Ann:
I did some quick searching and think I might have something for you. Seems like others in Canada are also researching same family. Here is a posting from 1998 by a Rich Corbett in Toronto.
http://www.gaia.edu/genclass/ireland/monaghan/monaquer4-98.htmDate: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 19:01:10 -0400
From: Rich Corbett
(*)Subject: Corbett
James Corbett b.ca. 1778 and Jane Breakey had 5 children Samuel b.1802, Margaret b. 1803, William b. 1806, Mary Ann b. 1810, and Jane Eliza. All the children were reported to have been born in Ireland.
Before leaving Ireland Samuel married Elizabeth Mills or perhaps her surname was Street, Margaret married William Medill (there are a variety of spellings for this surname the one presented is the one that was used in North America), the other children were unmarried when they reached New Brunswick, Canada in 1822.
Family lore says the family came from County Monaghan, Ireland and the best estimate is that lived between Cootehill, County Cavan, and Drum in Co. Monaghan. A number of Corbetts and Medills are residents of record in the Barony of Dartree, Parish of Ematris.
It is further reported that James was an officer in the British army, an Orangeman and an adherent to the Church of Ireland. A search of the officer's list of the British Army for 1815 failed to confirm his rank or enlistment.
I have exhausted the resources available in Canada and I am trying to establish a verifiable link with Ireland and to confirm what at present are interesting stories.
Rich Corbett,
(*) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Good luck!
Pat
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