| Sources (n.b., Middlesex Co. was
formed in 1669 from Lancaster Co.):
1. Robert K. Headley, Jr.. c2003. Married Well
and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800: Marriages
and Marriage references for the Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland,
Old Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland. Genealogical Publ.
Co., Baltimore, MD (online at Ancestry.com):
Chap. B,
p. 88 |
CORBIN, Henry & BURNHAM, Alice (wid.);
bet. Mar 1656 - 5 Apr 1658; groom was born at Hall End, Warwickshire, Eng.
in 1629, the 3rd son of Thos. CORBIN; bride was a dau. of Rich.
& Ann (SUTTON) ELTONHEAD and the wid. of Rowland BURNHAM
(d. LC late 1655 or early 1656); she mar. (3) Capt. Hen. CREEK;
(LC DW 2:46, 150; Corbin: 374,376,378) |
2. Douglas Richardson. 2005. Magna Carta Ancestry:
A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Genealogial Publ.
Co., Baltimore, MD:
| p. 230 |
Child of Thomas Corbin, Esq., by
Winifred Grosvenor:
i. HENRY CORBIN, of London, draper, 3rd son, born about 1629
(aged 25 in 1654). He immigrated to Virginia in the ship Charity
in 1654; where he settled at Middlesex County, Virginia. He married
before 5 Apr 1658 ALICE ELTONHEAD, widow of Rowland Burnham (will
proved 14 Jan. 1656/7), of York and Lancaster Counties, Virginia [see ELTONHEAD
16.v for issue of this marriage], and daughter of Richard Eltonhead, Gent.,
of Eltonhead (in Prescot), Lancashire, by Anne, Daughter of Edward Sutton,
Gent. [see ELTONHEAD 16 for her ancestry]. They had three sons, Henry,
Thomas, and Gawin, and five daughters, Letitia (wife of Richaard Lee, Esq.),
Alice (wife of Philip Lightfoot), Winifred (wife of [Col.] Leroy Griffing),
Ann (wife of [Col.] William Tayloe), and Frances (wife of Edmund Jennings,
Esq.) [see JENNINGS 18]. HENRY CORBIN died testate 8 Jan. 1675.
His widow, Alice, married (3rd) before 22 April 1677 [Capt.]
Henry Creyke (or Creeke) (will proved 6 Oct. 1684), of Middlesex County,
Virginia. They had no issue. She left a will dated 23 Mar 1684/5,
proved in King and Queen's County, Virginia.
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Dugdale Vis. of Lancaster 1664-5 1 (Chetham Soc. 84) (1872):
103 (Eltonhead pedigree: "Alice [Eltonhead], wife of
Durnham.").
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Hayden Virginia Gens. (1891): 221-290.
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King & Dugdale Staffordshire Peds. Based on the Vis. of that
County 1663-4 & 1680-1700 (H.S.P. 63) (1912): 58 (Corbin pedigree:
"Henry [Corbin].").
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VMHB 28 (1920): 281-283, 370-373; 29 (1921): 374-382, 520-526.
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Ligon Madresfield Muniments (1929): 50-59.
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Lee Abs. of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800 (1959):
30.
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Hopkins Middlex County, Virginia Wills & Invs. 1673-1812
(1989): 282.
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Sparacio & Sparacio Virginia County Court Recs.: Deed &
Will Abs. of Lancaster County, Virginia 1654-1661 (1991): 22-24, 78.
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Sparacio & Sparacio Virginia County Court Recs.: Order Book
Abs. of Middlesex County, Virginia 1680-1686 (1994): 76-77.
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3. National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth
of Virginia. 1897. Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex
County, Virginia, from 1653 to 1812. Richmond, VA (online at
Ancestry.com):
| Name: |
Lettice Corbin |
Alice Corbin |
Winifrid Corbin |
Ann |
Henry |
| Relationship: |
Daughter |
Daughter |
daughter |
Daughter |
Sone |
| Parents: |
Henry Corbin Esqr |
Henry Corbin Esqr |
Henry Corbin
Alice Corbin |
Henry Corbin
Alice Corbin |
Henry Corbin
Alice Corbin |
| Birth
Date: |
25 - 1657 |
14 Feb 1660 |
03 Nov - |
09 Feb 1664 |
12 Feb 1667 |
| Baptism
Date: |
25 - 1657 |
|
12 Apr 1662 |
29 Feb 1664 |
22 Mar 1667 |
| Comment: |
|
was borne half an houre after five o'clock in the
evening |
borne at 12 a Clock, at night |
|
At one a Clock in the Morning and was Christened
on Easter Tuesday |
4. William Armstrong Crozier. 1908. Virginia Heraldica,
Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armour, with Genealogical
Notes of the Families. Richmond, VA (online at Ancestry.com):
| Name: |
Corbin |
| Location: |
King and Queen County |
| Notes: |
Arms: Sable on a chief or three ravens
ppr.
Thomas Corbin of Hall End, Warwickshire, born 24 May, 1594,
died June, 1637, buried at Kingswinford; married in 1620, Winifred,
daughter of Gawin Grosvenor of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
Their third son, Henry Corbin, born in 1629, came to Virginia in
1654,
and died 8 Jan., 1675. He first settled in Stratton Major Parish,
King and Queen county, but also owned land in Lancaster, Westmoreland and
Middlesex. He was Burgess for Lancaster in 1659, Justice for Middlesex
in 1673, and Member of the Council in 1663. He married 25 July, 1645,
Alice
Eltonhead, daughter of Richard Eltonhead of Lancashire, England.
His son, Gawin Corbin, was Burgess in 1700, 1702, 1718 and 1736,
and also member of the Council. He died 1 Jan., 1745 |
Henry could not have married Alice until after the death of her first husband
in 1656/7; Crozier may be the originator of this oft-repeated error.
