Daniel CORBETT, SR.
Birth:
29 Dec 1693
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut
Death:
21 Mar 1753
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Burial:
Mar 1753
Vernon Grove Cem, Worcester, Massachusetts
Marriage:
4 Dec 1717
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Daniel dwelt first in Bellingham, Massachusetts where he belonged to the Congregational Church until its dissolution. Then he and his wife joined the Milford, Massachusetts Congregational Church, 1744. In 1742-43, he and his brother-in-law, John Jones Jr., seem to have made an exchange of farms, in pursuance of which Jones moved to Bellingham, and he to North Purchase, which latter included the farms afterwards owned by the two Ebenezer Sumners, John Corbett's sons, and other adjacent tracts. He was elected elder of the Congregational Church, in Milford, in 1749, and was afterwards an influential member of both civil and religious society. Elder Daniel died in 1753, and his widow as administratrix inventoried; real estate L569 5s 4d; personal L256 10s 1d. Among the items of personal estate was mentioned one negro boy, his bed, bedding, axe and hoe, L40 4s 5d, showing that there was once a little pious slave holding on our soil. The widow subsequently married John Sawin of Watertown, Massachusetts, October 9, 1755. Elder Daniel Corbett and Deacon Daniel, his son, owned several hundred acres in North Purchase, of which Charles P. Corbett, great-great-grandson of Elder Daniel owned (1881) 38 acres (Ballou's "History of Milford). The village of Milford, Massachusetts was then known as the east parish of Mendon. The town of Milford was not set off and incorporated as an independent town until 1780. (Melvin C. Corbett)
It is through this line (Elder Daniel and Sarah Jones) that the Corbett family is related to Abraham Lincoln. Sarah's aunt, also named Sarah Jones, married Morecal Lincoln. They were the great, great, great, grandparents of Abraham Lincoln. (Source: "Burke's presidential Families of the United States of America")
Daniel Corbett was also known as Elder Daniel Corbett because of his church title to which he was elected to at the Milford Congregational Church.
Daniel Corbett was born in Woodstock, CT but when he grew up, he moved back to the Mendon/Bellingham area and developed a large farm.
Daniel lived first in Bellingham, MA. Daniel and his brother-in-law, John Jones exchanged farms. John
Jones moved to Bellingham and Daniel to the North Purchase or what is known today as Milford. This land included the farms afterwards owned by the two Ebenezer Sumners, John CorbettIs sons, and other adjacent tracts. His large colonial style house is still in use.
When Daniel died at age 60, his estate was valued at 825 pounds. His inventory showed 569 pounds in real and 256 pounds in personal property. The latter including a negro boy, bed, bedding, axe and hoe at 40 pounds, four shillings, five pence. The original inventory of the estate can be seen in the Probate Court for Worcester Co. in Worcester, MA.
Daniel Corbett first joined the Congregational Church in Bellingham. Upon the dissolution of the Bellingham church, Daniel and Sarah joined the Milford Congregational Church in 1744. In 1749, he was elected Elder of the of the Congregational Church in Milford, and afterwards he was an influential member of both civil and religious society. In the early years of the Congregational Churches in Massachusetts, the position of IElderI was established to provide a leader and spokesman for the congregation. The office of IElderI was dropped in the mid 1700Is and replaced by the IDeaconsI who meet as a Board with the minister. Daniel was one of the last IEldersI and his son Daniel was one of the first IDeaconsI to serve at the Milford Congregational Church.
Sarah JONES
Birth:
20 Oct 1694
Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death:
7 Mar 1776
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Burial:
Mar 1776
Vernon Grove Cem, Worcester, Massachusetts
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
It is through this line that the Corbett family is related to Abraham Lincoln. Sarah's Aunt (also named Sarah Jones) married Mordecai Lincoln they were the great-great-great-grandparents of President Abraham Lincoln ("Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America" page d-4 pub 1975).
