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4-12 Emeline, b. June 10, 1805; d. Dec. 22, 1822.
13 Susan E., b. Dec. 16, 1807; m. April 9, 1855, William K. Fowle of Roxbury.
14 Isaac E., b. Jan. 2, 1810; d. Dec. 31, 1836.
15 Adeline, b. Jan. 10, 1812; m. Nov. 2, 1842, James Parker. They have one child, James Emory, b. Aug. 30, 1845.
tWilliam II. II., b. Nov. 26, 1813; m. Mary Crowningshield.
16 17 Horatio, b. Dec. 21, 1815; m. Mary Phipps ; resides in New York.
18 Parnell M., b. April 30, 1818; d. Oct. 16, 1821.
19 Edwin, b. Feb. 20, 1821 ; resides in Boston.
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20 Hugh M., b. March 27, 1824; m. Sophia C. Lawrence, dau. of Phinehas Lawrence ; resides in Providence.
Emeline P., b. Oct. 5, 1826; m. Dec. 20, 1860, William K. Fowle, the husband of her late sister Susan.
REUBEN REED m. Dec. 8, 1819. Sarah Russell of Camb. She d. Ang. 2, 1822, and he m. Feb. 26, 1824, Mary H. Willard of Harvard. She d. Feb. 11, 1860, aged 69; he d. March 4, 1864, aged 71.
Reuben, b. Feb. 5, 1821; d. June 22, 1822. Reuben Willard, b. Jan. 12, 1825; m. Sept. 1854, Georgiana Ferren of Charlestown. They have Emmie G., b. Nov. 10, 1856 ; Mary Hattie. b. Sept. 7, 1860, d. Oet. 15, 1864; Lizzie Virginia, b. April 27, 1866.
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Josiah Haskell, b Feb. 12. 1827; m. Oct. 9, 1860, Clara Rebecca Gates, dau. of Howard Gates of Ashby .. They have Frank Has- kell, b. Dec. 26. 1862 ; Alice Gates, b. Aug. 21, 1864.
WILLIAM H HARRISON REED m. Sept. 5. 1850, Mary Crowning- shield, dau. of A. W. Crowningshield of Lex. He now resides in Charlestown.
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Mary Ella, b. March 9, 1852; d. Sept. 5, 1852. Julia Ella, b. June 12, 1854.
Mary Alice, b. Nov. 30, 1855.
There was also another family of Reeds in Woburn and Lexington, which had no connection with the William and Mabel race. If we may believe tradition, and the statement is confirmed by many atten- dant circumstances, Swethern Reed eame to this country from Ireland about 1725, and settled in Boston. After remaining there a few years, he removed to Woburn, and took up his abode in that part of the town which now constitutes Burlington.
1 SWETHIERN REED probably m. Margery Collens, and had a num- ber of children, of whose birth we have very imperfeet records.
1- 2 +James, b. -; m. Elizabeth Wellington of Camb. Sept. 24, 1778. 3 +Robert, b. -; m. Elizabeth Hartwell of Bedford.
4 Elizabeth, b. April, 1740; m. Nov. 30, 1763, Thomas Fox.
5 Susannah, b. -; m. Jeduthan Wellington, 1775.
6 Margery, b. -; m. - Collens, and went to China.
7 Nancy, b. -; m. Nov. 14, 1780, Nathaniel Trask.
8 Ruth, b. -; m. June 5, 1777, Matthew Farrington.
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JAMES REED m. Sept. 24, 1778, Elizabeth Wellington of Camb.
2- 9 John, b. Jan. 30, 1779 ; m. Susan Clapp.
10 Elizabeth, b. Oet. 4, 1780; m. Jedediah Stearns.
11 James, b. April 12, 1783; m. Susan Johnson.
12 Susannah, b. Aug. 10, 1785 ; m. - Rugg of Boston.
Joseph, b. Sept. 9, 1787 ; m. first, Maria Walker, and second, Rox- ana Richardson.
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14 Luke, b. Sept. 6, 1789 ; m. Barbara Ross of Augusta, Ga.
Artemas, b. Dec. 1, 1792 ; d. at the age of sixteen.
Florinda, b. Nov. 20, 1794; m. Thomas Hersey.
