Gawin Corbin (1633 - 1709)

Born 1633 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England

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Died 25 Feb 1709 at about age 76 in Yelverton, Norfolk, England

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Biography

Gawin was the son of Thomas Corbin and Winifred Grosvenor.^[1][2][3][4] He was named in his father's Will.^[5] He was born in 1633.^[6]

Gawin was a member of the Leathersellers Company, one of the Livery Companies of London. He became a merchant with close Viriginia connections: he was a financial agent for the colony in London and Deputy Treasurer in 1678.^[6]

Gawin married Grace Smith of Derby.^[6] They had the following children:

• Thomas, who died unmarried at age 31^[6]
• Mary, who married Sir Richard Leving of Pewick, Derbyshire^[6]
• Lettice, who married Richard Brough of London^[6]
• Felicia, who married Thomas Rant of Yelverton, Norfolk^[6]

George died at Yelverton, Norfolk, on 25 february 1709 (possibly 1709/10).^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ George J Armytage and W Harry Rylands (eds.). Staffordshire Pedigrees based on the Visitation of that County... in the years 1663-1664, Harleian Society, 1912, p. 58, Internet Archive
2. ↑ 'The Corbin Family' in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 28, 1920, pp. 282-283, Internet Archive
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. I, pp. 534-535, CORBIN 16
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Volume II, p 297, CORBIN 20
5. ↑ 'The Corbin Family (continued)' in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 29, 1921, pp. 124-125, Internet Archive
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7} William D Ligon. The Madresfield Muniments, 1929, p. 57, Familysearch (image 61)