‎David Corwin‏‎ 1) 2) 3) Born ‎ Jul 18, 1790 at Mount Hope, Orange Co. NY‎ 2) 3), died ‎ Sep 26, 1839 at Buttermilk Falls, Luzerne Co. PA‎, 49 years 4) 2) 3) David Corwin's parents were Abner Corwin and Sarah Overton. 2) Military Service: (‎between 1812 and 1814 at Long Island, NY) Served in War of 1812. 2) 3) Moved: (‎ 1836 at Buttermilk Falls, Luzerne Co. PA) Buttermilk Falls PA is on the Susquehanna River, about 20 miles north of Wilkes-Barre. 2) 3) Married ‎ Oct 4, 1817 5) 1) 3) (21 years married) to: ‎Hester "Esther Totten" Totten‏‎ 6) 7) 8), daughter of John Totten and Lydia "Lydia Jacks" Jack‏. Born ‎ Dec 10, 1799 at Orange Co. NY‎ 1) 9) 7) 3) 8), died ‎ Mar 30, 1891‎, 91 years, cause of death: Pneumonia 10) 11) Moved: (‎ at Easton, Northampton Co. PA) 12) Moved: (‎ at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) 12) Census (‎ 1810 at Minisink, Orange Co. NY) Living with parents and siblings. 13) Census (‎ 1880 at Allegheny City, Allegheny Co. PA) Living with daughter Jane Gibson. 8) Census (‎ 1880 at Minisink, Orange Co. NY) Living with parents and siblings. 14) Located: (‎ 1891 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) 6) Children: 1. ‎John T. Corwin‏‎ 1) 15) Born ‎± 1818‎ 16), died ‎before 1890‎, cause of death: Drowning 1) John T. died young, according to "Pittsburgh and Her People." 3) 2. ‎Stephen O. Corwin‏‎ 1) 15) Born ‎ May 24, 1820‎ 15) 3. ‎Benjamin Franklin Corwin‏‎ 1) 15) 3) Born ‎ May 26, 1822‎ 16) 15) 3), died ‎ Feb 5, 1843‎, 20 years, cause of death: Drowned 1) 15) 3) 4. ‎Caroline "Anne Caroline Corwin, Carrie A. Corwin" Corwin‏‎ 3) 2) 17) 1) Born ‎ Jun 3, 1824 at Orange Co. NY‎ 2) 3), died ‎ Jul 23, 1916 at Sandwich, DeKalb Co. IL‎, 92 years 2), buried ‎ at Pratts Oak Lawn Cemetery, Sandwich, DeKalb Co. IL 2) 17) Membership: (‎ at Sandwich, DeKalb Co. IL) Methodist church. 2) Moved: (‎ at Sandwich, DeKalb Co. IL) 1) 2) Alt. Birth: (‎ Jun 3, 1825) 17) Located: (‎ 1891 at Sandwich, DeKalb Co. IL) 10) 2) 5. ‎Henry Wisner "Henry Wisser Corwin" Corwin‏‎ 18) 15) 1) 3) Born ‎ Jan 19, 1827 at NY‎ 18) 15) 19) Alt. Birth: (‎ Jan 27, 1827 at Mount Hope, Orange Co. NY) 3) Moved: (‎ 1844 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) 3) Located: (‎ 1850 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) 4) 20) Moved: (‎after 1850 at Nashville, Davidson Co. TN) 3) Moved: (‎ 1860 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) 3) Located: (‎between 1866 and 1901 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) Superintendant of pattern making at the Totten Co., iron foundry operated by his uncle William Jack Totten. 3) Census (‎ 1880 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) Pattern maker. 19) Located: (‎± 1890 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) Worked for Totten's Foundry. 1) Located: (‎ 1891 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) 10) Located: (‎between 1901 and 1907 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) Fire insurance agent. The account from which this fact was gathered was written in 1907, so he may have been a fire insurance agent later than 1907 as well. 3) Membership: (‎ 1907 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) Methodist Episcopal Church on the corner of Liberty Avenue and Center Street in Pittsburgh 3) 6. ‎Andrew Jackson Corwin‏‎ 15) 3) Born ‎ Jan 29, 1829‎ 15) 3), died ‎ Feb 2, 1829‎, under 1 year old 15) 3) 7. ‎Jane J. "Jemima Jane Corwin" Corwin‏‎ 18) 1) 15) 3) Born ‎ Mar 18, 1830 at NY‎ 21) 15) 3) 8) Moved: (‎ at Allegheny City, Allegheny Co. PA) 1) Census (‎ 1880 at Allegheny City, Allegheny Co. PA) Head of household. Living with children and mother. 8) Located: (‎ 1891 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) 10) 8. ‎Antoinette "Lydia Antoinette Corwin" Corwin‏‎ 18) 1) 3) 15) 3) Born ‎ Jul 16, 1832 at NY‎ 18) 15) 22) Moved: (‎ at Brady's Bend, Armstrong Co. PA) 1) Census (‎ 1880 at Perry Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. 22) Located: (‎ 1891 at Brady's Bend, Armstrong Co. PA) 10) 9. ‎Sarah Elizabeth Corwin‏‎ 18) 15) 1) 3) Born ‎ Apr 12, 1836 at PA‎ 15) 21) 3) 23) Census (‎ 1880 at Donegal, Butler Co. PA) Widowed. Living with children. 23) Located: (‎ 1891 at Erie, Erie Co. PA) 10) 3) 10. ‎David Rittenhouse Porter Corwin‏‎ 18) 15) 3) 1) Born ‎ Jul 18, 1838 at PA‎ 18) 15) 3) 24) Military Service: (‎between 1863 and Jul 4, 1864) Railroad corps, United States Army, Civil War. At one point was stationed in Chattanooga, TN. Honorably discharged due to sickness. 3) Census (‎ 1880 at Aleppo, Allegheny Co. PA) Employed by a rail road. Living with wife. 25) Located: (‎± 1890 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) Secretary of the Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railroad. 1) 3) Located: (‎ 1891 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA) 10)

