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- John RobbinsEst 1615 - 1660
Facts and Events
According to Henry Stiles in The History of Ancient Wethersfield, he married Mary Welles, the supposed daughter of Governor Thomas Wells. That Mary was the daughter of Thomas is highly questionable and subsequent authors have suggested she may rather have been the sister of Gov. Welles. Barbara Jean Mathews, et.al., in The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles, 3rd edition p. 1:163, states that Mary (Welles) Robbins, who married John1 Robbins, was the daughter of Robert and Joan Welles, baptized at Tidmington, Warwickshire, 25 April 1616, and therefore niece of Thomas, Robert's younger brother. John1 first appeared in the records of Wethersfield in 1638 when he was given a grant of land. He was a large landowner, and a man of means and good social standing, with the term "Gentleman" affixed to his name in all the early records of Wethersfield.
References
- ↑ John Robbins, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
284.
"Robbins, John: [Origin] Unknown; [Emigration] 1640; [Resided] Wethersfield [WetLR 1:13, 72, 122; Manwaring 1:146-47; Hale, House 801-3; TAG 10:51]"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fam. 1 John Robbins, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
2:550.
"Fam. 1 John (Robbins) 'Gent.' first appears on the Weth. Recs. in 1638, though he may have come there two or three yrs. earlier. He was evidently a man of means, and of good social standing, as vouched for by the term 'Gentleman', affixed to his name in all the early records. 10 Oct., 1638, he purchased ld. At Pyquaug (Weth.) including '20 acres of (Adventurers' ld.)' fm. John Clark, then of Quillipiack, (New Haven)—Weth. Ld. Recs., II, 23. … he was a townsman (selectman) 1652 (W. T. V., I, 40); memb. Of Gen. Ct., 1653, 1656, ’57, ’59, and dying 27 June, 1660, left an est. of £579-19-4; he m. Mary (dau., it has been said of Gov. Thomas & Elizabeth) Welles (7), who d. 'abt. middle part of Sept., 1659.'—Weth. Rec."
- ↑ Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
221.
"Robbins, … John, d. June 27, 1660 [LR1:39]"
- ↑ Robbins, John, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
2:146.
"Probate Records. Vol. II, 1650 to 1653. Page 141-2.
Robbins, John, Wethersfield. Invt. £579-18-04. Taken 2 July, 1660, by Richard Treat, Thomas Welles & Samuel Welles.
4 October, 1660: Adms. to Mr. Treat, Mr. Thomas & Mr. Samuel Welles, with Mr. John Chester to preserve the Estate for the Relict. Order to Dist. from the Magistrates, 5 June, 1662:
To John Robbins, £150-00s-00d; To Joshua, 120-00-00; To Mary, 109-00-00; To Hannah, 100-00-00; To Comfort, 100-00-00
It is granted to Mr. Kimberly, that is to match with Mary Robbins, that he shall keep the young children till they come to age, and the House and Land are bound over, as also the Estate of Mr. Kimberly, both what he hath and his wives portion, for ye discharge of ye 3 young Children who Mr. Kimberly is to educate in reading and writing, and Mr. William Wadsworth and Samuel Boreman to Dist. the Estate.
(Vol. Ill, New Book). Court Record, Page 62—7 May, 1667: Dist of John Robbins' Estate, net £509-19-00:
To John Robbins in Houseing & Lands, £-16s-00d; To Joshua in Lands, 107-05-00; To ye Eldest daughter Mary, 98-17-00; To Hannah Robbins, 90-00-06; To Comfort Robbins, 90-00-06. By William Wadsworth and Samuel Boreman.
(Note: Followed in detail 'The Lands devided'.)
Page 104—23 November, 1670: Mr. John Robbins complaint, this Court appoint Mr. Kimberly to bring into Court the 1st Wednesday of January next an Accot of the Estate of Mr. Robbins when he came to the possession thereof, both Debts & Credits, & how the Estate Came to fall short of the Invt; as also a true account of every part of the sd. Mr. Robbins' Estate that hath com into his possession that hath not ben Inventoried."
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