land to his son John CORBIN located in the little fork of Rappahannock River.  Recorded on pages# 327-328 Deed Book# H the land is in Culpeper Co., VA.21  On 16 Jun 1777 William CORBIN Sr. gives land to his son William CORBIN Jr.  Land is in little fork of Rappahannock River.  Recorded on pages# 472-473 Deed Book# H the land is in Culpeper Co., VA.21...  Before 1 Jun 1782 William CORBIN Sr. sold or leased land to Thomas CORBIN.  His son Peter to receive payment in case of his death the land is in Madison Co., VA.45... He left a will dated on 10 Nov 1789 at Culpeper Co., VA; recorded in Book# D Pages# 201-202.46...

The only known child of William6 CORBIN Sr. and Sarah JENKINS was:
 
  70.   i.   Anne7 CORBIN was born on 22 Jun 1743 at Stafford Co., VA; in Oversharton Parish.13,13(sic)  She married William GAUNT, son of John GAUNT and Margaret BRONAUGH.  She died on 25 Feb 1811...

Sarah FANT was born in 1726 at VA.  She died in 1789 at Culpeper Co., VA...  She was also known as WANT...

The George FANT who married Mrs. Elizabeth (LEWIS) SEWELL was born in 1745, so he cannot be the father of this Sarah FANT.  Secondary sources disagree as to her parentage.
p. 10 The nine known children of William6 CORBIN Sr. and Sarah FANT were as follows:
 
+ 71.   i.   Peter7 CORBIN was born on 23 Apr 1746 at Stafford Co., VA...
+ 72.   ii.   John CORBIN was born on 22 Nov 1747 at Stafford Co., VA.  He married Frances THATCHER.
  73.   iii.   Mary CORBIN was born on 10 Nov 1748 at Stafford Co., VA.  She was christened on 9 Apr 1749 at Stafford Co., VA; in Overwharton Parish.13  She died after 9 Apr 1749; in infancy.
+ 74.   iv.   William CORBIN Jr. was born on 10 Nov 1749 at Stafford Co., VA.  He married Sarah HILL, daughter of Harry HILL and Ann POWELL, on 6 Feb 1781 at Culpeper Co., VA.
+ 75.   v.   Margaret CORBIN was born on 17 Jan 1752 at Stafford Co., VA.  She married John WALKER Jr., son of John WALKER Sr. and Isabel.
+ 76.   vi.   Rev. Lewis CORBIN Sr. was born on 4 Apr 1754 at King George Co., VA...
+ 77.   vii.   Catherine CORBIN was born between 1762 and 1770 at Culpeper Co., VA.  She married Andrew GAUNT, son of Mr. GAUNT and Mary, circa 1789 at Culpeper Co., VA.
+ 78.   viii.   Isaiah CORBIN was born before 1764 at Culpeper Co., VA.  He married Lydia GARNETT.
+ 79.   ix.   Benjamin CORBIN Sr. was born on 4 Mar 1765 at Culpeper Co., VA.  He married Nancy Ann CORBIN, daugther of John CORBIN IV and Frances FANT, on 15 Sep 1786 at Culpeper Co., VA.
p. 761
Endnotes...

13.  George Harrison Sanford King, The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., VA 1723-1758 (Easley, SC 29641-0738: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1961)...

18.  Therese A. Fisher, compiler, Marriage Records of the City of Fredericksburg, and of Orange, Spotsylvania, and Stafford Counties, Virginia, 1722-1850 (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990)...

21,  John Frederick Dorman, compiler, Culpeper Co., VA Deeds (Private Print: Dorman, 1976)...

p. 762 45.  Madison Co., VA Deeds.

46.  Mary Stevens Jones, compiler, An 18th Century Perspective of Culpeper Co., VA. (Culpeper, Culper Co., VA: Culpeper Hustorical Society, 1976.)...

3.  1790 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  the entire 1790 VA census was destroyed.

4.  Messages posted to the Corbin Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com), including a transcription of William's will. 

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

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