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	Margaret Corbin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Margaret Corbin (November 12, 1751 – January 16, 1800) was a woman who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
		On November 16, 1776 she and her husband, John Corbin, both from Philadelphia, along with some 600 American soldiers, were defending Fort Washington in northern Manhattan from 4,000 attacking Hessian troops under British command.
		A tablet commemorating her heroism was erected in 1909 in Fort Tryon Park, near the scene of the battle, and the entrance to the park is named Margaret Corbin Circle in her honor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margaret_Corbin (206 words)

	Margaret Cochran Corbin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Margaret Cochran Corbin fought alongside her husband in the American Revolutionary War and was the first woman to receive pension from the United States government as a disabled soldier.
		With no time to grieve, Margaret continued loading and firing the cannon by herself until she was wounded by grapeshot which tore her shoulder, mangled her chest and lacerated her jaw.
		Margaret was then transported further in a jolting wagon all the way to Philadelphia.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/corbin.html (416 words)

	MARGARET COCHRAN CORBIN
		Margaret stepped into John's place by cleaning, loading and firing the cannon with such skill and vigor that she caught the attention of the officers and men of Cochran's company as one of the deadliest gunners who opposed the Hessians as they approached the hill.
		Margaret never fully recovered from her wounds and was unable to use her left arm for the rest of her life.
		In fitting tribute to Margaret Corbin the citizens of Washington Heights and Inwood dedicated the drive within the park and the circle at the southern entrance of the park where Fort Washington Avenue ends in her name.
	hhoc.org /hist/mc_corbin.htm (1330 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Corbin, Margaret (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		CORBIN, MARGARET [Corbin, Margaret], 1751-1800, American Revolutionary heroine, b.
		Franklin co., Pa. Upon the death of her husband in the attack on Fort Washington (Nov. 16, 1776), she commanded his cannon until she was seriously wounded.
		In 1916 her remains were moved from Highland Falls, N.Y., to West Point, where a monument was erected in her honor.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/c/corbin-m1.asp (204 words)

	Les Corbin d'Amérique/Corbins of Canada-USA - pafg22.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Rudolph Corbin (Rodolphe Corbin, Nazaire Corbin-Lacroix, Guillaume, Guillaume, François)
		Alexandre Corbin (Eugène, Charles, Guillaume, Guillaume, François) was born on 31.01.1878 in Montréal, Qc.
		Eugene Corbin (Roch, Charles, Guillaume, Guillaume, François) was born on 19.08.1886 in St-Paul, Mn, USA.
	webhome.idirect.com /~letanu/corbin/pafg22.htm (647 words)

	Sparrow Corbin -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Margaret Corbin (November 12, 1751 - January 16, 1800) was the first woman to fight in the American Revolutionary War.
		On November 16, 1776 she and her husband, John Corbin, both from Philadelphia, along with some 600 American soldiers, were defending a fortification in northern Manhattan from 4000 attacking Hessian troups under British command.
		Josephene Myrtle Corbin (1868-1927?) was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1868.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/139/sparrow-corbin.html (1048 words)

	Monuments and Memorials to Women Warriors
		Margaret Corbin: During the Revolutionary War battle of Fort Washington, 1776, Margaret Corbin manned her husbands cannon when he was killed, until she was wounded.
		Margaret Corbin was the first woman awarded a pension by Congress for her service and disability.
		In 1778, two years after Margaret Corbin's heroic stand, Mary Ludwig Hays also kept her husband's cannon firing after he fell in the battle of Monmouth, near Freehold, N.J. Mary Hays (later McCauley), said to have been Molly Pitcher, is recognized both in N.J. and in Pennsylvania, where she lived after the war.
	userpages.aug.com /captbarb/monuments.html (1671 words)

	Artillery Legends, including Saint Barbara and Molly Pitcher
		She was born Nov. 12, 1751 near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, orphaned at the age of five and was raised by relatives.
		Margaret Corbin died near West Point, New York prior to her fiftieth birthday.
		(The first was Margaret Corbin during the defense of Fort Washington in 1776.) Resolutely, she stayed at her post in the face of heavy enemy fire, ably acting as a matross (gunner).
	www.landscaper.net /artylgnd.htm (2329 words)

	Mrs. Margaret Corbin - Eastern Shore News - delmarvanow.com
		Margaret Corbin, 64, wife of the late Wallace Corbin Sr.
		Corbin was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Emma Godwin Jacobs.
		Corbin is survived by her sons, William, Wallace Jr., Ronald and Anthony Corbin; daughters, Rosetta Corbin, Della Corbin, Kate Washington, Arnita Ward and Fontella Corbin; brothers, Elzie and Dossie Jacobs; sisters, Sadie Jacobs and Willie Mae Lewis; 21 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
	www.delmarvanow.com /easternshore/stories/20060329/2267263.html (135 words)