ROBERT REED m. Elizabeth Hartwell of Bedford. He in. as of Woburn. She d. May 8, 1792,
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3-17 | Swethern, b. Aug. 13, 1771; m. Nov. 19, 1795, Anna Wyman. He d. Oct 28, 1834.
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Elizabeth, b. April 3, 1773. 19 Robert, b. Sept. 4, 1775.
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Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1778. 21 Daniel, b. Dec. 11, 1781.
1 SETH REED from Charlestown came to Lexington a young man. IIe entered the army of the Revolution and served three years. After his return, he m. June 26, 1796, Fanny Harrington, dau. of Thaddeus and Lydia (Porter) Harrington. She d. and he m. Lydia Harrington, sister of his first wife. After his marriage he moved to Westminster, Vt., where he remained about two years, when he returned to Lexington, where he d. Sept., 1815.
1- 2 Seth, b. April 24, 1778; m. Eliza Frost of West Camb. He resides in Wo., and is the father of Joseph G. Reed of Lex. who m. June, 1851, Ann Murphy, and has Franeis W., b. March 14, 1851. Lewis, b. -; m. Mary Flint of North Reading.
3 4 Sylvestus. S., b. -: d. young.
Fanny, b. -; m. Warren Emerson of Woburn.
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Lydia, b. -; m. Nathaniel Hutchinson of Woburn.
7 Rhoda, b. -; d. 1839, aged 30, unm.
Situated on the borders of Lexington, in Woburn and Burlington, it is not at all strange that individuals and even families of the name of Reed, should eross the line and live for a time in Lexington, or at least should have their names upon our Records. I find several such, and shall give them as I find them, without attempting to trace their deseent.
PETER REED m. Abigail, and had Abigail, b. May 23, 1727, d. young ; Peter, b. Feb. 16, 1729 ; Abigail, b. April 2, 1731 ; Mary, b. April 3, 1733; Sarah, b. April 26, 1736; Thomas, b. Nov. 3, 1739; Rebecca, b. May 24, 1743.
DAVID REED m. Lois, and had Philip, b. April 5, 1736 ; David, b. April 2, 1738 ; Lydia, b. June 28, 1740; Silas, b. Feb. 23, 1742; Persis, b. April 11, 1745.
NEWHALL REED of Wo., m. Oct. 16, 1777, Mary Harrington of Lex., dau. of Henry and Sarah (Laughton) Harrington, and had Joel, b. May 13, 1777 ; Abigail, b. July 21, 1778, and d. same day ; Newhall, b. April 5, 1783, d. April 8, 1855, aged 73; Nathan, b. Feb. 18, 1786 ; Mary, b. Sept. 20, 1790, and d. young ; Florinda, b. Nov. 24, 1793; Abigail, b. Nov. 21, 1795.
Whether the above named families resided in Lex. or only had their associations here, we are unable to say. Their names are upon Lexington Records.
THE RICHARDSON FAMILY.
Though the Richardsons have been numerous in Woburn and sev- eral other towns in the vicinity, there has been no permanent family of that name in Lexington till within a comparatively recent period ; and the head of this family descended from a Newbury emigrant.
WILLIAM RICHARDSON was in Newbury early, and m. Aug. 23, 1654, Elizabeth Wiseman, and d. March 14, 1658. They had two children. Joseph, b. May, 1655, m. July, 1681, Margaret, dau. of Peter Godfrey and Mary Browne, who was the first white child b. in
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Newbury. They had eight children. Caleb, their youngest child, b. June 9, 1704, m. Tryphena, dau. of Capt. Daniel and Elizabeth (Parker) Bodwell. They resided in Methuen, and had ten children. Samuel, the sixth child of Caleb, b. Feb. 22, 1749, m. Luey Parker of Westford. He was in the Revolutionary war. Ile d. July 15, 1836, aged 87; and sbe d. March 26, 1818, aged 64; they had eight children b. in Methuen, viz. Samuel, b. July 4, 1781 ; Lucy, b. May 28, 1783, d. Oet. 19, 1812; John C., b. May 4, 1785, d. Nov. 2, 1823; Betsey P., b. March 13, 1787, is still living ; Achsa, b. July 24, 1789, d. Nov. 7, 1819 ; Aaron P., b. July 22, 1791 ; William, b. April 26, 1794, d. Aug. 2, 1836 ; Mary, b. July 27, 1797.
