Edward Corbin (abt. 1686 - bef. 1768)

Born about 1686 in Baltimore County, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Wilkinson) Corbin — married before 1707 in Baltimore County, Maryland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1768 before about age 82 in Baltimore County, Maryland [uncertain]

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Biography

Edward Corbin was born about 1685 in Baltimore County, Maryland, the son of Nicholas Corbin and Alice Bryen. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Edward married Jane Wilkinson before 1707, based on the birth of their first known child.^[5] They are believed to have had eight children, including:

Nicholas Z Corbin

Jane Corbin

Edward Corbin

Edward died between 1758 and 1768 (see Research Notes).

Research Notes

Many sources say he was born ca. 1676-8, but he did not appear on the tax rolls until 1701, which puts his birthdate closer to 1685. The later date makes more sense if his marriage to Jane was his first marriage. It also makes more sense with regard to his age at death, which would have been about 100 years old with the earlier birth date.

Some sources have Edward's death date as 30 Nov 1770, but this is the date the will of an Edward Corbin (probably his son) was proved in Baltimore County. However, that testator's wife was named Mary, and his children were John, Edward Jr., Eliakim, Rachel, Leah, and Mary. Only two Edward Corbin's (Edward and Edward Junr.) signed the Joppa Petition in 1768, and it was almost certainly the Edward who died in 1770 and his son who signed, which means our subject had already passed away. This view is also supported by the fact that the Edward who signed his 1770 will called himself "Edwd. Corbin Sr.," which presumably he would not have done were his father still alive.^[6]

Edwin was born about 1685. He passed away before 1768.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S145550989
2. ↑ Source: #S145550990
3. ↑ Source: #S145550991
4. ↑ Source: #S145550992 citing Source number: 24012.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2; marriage of Edward Corbin and Jane Wilkinson
5. ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (online database, Ancestry.com, accessed 8 Mar 2024), citing Source number: 24012.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2; marriage of Edward Corbin and Jane Wilkinson.
6. ↑ Diana Gale Matthiesen, Diana, Goddess of the Hunt — for Ancestors! (online, accessed 8 March 2024), page for Edward CORBIN, Sr. and Jane WILKINSON.

• Source S145550989 Family Data Collection - Births: Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.
• Source S145550990 Family Data Collection - Individual Records: Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
• Source S145550991 Family Data Collection - Deaths: Author: Edmund West, comp.: Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.
• Source S145550992 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Author: Yates Publishing: Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.

Additional Sources

1. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: International Genealogical Index (IGI).

Abraham CORBAN

Birth: 7 Sep 1722, St. Paul Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

Father: Edward CORBAN; Mother: Jane

Source: Parish Registers, 1710-1837, St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore City, MD (originals at the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore).

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

1701 Corben, Edward MD Baltimore Co. N Side Patapsco Hu

1702 Carbin, Edward MD Baltimore Co. N Side Patapsco Hu

1703 Corbin, Edward MD Baltimore Co. N Side Patapsco Hu

1704 Tax List Corbin, Edward MD Baltimore Co. S Side Back River

1705 Tax List Corbin, Edward MD Baltimore Co. N Side Patapsco

1706 Tax List Corbin, Edward MD Baltimore Co. N Side Patapsco

His brother, Nicholas, is also on the rolls.

3a. John Davis. 1996. Baltimore County, Maryland, Deed Records, Volume One: 1659-1737. Heritage Books, Bowie, MD.

p. 246 6 Sep 1716, Edward & Jane Corbin, planter, of Baltimore Co., Maryland, to John Bowen, planter, of same, 100 acres. Signed Edward (x) Corbin. Wit: J. Hinton and Catharine (x) Gainer.

p. 274 22 Mar 1722, Edward & Jane Corbass, planter, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Thamar Wilkinson, widow, of same, 5000 pounds of tobacco, 425 acres and 50 acres...Owens creek. Signed Edward (x) Corbass and Jane (x) Corbass. Wit: John Prewl, Charles (x) Merryman, Jacob Cox, Luke Raven and John Israel.

The transcriber has obviously misread the "n" in Corbin as "ss."

3b. John Davis. 1996. Baltimore County, Maryland, Deed Records, Volume Two: 1727-1757. Heritage Books, Bowie, MD.

p. 73 10 Sep 1737, Edward & Jane Corbin, planter, of Baltimore Co., Maryland, to Thomas Sligh, planter, of same, £50, 50 acres of 200 acres... Bare creek...patented 6 Jul 1680 by Nicholas Corbin who devised to said Edward. Signed Edward (x) Corbin. Wit: Philip Jones Jr. and John Sheredine.

p. 74 10 Sep 1737, Thomas & Sophia Sligh, merchant, of Baltimore Co., Maryland, to Edward Corbin, of same, £50, 100 acres. Signed Thomas Sligh and Sophia Sligh. Wit: Philip Jones Jr. and J. Sheredine.

p. 263 10 Apr 1747, Edward & Jane Corbin of Baltimore Co., Maryland, to their son, William Wilkinson Corbin of same for love and affection, 58 acres... south side of the great falls of Gunpowder River. Signed Edward (x) Corbin and Jane (x) Corbin. Wit: William Rogers and Williams Worthington Jr.

p. 294 4 Jan 1749, Edward & Jane Corbin of Baltimore Co., Maryland, to Thomas Sligh of same, £30, 100 acres. Signed Edward (x) Corbin. Wit: Edward (x) Corbin Jr.

