George Corbin (abt. 1543 - abt. 1636)

Born about 1543 in Halls End, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Faunt) Corbin — married about 1585 in England

Descendants

Died about 25 Sep 1636 at about age 93 in Warwickshire, England

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Biography

George was the son of George Corbin and Anne Reppington.^[1] He was born at Hall End, Warwickshire in about 1543 (he was said to be of age in 1564).^[2][3][4]

In 1564 George's father settled a cottage at Polesworth, Warwickshire on him.^[2][3][4]

He married Mary Faunt, daughter of William Faint and his second wife Jane Vincent.^[2][3] They had the following children:

• Henry,^[2][3] born in 1591 or 1592^[1][4]
• Anne, who was born in 1593 and married John Dawkins^[1][2][3][4]
• Thomas,^[2][3] born on 24 May 1594^[1][4]
• Jane, who married James Prescott^[1][2][3][4]

In 1609 George was jury foreman in an Inquisition relating to the claim of Robert Dudley (son of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester) to Kenilworth Castle.^[4]

Mary Faunt died in 1614.^[2][3] George survived her, dying on 26 September 1636:^[1][4] he was buried at Kingswinford, Staffordshire.^[1][2][3]

Acknowledgements

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} 'The Corbin Family' in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 28, 1920, p. 282, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} 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, p. 534, CORBIN 15, Google Books
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, p. 297, CORBIN 18-20
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} William D Ligon. The Madresfield Muniments, 1929, p. 52-53, Familysearch (images 57-58)