	NARA - Prologue - Will the Real Molly Pitcher Please Stand Up?
		Margaret Corbin, the first woman pensioned by the Continental Congress, holds the unique honor of being the only soldier of the Revolutionary War buried at the Military Academy at West Point, New York.
		Patriotic literature commonly refers to Margaret Corbin as "Captain Molly." Linda Grant De Pauw describes Margaret Corbin as a transvestite soldier who wore a uniform but made no attempt to conceal her sex.
		Thus, Kerber concludes, "the women of the army were denied as the Shaysites were denied."29 Women such as Sarah Osborn Benjamin, Margaret Corbin, or Deborah Sampson were very likely regarded by Republican society as coarse, unfeminine, and of loose morals because they had cohabited with the soldiers.
	www.archives.gov /publications/prologue/1999/summer/pitcher.html (5190 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Corbin, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Corbin, Margaret CORBIN, MARGARET [Corbin, Margaret], 1751-1800, American Revolutionary heroine, b.
		Paul Corbin, R.I.P.: memories of the legendary fixer.
		Mike Corbin and His Workshop of Wizards Addresses Slander and Defamation By Hollister Pinnacle News; Mike Corbin Demands Public Retraction, Provides Proof of False And Defamatory Statements Published by Pinnacle News Since April 2002.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Corbin, (614 words)

	USNA - Officer Development - Corbin Summit
		The Corbin Leadership Summit, initially called the Corbin Conference, was named after Margaret Corbin, a heroine of the Revolutionary War.
		Margaret Corbin supported her husband by following his artillery crew and providing water for them.
		When her husband became incapacitated due to severe wounds, Margaret Corbin stepped into the breach and filled his position as a combatant.
	www.usna.edu /OfficerDevelopment/Corbin/history.htm (239 words)

	Muzzle Blasts Online,Vol. 3, No. 4.,; Captain Molly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Margaret Corbin was born November 12, 1751, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Robert Cochran.
		Three years later, John enlisted, and Margaret, refusing to be left at home, rolled her meager belongings in a blanket and went with her husband.
		Margaret Corbin was the first American woman to be wounded on the battlefield fighting for American independence.
	www.muzzleblasts.com /vol3no4/articles/mbo34-3.html (1638 words)

	History of WaHI: Margaret Cochran Corbin - Washington Heights & Inwood Online
		Margaret stepped into John’s place by cleaning, loading and firing the cannon with such skill and vigor that she caught the attention of the officers and men of Corbin’s company as one of the deadliest gunners who opposed the Hessians as they approached the hill.
		Margaret later received a lifetime disability pension of one-half pay on July 6, 1779, from the Continental Congress, making her the first woman to obtain such a commitment from the government.
		Margaret Cochran Corbin, During the British-Hessian attack on Fort Washington, 16 November 1776, Margaret Corbin was wounded when she filled the post of her husband John Corbin who was killed while loading artillery.
	www.washington-heights.us /history/archives/000290.html (1472 words)

	Sarasota, FL, Margaret Cochran Corbin, Wayne King
		She was raised by an uncle and in 1772 married John Corbin.
		Margaret then took over his duties on a small cannon near the ridge later named Ft. Tryon.
		Margaret was later granted a pension by Congress at half-pay for life.
	www.chicago-scots.org /clubs/History/Newsletters/1997/April97-2.htm (698 words)

	Margaret Cochran Corbin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		ran Corbin fought along side her husband in the American Revolutionary War and was the first woman to receive pension from the United States government as a disabled soldier.
		Margaret Cochran Corbin had an impact on the rights for women because of her intense bravery.
		She showed that women aren't only capable of cooking and cleaning but could, if they had the will, serve in the war as well as any man. Margaret was also the first women in the United States to receive a military pension.
	pblmm.k12.ca.us /projects/discrimination/Women/special/mcorbin.html (370 words)

	Alice Corbin Henderson Collection, Genealogical Information
		Corbin, Beverley--ACH's brother, he died in 1884, about 2 months after his mother Lulu Hebe Caradine Corbin's death.
		Corbin, Mallory--died at the age of 2, ACH's brother.
		Married Alice Corbin on October 14, 1905 and fathered Alice Oliver Henderson in 1907.
	www.hrc.utexas.edu /research/fa/henderson.gen.html (1057 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		She not only served, Corbin won fame by taking over the cannon from her husband who was killed at the Battle of Ft. Washington in New York.
		This story follows Corbin's life from childhood when her father was killed, her mother was captured by Indians, Corbin's heroism during the war, to her later tragic life.
		Corbin's life is vividly portrayed in this recreation of battle scenes and biographical backgrounds.
	www.hiadventure.com /Webfront/history.htm (273 words)

	CORBIN I to Z: Every-Name Index to Family Group Sheets
		Those CORBINs whose ancestry is known to be other than Nicholas CORBIN of Maryland have their text in color.
		1868, Huntingdon Co., PA Margaret CORBIN - b.
		Co., OH > 1880 Census (w/parents), Wood Co., OH Norma Jean/Gene CORBIN - b.
	dgmweb.net /genealogy/FGS/Indices/EveryNameIndex-Corbin-ItoZ.shtml (4743 words)