Sources

1) source: Nearing the Century Mark
2) source: Research Notes - Floyd Bennet
3) source: A Century and a Half of Pittsburgh and Her People, page: Volume IV, Pages 225-227
4) source: "The Tottens and Allied Families"
5) source: Family Records section of Hamlet and Mary (Craig) Totten's Bible.
6) source: Obituaries of Hamlet Totten
7) source: Affadavit and Letter in re Pension for Julia Knapp Totten
8) source: 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Allegheny City, Allegheny Co. PA, extra text: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)., page: ED 28, Sheet 109-C, Dwelling 396, Family 456, Jane Gibson Family
9) source: Research Notes
10) source: Death Notice and Obituary of Hester Totten Corwin.
11) source: Records of Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA, page: Letter in re Hester Corwin Totten of 10 November 2011
12) source: Obituary of Julia Totten Larimer.
13) source: 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Minisink, Orange Co. NY, page: 2 males under 10 (William, Hamlet), 1 male 16-25 (John Harvey), 1 male 26-44 (John), 1 female under 10 (Julia), 2 females 10-15 (Mariah, Hester), and 1 female 26-44 (Lydia)
14) source: 1800 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Minisink, Orange Co. NY, page: Family 12487. 1 free white male 26-44 (John), 1 free white female 26-44 (Lydia), 2 free white males under 10 (John Harvey and Joseph), and 2 free white females under 10 (Mariah and Hester).
15) source: GEDCOM File
16) source: Birth date estimate
17) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Ann Caroline Corwin Bennett (Memorial # 69289651)
18) source: "The Tottens and Allied Families", extra text: 1850 Pittsburgh, PA (5th Ward) Census.
19) source: 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. PA, page: ED 139, Sheets 295-C and 295-D, Dwelling 172, Family 183, Henry Corwin Family
20) source: Obituary of Betty Jane Stevenson
21) source: "The Tottens and Allied Families", extra text: 1850 Pittsburg, PA (5th Ward) Census.
22) source: 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Perry, Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 18, Sheets 377-B and 378-C, Dwelling 10, Family 11, Peter Clark Family
23) source: 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Donegal, Butler Co. PA, page: ED 39, Sheet 192-A, Dwelling 384, Family 384, Sarah E. Evans Family
24) source: 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Aleppo, Allegheny Co. PA, extra text: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25157-24729-39?cc=1417683 : 24 December 2015), Pennsylvania > Allegheny > Aleppo > ED 37 > image 8 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)., page: ED 37, Sheet 299-D, Dwelling 208, Family 209, Leo B. Mach Hotel
25) source: 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Aleppo, Allegheny Co. PA, page: ED 37, Sheet 299-D, Dwelling 208, Family 209, Leo B. Mach Hotel

Citation for: Family Page
"Family Page: David Corwin & Hester Totten." HuMo-genealogy - A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree (http://ruralvalleyhistory.com/family.php?tree_id=31&id=F204&main_person=I600 : accessed 01 May 2024) David Corwin #I566, born ‎ Jul 18, 1790 at Mount Hope, Orange Co. NY