1 AARON P. RICHARDSON, the third son of Samuel and Lucy, m. June 26, 1823, Betsey Reed, dau. of Hammon and Sarah (Chan- dler) Reed, b. June 15, 1799. She d. April 24, 1866, aged 57. He came to Lex. April, 1820.
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Chandler R., b. April 10, 1825, m. Feb. 16, 1859, Elvira L. Rich- ards of Pittsfield, only child of Alfred and Harmony H. Richards, b. May 5, 1832.
Sarah E., b. July 11, 1830; m. June 12, 1855, Freeborn F. Ray- mond.
THE ROBBINS FAMILY.
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NATHANIEL ROBBINS and Mary Brazier, his wife, came to this country from Scotland about 1670, and settled in Cambridge, where he d. 1719, aged 70 years. He was married about the time of his embarkation, and his children were all born in this country. He had at least eight children.
1- 2 Rebecca, b. Jan. 6, 1671.
3 Mary, b. Dec. 31, 1673.
4 Deborah, b. June 6, 1674.
+ Nathaniel, b. Feb. 28, 1677 ; m. Hannah Chandler.
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Jonathan, b. Nov. 21, 1680. He lived in what is now Brighton.
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Thomas, b. Nov. 6, 1683. When a young man, he was passing with a team from Boston to Cambridge, on a hot summer day, when he stopped to drink at a spring and died immediately. He was unmarried.
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Samuel, b. May 30, 1686. He settled in Sudbury. Joseph, b. Nov. 8, 1689.
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NATHANIEL ROBBINS m. Hannah Chandler. About 1700 he moved to Charlestown, where he lived nearly thirty years, when he returned to Camb., where he d. Jan. 16, 1741, in his 64th year. His wife d. Sept. 15, 1738, aged 44 years. This family became quite distinguished in several of its branches.
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11 Mary, b. July 22, 1701 ; m. Joseph Russell.
12 t Thomas, b. Aug. 11, 1703; d. in Lex. June 30, 1791, aged 88.
13 Hannah, b. June 30, 1705; m. Zebediah Johnson.
14 Rebecca, b. 1707 ; m. - Patten.
15 +Philemon, b. Sept. 19, 1709; grad. H. C. 1729.
16 Deborah, b. March 24, 1712; m. Joseph Robbins.
17 Sarah, b. -; m. - Butterfield.
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NATHANIEL ROBBINS m. - and lived in Charlestown, where at an early age he d., leaving two young children and a widow. He was mowing in the field in perfect health, when he fell and expired immediately.
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THOMAS ROBBINS m. Ruth Johnson, who d. June 27, 1737, in her 35th year, and he m. Exene Jackson. He and his wife, Exene, were ad. to the eh. in Lex. May 9, 1754, by a letter of dismission from the Second church of Camb. He came to Lex. about 1744, as his name appears upon the tax bill in 1745. He was a soldier in the French war from Lex. in 1758, and was enrolled in Capt. Parker's co. in 1775. He was one of the assessors in 1746, and one of the selectmen in 1749. Several of his children were born before he came to Lex., and hence we have no full record of the family. His will, dated 1789, and proved 1791, mentions eldest son Thomas, Stephen, John, Nathaniel, and daughters Mary Mead, Susanna Wadsworth, Deborah Williams, Exene, Ruth, and Hannah. He d. Jan. 30, 1791, aged 89; she d. Feb. 5, 1786, aged 79. The first six of the children were by the first wife.
12-18 t Thomas, b. about 1723.
19 + Nathaniel, b. about 1727.
20 Mary, b. about 1730; m. - Mead.
21 + Stephen, b. about 1733; m. Dec. 8, 1753, Sarah Wooten.
22 Susanna, b. about 1735; m. - Wadsworth.
23 Esther, b. about 1737.
24 +John, b. about 1739 ; m. Oet. 14, 1761, Sarah Prentice of W. Camb.
25 Exene, b. in Lex. Sept. 13, 1749.
26 Deborah, b. Nov. 9, 1750; m. - - Williams.
Ruth, b. Nov. 11, 1752.
