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VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY

Corbin, John Tayloe, son of Colonel Rich- ard Corbin, of "Laneville,'' King and Queen county, member of the council, was a bur- gess for King and Queen county 1 769-1 772, 1 772- 1 774, 1775; did not approve of sepa- ration from Great Britain ; he married Maria Waller, daughter of Judge Benjamin Wal- ler, of Williamsburg; grandfather of Gen- eral Ricliard Corbin, of the confederate army.

Corker, John, was burgess for Passbehay 111 the assembly of September 4, 1632, and for Passbehay, James City and Chickahom- iny in that of February, 1633. He was clerk of the house of burgesses in 1645 and was still clerk in 1653. He married Dorcas, born in 1601. and was father of \\'illiam Corker (q. v.).

Corker, William, son of John Corker ( q. \.) and Dorcas, his wife, was burgess for James City in 1655-1656, and captain of the militia. Pie married Lucy, daughter of Captain John White. He left three daugh- ters, Susanna, who married George Branch,

Judith who married Clay, and Lucy

who married Jordan. His will was

proved in Surry county September 4, 1677.

Corprew, Joshua, was a burgess from Norfolk in the assembly of 1756- 1758.

Cotton, Anne, wife of John Cotton of Queen's Creek, York county, Virginia. She wrote an account of Bacon's rebellion en- titled "Our Late Troubles in Virginia, written in 1G76 by ]\Irs. An. Cotton of O. Creeke" (Force's Tracts I. No. ix). In- ternal evidence shows that she was also the author of "A Narrative of the Indian and Civil Wars in Virginia in the years 1675 and 1676" (Force's Tracts I. No. xi).

Cotton, Rev. William, was minister of Accomac, and brother-in-law of William Stone, first Protestant governor of Mary- hmd. His mother Joane Cotton in 1640 was living at Bunbury in Cheshire, England. He died in 1640.

Covington, Richard, was a burgess for Essex county in the assembly of 1703-1705, ?nd was justice of the peace and lieutenant- colonel of the militia.

Cowles, Thomas, was burgess for James City county in 1698; sheriff in 1700. He was ancestor of a well-known familv in James City county.

Coxe, Richard, was a burgess from Wey- aroke in the assembly of 1632.

Crabb, John, settled in ^^'estmoreland county, \'irginia, was a successful merchant and married about 1673 Temperance, daugh- ter of Dr. Thomas Gerrard. and widow of Daniel Hutt, of the same county. He left sons Osman and Thomas Crabb. His brother, Osman Crabb, of Brislington, alias Busselton, Somerset, England, died about 1695, leaving the bulk of his estate to his brother John, of \'irginia.

Craddock, Lieutenant William, had

charge in 161 4 of the first salt works in \'irginia on Smith's Island, near Cape Charles. In 161 8 he was provost marshal of Bermuda City and of all the hundreds thereto belonging. He died before 1625.

Crashaw, Raleigh (Rawley), member of the \'irginia Company of London, came to Virginia in 1608, was prominent in the early adventures, went on a trading expedition up the Potomac at the time of the massacre in 1622. and so escaped death ; member of