	The American Revolution (Fort Washington)
		In 1775, Margaret's husband, John Corbin, enlisted in the Continental Army, and he served as a gunner in the Revolutionary War.
		Like many other soldiers' wives at the time, Margaret joined her husband in camp to cook, wash, and do other chores for the troops.
		Margaret replaced him at his cannon and fought until she was seriously wounded.
	theamericanrevolution.org /battles/bat_fwas.asp (1806 words)

	Capt. Molly Corbin TSDAR
		Captain Molly Corbin, who was born Margaret Cochran on November 12, 1751, in Pennsylvania was the daughter of Robert Cochran.
		When her husband was killed during the battle, Margaret Corbin heroically filled her husband’s post and fired the cannon in his place.
		Known as “Captain Molly Corbin,” she was also the first woman, fighting as a soldier, who was wounded in action in the Revolutionary War.
	www.texasdar.org /chapters/MollyCorbin (256 words)

	Margaret Corbin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		On June 29, 1779, the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, the decision-making body of the executive branch, allocated Margaret a $30 stipend "to relieve her present necessities" and recommended that the Board of War give her a pension.
		As did Margaret Corbin, Mary Hays McCauley replaced her husband, Captain John Hays, when he collapsed at his cannon.
		Hall, Edward H. Margaret Corbin: Heroine of the Battle of Fort Washington, November 16, 1776.
	www.awm.lee.army.mil /Army_Women_Notable/margaret_corbin.htm (380 words)

	Untitled Document
		1751- Margaret Molly Corbin birthday, revolutionary war hero who was near her husband at a battle when he was killed (women were on the battlefields of the war both as participants and as water, food, and munitions suppliers) and she immediately took over the cannon until she was wounded by enemy fire.
		Disabled, she lost the use of her left arm, she was granted a soldier's half- pay as a pension, was considered a full member of the military until mustered out in 1783.
		Margaret Corbin was listed on military rolls until April 1783.
	www.leasingnews.org /American_History/nov_12.htm (2266 words)

	Gymnastics
		Ann Horner, garrison commander, speaks on her views of marriage in the military as a part of a panel hosted by Margaret Corbin Forum Feb. 10.
		Margaret Corbin Forum hosted a panel discussion titled “Marriage (or not) in the Military” where popular author Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., spoke as the guest speaker Feb. 10 at Benny’s Lounge in Eisenhower Hall.
		The Margaret Corbin Forum was originally created in 1976 to help integrate women into the U.S. Military Academy.
	www.usma.edu /publicaffairs/PV/040227/Corbin.htm (683 words)

	Contents
		Introduction to James Bentley Corbin who was the first of this family's Corbin Ancestors to leave England and journey to Australia.
		Visit to JB Corbin's home town by one of his great, great, grandsons and one of his great, great, great, granddaughters.
		Corbin Calendars Following another bright idea from the Editor, Births, Deaths, Marriages and Baptisms have been recorded on each monthly page as they occur.
	www.freewebs.com /corbintrees/contents.htm (420 words)

	Corbin Bernsen Current Month TV Schedule
		Starring Scott Bakula, Corbin Bernsen, Walt Goggins, Eric Bruskotter, Peter Mackenzie, Thom Barry, Judson Mills, Dennis Haysbert, Jensen Daggett, Ted McGinley.
		A young woman discovers that she's the linchpin of a plot by her mother and her mother's married lover to kill his wife.
		Corbin Bernsen, Willy Goldstein, Mike O'Malley, Anthony Clark.
	www.tv-now.com /stars/corbinb.html (877 words)

	AllRefer.com - Margaret Corbin (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Margaret Corbin (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Margaret Corbin[kOr´bin] Pronunciation Key, 1751–1800, American Revolutionary heroine, b.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Margaret Corbin
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Corbin-M.html (181 words)

	Celebrating Women's History Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 1926, the Daughters of the American Revolution had her remains re-interred with full military honors at the cemetery of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where she remains the only woman buried at West Point.
		In the wake of the 1976 Bicentennial, Corbin’s story resurfaced and Fort Tryon Park’s plaza and drive were renamed for her.
		She is also commemorated by several bronze plaques within Fort Tryon Park and a bronze statue at West Point.
	www.senate.state.ny.us /sws/wod/mi_cochran_corbin.html (275 words)

	Patchin-en Genealogy (from Marie Parker COON thru Miner Clifford COURSEN )
		Margaret Loretta COONEY (17 Jan 1888 - 12 Oct 1959)
		Helen Margaret CORBIN (20 Mar 1923 - ____)
		Ruth McClelland CORBIN (3 Oct 1914 - ____)
	www.patchin.us /shel/genealogy/index/ind0023.html (351 words)

	Settling in Sydney
		As a child Father Eric Corbin remembers his father, Percy Thomas Corbin, used to point to some sandstone cottages at
		Margaret Mary Corbin died here – in 1899.
		Noted by Alf Corbin: Plain rectangular headstone facing seawards, about 10 or 12 rows back from tallest fir tree and white flats (on opposite side of road from said fir)).
	www.australiancorbintrees.com /Australia/Settling_In.htm (290 words)

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