Generation: 1
| 1. | John Corwin Notes:
This is the paragraph immediately following the family tree image in "The Corwin Genealogy."
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Now, this "tree," without a word of explanation more than the names arranged as above, makes Thomas Curwin, the Quaker, Matthias Corwin, of Long Island, and George Curwin, of Salem, three original immigrants, though at different times, to be brothers, and the sons of a John Curwin, of England., Thomas and George may have been brothers, but the remarks already made, and the general tenor of the Introduction, will apparently quite forbid the placing of Matthias here. Probably this arrangement by Rev. George Curwin was a supposition, upon which he was beginning to work out a Curwin Genealogy ; but his death soon after, (1717.) prevented him from either verifying or disproving the same. It seems impossible to allow such a record to overturn all the testimony which the reader will find respecting another origin of Matthias Corwin. We hope, however, that the truth may be elucidated. The writer would simply observe that the family of Matthias Corwin, on Long Island, have never possessed (so far as his knowledge extends) the Curwen Arms, which the family of George, both in the East and in the West, have cherished; that the early generations of these families are not known to have ever visited or even corresponded with each other. The name of Matthias might have become known to Rev. George, from the neighboring Ipswich records where it yet remains. Rev. George was but two years old when his grandfather died. Matthias moved from Ipswich to Long Island about the time of the birth of the first George's children, 1640 ; while Thomas doee not, as far as known, appear in this country till forty or fifty years after the arrivals of George and Matthias.
John married . Unknown [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 2
| 2. |  Capt. George Corwin  (1.John1) was born in 1610 in England; died in 1685 in Salem, Essex Co, MA; was buried in Broad Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. 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.
Birth:
Emigrated from Northampton, England in 1638, immigrating to Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony in the Americas.
George married Elizabeth Herbert. (daughter of John Herbert) [Group Sheet]
George married Margaret Winslow in 1669. Margaret (daughter of Gov. Edward Winslow and Susannah Fuller) was born in 1630-1639 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA; died on 23 Apr 1698; was buried in Broad Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
| 6. | Sheriff George Corwin (5.Jonathan3, 2.George2, 1.John1) was born on 26 Feb 1666; died on 12 Apr 1696. Notes:
George Corwin (February 26, 1666 ? April 12, 1696) was the High Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials. He signed warrants for the arrest and execution of those condemned of witchcraft. On September 16, 1692, he was ordered by the Court of Oyer and Terminer to preside over the interrogation, under torture of Giles Corey, who was pressed to death for refusing to stand trial for witchcraft. Corwin died of a heart attack, in 1696, at the age of 30, after which his burial was delayed by a Salem resident named Phillip English, who was accused during the Witch Trials, and had his property seized by Corwin. English put a lien on Corwin's corpse, and delayed its burial until he had been reimbursed for the property he lost to Corwin.
George Corwin was the Grandson of John Winthrop, the Younger, the Governor of Connecticutt. His wife, Lydia Gedney, was the daughter of Bartholomew Gedney, one of the magistrates involved in the witch trials.
George married Lydia Gedney. (daughter of Bartholomew Gedney and Hannah Clarke) [Group Sheet]
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