27 28 Hannah, b. Dec. 1753.
29 + Philemon, b. about 1756 ; m. Sally -.
30 Ebenezer, b.
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PHILEMON ROBBINS grad. H. C. 1729, entered the ministry, and was settled at Branford, Conn. Ile m. Hannah Foot, 1735. She d. 1776, and he m. wid. Jane Mills. He d. 1781. He had three sons. -one d. while in college, the other two were ministers. Ammi Ruhamah, grad. at Yale, 1760, settled at Norfolk, Conn., 1761. Two of his sons were ministers. Thomas, one of them, grad. at Williams, 1796, settled at Mattapoisett. He was distinguished as an antiquary, and had during his ministry collected a very extensive and valuable library relating to American history, general history, and theology. He had a large and rare collection of Bibles. He d. in 1856, aged 79, unm. Chandler Robbins, another son of Philemon, grad. at Yale, 1756, was ordained at Plymouth, Mass., 1760. He was a man of eminent talents, and his family was distinguished. His son Chandler, grad. H. C. 1782, was judge of probate at Hallowell, Me .; Samuel P., grad. H. C. 1798, was minister at Marietta, Ohio ; Peter G., was a physician at Roxbury, Mass. Chandler had sons Chandler, who was a physician in Boston, and William, a lawyer at Fayetteville, N. C., both graduates of Bowdoin College. Peter G. had sons Chandler, who grad. H. C. 1829, ordained at the Old North Church in Boston, 1833 ; and Samuel D., grad. Harv. Theolog. School, 1833, settled in Lynn, afterwards at Framingham, and now at Wayland.
The Robbinses mentioned above have been highly distinguished, and have received the first honors from our colleges.
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RESIDENCE OF STEPHEN ROBBINS,
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THOMAS ROBBINS was taxed in Lex. and filled important offices, but we find no record of wife or children; he may have remained single. He was seleetman in 1772, '74, '78. He d. Dec. 2, 1804, aged 82.
NATHANIEL ROBBINS grad. H. C. 1747. He studied theology, settled at Milton, where he min. a Hutchinson, and d. 1795. One of his sons, Edward Hutchinson, b. Feb. 19, 1758, grad. II. C. 1775. He entered the legal profession, was chosen to represent the town in the Legislature. In 1793 was ehosen speaker, an office which he held nine years; in 1812 was elected lieut .- governor; in 1814 was appointed judge of probate of Norfolk county. He d. Dec. 29, 1829.
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STEPHEN ROBBINS m. Dec. 8, 1753, Sarah Wooten, dau. of Capt. Wooten. She d. Dee. 16, 1791.
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John, b. - -; went to Pennsylvania. Sarah, bap. March 14, 1756 ; m. Charles Cutter of West Camb.
+ Stephen, bap. Feb. 5, 1758 ; m. Abigail Winship.
32 33 34 Philemon, bap. Nov. 11, 1759 ; d. May 30, 1829. 35 Lucy, bap. Dec. 27, 1761; d. unm. 36 Nathan, b. - - -; m. a Prentice, resided in West Cambridge.
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Deborah, bap. June 30, 1765 ; m. - Blodgett.
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JOHN ROBBINS m. Oct. 14, 1761, Sarah Prentice of West Camb. He was of Capt. Parker's co. in 1775.
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Sarah, b. March 2, 1762.
39 Elizabeth, b. May 26, 1765.
John, b. Oct. 16, 1769.
41 Anna, b. March 27, 1772.
Ruth, b. July 9, 1774.
43 Hannah, b. March 14, 1778.
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PHILEMON ROBBINS m. Sally --.
Sally, b. Nov. 3, 1781. 45 Philemon, b. Dee. 9, 1783. Joshua, b. May 25, 1785; d. Aug. 13, 1817.
STEPHEN ROBBINS m. Abigail Winship. He d. Oct. 12, 1847, aged 89 ; she d. March 31, 1850, aged 90. He was a fur dresser, and introduced that business into the East Village, which contributed greatly to the growth and prosperity of the place. He, and his son Eli after him, prosecuted that branch of industry, employing at times from eighty to one hundred hands. This of course would require dwellings, and many houses were erected in consequence of this busi- ness. Similar enterprise would be productive of benefit to the town in any section thereof at the present day.
