American Medical Biographies/Griffin, Corbin
Griffin, Corbin (17—–1813)
Corbin Griffin was the son of Leroy Griffin of Lancaster County, Virginia, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Joseph Bertrand, a French refugee, and was born in Lancaster, the year of his birth not being known.
He received a good classical education, and studied medicine at and graduated from the University of Edinburgh. A copy of his thesis, which was published, is in the Toner collection in the Surgeon-General's Library.
Afterwards he settled and practised in Yorktown, Virginia. In the Revolution, or at least in the first years of the war, he served as state surgeon, being first in the navy and later in the hospital at Yorktown. In May, 1779, he was a member of the Virginia Senate, having been elected for three years. After the war he continued to practise at Yorktown until his death.
He married Elizabeth Berkeley and had one son who married his cousin, Mary, daughter of the Hon. Cyrus Griffin, last president of the Continental Congress.
Dr. Griffin died September 1, 1813.