SURNAME: Corbin
GIVEN NAME: Henry
BIRTH YEAR: 1629 BIRTH PLACE: England
DEATH DATE: 8 January 1675
CEMETERY: Christ Church Parish
CEMETERY LOCATION: Rte 33, vicinity Saluda
COUNTY/CITY: Middlesex
STONE: yes
SPOUSE: Alice Eltonhead
SPOUSE DATES: born c-1640, married 25 July 1645, died c-1684
REMARKS: re-interned from Buckingham, Middlesex Co., Served House of
Burgess
NOTES: Parent were Thomas and Winifred Corbin
"Henry Corbin, 3rd son of Thomas Corbin, of Hall End, was born (according to a
deposition) in 1629. He came to Virginia in the ship Charity in 1654. This is
ascertained by proceedings in one of the courts of Maryland."
"Henry Corbin settled in Virginia on the south side of the Rappahannock river in
what was then Lancaster county, but afterwards Middlesex,
"He was appointed J. P. and of the quorum in Lancaster 1657, and was in 1673 in
the Commission for Middlesex. He was a member of the House of Burgesses for
Lancaster at the sessions of March 1658-9, March 1659-60, and was appointed
to the Council 1663."
"Henry Corbin married Alice, widow of Rowland Burnham, of Lancaster Co., VA,
and daughter of Richard Eltonhead, of Eltonhead Lancaster, England. In
Lancaster, Jan 14. 1656, Alice, relict of Rowland Burnham, qualified as his
administratrix, with Sir Henry Chichley (Who had married her sister Agatha) and
Henry Corbin, securities. In the same county May 243, 1657, "Upon the petition
of Mr. Henry Corbyn for the thirds of the house, etc, of Mr. Rowland Burnham,
deceased, which the said Mr. Corbyn doth conceive to belong to him in right of
his wife, the relict of the said Mr. Burnham."
"Henry, 3rd son, of the County of Middlesex in Virginia, died 8 January 1675, and
buried there; married 25 July 1645 (sic) Alice, daughter of Richard Eltonhead of
Eltonhead, co. Lancaster. She remarried Capt Henry creek of London and died
about 1684."
Henry and Alice had issue: 1. Henry, 2. Thomas, 3. Gawin, 4. Letitia or Lettice
SOURCE:
Gray, L.E., etal, Historic Buildings in Middlesex Co., VA 1650-1875, pub 1978, page 27
Genealogies of Virginia Families II, Cl-Fi, The Corbin Family pages 305, 315, 317, 318, 322
Historic Buildings in Middlesex County Virginia 1650-1875, L.E. Gray, E.Q, Ryland,
B.J. Simmons, page 27∼Henry Corbin was the third son of a Warwickshire family who made his first voyage to the colonies for his family's London-based business in 1654 when he was 25. He had to spend longer than planned in St. Mary's City, then the capital of Maryland, because on the voyage across the Atlantic there was a storm of such ferocity that the crew thought it must have been caused by a witch. They found their witch on board and hanged the old woman. Henry was a witness when the matter came to trial in Maryland. While in St. Mary's City he became acquainted with William Eltonhead of Lancashire, who had moved to Maryland to oversee the interests of Lord Baltimore, the proprietor of the Maryland colony. Two years later Henry was again in Maryland and learned that Willliam's 26-year-old niece Alice Eltonhead Burnham had recently become a widow. Henry may have decided to marry her even before he met her. Alice Eltonhead, the youngest of the five Eltonhead sisters who sailed to America around 1645, may have waited until her 16th birthday to marry Rowland Burnham, a successful tobacco planter with a large tract of land in Middlesex County -- across the wide Rappahannock River from Lancaster County at the southern tip of the Northern Neck. In 1655 when Rowland wrote his will -- before setting off on a voyage to London -- he and Alice were parents of three sons and a daughter. The will left Alice one-third of his land, one-third of the next tobacco crop and all of the household furnishings and plate. Henry Corbin lost no time in proposing to the young widow whose beauty may be guessed at by viewing a portrait of her eldest daughter at the Lee estate, Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County.
The portrait on this page shows Henry Corbin in his council robes. He served on the council of the royal governor of Virginia for most of the two decades he was married to Alice. He was killed during an Indian uprising in 1676. In 1677, Alice wrote to her English brothers-in-law to turn down their invitation to come back to England. She is sending her two sons to them so their uncles can oversee their English education. She also wants her brothers-in-law to invest in English land her sons' share of the proceeds from the sale of Corbin tobacco. Alice says that her comfort is the companionship of her five daughters -- three of whom are of marriageable age in 1677. And she has an announcement to make. She is about to take on husband number three, Henry Creyke.
