Benjamin CORBIN & Mary 'Polly' SMITH

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Benjamin CORBIN
Mary SMITH

WARNING: this page is cobbled together from secondary sources and circumstantial evidence.

Husband: Benjamin CORBIN
Birth: 1763
Death: 9 Feb 1847
Disposition: buried Twilight Rest [Hilltop] Cemetery, Monticello, Town of Richmond, Otsego Co., NY

Marriage:

Wife: Mary "Polly" SMITH
Birth: 1774? or 1760-70
Death: 29 ??? 1844
Disposition: buried Twilight Rest [Hilltop] Cemetery, Monticello, Town of Richmond, Otsego Co., NY

Children:

. Mason CORBIN, b. 1793/4, "unknown" or MA
. Benjamin CORBIN, b. ca. 1797
. Lyman J. CORBIN, b. 1 Oct 1797, NY
. Clark CORBIN, b. 1800, VT
. (Daughter A) CORBIN, b. 1790-1800; d. by 1810
. (Daughter B) CORBIN, b. 1804-1810

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 8; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1800 NY Otsego Co. Richfield Roll 25 p. 687 Ln. 12 Benjⁿ Corbin 40010-10010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

4 males 9 or under 1790-1800 = Clark (b. 1799/1800)
= Lyman (b. 1797)
= Benjamin (b. ca. 1797)
= Mason (b. 1793/4)

1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = Benjamin (b. 1763)

1 female 9 or under 1790-1800 = Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1755-1774 = Polly (b. 1774)

2. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1810 NY Otsego Co. Roll 34 p. 107 Ln. 25 B. Corbin 02201-10010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 10-15 1794-1800 = Clark (b. 1800)
= Lyman (b. 1797)
= Benjamin (b. ca. 1797)

2 males 16-25 1784-1794 = Mason (b. 1793/4)
= Amos (b. 1790)

1 male 45 or over by 1765 = Benjamin (b. 1763)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Daughter B

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Polly (b. 1774)

3. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 7; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 NY Otsego Co. Richfield Roll M33_74 p. 166 Ln. 7 Benj. Corbin 000201-01001-0-300

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 19-25* 1794-1801 = Clark (b. 1800)
= Lyman (b. 1797)

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Benjamin (b. 1763)

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = Daughter B

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Polly (b. 1774)

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, which means any individual in column three is duplicated in column four. So, for an accurate representation of the household, the number in column three should be subtracted from the number in column four. If, after the subtraction, any individuals remain in column four, then they have to be age 19-25, thus creating a "new," more precise age class.

4. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 22; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 NY Otsego Co. Richfield Roll 102 p. 12 Ln. 14 Benjamin Corvin 000 000 001 - 000 000 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 60-69 1770-1780 = Benjamin (b. 1763)

1 female 50-59 1780-1790 = Polly (b. 1774)

Benjamin and Polly are tallied in the wrong age classes, but there can be no doubt these are our subjects. Listed one line above Mason CORVIN.

5. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19-20 of 20; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 NY Otsego Co. Richfield Roll 327 pp. 95B-96A Ln. 23 Mason Corbin 011 000 100 100 - 000 200 100 100 0300000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = George (b. 1831/2)

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = Son A

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Mason (b. 1793/4)

1 male 70-89 1760-1770 = Benjamin (b. 1763)

2 females 15-19 1820-1825 = Mary (b. 1823/4)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Anna (b. 1797)

1 female 70-79 1760-1770 = Polly (b. 1774?)

3 persons employed in agriculture

My guess is Polly's age on her tombstone is wrong.

6. Cemeteries of the Town of Richfield, Otsego County, New York: Twilight Rest [Hilltop] Cemetery, Monticello (online at Katharine T. Perkins's web site):

Surname Given Name Row Num Birth Date Death Date Comments

Corbin Benjamin 28 6 1763 Feb 09, 1847 84y

Corbin Polly 28 7 1774 29, 1844 Wife of Benjamin Corbin

. Messages posted to the CORBIN Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

. Messages posted to the Corbin Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

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