Person:John Robbins (31)
Captain John Robbins
b.5 Jan 1715/16 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.31 May 1797 Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Jan 1710/11
  1. Obedience Robbins1711/12 - 1711/12
  2. Mary Robbins1713/14 - 1781
  3. Captain John Robbins1715/16 - 1797
  4. Rachel Robbins1717/18 -
  5. Esther Robbins1720 -
  6. Elizabeth Robbins1723 - 1775
  7. Martha Robbins1725 - 1729
  8. Experience Robbins1727/28 -
  9. Obedience Robbins1730 - 1730
  10. Martha Robbins1731/32 - 1788
Spouse and Children
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m. 13 Jan 1736/37
  1. John Robbins1737/38 -
  2. Sarah Robbins1739/40 -
  3. Eunice Robbins1741/42 - 1754
  4. Wait Robbins1744 - 1826
  5. Jacob Robbins1746/47 -
  6. Simeon Robbins1751 -
  7. Martha Robbins1754 - 1791
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain John Robbins1715/16 - 1797
  • W.  Sarah Boardman1730/31 - 1784
m. 10 Jan 1770
  1. Huldah Robbins1770 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain John Robbins1715/16 - 1797
  • W.  Mary Russell1737 - 1825
m. 25 Nov 1784
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Captain John Robbins
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 5 Jan 1715/16 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Christening[3] 8 Jan 1715/16 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesFirst Congregational Society
Marriage 13 Jan 1736/37 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Martha Williams
Marriage 10 Jan 1770 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Boardman
Marriage 25 Nov 1784 Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesRocky Hill was incorporated from Wethersfield in 1843.
to Mary Russell
Death[1][4] 31 May 1797 Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[5] Center Cemetery, Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fam. 5. Richard Robbins3; Fam. 12. Esq. and Capt. John Robbins4, 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)
    2:552; 2:554-56.

    "John (Robbins) (Esq.), b. 5, bp. 8 Jan., 1715-16."
    "Fam. 12. Esq. and Capt. John (Robbins),4 (Richard,3 Esq. John2 Gentleman John,1), b. 1716; … 'Esq. John' rep. Weth. in the Gen. Assembly at the May and Oct. sess. Of 1780 May, 1782, Oct., 1783, both sess. of 1785 and of 1788, and May, 1789. … Esq. Robbins obtained his title of 'Captain' from some Revolutionary' war service. He d. 31 May, 1798 [1797], in his 82d yr.—S. C. R., and was bu. in Stepney Burying-ground. Fifteen yrs. later, his remains were placed in a spacious vault, erected by the family. By his will (1794) he provided for the manumission, at age of 25, of two slaves, Doll and Amy; gave his dau. Sarah £175 in add. to other gifts; to Eunice £215; to Huldah an add'l sum; to the children of his dec'd dau. Martha, (Wright) £331; to his son Wait £2,456-3-06; to son Levi £220; to his gd.-s. Justus £1,125; to Jacob £2,381; to s. Simeon £2,567; to s. Frederick £2,861; the widow's share was £14,329."

  2. ↑ Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records.

    ROBBINS, John, s. Richard & Martha, b. Jan. 5, 1715/16 1:73

  3. ↑ Volume 126 Wethersfield, in Connecticut, United States. Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. (Ancestry.com (database on-line), 2013)
    191.

    "Robbins, … Jno, child of Richard, bp. Jan. 8, 1715/16 [SM:50]"

  4. ↑ Volume 097 Rocky Hill, in Connecticut, United States. Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. (Ancestry.com (database on-line), 2013)
    172.

    "Robbins, … John, Esq., d. May 31, 1797, 82d [164]"

  5. ↑ Capt John Robbins, in Find A Grave.
  6.   Goldthwaite, Charlotte. Boardman Genealogy, 1525-1895: The English Home and Ancestry of Samuel Boreman, Wethersfield, Conn.; Thomas Boreman, Ipswich, Mass. : With Some Account of Their Descendants (Now Called Boardman) in America. (Hartford, Conn.: William F. J. Boardman, 1895)
    p. 261.
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