A Guide to the Henry Corbin Land Grant, 8 July 1678 Corbin, Henry, Land Grant, 8 July 1678 24325-c

A Guide to the Henry Corbin Land Grant, 8 July 1678

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 24325-c

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Repository

Library of Virginia

Accession number

24325-c

Title

Land Grant, 8 July 1678

Physical Characteristics

1 leaf

Creator

Henry Corbin

Physical Location

Personal Papers Collection, Acc. 24325-c

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Henry Corbin. Land grant, 8 July 1673. Accession 24325-c. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased 28 May 1955.

Henry Corbin [Corbyn] was born in England in 1629 and emigrated to Virginia by 1654. He settled in Lancaster County, Virginia, and became a prominent citizen. Corbin became a justice of the peace in 1657 and represented Lancaster County in the House of Burgesses from 1658 to 1660. In 1663, he was appointed to the Council of the Colony. Corbin married a widow, Alice Burnham (d. 1684) about 1656 or 1657, and they had nine children. Corbin died 8 January 1675, and was buried in Middlesex County, where he lived after it was formed from Lancaster County in 1669.

Scope and Content Information

Land grant, 8 July 1673, for [11]59 1/2 acres in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, from Governor Sir William Berkeley (1605-1677) to Henry Corbyn [Corbin].