Capt. George Corwin

1610 - 1685  (75 years)

• Name	George Corwin  [1]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Born	1610	England   [2]
  	Emigrated from Northampton, England in 1638, immigrating to Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony in the Americas.
  Gender	Male
  Died	1685	Salem, Essex Co, MA
  Buried	Broad Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Person ID	I5564	adkinshorton
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	John Corwin
  Family ID	F26782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Herbert
  Children	+ 1. Judge Jonathan Corwin,   b. 10 Dec 1640,   d. 09 Jun 1718  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F18644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Winslow,   b. 1630-1639, Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA ,   d. 23 Apr 1698  (Age 59 years)
  Married	1669
  Family ID	F27284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Capt. George Corwin Painting from "The Inventory of Capt. George Corwin", www.archive.org

  
  

  Documents

  Family Tree of John Corwin (by Rev. George Corwin) (from The Corwin Genealogy in the United States)

  
  

  Histories		Corwin, Capt George- Inventory of (PDF) www.archive.org
  		Corwin, Capt George- Corwin Genealogy (PDF 47MB) www.archive.org

  
  

• Notes

  Parents of Captain George Corwin are not known and documented as of this writing. There is some non-conclusive evidence that his father is John Corwin, and that his grandfather is Matthias Corwin. Further research is needed before including his parents.

  
  

• Sources

  [S18785] The Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell 1867-1949 of Elmira New York. The family of Cowin or Curwen as the name was spelled in earlier days came from England to Salem, Massachusetts about 1638 with other Puritan settlers of that period. George Corwin, better known as Captain George Corwin, was the first of the line in this country. [USA] He was a man of influence and high standing in the early fomation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Through his efforts the foundations of the merchantile and shipbuilding enterprises were established in Salem and its importance as a port thereby assured for many years afterward. He died in 1685 leaving "no debts and one of the largest estates to that date administered in Salem". Some of the elegant and costly articles owned by him are now in the historical museum in that city. The Captain's [Capt. George Corwin] two sons were active in the public life of the [Massachusetts Bay] Colony. Both were sons by his first wife, Elizabeth Herbert a daughter of John Herbert, Mayor of Northampton, England. The younger son Jonathan became a Judge of the Supreme Court. John (1638-1683) married Margaret a daughter of John Winthrop Jr. Governor of the Colony of Connecticut and granddaughter of the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Winthrop Sr. Captain Corwin also had four daughters named Abigail, Hannah, Penelope and Susanna Corwin. [S18811] The Corwin Genealogy of the United States, pg.xxix (Introduction). In the Broad Street Cemetery, at Salem, Mass., are found [one of] the following inscriptions on three sides of a small monument: Here lie the remains of George Curwin, Esq., born in England, 1610, died at Salem, 1685 ; his widow, Elizabeth, only daughter of Governor Edward Winslow, and many of their descendants.