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Ann Corbit (Lea)

Also Known As: "Ann", "Ann Lea Corbit", "Mrs Ann Corbiteli"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Crown Colony
Death: October 29, 1789 (34)
Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Lea, III and Mary Pennell
Wife of Daniel Ervin Corbitt and Daniel Ervin Corbitt III
Mother of Benjamin John Corbit; Joseph Corbit; Jemima Corbit; Daniel Corbitt, III; Mary Ann Corbit and 3 others
Sister of Hannah Pusey and Thomas Lea
Half sister of Jonas Preston, Jr.; Abigail Graham; William Pennell; John Pennall; Mary Corbit and 1 other

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About Ann Corbit

  • 'The ancestry and posterity of John Lea, of Christian Malford (1906)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/ancestryposterit00leaj
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/ancestryposterit00leaj#page/n104/mode...
    • POSTERITY OF JOHN LEA.
  • FIRST GENERATION.
  • 1 JOHN LEA,1 the founder of the family in America whose genealogy is given in the following pages, was of Christian Malford, Wiltshire, England. He is No. XXV (THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ERROR IN THE BOOK, AS JOHN LEA IS NO. LXIV; NO. XXV IS FOR THOMAS LEA, SON OF BALDWYN AND JOANE(VENNERSTONE) LEA.) in the Pedigree given in the English Section of this work, where an account of his forebears will he found. He was the son of John and Joane ( . . . . . ) Lea, born about 1661 and baptized at Christian Malford on the 12 July 1674.
  • So far as has been ascertained . . . . Little is known of his personal history except that he was a wool stapler and, probably for that reason, removed to Gloucestershire (the chief centre of that industry being then about the Cotswold Hills) prior to the time of his f marriage, which took place at the Gloucester Monthly Meeting in England 1st of 12 mo. (called February) 1698, his wife being Hannah the daughter of++ Samuel and Mary (Whitcombe) Hopton (b. about 1665) and widow of§ Joseph Webb of Gloucester.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/ancestryposterit00leaj#page/65/mode/1up
  • John Lea died at Springfield 10 mo (December) 27th 1726. His decease is alluded to by his old friend and fellow Preacher, Thomas Chalkley, as follows: . . .
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/ancestryposterit00leaj#page/66/mode/1up
  • His f will dated 10 mo 25th 1726 and proved Feb. 28th 1726/7 gives bequests to his wife Hannah and children Isaac, John and Hannah Bonsall. Executors son Isaac Lea and friends Samuel and William Levis.
  • Hannah Lea his widow after his death removed to Darby, Pa., where she resided with her son-in-law Joseph Bonsall and where she died September 24th 1735. Her Will, dated 9 mo 16th 1734, was proved Oct. 17th 1735.++ Legacies to sons Isaac and John Lea, and daughter Hannah Bonsall, daughters Hannah Allen and Mary Pilkington, grandchildren by son Joseph Webb decd, and Mary his wife, Hannah, Joseph and Sarah Webb, grandchildren by Edward Pilkington and daughter Mary, Thomas, Mary, Hannah, Sarah Ann and Edward. Executors son-in-law Joseph Bonsall and son John Lea.
    • SECOND GENERATION.
    • http://www.archive.org/stream/ancestryposterit00leaj#page/69/mode/1up
    • 4 JOHN LEA2 (John1) son of John and Hannah (Hopton) Lea, b. Concord, Pa. 13 Sept. 1707, m. 1st Chester, Pa. 18 Nov. 1736, Hannah, dau. of Jacob and Sarah (Jones) Edge,* b. 18 Aug. 1713, d. 24 Feb. 1750-1; m. 2nd Providence,! Pa. 7 May 1752, Mary, dau. of John and Abigail ( . . . . . ) Yarnall and wid. of Thomas Pennell. He d. Chester, Pa. 8 Apr. 1759. His Will, dated 12 Apr. 1759, was proved 1 May of the same year. His widow, who is named as sole Executrix, remarried 1763 to Jonas Preston, by whom she had issue Jonas Preston M.D., founder of the Preston Retreat in Philadelphia.
    • Child of JOHN and HANNAH (EDGE) LEA.
      • 20 JACOB LEA,3 b. Chester, Pa. 5 Jany. 1741), d. there 10 .Tany. 1756-7.
    • Children of JOHN and MARY (YARNALL) LEA.
      • 21 HANNAH LEA.3
      • ' 22 ANN LEA.3
      • 23 THOMAS LEA.3
      • http://www.archive.org/stream/ancestryposterit00leaj#page/75/mode/1up
      • ' 22 ANN LEA3 (John,2 John1) dau. of John and Mary (Yarnall) Lea. b. Chester, Pa. 14 Apr. 1755, m. 7 Jany. 1775, Daniel, son of Daniel and Mary (Brinton) Corbit of Odessa, Del. b. 12 Feb. 1742, d. 4 Oct. 1788. She was married "out of Meeting," which fact is mentioned in a Certificate which she received 11 June 1777 from Wilmington to Duck Creek Mo. Meeting. A. L. d. Odessa, Del. 29 Oct. 1789.
      • ' Children of DANIEL and ANN (LEA) CORBIT JR.
        • 76 JOSEPH CORBIT.4
        • 77 ABIGAIL CORBIT,4 b. Odessa, Del. 18 Julv 1777, d. there 17 Feb. 1796.
        • 78 ELIZABETH CORBIT,4 b. Odessa, Del. 29 Aug. 1779, d. there 9 Sept. 1779.
        • http://www.archive.org/stream/ancestryposterit00leaj#page/76/mode/1up
        • 79 RUTH CORBIT,4 b. Odessa, Del. 17 Oct. 1790, d. there 23 Oct. 1783.
        • 80 LYDIA CORBIT,4 b. Odessa, Del. 21 Nov. 1782, d. unm. 26 Nov. 1830.
        • 81 MARY ANN CORBIT.4
        • 82 JEMIMA CORBIT.4
        • 83 DANIEL CORBIT,4 b. Odessa, Del. 27 Jany. 1788, d. 22 Sept. 1822.
        • 84 JOHN CORBIT.4
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  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 13 2021, 14:11:29 UTC
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Ann Corbit's Timeline

1755
April 14, 1755
Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Crown Colony
1776
January 30, 1776
Odessa, New Castle County, Province of Delaware, British Crown Colony
1780
1780
Barnwell, Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States
1784
December 22, 1784
Sussex County,Delaware
1786
December 20, 1786
1788
January 27, 1788
Odessa,New Castle County,Delaware
1789
October 29, 1789
Age 34
Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
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