Clement CORBIN I & Dorcas BUCKMASTER

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Clement CORBIN I
Dorcas BUCKMASTER

NOTICE: A descendant of our subject is participating in the CORBIN Y-chromosome DNA Surname Project. His test results reveal a close genetic match to Philip CORBIN of Danbury, CT. While there can be no doubt the two have a recent common ancestor, the paper genealogy of both needs further documentation to establish just how they are related.

Husband: Clement CORBIN I
Birth: 1626, England or Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA
Death: 1 Aug 1696, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT
Disposition: buried "Old Cemetery," Woodstock Hill, Windham Co., CT
Y-DNA Haplogroup: G2a

His parents are said to be:
Father: John CORBIN
Mother: Margaret __?__

It is also said by some that his parents are specifically this couple:
Father: John CORBIN
Mother: Christiana or Margaret HOLLAND

I don't know which, if either, is correct.

Marriage: 7 Mar 1654/5

Wife: Dorcas BUCKMASTER
Birth: 1629, Semperingham, Lincolnshire, England
Death: 21 Jan 1721/2, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT
Disposition: buried "Old Cemetery," Woodstock Hill, Windham Co., CT
Father: Thomas BUCKMINSTER / BUCKMASTER
Mother: Margaret COSSEN

Children — Muddy River [now Brookline], Norfolk Co., MA:

1. Thomas CORBIN, b. ca. 1656; bap. 6 Apr 1662, First Church, Boston
2. Mary CORBIN, b. ca. 1658; bap. 6 Apr 1662, First Church, Boston
3. John CORBIN, b. ca. 1660; bap. 6 Apr 1662, First Church, Boston
4. James CORBIN, b. 31 Mar 1665, Boston
5. Jabez CORBIN, bap. 23 Feb 1667/8, Roxbury Church
6. Dorcas CORBIN, bap. 13 Nov 1670, Roxbury Church; apparently d. by 1696
7. Joanna / Hannah CORBIN, bap. 9 Feb 1672/3, Roxbury Church; d. 6 Oct 1686
8. Margaret CORBIN, bap. 21 Mar 1675/6, Roxbury Church

Keywords for search engines: UK, United Kingdom, GBR, Great Britain; USA, US, United States, Connecticut, Maassachusetts

Sources:

1. Clarence Almon Torry. 1985. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA (reprinted 1997, Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD; n.b., Torry is a "tertiary" source, that is, a compilation of published secondary sources, which may or may not have relied on original records):

p. 183 CORBIN, Clement (1626- ) & Dorcas BUCKMASTER (1629-1722); 7 Mar 1654/5; Boston/?Dorchester/Roxbury/Woodstock, CT

Locations are known residences of Clement, ending with his place of death.

2. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Clement CORBIN
Birth: 1626, Fordington, Dorchester, Dorset, England
Death: 01 Aug 1696, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut
Burial: Old Cemetery, Woodstock Hill
Father: John CORBIN; Mother: [Christiana?] Margaret HOLLAND
Marriage: 07 Mar 1655, Muddy River, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Spouse: Dorcas BUCKMINSTER or BUCKMASTER
Birth: 1630, of Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut
Death: 21 Jan1722, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut
Father: Thomas BUCKMINSTER or BUCKMASTER; Mother: Joanna
Source: patron submissions

3. 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).

4. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

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

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

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