4 Jan 1749, Edward & Jane Corbin of Baltimore Co., Maryland, to Edward Corbin Jr. of same, £20, 50 acres... south side of the great falls of Gunpowder River. Signed Edward (x) Corbin and Jane (x) Corbin. Wit: Thomas Sheredine and Thomas Sligh.

3c. John Davis. 1996. Baltimore County, Maryland, Deed Records, Volume Three: 1755-1767. Heritage Books, Bowie, MD.

p. 74 22 May 17, Edward & Jane Corban, planter, of Baltimore Co., Maryland, to Robert Wilkinson (son and heir of Thomas Wilkinson) of same, good deed on 425 acres and 50 acres. Signed Edward (x) Corban and Jane (x) Corban. Wit: Nicholas Ruxton Gay and William Rogers.

4. Robert W. Barnes. 1989. Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (Broderbund CD-195):

p. 134 CORBIN, EDWARD (3), s. of Nicholas (1), was first listed as a taxable in 1701, placing his birth date as c. 1685; alive in 1750; m. Jane, dau. of William Wilkinson some time prior to 1716; Sept. 1716 Edward Corbin and w. Jane sold John Bowen pt. of Corcell Hill and on the same day John and Mary Bowen sold Corbin pt. of Jones' (or Jonas') Range; in March 1722 Edward and Jane conv. widow Tamer Wilkinson 425 a. Land Is All and 50 a. Wilkinson's Spring; in Sept. 1737 they sold Thomas Sligh pt Corbin's Rest, which Edward said he had inher. from his father; in 1750 owned 100 a. Cumberland; in May 1758 Edward and Jane conv. land to Robert Wilkinson previously conv. to his mother in March 1722 (this was done to clear up any question of title); had iss.: NICHOLAS (named in the will of John Barrett in June 1717); poss. EDWARD; poss. WILLIAM WILKINSON; ABRAHAM, b. 7 Sept. 1722; PHYLIS-ANNA, b. 12 May 1725; PROVIDENCE, b. 26 June 1727; UNITY, b. 2 March 1730...

CORBIN, EDWARD (4), s. of Edward (3) and Jane, may be the Edward who d. leaving a will, 14 July 1770 - 30 Nov. 1770, naming a w. Mary and six ch.: EDWARD, b. 11 April 1746; ELIAKIM; MARY; JOHN; RACHEL; and LEAH...

p. 135 CORBIN, ABRAHAM (5), s. of Edward (3) and Jane, b. 7 Sept. 1722 in St. Pauls Par., d. c. 1798; prob. the Abraham who m. Rachel Marshall on 4 Dec. 1766; had iss.: ABRAHAM; THOMAS; NICHOLAS, by June 1805 was in Bourbon Co., Ky., when as one of the heirs of Abraham Corbin, dec., he sold pt. The Valley of Jehosophat to Joshua Marsh; NATHAN; SARAH, m. Thomas Marsh, Jr.; ELEANOR, m. Beale Marsh...

CORBIN, PROVIDENCE (6), dau. of Edward (3) and Jane, b. 26 June 1727, m. Henry Peregoy on 14 Jan. 1745...

CORBIN, UNITY (7), dau. of Edward (3) and Jane, b. 2 March 1730, m. Robert Green on 21 or 25 Sept. 1745...

Edward is obviously alive in 1758, not just 1750. Barnes makes a lot of mistakes in regard to dates. There is no mention of a daughter, Mary Jane. Thomas SLIGH is Edward's brother-in-law. I can't figure why Barnes put Edward as "possibly" a son, then lists him immediately afterwards as a son. Is there any doubt that he is a son? Nor can I figure why he lists William Wilkinson as "possibly" a son when a deed (see above) clearly shows him to be their son. Ditto for Edward.

5. Broderbund. World Family Trees. Vol. 40, Pedigree No. 356. Has additional daughter, Mary Jane, married to Samuel LANE, but this is a different Mary.

6. Mrs. H. K. McAdams. 1929. Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records. Lexington, KY (online at HeritageQuest at Genealogy.com):

p. 81 MARYLAND CORBIN FAMILY (Furnished by Mrs. Effie S. Honson, of Ventura, California, to Mrs. J. W. Marr, Lexington, Ky.)

NICHOLAS CORBIN — Came to Baltimore Co., Md. in 1671. (Authority, "Early Maryland Settlers List." "Annapolis land office records. Vol. XVI., page 533." Alice, wife of Nicholas Corbin, 2nd., mar. John Barrot. (Annapolis Md. Inventories and Accounts, XX, page 47). Children of Nicholas and Alice Corbin, ::1, Elizabeth (mr. Roberts); 2. Mary (mar. Gostwick); 3, Edward (mar. Jane Wilkinson, a daughter of Wm Wilkinson, 1718). Children of Edward and Jane Corbin: 1, Nicholas; 2, William Wilkinson Corbin, died; 3, Abraham Corbin; 4, Phyllis Anna Corbin; 5, Providence Corbin; 6, Unity Corbin; 7, Edward Corbin, Jr...

Nicholas made the crossing with his first wife, Elizabeth, and daughters Elizabeth and Mary, so Alice was not their mother. Alice does appear to have been Edward's mother.

• Source Information

Ancestry.com. Maryland, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Maryland Census, 1772-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.