Micajah CORBIN & Mary KELLY

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Micajah CORBIN
Mary KELLY

Husband: Micajah CORBIN
Birth: 1765, Baltimore Co., MD
Death: 29 Jan 1847, Cassville, Huntingdon Co., PA
Occupation: farmer
Father: Benjamin CORBIN
Mother: Sarah SIAS

Marriage:

Wife: Mary KELLY
Birth: 1774/5
Occupation: homemaker
Sister: Sarah KELLEY, b. 31 Mar 1763, Baltimore Co., MD; married Micajah's brother, Elijah CORBIN

Children:

— born in MD or PA:
1. (Son A) CORBIN, b. 1790-1800
2. (Daughter A) CORBIN, b. 1794-1800

— born in Huntingdon Co., PA:
3. Sarah CORBIN, b. 1797-1800
4. (Son B) CORBIN, b. 1801-4
. Abel W. CORBIN, b. 1804/5
5. (Son C) CORBIN, b. 1804-10
6. (Daughter B) CORBIN, b. 1804-10
7. Micajah CORBIN, Jr., b. 1815
8. (Daughter C) CORBIN, b. 1810-20
9. (Daughter D) CORBIN, b. 1810-20; d. by 1830

Abel is Son B or Son C.

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Maryland, Pennsylvania

Sources (n.b., Henderson Twp. was formed in 1814 from Huntingdon Twp.):

1. Letter, dated 19 Jun 1858, from Keziah (GREENLAND) SHANAFELT (click her link for a full transcription) of Clarion Co., PA, to her son, Thomas. Keziah is a granddaughter of Benjamin & Sarah (SIAS) CORBIN. The letter is in the possession of Laurel Shanafelt Powell of Colorado, and Lorinda Clendenon Greenland generously posted a transcription at her web site.

...Uncle Elijah and Mycajah married sisters, Sarah and Mary Kelly. They both died in Cassville...

2. 1790 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

3a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312). Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched).

1800 Corbin, Micajah PA Huntingdon Co. p. 137 20100-1001000

3b. 1800 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 3; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1800 PA Huntingdon Co. Springfield Twp. Roll 40 p. 137 Ln 32 Micajah Corbin 10010-20100-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1790-1800 = Son A

1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = Micajah (b. 1765)

2 females 9 or under 1790-1800 = Sarah (b. 1797-1800)
= Daughter A

1 female 16-25 1774-1784 = Mary (b. 1774/5)

Micajah is the only CORBIN head-of-household in the township.

3a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313): not found.

3b. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

4. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 6 — indexed "Muijah"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1820 PA Huntingdon Co. Henderson Twp. Roll 104 p. 71 Ln. 21 Mecijah Corbin 111101-21201-0-300

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = Micajah Jr. (b. 1815)

1 male 10-15 1804-1810 = Son C

1 male 16-18 1801-1804 = Son B

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Micajah (b. 1765)

2 females 9 or under 1810-1820 = Daughter D
= Daughter C

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = Daughter B

2 females 16-25 1794-1804 = Sarah (b. 1797-1800)
= Daughter A

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Mary (b. 1774/5)

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; therefore, any individual in column three is duplicated in column four.

5. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #85 of 86 — indexed "Michael Corban"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 PA Huntingdon Co. Henderson Twp. p. 137 Michage Corban 001 020 001 - 000 111 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-14 1815-1820 = Micajah Jr. (b. 1815)

2 males 20-29 1800-1810 = Son C
= Son B

1 male 60-69 1760-1770 = Micajah (b. 1765)

1 female 15-19 1810-1815 = Daughter C

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Daughter B

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Sarah (b. 1797-1800)

1 female 50-59 1770-1780 = Mary (b. 1774/5)

6. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 20; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1840 PA Huntingdon Co. Henderson Twp. Roll 462 pp. 206B-207A Ln 15 Micajah Corbin 000 010 001 - 000 000 001 0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = Son D

1 male 60-69 1770-1780 = Micajah (b. 1765)

1 female 60-69 1770-1780 = Mary (b. 1774/5)

2 persons engaged in agriculture

Micajah should be in the 70-79 age class. Listed next to son, Able W. CORBIN, who is listed next to Thomas DEAN.

7. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File. Says Micajah was born in 1765.

8. Broderbund. World Family Trees. Vol. 40, Pedigree No. 356.

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