RESIDENCES: Oct 20,1694 to March 1703 Hull, Massachusetts; 1703 to after 1717 Mendon, Massachusetts after 1717 to 1742/3 Bellingham, Massachusetts 1742/3 to 1776 Mendon, Massachusetts.
Children
Marriage
1
Mercy CORBETT
Birth:
2 Sep 1718
Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Death:
Marr:
2
Birth:
8 Jul 1720
Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Death:
14 Oct 1761
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Notes:
BACKGROUND HISTORY ON DANIEL CORBETT, THE SECOND
Balous History of Milford, p. 684 says:
Deacon Daniel Corbett removed from Bellingham, Massachusetts to Milford, Massachusetts about 1745, at the same time his father did. He was a prosperous farmer, and deacon of the Milford Congregational Church, being elected to that office in 1760. He inherited large landed interests from the estate of his father in 1753. He and his wife were among those temporary come outers from the Congregational Church during the early part of Mr. Frost's pastorate, who for a time were adherents of Samuel Hovey. He was their near neighbor, and for a time "seriously troubled Israel". But Mr. Hovey moved away, and they went back into the fold thoroughly reconciled. Deacon Daniel died in Mendon Village in 1761. His widow married again, in 1770, to Lieut. Joseph Chapin of Mendon, and died there Nov. 7, 1809. Proprietors' Records of Mendon, Massachusetts page 491, item 363: "this may signify that we Jonathan Thayer of Mendon in the county of Worcester and province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England and Daniel Corbett of Bellingham in the county of Suffolk and province aforesaid husbandmen have agreed upon the bounds betwixt our land in said Bellingham and stated them as follows: ....................... fourth day of June anno Domini 1733. Signed sealed in presence of Jonathan Hayward, John Corbett, Daniel Corbett, Jonathan Thayer." Same record page 898 item 13: "May 2nd 1745 then laid out for Daniel Corbett 12 acres Obadiah Wheelock's eleventh division of land joining to his other land in ye north purches near Jeremiah Boyenton's land ......" (Melvin C. Corbett)
Deacon Daniel built a large two-story house in 1745 in what is now known as Milford, which was still standing in 1995. It could be seen at 9 Haven Street. The house has been converted into a three family unit. In 1990, one of the tenants pointed out the floor joists in the basement, which appeared to be 10 x 10 oak timbers. The attic rafters were pinned with wood plugs. One huge chimney (about 5 x 5) serves the house. (Gordon Corbett)
Of the six sons who survived Deacon Daniel, only the youngest, John, remained on the family homestead. All the others moved to frontier settlements and helped establish new communities. Nathaniel and Eldad went to Rowe, MA. Eldad later moved on to Bridgewater, Sylvania and then moved into New York State and established Corbettsville, which is near Binghamton. Peter went to Farmington, Maine. Daniel the third went to Cambridge, New York area.
In 1957, Melvin C. Corbett wrote the following about Robert Corbett, son to Deacon Daniel In Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the War of the Revolution, a work compiled from the arhives of the State, it is stated that Robert Corbett of Mendon, was a private in Captain Gershom Nelsons Company, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge and Roxbury. He was also of Captain Nelsons Company on July 19, 1776. Of his brothers, mention is made of Sergeant Nathaniel, Corporal Peter, Privates Eldad, Daniel and John, although the latter would have been but 14 years old at the time of the Battle of Lexington, if he was Roberts youngest brother.
CONFLICT: Some of their children may have been born in Wrentham, West Parish now Franklin, Massachusetts, and others in North Purchase, now Milford, Massachusetts.
Prosperous farmer and deacon of the Milford Congregational Church. The house he built in 1745 in Milford was still standing in 1995.
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3
Birth:
4 May 1722
Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Death:
4
Nathaniel CORBETT
Birth:
21 Mar 1724
Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Death:
Marr:
Notes:
As Ballou's History of Milford speaks of Deacon Daniel as the only son of Elder Daniel Corbett, it is to presumed that Nathaniel Corbett in this family died young.
