6: Symon Corbet of Defford, Worcs, Monyer in the Tower of London

This was another complex family to disentangle because there were so many Simon Corbets following on from each other. Identifying the first one, named by me as Simon Corbet the Elder, held an important position in the Mint in the 17th century.
This is an ancestor no one in my family ever remembered but I suppose that is what happens in families, stories of kin do not always get passed on. 

5: George Baster of Shalbourne, Wiltshire

The appearance of this man in Shalbourne, Wiltshire in about 1640 proved a bit of a conundrum for all those researching the Baster family. Born just before the start of the Civil War his family could have come from anywhere in the country. Perhaps my suggestion about his origins will one day be proved.

4: Wiltshire where George Baster first appears

The English Civil War began in 1642 and ended in 1651 so George Baster born circa 1640, arrived on the scene when the country was about to be thrown into turmoil. It was a time when recording baptisms, marriages and burials were less important than surviving.  He appears in Wiltshire so it is with Wiltshire we shall begin his story.

3: Charles James Corbitt and Garibaldi

He was my great grandfather and the brother of Bessie and Pollie mentioned in another blog. He left no record of his service with Garibaldi and only his discharge papers, now in America with a cousin's family, exist to show his service in Garibaldi's campain to unite Italy.

2: Money in Chancery

Many families have stories about money being left unclaimed in Chancery. In Bleak House by Charles Dickens described of the woes encountered by a young couple who are caught up in such matters and their inheritance gradually being whittled away by the courts and the lawyers.
So here is the next family story about Money in Chancery in our family.

1: Bessie & Pollie Corbitt

Here, in the pages on the right, are details of my family and a few complex family problems for you to ponder on. I am starting with Bessie and Pollie Corbitt, who proved to have lead lives which were difficult to untangle. The complexities of the relationships between their children have been difficult to sort out, especially since several expected marriages did not occur, and some births do not appear to have been registered and no baptisms took place either, meaning there is still more to discover and perhaps one day we shall find out what happened to Sydney Howard.