Henry Corbin Gent. (abt. 1629 - 1676)

Born about 1629 in Hall End, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Eltonhead) Creyke — married before 24 May 1657 in Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1676 at about age 47 in Buckingham House, Middlesex County, Virginia

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Biography

Henry Corbin Gent. is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

Henry Corbin Gent. was a Virginia colonist.

Henry Corbin, progenitor of the Corbin family of Virginia^[1]

Henry Corbin was born about 1629^[2] in Warwickshire, England.^[3] His parents were Thomas Corbin, Esq. and his wife Winifred Grosvenor, daughter of Gawin Grosvenor of Sutton Coldfield, Warwick County, England and his wife Dorothy, daughter of George Pudsey, Esq.^[4] Their third son, Henry "of London, draper" was 25 years old when he immigrated to Virginia aboard the ship Charity, arriving in 1654 and settling at Middlesex County.^[2] He also took up lands in Lancaster and Westmoreland counties, Virginia. He finally settled at "Peckatone" in Westmoreland County.^{[citation needed]} "One Nicholas Jernew obtained a patent for Peekatone, in the county of Westmoreland, dated 18th October, 1650, which he transferred to Henry Corbin, who had another patent issued in his own name, dated 26th of March, 1664."^[5]

He married Alice Eltonhead (the widow of Rowland Burnham), daughter of Richard & Ann (Sutton) Eltonhead of Eltonhead, Lancaster County, England before April 5, 1658.^[2][6] They had three sons (Henry, Thomas, and Gawin), and five daughters (Letitia, Alice, Winifred, Ann, and Frances).^[2][3]

Henry Corbin was a Lancaster Burgess in 1659-60 and at the same time was collector of customs for his district, a member of the Council in 1663, and a justice in 1673.^[6]

Henry had certainly settled in Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, by 1657. Lancaster County taxed him based on his labor force, assessing him for for twelve tithables, 16 Dec 1657,^[7] for twenty tithables (his being the county's third largest labor force), 31 Oct 1658,^[8] for twenty-two tithables (fourth largest), 30 Nov 1659,^[9] and again for twenty-one tithables, 15 Nov 1660.^[10]

His labor force began to fall in the 1660s. Lancaster County assessed him, 22 Nov 1668, for 18 tithables on the county’s "southside,"^[11] i.e., the part of the county that was then south of the Rappahannock River.^[12]

Henry died testate January 8, 1675.^[2][3] His widow, Alice, married (3rd) Capt. Henry Creyke (or Creeke). Her will, dated March 23, 1684/5, was proved in King and Queen County, Virginia.^[2]

Upon the vast area of land which he patented, his sons and grandsons lived and established the great estates of "Farleyvale," "Laneville" and "Moss Neck." Upon Henry's death, Gawin became the head of the Virginia family of Corbins.^[3]

Children

Children of Henry Corbin and Alice (Eltonhead) Corbin:^[3]

1. Ann Corbin, married Col. William Tayloe^[2]
2. Henry Corbin,^[2] who died young
3. Thomas Corbin,^[2] who went to London
4. Gawin Corbin,^[2] married (first) Katharine Wormeley, (second) Miss Lane
5. Letitia Corbin, married Richard Lee, Esq.^[2]
6. Alice Corbin, married Philip Lightfoot^[2]
7. Winifred Corbin, married Col. Leroy Griffin^[2]
8. Frances Corbin, married Col. Edmund Jennings, Esq.^[2]

Will of Henry Corbin

Dated 25 July 1675^[13]

In the name of God Amen.

I Henry Corbin of Rappahannock River in Virginia, Gent. Being, blessed be God, in reasonable good health and of perfect memory make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following.

My Body I committ to ye earth, my Soule to God my Creator and to Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and Redeemer. My Worldly Estate I give as ffolloweth.

