John Corbett

• Name	John Corbett
  Gender	Male
  Military service	1650	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Served in the Scottish army at Preston, Dunbar and Worcester
  	He "hes given sufficient evidence and demonstratione of his loyaltie and bears about him fyfteine scores of wounds as marks of his deuty and obedience receaved in his Majesties service"
  Occupation	1684	Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [1]
  	Tenant farmer in Langbridge
  Legal	24 Oct 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Successful petition to the Privy Council by John Corbet, elder, son John and daughter Margaret against previous sentences, including banishmne tin the case of John, younger. Agreed to live orderly, on pain of 500 merks
  Legal	25 Oct 1684	Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [2]
  	Bond of caution for the Corbetts by Andrew Corbett, younger in Mossyde of Kellwood in the parish of Dumfries for 500 merks
  Title Suffix	in Langbridge
  	[Langbrigflush; Langbrydfloosh; Longbriggs]
  Person ID	I44592	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Children	1. John Corbet   d. 17 Mar 1706, Tinwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland  [Father: natural]   2. Margaret Corbet  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F31167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Military service - Served in the Scottish army at Preston, Dunbar and Worcester - 1650 - Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Occupation - Tenant farmer in Langbridge - 1684 - Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Legal - Successful petition to the Privy Council by John Corbet, elder, son John and daughter Margaret against previous sentences, including banishmne tin the case of John, younger. Agreed to live orderly, on pain of 500 merks - 24 Oct 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Bond of caution for the Corbetts by Andrew Corbett, younger in Mossyde of Kellwood in the parish of Dumfries for 500 merks - 25 Oct 1684 - Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p307. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p316.