The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
LN@ zNtWT tnle8 qlgpatth ~
5SM (G5|EEN4EEAE 0GtCkE COLUMN
4a;f~'Ys2

Colonial children, Ann, with common
dab1e regularity. came the 9Th Of Feb
ruary. 1864. Daughters were becom-
ing trifie monotonous and the hour
of AIMS arrival is withheld. to show.
perhaps, that she is not as important
as Alice and winifred. At the age of
nineteen Miss Alice married Major
Philip Lightfoot. Baronial life came
easy to these Corbips. for they had
traditions of their English cradle, Hall
End, in Warwickshire.
The influence of local atmosphere.
however distant, is remarka ble--father
tells son of the ideals of remote en-
vironnept, and unconsctously the son
imbibes and engrafts these ideals upon
a prosaic life, and thereby illunlinates
and softens it. This Henry Corbin
lived about, had other and fewer es-
tates than in Middlesex. and his sons
are recorded perhaps elsewhere, or
perhaps in some unhappily lost Middle
sex register. AS we study this Mid
dlesex register of 1853 upwards, so
many names appear which are never
heard to-day, and very few which can
be found now in MddleseX, aud we
must conclude after studying this reg
lister and all of the other parish regis
tiers which exist to-day, that the pop
uldllOn OIL viz IiAs uiiNC sDCCt VI
rowing tendency-the exceptions to
the rule are the comparatively few
families which remain where they be-
gan And the cause of rowing Is gem
orally pecuniary. Men go where for
tune smiles--the sun of prosperity at
a certain place has its MONDAY power
after years of climbing the tortuous
hill which leads to the zenith and
then it gradually sinlSs--and the lam
lily who has enjoyed'its MONDAY can
not stand the evening shadows. and IL
removes itself where there is more
promise. Not only does war alone
make changes, but peace has It's revo-
luton. and the compilations OF sections
are always changing, and after 100
more years localized cognomens disap-
near altogether. Such is most partlc-
ularlv the case with MiddleseX.
Still in fancy it is pleasant to stand
at the door of old Christ Church and
see the chariots of the mansions men
toned above roll to the~door, but not
| SO pleasant to remember that the
"esu uGes are now dust, and that
probably only a kneebuckle and some
dry bones are left under those impos-
| ing names near or under the chan-
| cel.''
Apropos Of Middlesex. readsr OF
| this column has sent US some data OF
| the Corbns which we are mighty
clad to have, and which we now give
our readers who have been asking for
lit
Dear Mr. Editor:
some time since saw mention OF the
Blackwell genealogy. and nave peen
\ anxtously watching your columns Tor
BLACKWELL news (?),
A Blackwell In Hanover county mar
| ried ---, widow Of ---------- Mills
1 as. She had one son by the Mills
marriage Nicholas (2), who married
4 a Miss Ronald and had George (So
| died unmarried; Nicholas CD, marfleo
------- ------.----, left Issue: Ronald
1 (S) married Betty Bassett, left issue
i Charles Spotswood (S). married Claudia
dauehter Of Colonel Crozet, once OF
4 Napoleon's army left Issue. Nicholas
4 Mills (2) also had daughters, Mary
7fmarried Robert Beverley Corbin, left
Tissue. and Jane, married Blair, left Is
she. The mother of Nicholas Mills bS
\ her second marriage (BlackwelD lia4
Z = son - Blackwell who married
5.---------- aud had an only
J |ch,ld Mary. She married John Saw
4 bridge Corbin, son of Francis Corhln
i As the Francis Corbln line ties VI
4loose ends In several of the genenlo-
!, eies published lately by you. and has
never been published, Will give II
! Ibelow for you to use y you see 1T, but
permit me to say that snail welcome
J, amy information concerning NILS o.
y BIackwell, and IL / can reciprocate
! win do so mos gladly, Am also in
i terested In Davenport, Holmes, Parhalu
| and WALES
!. Richard Corhin, Of the third genera
!, ltinn nf Corblns In Apleri ca, rnSSrieo