Evidence of the high esteem Henry Corbin had for Alice Eltonhead is the concern he had for the future of their daughters. They would be given large tracts of land when they reached marriageble age -- to assure that they could select their husbands from among the most eligible men in Virginia. Letitia, the eldest born in 1657, had a dowry of 2,000 acres when she married Richard Lee in May 1674 in a banqueting hall in Westmoreland County built for the occasion by the fathers of the bride and the groom.
Letitia's four sisters each received 1000 acres of land. Alice born in 1659 married Philip Lightfoot. Winifred born in 1662 waited until she was 20 to marry Leroy Griffin. Ann born in 1664 married William Tayloe in 1685 and moved across the Rappahannock River to live at Mount Airy. Frances born in 1666 married Edmund Jennings in 1688.
Their brother Gawin born in 1669 took over the estate where his parents had made their home when he returned from his school years in England. Thomas born in 1668 stayed in England.
GIVEN NAME: Henry
BIRTH YEAR: 1629 BIRTH PLACE: England
DEATH DATE: 8 January 1675
CEMETERY: Christ Church Parish
CEMETERY LOCATION: Rte 33, vicinity Saluda
COUNTY/CITY: Middlesex
STONE: yes
SPOUSE: Alice Eltonhead
SPOUSE DATES: born c-1640, married 25 July 1645, died c-1684
REMARKS: re-interned from Buckingham, Middlesex Co., Served House of
Burgess
NOTES: Parent were Thomas and Winifred Corbin
"Henry Corbin, 3rd son of Thomas Corbin, of Hall End, was born (according to a
deposition) in 1629. He came to Virginia in the ship Charity in 1654. This is
ascertained by proceedings in one of the courts of Maryland."
"Henry Corbin settled in Virginia on the south side of the Rappahannock river in
what was then Lancaster county, but afterwards Middlesex,
"He was appointed J. P. and of the quorum in Lancaster 1657, and was in 1673 in
the Commission for Middlesex. He was a member of the House of Burgesses for
Lancaster at the sessions of March 1658-9, March 1659-60, and was appointed
to the Council 1663."
"Henry Corbin married Alice, widow of Rowland Burnham, of Lancaster Co., VA,
and daughter of Richard Eltonhead, of Eltonhead Lancaster, England. In
Lancaster, Jan 14. 1656, Alice, relict of Rowland Burnham, qualified as his
administratrix, with Sir Henry Chichley (Who had married her sister Agatha) and
Henry Corbin, securities. In the same county May 243, 1657, "Upon the petition
of Mr. Henry Corbyn for the thirds of the house, etc, of Mr. Rowland Burnham,
deceased, which the said Mr. Corbyn doth conceive to belong to him in right of
his wife, the relict of the said Mr. Burnham."
"Henry, 3rd son, of the County of Middlesex in Virginia, died 8 January 1675, and
buried there; married 25 July 1645 (sic) Alice, daughter of Richard Eltonhead of
Eltonhead, co. Lancaster. She remarried Capt Henry creek of London and died
about 1684."
Henry and Alice had issue: 1. Henry, 2. Thomas, 3. Gawin, 4. Letitia or Lettice
SOURCE:
Gray, L.E., etal, Historic Buildings in Middlesex Co., VA 1650-1875, pub 1978, page 27
Genealogies of Virginia Families II, Cl-Fi, The Corbin Family pages 305, 315, 317, 318, 322
Historic Buildings in Middlesex County Virginia 1650-1875, L.E. Gray, E.Q, Ryland,
B.J. Simmons, page 27∼Henry Corbin was the third son of a Warwickshire family who made his first voyage to the colonies for his family's London-based business in 1654 when he was 25. He had to spend longer than planned in St. Mary's City, then the capital of Maryland, because on the voyage across the Atlantic there was a storm of such ferocity that the crew thought it must have been caused by a witch. They found their witch on board and hanged the old woman. Henry was a witness when the matter came to trial in Maryland. While in St. Mary's City he became acquainted with William Eltonhead of Lancashire, who had moved to Maryland to oversee the interests of Lord Baltimore, the proprietor of the Maryland colony. Two years later Henry was again in Maryland and learned that Willliam's 26-year-old niece Alice Eltonhead Burnham had recently become a widow. Henry may have decided to marry her even before he met her. Alice Eltonhead, the youngest of the five Eltonhead sisters who sailed to America around 1645, may have waited until her 16th birthday to marry Rowland Burnham, a successful tobacco planter with a large tract of land in Middlesex County -- across the wide Rappahannock River from Lancaster County at the southern tip of the Northern Neck. In 1655 when Rowland wrote his will -- before setting off on a voyage to London -- he and Alice were parents of three sons and a daughter. The will left Alice one-third of his land, one-third of the next tobacco crop and all of the household furnishings and plate. Henry Corbin lost no time in proposing to the young widow whose beauty may be guessed at by viewing a portrait of her eldest daughter at the Lee estate, Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County.