Stephen, b. May 26, 1780 ; m. June 5, 1811, Mary Harrington. He d. in Boston, Aug. 25, 1846.
Samuel, b. Sept. 7, 1781. He went to Windsor, Vt., where he m. Nabby, b. July 24, 1783; m. June 16, 1809, James H. Langdon of Vermont.
+Eli, b. Nov. 12, 1786 ; m. July 31, 1809, Hannah Simonds.
Martin, b. July 6, 1788 ; d. young.
Lot, b. March 28, 1790; is living, unmarried. Caira, b. April 2, 1794.
ELI ROBBINS m. July 31, 1809, Hannah Simonds, dau. of Joshua and Martha (Bowers) Simonds. He d. Sept. 27, 1856, aged 70;
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she d. Dee. 13, 1864, aged 78. He was a man of great activity and enterprise, and did much to build up the village in the east part of the town. He caused a tower to be erected on the high land in the rear of the settlement, which, together with his residence, will be seen in the following engraving.
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50-54 | Hannah M., b. Aug. 12, 1812.
55 Abigail, b. Dec. 3, 1814; m. Dec. 23, 1839, Stillman L. Lothrop of Boston. He d. in the West Indies, Nov. 22, 1859, aged 49; he had two sons,-Stillman Follen, b. May 1, 1841; m. Nov. 18, 1867, Sarah Jane Holbrook of Winehester; George Langdon, b. Jan. 27, 1846. Mr. Lothrop, the father, is a descendant in a direct line from Mark Lothrop of Duxbury, b. 1656.
56 Ellen A., b. May 21, 1817 ; m. Dec. 8, 1853, Abner Stone, b. in Lex. 1812. They were m. at Hartford, Conn., by Rev. Thomas Rob- bins. They have two children, Ellen A., b. Oct. 7, 1854, and Mary R., b. July 17, 1860.
Julia Ann, b. May 6, 1819 ; m. 1860, John Barrett of Concord.
Mary L., b. March 23, 1824; d. 1832.
57 58 59 Eli M., b. April 4, 1826; r. in New York, where he has a wife and one child, b. 1859.
60 Martha, b. Jan. 21, 1829 ; d. same month.
THE ROBINSON FAMILY.
This family has never been very numerous in Lexington, nor were they among the earliest settlers. The first of the name which appears on our Records was
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1 JONATHAN ROBINSON, son of William, b. in Cambridge, April 20, 1682. I find on a copy of the Will of Richard Cutler of Cam- bridge, made a short time before his death in 1693, this endorsement : " For the two Robinsons, grandsons to the deceased." This paper being found among the papers left by Jonathan Robinson, and Richard Cutler having several dau., one of them may have m. a Robinson, the father of Jonathan. It appears by a deed in posses- sion of the family, that Isaac Powers of Camb., sold to Jonathan Robinson of Camb., weaver, in 1706, a lot of land at Camb. Farms, bounded northerly by Concord road, easterly by land of Joanna Winship, southerly by land of John Dickson, and westerly by land of the heirs of Samuel Winship. This and other deeds of land to Jonathan Robinson, bounded by the Winships, Whitmores, and Bowmans, leaves no doubt but that he resided on or near the place now occupied by Mr. Jonas Gammell, at the termination of Oak street. Jonathan Robinson m. Ruth -, and probably came to the Farms about 1706. He d. 1753, and she d. April 25, 1759. He filled the honorable office of tythingman in 1735, and in 1744 was on a committee to " dignify and seat the meeting house."
1- 2 +Jonathan, b. July 25, 1707.
3 Ruth, b. June 29, 1709; d. Oct. 23, 1722.
Abigail, b. Feb. 4, 1711 ; m. Nathaniel Bacon of Lexington.
¡James, b. Aug. 30, 1715; m. 1751, Anna Trask.
4 5 6 Lydia, b. Aug. 29, 1718; m. Caleb Simonds.
7 Hannah, b. Jan. 8, 1721; d. Oct. 24, 1721.
1-2- JONATHAN ROBINSON m. Elizabeth -. They were ad. to the ch. July 18, 1742. He d. 1748.
