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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Shropshire => Topic started by: LauraLS on Thursday 09 July 09 23:17 BST (UK)
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Hello, I'm a Corbett through my mother's side of the family and they all came from Shropshire in the early 1900s. Thanks to the Corbett Study group I have my ancestors traced to 1680 (William Corbett). I was wondering if there was a connection with the Norman Corbetts that settled in Shropshire after the conquest, at the moment there doesn't seem to be one as it seems this Corbett family in the 1600s weren't particularly wealthy. Is it likely that there is a connection somehow do you think or that this is a completely different Corbett line that just happens to be in the same area? My family all have the traditional Corbett features too (raven hair and tall), althought I'm blonde and small after my dad's side. :P So far a connection seems unlikely but at the same time it makes sense if you know what I mean?
Any other Corbetts on here? :)
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Hi
I am a Corbett by birth and my Corbett line although dark haired are not particularly tall!...........we do however all originate from Shropshire.
My line of Corbett's are proving to be quite difficult to trace and although I have some new leads, I have only reliably traced back as far as 1810 with my gt.gt.gt.grandfather Richard Corbett. They were all relatively poor, usually coal miners or labourers mostly in the areas of Dawley ,Madeley Wellington etc.
Would love to see your tree to see if our families cross paths!.......a fellow researcher of the Corbett name would be most welcome!
Kind regards
Alyson
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Hi
I am also descended from William Corbett 1680, he is my 6 X g/grandfather. This is where I've come to a halt because of a doubt over his parentage. ???
Chris
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Thanks for the replies. We must be related then Chris!
I lost the family tree I was sent, I need to ask for it again ::) . I can remember the first four which were:
William married Eliza
Thomas married Elizabeth Pritchard
William married Jane Judgson (?)
William married (?)
Not hard to remember the male side lol. I'm so annoyed my computer went funny and I lost everything, but as I said I can ask to have it sent through again. Alyson my family were all caol miners too, so you know of a Thomas Corbett in your family tree who was mayor of Shrewsbury? He pops up as a notable character in mine so if he does in yours we have the same family.
For the William born 1680 records guess that his parents may be yet another William (born around 1660) and Jane, is that how far you got Chris? Does your family tree match mine so far up there ^^^ or are you descended from their other children?
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Hi,
I am descended from the marriage of his son Thomas and Elizabeth Pritchard.
It is my understanding that if we can sort out William's parents we will have a direct line back to Roger? DeCorbett who came over at the request of the Earl of Shrewsbury to fight the Welsh in Montgomeryshire.
I have William 1680's children as:
William 1706
Thomas 1708
Robert 1719 m Mary Wynne 23 Jan 1741 All Saints Wellington. They had 9 children
Chris
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Wow really? I've been trying to find a link with the Norman family but as I said even in the 1600s our Corbett family appears to have been poor. It would be exciting if we could find that link though (I'm very interested in Medieval history), what makes you think the line could be traced back to Roger?
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Hi
I had the line back to Roger amonst my notes and have from time to time have been checking them.
Lo and behold I can't put my hands on them now. ::)
As soon as I can I'll let you have a copy, but please remember that most of it is not my work and I haven't checked it all out yet so treat with some caution.
Chris
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Ok, thank you that would be great and I have eighty pages of our family tree in detail (starting from William 1680) if you want it? (From the Corbett Study Group). I'm on holiday now so sorry if you reply and I don't answer. :)
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Hello, I'd forgotten about this. Have you found your papers? The Corbett study group seems to have disappeared off the internet so I can't email Jean Noble about getting another copy of my tree at the moment. :/
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Although I've not done the research myself, I have seen the Corbetts linked back to the 1066 invasion and there are published lines of Corbetts coming down to the present like this:
http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/corbet_2.htm
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Would anyone know what connection H Wright... the artist had or has to the Corbett family in Market Drayton???? I found an old watercolour by H Wright.....dated 1924.....auctioneer told me it had some connection to the Corbett family.....I am interested to find out the history of the painting/artist
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More of the name would be useful. There is an artist, WRIGHT, H. C. Seppings in Who's Who UK.
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Hi,
The watercolour is predominantly two birds......signed H WRIGHT 1924. That is all I can see. It was the auctioneer who narrowed it down to the Corbett family in Market Drayton Shropshire, saying it would be of huge interest to them. The picture belonged to Great Grandparents from Madeley in Stoke-on- Trent. Apart from that I have no further information. I was just curious as to its origins and possible meaning.
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The above fellow is the most likely I can find. Maybe you can see if there is a similarity between your painting and some of his:
http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&safe=off&q=H C Seppings Wright
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Hi, I’ve just come across this. I have been looking into my lineage which goes back to Wellington. So far I have found the following:
You
Paul David Corbett
(b.1982, Sutton Coldfield)
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Duncan Wycherley Corbett
(b.1952, Birmingham)
3
Edward Deakin Corbett
(b. ~1920s/30s)
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George Wycherley Corbett
(b.1855, Wellington)
5
Samuel Corbett
(b.1819, Wellington; married Elizabeth Wycherley)
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Richard Corbett
(b.1780, Wellington; brickmaker, publican)
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John Corbitt
(b.1751, Wellington)
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Robert Corbett
(b.1719, Wellington)
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William Corbett
(b.~1680, Wellington)
If anyone has any more info I’d be very interested thank you
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Here are two Corbet resources if you have not come across them.
https://dn720204.ca.archive.org/0/items/familyofcorbetit02corb/familyofcorbetit02corb.pdf (https://dn720204.ca.archive.org/0/items/familyofcorbetit02corb/familyofcorbetit02corb.pdf)
https://shropshirechurches.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CORBET-pedigree-WEB.pdf (https://shropshirechurches.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CORBET-pedigree-WEB.pdf)
I'm trying to confirm if a 1663 marriage between a Rowland Glover and Ann Corbett is to a member of the Corbett tree. No details to be found about Rowland so far.