Hon. Henry CORBIN

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography. HENRY CORBIN, of London, draper, 3rd son, born about 1629 (aged 25 in 1654). He immigrated to Virginia in the ship Charity in 1654; where he settled at Middlesex County, Virginia. He married before 5 Apr 1658 ALICE ELTONHEAD, widow of Rowland Burnham (will proved 14 Jan. 1656/7), of York and Lancaster Counties, Virginia [see ELTONHEAD 16.v for issue of this marriage], and daughter of Richard Eltonhead, Gent., of Eltonhead (in Prescot), Lancashire, by Anne, Daughter of Edward Sutton, Gent. [see ELTONHEAD 16 for her ancestry]. They had three sons, Henry, Thomas, and Gawin, and five daughters, Letitia (wife of Richaard Lee, Esq.), Alice (wife of Philip Lightfoot), Winifred (wife of [Col.] Leroy Griffing), Ann (wife of [Col.] William Tayloe), and Frances (wife of Edmund Jennings, Esq.) [see JENNINGS 18]. HENRY CORBIN died testate 8 Jan. 1675. His widow, Alice, married (3^rd) before 22 April 1677 [Capt.] Henry Creyke (or Creeke) (will proved 6 Oct. 1684), of Middlesex County, Virginia. They had no issue. She left a will dated 23 Mar 1684/5, proved in King and Queen's County, Virginia.

[Douglas Richardson. 2005. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Genealogial Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD, p. 230

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• Biography. Arms: Sable on a chief or three ravens ppr.

Thomas Corbin of Hall End, Warwickshire, born 24 May, 1594, died June, 1637, buried at Kingswinford; married in 1620, Winifred, daughter of Gawin Grosvenor of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Their third son, Henry Corbin, born in 1629, came to Virginia in 1654, and died 8 Jan., 1675. He first settled in Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen county, but also owned land in Lancaster, Westmoreland and Middlesex. He was Burgess for Lancaster in 1659, Justice for Middlesex in 1673, and Member of the Council in 1663. He married 25 July, 1645, Alice Eltonhead, daughter of Richard Eltonhead of Lancashire, England. His son, Gawin Corbin, was Burgess in 1700, 1702, 1718 and 1736, and also member of the Council. He died 1 Jan., 1745

[William Armstrong Crozier. 1908. Virginia Heraldica, Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armour, with Genealogical Notes of the Families. Richmond, VA
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• Biography. 18--3. HENRY CORBIN, the third son of Thomas and Winifred (Grosvenor) Corbin, of "Hall End," was the progenitor of the Corbins in Virginia.
HON. HENRY CORBIN, (18--3), of "Buckingham House," Middlesex Co., Va., b. 1629, at "Hall End;" Warwick Co., England; d. Jan. 8, 1676, at Buckingham House, Middlesex Co., Va. He came to the Colony in in 1654, in the ship Charity, resided first in the parish of Stratton Major, King and Queen Co. (this parish was named by the Corbins after their old home in the town of Stratton, Cornwall Co., England), resided after at "Buckingham House," and it is here that the ruins of an old Chapel, said to have been attached to his residence, are still visible; Bishop Meade speaks of him as being the first registrar of the parish in Middlesex Co., in 1663 (these old vestry books show that the Hon. Henry Corbin was registrar from 1663 to 1667, and that he gave back records to 1657, and that the Corbins gave largely of land and plate to the Established Church); he was one of the Vestry appointed to write to England for a minister for the parish; he was an influential member of the King's Council, 1663, a Burgess from Lancaster Co., 1657, '59, '60 (Lancaster Co. embraced for about twenty years the territory that was formed into Middlesex, so prior to its formation, Hon. Henry Corbin was of the former Co.); his portrait, by an eminent artist, in his robes of Office as Councilor of State of the Commonwealth of England, is still preserved in the family, at "Mount Airy," Richmond Co., Va., the home of the Tayloes. He made will July 25, 1675 and left large estates in England and Virginia. He m. July 25, 1656, in Lancaster Cove, Alice Eltonhead Burnham, dau. of Richard and Ann (Sutton) Eltonhead, of "Eltonhead," Lancaster Co., England, and wid. of Rowland Burnham. She m. 3rd Capt. Henry Criyke. Issue:
19--1. Letitia, b. 1657; d. Oct. 6, 1706; m. 1694 Col. Richard Lee, of "Mount Pleasant," Westmoreland Co., Va., the progenitor of the "Stratford" Lees, son of Col. Richard and Ann -- Lee. (See Lee lineage.)
19--2. Alice, b. Feb 14, 1660; m. Sept. 28, 1679, Hon. Philip Lightfoot, of Taddington Gloucester Co., Va., the progenitor of the "Tedington" Lightfoots, son of Hon. John and Elizabeth (Philips) Lightfoot, of "Grays Inn," Middlesex Co., England. (See Lightfoot lineage.)
19--3. Winifred, b. Nov. 3, 1662; d. 1709; m. Col. LeRoy Griffin, of Northumberland Co., Va.; he was in the Colony as early as 1675; he served as Justice of the Rappahannock, 1680-95; and had issue.
19--4. Ann, b. Feb. 9, 1664; d. 1694; m. 1685, Hon. William Taylor, of Lancaster and Richmond Cos., Va., the progenitor of the "Mount Airy" Tayloes. (See Tayloe lineage.)
19--5. Henry, b. 1666 England ; d. in infancy.
19--6. Thomas, of London, England, b. 1668, England ; d. unm. after 1732 d. 11-4-1736.
19--7. GAWIN, b. 1669; of whom later.
19--8. Frances, b. 1671; m. Hon. Edmund Jennings, of "Ripon Hall," York Co., Va., son of Sir Edward and Margaret (Burkham) Jennings, of Ripon, York Co., England, and had issue. (See Jennings lineage.)