The portrait on this page shows Henry Corbin in his council robes. He served on the council of the royal governor of Virginia for most of the two decades he was married to Alice. He was killed during an Indian uprising in 1676. In 1677, Alice wrote to her English brothers-in-law to turn down their invitation to come back to England. She is sending her two sons to them so their uncles can oversee their English education. She also wants her brothers-in-law to invest in English land her sons' share of the proceeds from the sale of Corbin tobacco. Alice says that her comfort is the companionship of her five daughters -- three of whom are of marriageable age in 1677. And she has an announcement to make. She is about to take on husband number three, Henry Creyke.
Evidence of the high esteem Henry Corbin had for Alice Eltonhead is the concern he had for the future of their daughters. They would be given large tracts of land when they reached marriageble age -- to assure that they could select their husbands from among the most eligible men in Virginia. Letitia, the eldest born in 1657, had a dowry of 2,000 acres when she married Richard Lee in May 1674 in a banqueting hall in Westmoreland County built for the occasion by the fathers of the bride and the groom.
Letitia's four sisters each received 1000 acres of land. Alice born in 1659 married Philip Lightfoot. Winifred born in 1662 waited until she was 20 to marry Leroy Griffin. Ann born in 1664 married William Tayloe in 1685 and moved across the Rappahannock River to live at Mount Airy. Frances born in 1666 married Edmund Jennings in 1688.
Their brother Gawin born in 1669 took over the estate where his parents had made their home when he returned from his school years in England. Thomas born in 1668 stayed in England.
SURNAME: Corbin
GIVEN NAME: Henry
BIRTH YEAR: 1629 BIRTH PLACE: England
DEATH DATE: 8 January 1675
CEMETERY: Christ Church Parish
CEMETERY LOCATION: Rte 33, vicinity Saluda
COUNTY/CITY: Middlesex
STONE: yes
SPOUSE: Alice Eltonhead
SPOUSE DATES: born c-1640, married 25 July 1645, died c-1684
REMARKS: re-interned from Buckingham, Middlesex Co., Served House of
Burgess
NOTES: Parent were Thomas and Winifred Corbin
"Henry Corbin, 3rd son of Thomas Corbin, of Hall End, was born (according to a
deposition) in 1629. He came to Virginia in the ship Charity in 1654. This is
ascertained by proceedings in one of the courts of Maryland."
"Henry Corbin settled in Virginia on the south side of the Rappahannock river in
what was then Lancaster county, but afterwards Middlesex,
"He was appointed J. P. and of the quorum in Lancaster 1657, and was in 1673 in
the Commission for Middlesex. He was a member of the House of Burgesses for
Lancaster at the sessions of March 1658-9, March 1659-60, and was appointed
to the Council 1663."
"Henry Corbin married Alice, widow of Rowland Burnham, of Lancaster Co., VA,
and daughter of Richard Eltonhead, of Eltonhead Lancaster, England. In
Lancaster, Jan 14. 1656, Alice, relict of Rowland Burnham, qualified as his
administratrix, with Sir Henry Chichley (Who had married her sister Agatha) and
Henry Corbin, securities. In the same county May 243, 1657, "Upon the petition
of Mr. Henry Corbyn for the thirds of the house, etc, of Mr. Rowland Burnham,
deceased, which the said Mr. Corbyn doth conceive to belong to him in right of
his wife, the relict of the said Mr. Burnham."
"Henry, 3rd son, of the County of Middlesex in Virginia, died 8 January 1675, and
buried there; married 25 July 1645 (sic) Alice, daughter of Richard Eltonhead of
Eltonhead, co. Lancaster. She remarried Capt Henry creek of London and died
about 1684."