I give my most deare wife Alice Corbin all the plates, Jewelles, household goodes in her possession and on the plantation whereon I now Live, and all her Clothing and the forth part of all other my Estate in Virginia except ye Crops of Tobacco made on my severall plantations ye yeare of my death, and of the Crops yt yeare made I give her the full halfe of the neate Crops; and I give her the third part of my Land during her Life or shee may live (and it is my Will) on any plantation shee pleaseth During her life in full satisfaction of her Dower, and yt the Legacies by this given bee in full satisfaction of all Claimes or Demandes.

I give unto my Daughter Lettice five hundred Poundes; and two thousand acres of Land made over to her and her heires, the Money to be paid at her day of Mariage or yeare of one and Twenty, and out of the Interest of ye Money she to have Twenty poundes per annum till the money be paid her.

I give to my foure younger Daughters each of them foure hundred and fifty poundes a pece and fifty poundes a pece more, provided there bee of mine (in) England one thousand poundes betwixt my two sonnes. And I give each of my daughters fifteene a yeare a pece out of ye Interest of ye Money till the money bee paid them, and to each of my said Daughters I give one thousand acres of Land, being a Dividend of foure thousand acres adjoyning to my daughter Lettice or by pattent from the Lords proprietors, to enter upon it at the day of their marriage or one and twenty yeares to them and their heires, and the money to be paid them at ye same time and is in the handes of Mr. Gawin Corbin my Dear brother. I give unto my sonn Gawen Corbin my Land at Machotick and three hundred acres lying in Omen Creeke to him and his heires for ever. I give to my sonn Thomas Corbin all ye Rest of my Land in Virginia to him and his heires for ever.

I give to my two sonns Tho: and Gawen Corbin all the rest of my personall estate in England and Virginia viz. My sonn Thomas first to have two hundred pounds and then the residue to bee equally Devided betwixt them.

My will and meaning is yt my sonns estates be kept as intire as may be for there best use and advantage and Education, wch I desire may bee as good as there Estate will beare, and yt they injoy each there Land at one and twenty yeares and then ther personall estate to bee Devided by ther Guardians: and my desire is yt those I have appoynted there Guardians in England may have ye yearly produce of those Crops sent to them and all Tobacco Debts received and they supply there plantations with necessarys and kepe up such a number of servants as the Guardians heere and in England see fitt; and my desire is yt they in England send a yearly account to the Guardians heere and they heere to them that soe both may know what yearly there is belonging to my sonnes: and if ye Guardians heere find cause to Consigne to others I leave it to them, but desire there bee very Just cause, else to these I have appointed, my desire is my sonnes bee sent to England at____ yeares old at furthest.

I make my Dear wife and two sonnes sole executrix and executors of this my Last Will and doe constitute and appoynt in Virginia Mr. Henry Chichley, Thomas Ludwell Esq., Robert Smyth Esq., Col. Ludwell, Col. Spencer, Capt. Ralph Wormley, Major Jno Burneham, Major Richard Lee, Guardians, and my dear and loveing wife, and what any two or more of them shall thinke fitt to doe, my wife allways to bee one, shall bee vallued.

I appoynt in England Thomas Corbin Esq., and Mr. Gawen Corbin and in case of ther decease or either of them I joyne Mr. James Prescott and Mr. Henry Meese.

I give to every of the Guardians Twenty shillings a pece, and to ye Honorbl Sr. Will. Berkley and his Lady, by Lady Chichley and Cozin Wormely. This to bee my only and Last Will.

July ye 25: 1675 In Rappahannock River in Virginia

Henry Corbin.

My will and desire is yt soe much of ye money as I have in England as will pay my Daughters portions bee putt out to Interest in good handes that soe the Interest may goe towards ye maintinance of my children and bee ready to pay then when I die.

Henry Corbin Seale

Test:es Lawrence Smyth
Martha Love

The above copy is in the writing of Gawen Corbyn. Thomas Corbyn of Hall End added a note:

My Bro. Henry Corbins 2 Sonns Tho. and Gawen came to Hall End out of Virginia 20 Aug 1676. The Eldest being in Sep 1676, 8 year old, and the younger about 7 year old. Went to live wt my mother Septebr. 1, 1676 .