5. Stella Pickett Hardy. 1911. Colonial Families
of the Southern States of America. T.A. Wright, New York, NY
(republished 1958, Southern Book Co., Baltimore, MD; republished 1965,
Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD).
| Please note that someone has made handwritten corrections
and annotations to this copy of Hardy's book. I've included these
annotations highlighting them in red.
These notations should not be attributed to Hardy; just consider them to
be from an unknown secondary source. |
| p. 172 |
183. HENRY CORBIN, the third son of Thomas
and Winifred (Grosvenor) Corbin, of "Hall End," was the progenitor
of the Corbins in Virginia.
HON. HENRY CORBIN, (183), of "Buckingham House," Middlesex
Co., Va., b. 1629, at "Hall End," Warwick Co., England; d. Jan. 28,
1676, at Buckingham House, Middlesex Co., Va. He came to the Colony
in in 16504 in the ship
Charity, resided first in the parish of Stratton Major,
King and Queen Co. (this parish was named by the Corbins after their old
home in the town of Stratton, Cornwall Co., England), resided after at
"Buckingham House," and it is here that the ruins of an old Chapel, said
to have been attached to his residence, are still visible; Bishop Meade
speaks of him as being the first registrar of the parish in Middlesex Co.,
in 1663 (these old vestry books show that the Hon. Henry Corbin was registrar
from 1663 to 1667, and that he gave back records to 1657, and that the
Corbins gave largely of land and plate to the Established Church); he was
one of the Vestry appointed to write to England for a minister for the
parish; he was an influential member of the King's Council,1663
a Burgess from Lancaster Co., 1657, '59, '60 (Lancaster Co. embraced for
about twenty years the territory that was formed into Middlesex, so prior
to its formation, Hon. Henry Corbin was of the former Co.); his portrait,
by an eminent artist, in his robes of Office as Councilor of State of the
Commonwealth of England, is still preserved in the family, at "Mount Airy,"
Richmond Co., Va., the home of the Tayloes. He made will July 25,
16??56
1675 and left large estates in England and Virginia.
He m. July 25, 164556,
in EnglandLancaster Cove,
Alice EltonheadBurnham,
dau. of Richard and Ann (Sutton) Eltonhead, of "Eltonhead," Lancaster Co.,
England. & wid. of Rowland Burnham. She
m. 3rd. Capt. Henry Criyke Issue:
1915.
Henry, b. 164666
in England; d. in infancy.
1926.
Thomas, of London, England, b. 164868,
in England; d. unm. after 1732 d. 11-4-1736
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| p. 173 |
1937.
GAWIN, b. 16691669;
of whom later.
1948.
Frances, b. 165371;
m. Hon. Edmund Jennings, of "Ripon Hall," York Co., Va., son of Sir Edward
and Margaret (Burkham) Jennings, of Ripon, York Co., England, and had issue.
(See Jennings lineage.)
1951.
Letitia, b. 1657; d. Oct. 6, 1706; m.1694Col.
Richard Lee, of "Mount Pleasant," Westmoreland Co., Va., the progenitor
of the "Stratford" Lees, son of Col. Richard and Ann ___ Lee. (See Lee
lineage.)
1962.
Alice, b. Feb 14, 1660; m. Sept. 28, 1679, Hon. Philip Lightfoot, of Taddington
Gloucester Co., Va., the progenitor of the "Tedington," Lightfoots, son
of Hon. John and Elizabeth (Philips) Lightfoot, of "Grays Inn," Middlesex
Co., England. (See Lightfoot lineage.)
1973.
Winifred, b. Nov. 3, 1662; d. 1709; m. Col. LeRoy Griffin, of Northumberland
Co., Va.; he was in the Colony as early as 1675; he served as Justice of
the Rappahannock, 1680-95; and had issue.
1984.
Ann, b. Feb. 9, 1664; d. 1694; m. 1685, Hon. William Taylor, of Lancaster
and Richmond Co.'s, Va., the progenitor of the "Mount Airy," Tayloes. (See
Tayloe lineage.)...
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6. Anon. 1915. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography.
Vol. III. Richmond, VA (online at Ancestry.com):
III--Colonial Councillors of State
Name: Henry Corbin
was a member of an ancient family in the counties of Stafford and
Warwick in England, and the son of Thomas Corbin of Hall End, Warwickshire,
and his wife Winifred, daughter of Gawin Grosvenor of Sutton
Colfield in the same county. Henry Corbin was born, according to
a deposition, about 1629, and came to Virginia in 1654. There is
an old family tradition which his residence in England makes probable,
that he assisted Charles II. in his escape after Worcester. Upon
his arrival in Virginia, Corbin seems to have at once settled in
that part of Lancaster county that is now Middlesex, and to have made his
home there through life. Upon June 5, 1657, the governor and council
directed that Henry Corbin should be of the quorum in the court
of Lancaster. He remained a justice of Lancaster until the formation
of Middlesex, and then became a member of the court of the new county.
He was a burgess from Lancaster in 1659 and 1660, and at the same time
was collector of customs for his district. He was a councillor in
1663, in which year he was appointed one of the commissioners on the part
of Virginia to treat with Maryland with regard to the cessation of tobacco
culture. He was frequently present at the meetings of the council
until his death, Jan. 8, 1676. Col. Henry Corbin acquired
a great landed estate, his chief residence being "Buckingham House" in
Middlesex county. He married Alice, daughter of Richard
Eltonhead, of Eltonhead, Lancashire, and widow of Rowland Burnham
of Middlesex, Virginia. The date of this marriage
has been given as July 5, 1645, but 1655 is evidently intended.
He has many descendants in Virginia and the south. |
7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). |