5
Birth:
25 Feb 1726
Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Death:
2 Feb 1776
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
6
Birth:
4 May 1728
Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Death:
20 Jun 1807
Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire
7
Birth:
24 Dec 1730
Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Death:
29 Mar 1753
Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
8
Priscilla CORBETT
Birth:
9 May 1732
Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Death:
20 Jan 1739/40
Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Marr:
9
Birth:
23 Feb 1733
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Death:
13 Sep 1814
Cornish, Cheshire, New Hampshire
Notes:
343
DEA. DUDLEY CHASE (Judge Samuel, Daniel, Ens. Moses), born in Sutton, 29 Aug. 1730; died in Cornish, N. H., 13 Apr. 1814, aged 81. He married in Mendon, 23 August. 1753, ALICE CORBETT, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Jones) Corbett of Mendon, born 23 Feb. 1733. She died in Cornish, 13 Sept. 1813, Aged 81. He was one of the first settlers of Cornish in 1765. His ninth child Alice, being the first white child born in the new town. He was Cpl. Jonathan Chase's Regiment with the Cornish men who marched for Ticondergoga, 27 June 1777. He was Quarter-master of Gen. Enoch Poor's Brigade in 1778; selectman in 1767; representative 1786; one of the founders of the First Church there in 1795; Explored the west branch of the White River Valley in Vermont and purchased large tracts in Bethel and Gilead.
Children, first eight born in Sutton, others in Cornish, N. H.:
JOHN, b. 30 Apr. 1754; d. in July 1754, aged 11 weeks.
MERCY, b. 6 Apr. 1755; m. 7 Sep. 1778, Stephen Child.
Lois, b. 16 August. 1756: m. 9 Dec. 1779, Benjamin Smith of Bethel, Vt.
976 SIMEON, b. 14 June 1758.
ABIGAIL, b. 9 Nov. 1759; m. 4 Jan. 1779, John Morse, and d. 17 July 1792, a. 32y. 8m.
977 SALMON, b. 14 July 1761.
978 ITHAMAR, bp. 27 Sept. 1762.
979 BARUCH, b. 27 Mar. 1764.
ALICE, b. 17 Oct. 1765; m. 5 Apr. 1789, Biby Lake Cotton of Bethel, Vt.; d. 29 Nov. 1844.
SARAH, b. 14 Sept. 1767; m. Jireh Durkee. She d. in Burlington, Vt., 2 July 1825.
DANIEL CORBETT, b. 13 Jan. 1769; d. unm. in Philadelphia, 14 Aug. 1798.
HEBER, b. 2 Sept. 1770; d. unm. in Demarra, S. A., 14 Sept. 1798. Graduated at Dartmouth College, 1791; physician.
980 DUDLEY, b. 30 Dec. 1771.
RACHEL, b. 10 Jan. 1774; m. 9 June 1802, Dr. Joseph Adams Denison, and d. 23 Aug. 1858.
981. PHILANDER, b. 14 Dec. 1775.
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Daniel Corbett, Sr. - Sarah Jones
Daniel Corbett, Sr.
was born at Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut 29 Dec 1693.
His parents were Robert Corbett and Abiel Twitchell.
He married Sarah Jones 4 Dec 1717 at Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts . Sarah Jones was born at Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts 20 Oct 1694 daughter of John Jones and Sarah Lobdell .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Mercy Corbett
born 2 Sep 1718.
Daniel Corbett, Jr.
born 8 Jul 1720.
Sarah Corbett
born 4 May 1722.
Nathaniel Corbett
born 21 Mar 1724.
Bridget Corbett
born 25 Feb 1726.
Eunice (Corbitt) Corbett
born 4 May 1728.
Lois Corbett
born 24 Dec 1730.
Priscilla Corbett
born 9 May 1732.
Alice Corbett
born 23 Feb 1733.
Daniel Corbett, Sr. died 21 Mar 1753 at Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts .
Sarah Jones died 7 Mar 1776 at Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts .