Nathaniel CORBETT

                   He was a Revolutionary Soldier.  Nathan and Lucy Hayward had a son born Nov. 30,1764, out of wedlock, who was named Nathaniel Corbett (Census Records, and Ballou's "History of Milford, Massachusetts")

Nathaniel sold his patrimonial land near Milford about 1771 and moved to Myrifield, later called Rowe, Massachusetts in northwestern Mass., where he resided the rest of his live.  From there he led a company of soldiers to Bennington, Vermont, fighting there under General Stark in Aug. 1777, and later gained the rank of captain in the State Militia. ("History of Rowe, Massachusetts" and "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the American Revolution".) Captain Nathaniel and his brother Eldad were in Rowe during the American Revolution and both saw service at various times.  Nathaniel later became a Captain in the State Militia. Captain Nathaniel died in Rowe, Massachusetts, April 12, 1812, according to records in the town clerk's office.  There is a stone in the North Cemetery marking his grave.  According to town records, Nathaniel and Lucy had 14 children, 7 of whom died in childhood. Probate records in Greenfield, Massachusetts, list the heirs as: Lucy his widow, Josiah, Joha, Moses, David, Nathaniel, Daniel and Phillip. (Gordon Corbett)

In 1948, #725 Clyde8 H. Corbett (Peter7, Nathaniel 6-5-4, Daniel 3-2, Robertl) of North Canton, Ohio, published a book on his branch of the descendants of Robert Corbett entitled, Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Corbett. In his introduction, he describes his search for his ancestors and says: "Of course, one never knows what he will find in such a search. As one wag said: 'Is it true that it costs $100 to have your family tree looked up?' The other retorted, 'Well not exactly. I paid $25 to have it looked up, and $75 to have it hushed up. When he came to Nathaniel 4, he wrote:
"Here we come to a thorny branch in our family tree. Two days after his marriage to Lucy Thayer [Nov. 28, 1764] a son, born Nov. 30, out of wedlock, to Lucy Hayward, 20 years old, and the daughter of prominent citizens of Milford, was named Nathaniel Corbett. It may be presumed that [our] Nathaniel was the father since he was 22 years old, and the only Nathaniel Corbett recorded as living in Milford at that time."