Richard Corbin (1713 or 1714-May 20, 1790) was a Virginia planter and politician who represented Middlesex County in the House of Burgesses and the Virginia Governor's Council. Although a noted Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War (during which two brothers served in British forces), he considered himself a Virginian and two of his descendants of the same name also served in the Virginia General Assembly following the conflict. Early life and education The son of powerful planter Gawin Corbin and his second wife, Jane Lane, Corbin received an education appropriate to his class from private tutors at home, then the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, and probably finished his education in England. His father married three times, and his first and third wives were daughters of members of the Governor's Council. However, his well-connected first wife, Cathereine Wormeley, bore no children before her death. This man was one of the two sons borne of Gawin Corbin's second marriage. His mother, the former Jane Lane Wilson, was the daughter of Captain John Lane of York County and widow of Willis Wilson, and this man would rename his main plantation "Laneville" to honor her. His full brother John Corbin (1715-1757) would inherit the Portobago plantation and lands in several counties, but held only local offices. Jane Lane also bore three daughters, of whom the eldest, Ann, would survive her first husband, Isaac Allerton, and remarried Rev. David Currie of Christ Church Parish in Lancaster County, Virginia. Her sisters Alice and Felicia never married. His half brother (son by his father's third wife, Martha the daughter of Col. William Bassett) Gavin (d. 1760) also may have served as a burgess or this man's ward before his marriage and siring a daughter who inherited some of his property. The younger Gawin's widow Hannah Lee Corbin refused to formally marry her paramour, lest she lose her right to manage half of her husband's lands during her lifetime, after which this man inherited them. Richard Corbin also had two sisters or half-sisters who married burgesses, but who did not bear children who survived. Jennie Corbin married John Bushrod of Westmoreland County and Alice Corbin married Benjamin Needler, Clerk of the Governor's Council. Career

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Richard Corbin (1713 or 1714-May 20, 1790) was a Virginia planter and politician who represented Middlesex County in the House of Burgesses and the Virginia Governor's Council. Although a noted Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War (during which two brothers served in British forces), he considered himself a Virginian and two of his descendants of the same name also served in the Virginia General Assembly following the conflict. Early life and education The son of powerful planter Gawin Corbin and his second wife, Jane Lane, Corbin received an education appropriate to his class from private tutors at home, then the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, and probably finished his education in England. His father married three times, and his first and third wives were daughters of members of the Governor's Council. However, his well-connected first wife, Cathereine Wormeley, bore no children before her death. This man was one of the two sons borne of Gawin Corbin's second marriage. His mother, the former Jane Lane Wilson, was the daughter of Captain John Lane of York County and widow of Willis Wilson, and this man would rename his main plantation "Laneville" to honor her. His full brother John Corbin (1715-1757) would inherit the Portobago plantation and lands in several counties, but held only local offices. Jane Lane also bore three daughters, of whom the eldest, Ann, would survive her first husband, Isaac Allerton, and remarried Rev. David Currie of Christ Church Parish in Lancaster County, Virginia. Her sisters Alice and Felicia never married. His half brother (son by his father's third wife, Martha the daughter of Col. William Bassett) Gavin (d. 1760) also may have served as a burgess or this man's ward before his marriage and siring a daughter who inherited some of his property. The younger Gawin's widow Hannah Lee Corbin refused to formally marry her paramour, lest she lose her right to manage half of her husband's lands during her lifetime, after which this man inherited them. Richard Corbin also had two sisters or half-sisters who married burgesses, but who did not bear children who survived. Jennie Corbin married John Bushrod of Westmoreland County and Alice Corbin married Benjamin Needler, Clerk of the Governor's Council. Career

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Richard Corbin (1713 or 1714-May 20, 1790) was a Virginia planter and politician who represented Middlesex County in the House of Burgesses and the Virginia Governor's Council. Although a noted Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War (during which two brothers served in British forces), he considered himself a Virginian and two of his descendants of the same name also served in the Virginia General Assembly following the conflict.