ROBINSON, THOMAS, Scituate 1642; m. at Boston, for sec. w. 10 Jan. 1653, Mary, daughter of John Coggan of Boston, wid. of John Woodie of Roxbury, wh. d. May preced. had James, b. 14 Mar. 1654; Thomas, 1654; Joseph, 1656; Mary, 1657; Mercy, 1659, wh. prob. d. young; but by his former w. had eldest John, wh. he thot. was in Eng. when he made his will. His w. d. at Boston, 26 Oct. 1661; and he took 3d w. Eliz. wid. of Richard Sherman; was a deac. and made his will 17 Mar. 1665, in wh. he ment. est. in Boston; his w. as liv. sep. from him, yet gives £10 to her (wh. d. little more than a yr. aft.), and ch. John, Thomas, James, Joseph, and Mary. Curious inq. would turn to the will of his wid. 21 August 1666, pro. 16 Nov. 1667, in vol. VI. p. 9, in wh. ref. to the contract of m. with her late h. Thomas, whereby £50 was due to her; she gives half to childr. of her former h. Sherman, and half to be disp. by deac. John Wiswall and William Bartholomew; and of other est. legacies to John, s. of Edmund Brown of Dorchester; Samuel, s. of John Damon of Reading; Eliz. d. of Thomas Spaule of Boston; childr. ea. of her sis. Bridget Lock, of Fausett, in Eng. and her orchard to kinsman John Greenleaf, he paying, within six mos. £20 to his sis. Mary. Deane has confus. f. and s. The Boston est. was sold by admors. 1667, for the benefit of heirs; and the tree that k. Thomas in its fall, 1676, did not, as D. thot. hit the deac. but his s.
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