Henry and Alice had issue: 1. Henry, 2. Thomas, 3. Gawin, 4. Letitia or Lettice
SOURCE:
Gray, L.E., etal, Historic Buildings in Middlesex Co., VA 1650-1875, pub 1978, page 27
Genealogies of Virginia Families II, Cl-Fi, The Corbin Family pages 305, 315, 317, 318, 322
Historic Buildings in Middlesex County Virginia 1650-1875, L.E. Gray, E.Q, Ryland,
B.J. Simmons, page 27∼Henry Corbin was the third son of a Warwickshire family who made his first voyage to the colonies for his family's London-based business in 1654 when he was 25. He had to spend longer than planned in St. Mary's City, then the capital of Maryland, because on the voyage across the Atlantic there was a storm of such ferocity that the crew thought it must have been caused by a witch. They found their witch on board and hanged the old woman. Henry was a witness when the matter came to trial in Maryland. While in St. Mary's City he became acquainted with William Eltonhead of Lancashire, who had moved to Maryland to oversee the interests of Lord Baltimore, the proprietor of the Maryland colony. Two years later Henry was again in Maryland and learned that Willliam's 26-year-old niece Alice Eltonhead Burnham had recently become a widow. Henry may have decided to marry her even before he met her. Alice Eltonhead, the youngest of the five Eltonhead sisters who sailed to America around 1645, may have waited until her 16th birthday to marry Rowland Burnham, a successful tobacco planter with a large tract of land in Middlesex County -- across the wide Rappahannock River from Lancaster County at the southern tip of the Northern Neck. In 1655 when Rowland wrote his will -- before setting off on a voyage to London -- he and Alice were parents of three sons and a daughter. The will left Alice one-third of his land, one-third of the next tobacco crop and all of the household furnishings and plate. Henry Corbin lost no time in proposing to the young widow whose beauty may be guessed at by viewing a portrait of her eldest daughter at the Lee estate, Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County.
The portrait on this page shows Henry Corbin in his council robes. He served on the council of the royal governor of Virginia for most of the two decades he was married to Alice. He was killed during an Indian uprising in 1676. In 1677, Alice wrote to her English brothers-in-law to turn down their invitation to come back to England. She is sending her two sons to them so their uncles can oversee their English education. She also wants her brothers-in-law to invest in English land her sons' share of the proceeds from the sale of Corbin tobacco. Alice says that her comfort is the companionship of her five daughters -- three of whom are of marriageable age in 1677. And she has an announcement to make. She is about to take on husband number three, Henry Creyke.
Evidence of the high esteem Henry Corbin had for Alice Eltonhead is the concern he had for the future of their daughters. They would be given large tracts of land when they reached marriageble age -- to assure that they could select their husbands from among the most eligible men in Virginia. Letitia, the eldest born in 1657, had a dowry of 2,000 acres when she married Richard Lee in May 1674 in a banqueting hall in Westmoreland County built for the occasion by the fathers of the bride and the groom.
Letitia's four sisters each received 1000 acres of land. Alice born in 1659 married Philip Lightfoot. Winifred born in 1662 waited until she was 20 to marry Leroy Griffin. Ann born in 1664 married William Tayloe in 1685 and moved across the Rappahannock River to live at Mount Airy. Frances born in 1666 married Edmund Jennings in 1688.
Their brother Gawin born in 1669 took over the estate where his parents had made their home when he returned from his school years in England. Thomas born in 1668 stayed in England.
GIVEN NAME: Henry
BIRTH YEAR: 1629 BIRTH PLACE: England
DEATH DATE: 8 January 1675
CEMETERY: Christ Church Parish
CEMETERY LOCATION: Rte 33, vicinity Saluda
COUNTY/CITY: Middlesex
STONE: yes
SPOUSE: Alice Eltonhead
SPOUSE DATES: born c-1640, married 25 July 1645, died c-1684
REMARKS: re-interned from Buckingham, Middlesex Co., Served House of
Burgess
NOTES: Parent were Thomas and Winifred Corbin
"Henry Corbin, 3rd son of Thomas Corbin, of Hall End, was born (according to a
deposition) in 1629. He came to Virginia in the ship Charity in 1654. This is
ascertained by proceedings in one of the courts of Maryland."
"Henry Corbin settled in Virginia on the south side of the Rappahannock river in
what was then Lancaster county, but afterwards Middlesex,
"He was appointed J. P. and of the quorum in Lancaster 1657, and was in 1673 in
the Commission for Middlesex. He was a member of the House of Burgesses for
Lancaster at the sessions of March 1658-9, March 1659-60, and was appointed
to the Council 1663."
"Henry Corbin married Alice, widow of Rowland Burnham, of Lancaster Co., VA,
and daughter of Richard Eltonhead, of Eltonhead Lancaster, England. In
Lancaster, Jan 14. 1656, Alice, relict of Rowland Burnham, qualified as his
administratrix, with Sir Henry Chichley (Who had married her sister Agatha) and
Henry Corbin, securities. In the same county May 243, 1657, "Upon the petition
of Mr. Henry Corbyn for the thirds of the house, etc, of Mr. Rowland Burnham,
deceased, which the said Mr. Corbyn doth conceive to belong to him in right of
his wife, the relict of the said Mr. Burnham."
"Henry, 3rd son, of the County of Middlesex in Virginia, died 8 January 1675, and
buried there; married 25 July 1645 (sic) Alice, daughter of Richard Eltonhead of
Eltonhead, co. Lancaster. She remarried Capt Henry creek of London and died
about 1684."
Henry and Alice had issue: 1. Henry, 2. Thomas, 3. Gawin, 4. Letitia or Lettice
SOURCE:
Gray, L.E., etal, Historic Buildings in Middlesex Co., VA 1650-1875, pub 1978, page 27
Genealogies of Virginia Families II, Cl-Fi, The Corbin Family pages 305, 315, 317, 318, 322
Historic Buildings in Middlesex County Virginia 1650-1875, L.E. Gray, E.Q, Ryland,
B.J. Simmons, page 27∼Henry Corbin was the third son of a Warwickshire family who made his first voyage to the colonies for his family's London-based business in 1654 when he was 25. He had to spend longer than planned in St. Mary's City, then the capital of Maryland, because on the voyage across the Atlantic there was a storm of such ferocity that the crew thought it must have been caused by a witch. They found their witch on board and hanged the old woman. Henry was a witness when the matter came to trial in Maryland. While in St. Mary's City he became acquainted with William Eltonhead of Lancashire, who had moved to Maryland to oversee the interests of Lord Baltimore, the proprietor of the Maryland colony. Two years later Henry was again in Maryland and learned that Willliam's 26-year-old niece Alice Eltonhead Burnham had recently become a widow. Henry may have decided to marry her even before he met her. Alice Eltonhead, the youngest of the five Eltonhead sisters who sailed to America around 1645, may have waited until her 16th birthday to marry Rowland Burnham, a successful tobacco planter with a large tract of land in Middlesex County -- across the wide Rappahannock River from Lancaster County at the southern tip of the Northern Neck. In 1655 when Rowland wrote his will -- before setting off on a voyage to London -- he and Alice were parents of three sons and a daughter. The will left Alice one-third of his land, one-third of the next tobacco crop and all of the household furnishings and plate. Henry Corbin lost no time in proposing to the young widow whose beauty may be guessed at by viewing a portrait of her eldest daughter at the Lee estate, Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County.
The portrait on this page shows Henry Corbin in his council robes. He served on the council of the royal governor of Virginia for most of the two decades he was married to Alice. He was killed during an Indian uprising in 1676. In 1677, Alice wrote to her English brothers-in-law to turn down their invitation to come back to England. She is sending her two sons to them so their uncles can oversee their English education. She also wants her brothers-in-law to invest in English land her sons' share of the proceeds from the sale of Corbin tobacco. Alice says that her comfort is the companionship of her five daughters -- three of whom are of marriageable age in 1677. And she has an announcement to make. She is about to take on husband number three, Henry Creyke.
Evidence of the high esteem Henry Corbin had for Alice Eltonhead is the concern he had for the future of their daughters. They would be given large tracts of land when they reached marriageble age -- to assure that they could select their husbands from among the most eligible men in Virginia. Letitia, the eldest born in 1657, had a dowry of 2,000 acres when she married Richard Lee in May 1674 in a banqueting hall in Westmoreland County built for the occasion by the fathers of the bride and the groom.
Letitia's four sisters each received 1000 acres of land. Alice born in 1659 married Philip Lightfoot. Winifred born in 1662 waited until she was 20 to marry Leroy Griffin. Ann born in 1664 married William Tayloe in 1685 and moved across the Rappahannock River to live at Mount Airy. Frances born in 1666 married Edmund Jennings in 1688.
Their brother Gawin born in 1669 took over the estate where his parents had made their home when he returned from his school years in England. Thomas born in 1668 stayed in England.
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