Peter Corbin (1731 - aft. 1790)

Born 28 Jul 1731 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1790 after age 58 in Pawling, Dutchess, New York, United States [uncertain]

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This is the profile of Peter Corbin of Dutchess County NY.

Biography

Peter Corbin was born in 1731 in Ashford, Conn., the son of Thomas and Sarah Corbin.^[1]

He appears in Pawling, Dutchess County, New York, as head of household in the 1790 US Census with a household consisting of one male over sixteen, one male under sixteen, and two females.^[2]

Research Notes

Disambiguation

This Peter Corbin is often conflated in on-line genealogies with at least three other Peter Corbins:

1. Peter Corbin (c1740s–aft. 1776) of Orangeburgh District, Province of South Carolina, who was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1776.^[3]
2. Peter Corbin (1745–1782) of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Colony of Virginia, son of William and Sarah, who married Easter/Esther Holdway/Holdaway^[3]
3. Peter Corbin (1749–1794) of Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina, who left a Wlll dated 1794.^[3]

Vital Statistics

This Peter Corbin may have lived from 1731–1790.^{[citation needed]}

An alternate birth year of 1749 is unlikely if he had children born in 1757 and 1765.^{[citation needed]}

The wife of Peter Corbin is unknown.

He is said to have married Elizabeth Seawright. But, this "couple" is a conflation of this Peter Corbin with the Peter Corbin of Orangeburgh District, Province of South Carolina, in what appears to be a mis-interpretation of an entry in the Appendix of Harvey Lawson's 1905 book, The Descents of Clement Corbin of Muddy River.^[4]

DNA

He is said to be a descendant of Clement Corbin, whose patrilineal descendants may be Y-DNA haplogroup G2a.^[5][6] Note: This Peter Corbin does not seem to appear in the Lawson book.

Other Claims

• Peter Corbin came in Company with an Irish family named Seabright and married into that family.^{[citation needed]}

• A Peter Corbin resided at Pawling, Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1777, where he was taxed for ₤660. (Tax-rates of Dutchess Co., 1777, in N. Y. State Library.)^{[citation needed]}

• There is a tradition that the ancestors of this line of Corbin's ( i. e., of Peter ) were originally Russians and came from Russia to England about 1600.^{[citation needed]}

• From Virginia M. Barry:^{[citation needed]}

Peter Corbin, Sr. was born about. 1749 in New York. He married Elizabeth Seabright.

Children:

i. Elizabeth.

ii. Hannah.

iii. Job, maried Unknown Ferris, Rensselaer County, New York.

iv. Peter, married Amy Ferris, Rensselaer County, New York.

v. David, born 11 September 1757, Dutchess County, New York; died 01 September 1846, Eden, Erie Co., New York.

vi. Warren, born 1765, Dutchess County, New York; died 1832, Grand Isle, Grand Isle Co., Vermont.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74N-W86 : 7 January 2020), Peter Corbin, 1731.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKP-S6F : accessed 7 August 2020), Peter Corbin, Pawling, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing p. 40, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Peter and Elizabeth Corbin of Pendleton, SC, Diana, Goddess of the Hunt — for Ancestors!, accessed 12 Jan 2022.
4. ↑ Peter and Mrs. ? Corbin of Dutchess County, NY, Diana, Goddess of the Hunt — for Ancestors!, accessed 12 Jan 2022.
5. ↑ Haplogroup G-Z27567 — New England: Muddy River, Diana, Goddess of the Hunt — for Ancestors!, accessed 12 Jan 2022.
6. ↑ Rev. Harvey M. Lawson, Ph.B., B.D., History and Genealogy of the Descendants of Clement Corbin of Muddy River (Brookline), Mass. and Woodstock, Conn. with Notices of Other Lines of Corbins (Hartford, Connecticut: Hart Press, The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905); digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00lawsgoog/page/n5/mode/1up).

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bill Rankin for creating WikiTree profile Corbin-561 through the import of James Rankin to Me.ged on Sep 10, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Bill and others.