Brief Life History of Francis
When Francis Corbin was born about 1728, in Virginia, United States, his father, John Corbin Jr, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth “Betty” Jennings, was 35. He married Ann Banks- Scott in 1747, in Essex, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He died before 1 June 1782, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States, at the age of 55.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
- Ancestry Family Trees
- U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Spouse and Children
1728–1782 Male
1729–1820 Female
Children (6)
1751– Male
1753– Male
1760–1845 Male
1761– Male
1763– Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1697–1758 Male
1694–1754 Female
Siblings (13)
1716– Female
1720–1796 Male
1722–1755 Female
1722–1792 Female
1723–1786 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (3)
1758 · Mount Vernon
Age 30
1776
Age 48
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 52
Name Meaning
French and English: nickname meaning ‘little crow, raven’, possibly applied to a black haired man, from Old French, Middle English corbin, a diminutive of corb ‘raven’ (Anglo-Norman French corbin, corfbin ‘crow, raven’).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the places in Calvados and Orne, France, named Corbon.
Irish: variant of Corban .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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