Whitman Corbin

Brief Life History of Whitman

When Whitman Corbin was born on 5 April 1807, in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, Amasa Corbin, was 35 and his mother, Rebecca Hayward, was 36. He married Clarissa Church on 28 April 1833, in Lebanon, Lebanon, Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Clarkson, Monroe, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 7 September 1853, in Walker Cemetery, Hamlin, Hamlin, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Hamlin, Hamlin, Monroe, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Whitman Corbin
1807–1853
Clarissa Church
1814–1896
Marriage: 28 April 1833
Zenas Corbin
1834–1845
Franklin Corbin
1836–1864
Myron B Corbin
1840–1917
Frances Augusta Corbin
1843–1916
Henry C. Corbin
1845–1909
Lucy Jane Corbin
1847–1849
Harley W. Corbin
1849–1922
Henry R Corbin
1851–
Lydia Corbin
1851–1872

Sources (3)

  • Qulman Corban, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Whitman Crobin, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Whitman Corbin, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1819

The Town of Clarkson was formed from the Town of Murray, on 2 April 1819.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

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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