Gawin Corbin (burgess)

Gawin Corbin
Member of the House of Burgesses for King and Queen County
In office
1736–1740
Serving with John Robinson
Preceded byGeorge Braxton
Succeeded byGeorge Braxton
In office
1715–1715
Serving with William Bird
Preceded byJohn Holloway
Succeeded byGeorge Braxton
Member of the House of Burgesses for Middlesex County
In office
1698–1705
Serving with Robert Dudley, Edwin Thacker, William Churchill
Preceded byMathew Kemp
Succeeded byJohn Robinson
Personal details
Born1669
Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia
DiedJanuary 1, 1745
Peckatone plantation, King and Queen County, Colony of Virginia
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)Catherine Wormeley, Jane Lane, Martha Bassett
RelationsHenry Corbin (father)
ChildrenRichard, Gawin, John
Occupationplanter, politician

Gawin Corbin (1669-1745) was a Virginia planter, militia officer, customs collector and politician who served in the House of Burgesses representing at various times Middlesex and King and Queen County.[1] Two descendants of the same name would also serve in the House of Burgesses, Gawin Corbin Sr. and Gawin Corbin Jr.

  1. ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915), vol. 1 p. 217