Research Notes

Birth/death: A merged profile had his birth as 1629, "Hall End", Warwick Co., England and death as 8 Jan 1675, "Buckingham House", Middlesex, England, citing the book The ancestors and descendants of Colonel David Funsten and his wife Susan Everard Meade.

Considering Henry's will is dated 25 July 1675, his death on 8 January 1675^[2][13] is "old style" (still the same year as his will was written, with the new year beginning in March). His death date in the datafield, therefore, is shown 8 January 1676.^[14]

Marriage: Richardson has their marriage as "April 5, 1658".^[2] Tyler says that the "date of this marriage has been given as July 5, 1645, but 1655 is evidently intended."^[6] Neither gives a location, but both say Henry came to Virginia in 1654. Wulfeck shows marriage date (no location) as 25 July 1656.^[15]

Alternative dates and locations from merged profiles:

• 25 July 1645, Lancaster County, Virginia
• 23 Sep 1679, Christ Church, Virginia
• 25 July 1656, Lancaster County, Virginia

Detached Profiles: Profiles of John Corbin and Thomas Corbin "IV" were detached as sons. No evidence was found to support a son named John. Henry & Alice had a son named Thomas (b c1668, died in England); Thomas (b c1658, died in Virginia) was moved to be Henry's nephew, son of his brother Thomas.

Sources

1. ↑ Corbin, Henry - A1814; born ca. 1629, died 8 January 1676, Lancaster Co.: 1660 (Burgess); 1663-75 (Councillor). accessed 16 September 2021
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15} 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), volume I, page 535, CORBIN #17 Henry Corbin
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Lomax, Edward Lloyd, Genealogy of the Virginia Family of Lomax, pp. 49-53. Rand, McNally & Company, 1913 - 79 pages. Accessed 2014-04-23, amb
4. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, volume I, pages 533-535 CORBIN.
5. ↑ "Old Churches Ministers, and Families of Virginia", Article LIX.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Volume 1, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Section III: "Colonial Councillors of State" p 128: Henry Corbin.
7. ↑ 1657 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 16 Dec 1657. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book, 1655-1666, pp. 40-44. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 30 Mar 2024. To see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
8. ↑ 1658 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 31 Oct 1658. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 60-64. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 24 Jan 2024. To see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
9. ↑ 1659 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 30 Nov 1659. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 100-105. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 25 Jan 2024. Visit Lancaster County Tax Records to see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces.
10. ↑ 1660 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 15 Nov 1660. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 131-132. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 10 Apr 2024. Visit Lancaster County Tax Records to see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces.
11. ↑ 1668 Assessment. Assessment, 22 Nov 1668. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1, 1666-1680, pp. 86-87. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 1 Jan 2024.
12. ↑ Lancaster County today lies entirely north of the Rappahannock River. Until 1669, in which year Middlesex County was formed, Lancaster County straddled the river, thus leading the assessors to differentiate between the county's north and south sides. Sources:
    1. Wikipedia contributors, "Lancaster County, Virginia," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed January 22, 2024).
    2. Wikipedia contributors, "Middlesex County, Virginia," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed January 22, 2024).
    3. Iberian Publishing Company's On-Line Catalog: The Growth of Virginia, 1634-1895 (1651-1660). Available online here.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Transcription from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul., 1921), published by The Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA. See pages 376-378. JSTOR: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4243833 (accessed 15 June 2019).
14. ↑ See WikiTree's help entry on old/new style dates
15. ↑ Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1986), volume 1, page 152 : see FamilySearch.

• COLONIAL VIRGINIA PORTRAITS CALLED HENRY CORBIN (1629-1675) Artist: UNKNOWN Date: ca. 1710-1730

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. Volume II, page 297 #20. Thomas Corbin; page 505 (Henry Corbin)
• Lomax, Edward Lloyd, Genealogy of the Virginia Family of Lomax, pp. 49-53. Rand, McNally & Company, 1913 - 79 pages. Accessed 2019-06-10
• Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, Volume 1, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Section III: "Colonial Councillors of State" p 128: Henry Corbin.

