1.  Marriage Record:

2.  Godfrey Memorial Library, compiler.  1999.  American Genealogical-Biographical Index.  Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT (online at Ancestry.com):

Name:	Mathuel Corbin
Birth Date :	1750
Birth Place:	North Carolina
Volume | Page:	34 | 312
Reference:	Heads of fams. at the first U.S. census. NC. By U.S. bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (2920.): 61.

Where did he get the Birth Date of 1750?  If it's correct, then the Mathuel CORBIN in the 1790 census has to be a son, not the father.

3.  Census Index:  Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310):•

1786 State Census

NC

Halifax Co.

District #2

p. 2

Mathuel Corbin

4.  1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 22; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1790

NC

Halifax Co.

Roll M637_7

p. 446

Ln. 10

Mathuel Corbin

1-2-5-0-0-10?

These data indicate:

Gender and Type	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 free white male	16 or over	in or bef. 1774	= Mathuel
2 free white males	15 or under	1774-1790	= Son A = Son B
5 free white females	all ages	in or bef. 1790	= Wife = Daughter A = Daughter B = Daughter C = Daughter D

Is this Mathuel the father or a son of Mathuel?  Our subject is very old to still be alive and especially to have such young children.  On other records, the sixth column is the sum of the first five; in this case, I can't actually read the second digit in the sixth column, but it could be "0."  They are indexed as being in Edgecombe Twp., but I see nothing on the pages to indicate township, and all the Halifax records are in one group (i.e., no other townships or towns are given).  Listed four lines from William CORBIN.  Also in Halifax County: Charnel CORBIN.

5.  Ancestors of Warren Graham Trest (online at freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~trest/a1.htm).

6.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service (online at FamilySearch.org).  The databases there consider "Mathuel" to be a cognate of Michael.