[Stella Pickett Hardy. 1911. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. T.A. Wright, New York, NY (republished 1958, Southern Book Co., Baltimore, MD; republished 1965, Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD). On pp. 172-173:

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• Biography. III--Colonial Councillors of State
Name: Henry Corbin
was a member of an ancient family in the counties of Stafford and Warwick in England, and the son of Thomas Corbin of Hall End, Warwickshire, and his wife Winifred, daughter of Gawin Grosvenor of Sutton Colfield in the same county. Henry Corbin was born, according to a deposition, about 1629, and came to Virginia in 1654. There is an old family tradition which his residence in England makes probable, that he assisted Charles II. in his escape after Worcester. Upon his arrival in Virginia, Corbin seems to have at once settled in that part of Lancaster county that is now Middlesex, and to have made his home there through life. Upon June 5, 1657, the governor and council directed that Henry Corbin should be of the quorum in the court of Lancaster. He remained a justice of Lancaster until the formation of Middlesex, and then became a member of the court of the new county. He was a burgess from Lancaster in 1659 and 1660, and at the same time was collector of customs for his district. He was a councillor in 1663, in which year he was appointed one of the commissioners on the part of Virginia to treat with Maryland with regard to the cessation of tobacco culture. He was frequently present at the meetings of the council until his death, Jan. 8, 1676. Col. Henry Corbin acquired a great landed estate, his chief residence being "Buckingham House" in Middlesex county. He married Alice, daughter of Richard Eltonhead, of Eltonhead, Lancashire, and widow of Rowland Burnham of Middlesex, Virginia. date of this marriage has been given as July 5, 1645, but 1655 is evidently intended. He has many descendants in Virginia and the south.

[Anon. 1915. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. III. Richmond, VA

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• Immigration: ship Charity, 1654. 1654, made the crossing on the ship, Charity

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• Alt. Death, 2 Jan 1677, Lancaster County, VA.

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Henry married Alice ELTONHEAD, daughter of Richard ELTONHEAD and Ann SUTTON, between Mar 1656 and 5 Apr 1658 in Middlesex County, VA. (Alice ELTONHEAD was born in 1627 in Eltonhead, Lancashire, ENGLAND and died ca. 1685 in Middlesex County, VA.)

  Marriage Notes:

CORBIN, Henry & BURNHAM, Alice (wid.); bet. Mar 1656 - 5 Apr 1658; groom was born at Hall End, Warwickshire, Eng. in 1629, the 3rd son of Thos. CORBIN; bride was a dau. of Rich. & Ann (SUTTON) ELTONHEAD and the wid. of Rowland BURNHAM (d. LC late 1655 or early 1656); she mar. (3) Capt. Hen. CREEK; (LC DW 2:46, 150; Corbin: 374,376,378)

[Robert K. Headley, Jr.. c2003. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800: Marriages and Marriage references for the Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Old Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD, Chap. B, p.88

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