See also:

• Virginia County Records, VI, Lancaster County
  • Book No. 4, Original Source Page 212, Henry Corbyn, 1658, 800 acres
• Virginia County Records, VI, Rappahannock County
  • Book No. 4, Original Source Page 381, Henry Corbin, 1662, 4000 acres
  • Book No. 6, Original Source Page: 73, Henry Corbin, 1667, 350 acres
  • Book No. 6, Original Source Page 117, Henry Corbyn, 1667, 5776 acres
• Virginia County Records, IX [continued from Vol. VI], Rappahannock County
  • Book 6, p. 406, Col.. Hy. Corbin, 1672, 550 Acres
  • Book 6, p. 462, Henry Corbin, 1673, 1959 Acres
• Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 (Ancestry Online Publication)
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (Ancestry Online Publication)
• Christ Church Parish, Virginia Marriages, 1653-1812 (Ancestry Online Publication)

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed/approved 15 June 2019 by Noland-165.

Henry Corbin Gent. is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod (vol. I, pages 533-535 CORBIN). This profile was developed by the Magna Carta Project in 2015 as part of a badged trail to Surety Baron Robert de Ros and was later connected to project-approved trails to the Bigods, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy. The trails are set out below.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

Magna Carta Trails

Badged Richardson-documented trail to the Bigods (MCA I:533-535 CORBIN):

Gateway Ancestor Henry Corbin (badged/100% 5-star)

1. Henry is the son of Thomas Corbin (badged/100% 5-star)

2. Thomas is the son of Mary Faunt (badged/re-reviewed 21 Jan 2023)

3. Mary is the daughter of William Faunt (badged/re-reviewed 23 Jan 2023)

4. William is the son of William Faunt (badged/re-reviewed 25 jan 2023)

5. William is the son of Alice Clervaux (badged/re-reviewed 27 Jan 2023)

6. Alice is the daughter of Isabel Conyers (badged/re-reviewed 27 Jan 2023)

7. Isabel is the daughter of Robert Conyers (badged/100% 5-star)

8. Robert is the son of Elizabeth de Aton (badged/100% 5-star)

9. Elizabeth is the daughter of Isabel de Percy (badged/100% 5-star)

10. Isabel is the daughter of Idoine de Clifford (badged/100% 5-star)

11. Idoine is the daughter of Robert de Clifford (badged/100% 5-star)

12. Robert is the son of Isabel de Vipont (badged/100% 5-star)

13. Isabel is the daughter of Isabel FitzJohn (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Isabel is the daughter of Isabel le Bigod (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Isabel is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety Hugh le Bigod

16. Hugh is the son of Magna Carta Surety Roger Bigod

Badged trail to the Clares, Lacy and Quincy:

11. Idoine is the daughter of Maud de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)

12. Maud is the daughter of Thomas de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)

13. Thomas is the son of Richard de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Richard is the son of Magna Carta Surety Gilbert de Clare

15. Gilbert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Richard de Clare

13. Thomas de Clare is the son of Maud de Lacy (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Maud is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety John de Lacy

14. Maud de Lacy is the daughter of Margaret de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Margaret is the daughter of Robert de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Robert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Saher de Quincy

Badged trail to Ros (2015):

7. Isabel Conyers is the daughter of Isabel Pert (badged/100% 5-star)

8. Isabel is the daughter of Joan Scrope (badged/100% 5-star)

9. Joan is the daughter of Stephen Scrope (badged/100% 5-star)

10. Stephen is the son of Ivette de Ros (badged/100% 5-star)

11. Ivette is the daughter of William de Ros (badged/100% 5-star)

12. William is the son of William de Ros (badged/100% 5-star)

13. William is the son of Magna Carta Surety Robert de Ros