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+Jacob, b. Feb. 3, 1739. 11 Submit, bap. July 17, 1743.
JAMES ROBINSON m. May 23, 1751, Anna Trask. She d. and he m. second, Margaret -, by whom he had eight children. He was ad. to the ch. March 10, 1765. She d. Nov. 5, 1767, and he m. third, Elizabeth -, by whom he had three children. He d. Aug. 12, 1774.
5-12 Ruth, b. Jan. 28, 1753.
13 +Joseph, b. March 18, 1755; m. Mrs. Betty Hadley.
14 Silas, b. Feb. 20, 1757 ; m. and had a child which d. Dec. 17, 1777. 15 Asa, b. Jan. 19, 1759 ; was in the campaign to N. Y., 1776.
16 James, b. Nov. 26, 1760; m. May 25, 1787, Judith Reed of Woburn. He was a soldier in the Continental army.
17 Rhoda, b. May 10, 1763; d. young.
+Ebenezer, b. Feb. 14, 1765; d. in Vt., 1857, aged 92.
18 19 Persis, bap. Feb. 1, 1767.
20 Rhoda, bap. Oct. 20, 1771; m. May 24, 1781, Simeon Snow.
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JACOB ROBINSON m. Elizabeth Draper. They were ad. to the ch. March 21, 1775.
10-23 +Jacob, b. Oct. 28, 1762; m. Hannah Simonds.
24 Elizabeth, b. March 6, 1765; d. Dec. 29, 1767.
25 +Jesse, b. July 14, 1767 ; m. Rebecca Tidd.
26 +Jonathan, b. June 20, 1769; was twice married.
27 | Betty, b. Feb. 26, 1772 ; m. - White of Watertown. .
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Anna, b. June 28, 1774; m. - Gardner of Cambridge. Nathan, b. Dec. 1, 1775; d. Sept. 22, 1776.
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JOSEPHI ROBINSON m. Mrs. Betty Hadley, wid. of Samuel Had- ley, who was killed April 19, 1775. IIe was a member of Capt. Parker's company, and joined in the first act of the Revolutionary drama. Nor did his zeal in the cause of liberty cease with the opening scene. He enlisted with the eight months' men in 1775, and served with the twelve months' men the year following, and sub- sequently entered the continental line. He lived to enjoy the bounty of his country, and to see her prosperous and happy, and d. April 14, 1830, aged 75. She d. Feb. 9, 1831.
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Rhoda. b. May 17, 1781 ; m. May 17, 1810, John Gammell of Charles- town, and d. Sept. 11, 1861. Margaret, b. Feb. 20, 1783.
Nancy, b. Jan. 30, 1785; m. July 20, 1809, Thomas Cutler of West Cambridge.
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Joseph, b. July 14, 1787 ; m. Lydia Gair of Boston. He d. May 18, 1822.
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EBENEZER ROBINSON d. in South Reading, Vt., Oct. 31, 1857, in his 92d year. He was too young to take part in the opening scene of the Revolution ; but before he was sixteen he enlisted with others in a privateer. While on this voyage, having made two prizes, and sent them into Boston, they fell in with several armed ships, and after a desperate struggle in which he was slightly wounded, they were made prisoners. He was taken to New York, and confined in an old prison ship, where from the packed state of the ship, scanty supply of provision, and other inhuman treatment, he suffered every thing but death. After about six months' confinement in this loath- some prison, he was exchanged ; and in a weak, ragged, and penni- less condition, was obliged to beg his way home to Lexington, suffering at one time the cold repulses and scoffings of the Tories, and cheered and encouraged at others, by the generosity of the Patriots. Having reached home, and recovered from his imprison- ment and suffering, young Robinson enlisted into the Continental army for three years-being then seventeen years of age. For a few months he was stationed at West Point, and was then ordered to New York, where he was connected with the body guard of Wash- ington. On the return of peace, having served about two years, he returned to Lexington, where he remained till 1788, when he in company with an older brother moved to South Reading, Vt., then an almost unbroken wilderness. In 1792, he erected a frame house, and m. Hannah Ackley, who had recently immigrated to that place from Connecticut. He was highly esteemed as a man and a citizen, and filled with honor several military and civil offices. He was always devoted to the cause of liberty, and died respected by his fellow-citizens.
