George Corwin was born February 26, 1665/6.

First he married on April 23, 1688 a Susanna Gedney who was born March 4, 1663 and died April 23, 1693. He married a second time to Lydia Gedney who was born March 9, 1669 and baptized April 17, 1670 in the First Church of Salem, Massachusetts.

To this union only one known son was born: 1. Bartholomew, born June 21, 1693, died in May of 1747.

George Corwin was a captain in the mad expedition of Sir William Phips in 1690 against Quebec and was rewarded for his work by the Governor in 1692, when he (at only 26 years old), was appointed Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts. It was his misfortune to be the sheriff during the witchcraft trials of Salem and was required to carry out the executions. Feelings ran high against him for his part in the executions and, even though the superior court absolved Corwin of blame for his official acts in an attempt to protect him from acts of vengeance, it didn't prevent a demonstration at his funeral by Philip English who had suffered under those official acts.

Sheriff George Corwin died April 12, 1696.

Reference:
Hixson Trails - Margaret Madara Free
Genealogy Dictionary of New England