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JACOB ROBINSON m. Aug. 26, 1790, Hannah Simonds, dan. of John and Mary (Tufts) Simonds. They were ad. to the ch. April 4, 1791. He d. Sept. 12, 1848, aged 84. She d. Oct. 18, 1853, aged 80. He was selectman in 1805 and 1806, and an assessor several years.
+Jacob, b. April 24, 1791 ; m. Ann Hall,
23-34 35 Charles, b. May 5, 1793; d. Sept. 24, 1801.
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36 Hannah, b. April 25, 1795; m. April 8, 1821, Charles Tufts of Charlestown, founder of Tufts College.
John, b. April 30, 1797; d. Sept. 26, 1801.
George, b. Dec. 2, 1799; d. Sept. 22, 1801.
+Charles, b. May 5, 1802; m. Oct. 16, 1827, Mary Davis.
John, b. Aug. 19, 1804. He has for many years labored under a quiet kind of insanity.
Harriet, b. Nov. 6, 1806 ; m. Thomas C. Gilmor.
Mary Ann, b. Feb. 2, 1812; m. May, 1841, Sylvester Harrington.
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JESSE ROBINSON m. Nov. 24, 1793, Rebecca Tidd of Acton. They moved to Bedford, where they had several other children than the two mentioned below.
Rebecca, b. Feb. 14, 1795. 44 Jesse, b. June 4, 1797.
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JONATHAN ROBINSON m. Joanna Jennings. She d. and he m. May 1, 1831, Mary Jennings. He had no children.
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JACOB ROBINSON m. Jan. 9, 1818, Ann Hall of Cambridge. She d. April 19, 1850, aged 57, and he m. Oct. 13, 1850, Lucinda Davis of Medford. He had no children by either wife. He was an asses- sor three years. Ile was also a of justice of the peace.
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CHARLES ROBINSON In. Oct. 16, 1827, Mary Davis of Con., dau. of Abel and Lavinia (Hosmer) Davis. Lavinia Hosmer was a dau. of Joseph, who acted as adjutant at Concord, April 19, 1775. He has served as selectman several years.
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Charles, b. Nov. 6, 1829; m. July 4, 1858, Rebecca T. Ames of Charlestown, where he resides and does business as a lawyer. He has also been a trial justice, and mayor of the city.
George D., b. Jan. 20, 1834. Hle grad. H. C. 1856, and was en- gaged some eight or ten years as a teacher of the High School at Chicopee. lle m. Nov. 24, 1859, Hannah E. Stevens, dau. of William and Nancy Stevens. She d. Sept. 5, 1864, aged 31 years. He read law with his brother, and is now in practice in Chicopee. He m. second, July 11, 1867, Susan E. Simonds of Lex., dau. of J. F. Simonds. He has Walter S., b. March 22, 1861.
There are other Robinsons in town not connected with the preeed- ing family, whose descent as far as ascertained is as follows :
JONATHAN ROBINSON of New Market, N. H., m. Mary Chase of Exeter, by whom he had ten children. Noah, their seventh son b. in Stratham, May 7, 1757, m. for his first wife, Nancy Wiggin of Stratham. In 1790, after serving his country through the whole period of the Revolution, he moved to New Hampton in that State, which was then a howling wilderness. His wife dying, he m. June 26, 1805, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown of Portsmouth, N. H. He d. Feb. 10, 1827. He had by his two wives seven sons and two daughters.
SIMON W. ROBINSON, the fourth son of Capt. Noah, b. Feb. 19, 1792, m. Hannah T. Danforth of Billerica, by whom he had four children-two sons and two daughters, viz. Sarah, b. Aug. 6, 1817 ; John B., b. May 30, 1819 ; Henry B., b. Oct. 3, 1821, and d. March 25, 1826 ; Hannah A., b. Dec. 22, 1823, d. Feb. 7, 1856. He came to Boston in 1813 and went into business, where he remained thirty- four years, when he came to Lex. in 1847, His wife d. Oct., 1843,
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and he m. 1847, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Little of Bucksport, Me. Mr. Robinson, when in Boston was elected to the Legislature, and has also represented the town of Lexington in that body. He has for many years held a commission of justice of the peace.
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