Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. I, Part 90

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 858


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ROBESON The name Robinson and its near allies constitute a numerous group. All of them were originally derived from the baptismal Robert. A few of the pa- tronymics which can be traced to this common source are: Robarts, Robins, Robinson, Roberts. Robertson, Robison, Robson and Roby; also Dobbs, Dobson, Dobbins, and Hobbs, Hobson and Hopkins. Of all these names that of Robinson probably oc- curs most frequently. In the present instance the name of Robeson is derived from Robinson in the most direct way. Robinson was the form for four generations. Not until Jonas Robinson, of Lexing- ton, Massachusetts, came to Fitzwilliam. New Hampshire, about 1790, did he write his name Robeson. Succeeding generations have preserved this as a distinct patronymic; but for genealogical purposes the family imust be regarded as a branch of the Robinsons.


(II) Jonathan, youngest of the four sons and three daughters of William and Elizabeth (Cutter) Robinson, was born April 20, 1682. He learned the trade of a weaver, probably from his maternal uncle, Isaac Williams, who lived on an adjoining farm. At the age of twenty-four Jonathan Robinson married and bought a farm in Lexington, Massachusetts, still owned (1903) by some of his descendants. At that time the region was called Cambridge Farms. being composed of wood lots and hayfields which supplied the adjoining town. Jonathan Robinson was ty- thingman in 1735, and in 1744 was on a committee "to dignify and seat the meeting-house." Jonathan Robinson married, June 19, 1706, Ruth, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Shattuck) Morse. She was born April 15, 1684, and was the granddaughter of Joseph Morse, one of the original proprietors of Watertown, Massachusetts. There were six chil- dren: Jonathan (2), Ruth, Abigail, James. men- tioned below, Lydia and Hannah. Jonathan Robin- son died in 1735, and his widow died April 25, 1759. Jonathan (2) was the great-grandfather of Governor George D. Robinson, of Chicopee, Massachusetts.


(III) James, second son and fourth child of Jonathan and Ruth (Morse) Robinson, was born August 30, 1715. The Lexington farm evidently descended to him and he probably lived a quiet life there. He was admitted to the church March IO, 1765. Little is recorded about him except that he married three times. His first wife was Anna Trask, who died within a year, leaving no children. He then married Margaret who died No- vember 5. 1767, leaving eight children. His third wife was Elizabeth -, who had three children. The children of the second marriage were: Ruth, Joseph, Silas, Asa, James, Rhoda, Ebenezer and Persis. The children of the third marriage were : Jonas, whose sketch follows; Rhoda and Lydia. Four sons of James Robinson served in the Revolu- tion: Joseph, Asa. James (2) and Ebenezer. James Robinson died August 12, 1774.


(IV) Jonas, eldest son and child of James Robinson, and his third wife, Elizabeth, was born May 18, 1770, at Lexington, Massachusetts. He moved to New Hampshire in 1791, and after that he spelled his name Robeson. He first began store- keeping in Marlborough, where he remained about a year. He then bought a small piece of land in the north part of Fitzwilliam, half a mile from his first location. on which he built a store. About 1805 Mr. Robeson and his brother-in-law, Reuben Ward, opened a store in Fitzwilliam village. A year or two later he built the three-story structure 110W known as the Fitzwilliam Hotel. A two-story cx- tension on the west side was added to accommodate


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the stores, and here he lived and carried on business until his death in 1819. He seems to have been a man of great energy and did much for the town during his comparatively short life. Before coming to Fitzwilliam he superintended the building of the road from that village to Keene. He put up log huts for the men to live in while they were doing the work. He was the first postmaster in Fitz- william, and he held the office for many years. He was very active in the erection of the first meeting- house in the village, and when it was burned he rescued the Bible and before the fire was out he had made plans for the rebuilding of the house. He was representative to the legislature in 1819, and was a major in the state militia. Jonas Robeson was twice married. His first wife was Betsey, daughter of Reuben and Sarah (Kendall) Ward, who was born in Marlboro, New Hampshire, July 10, 1777. She was sixth in descent from William Ward, the immigrant ancestor who came to Sud- bury. Massachusetts, as early as 1639. She died March 2, 1807, leaving four children: Eliza Ann, Jonas, Maria and John Ward. At the time of Mrs. Robeson's burial the sexton records that the ground was frozen thirty-seven inches deep. On March 21, ISI5, Jonas Robeson married Susan, eldest daughter and eleventh child of Colonel Joseph and Lois (Whit- ney) Bellows, of Walpole, New Hampshire. (See Bellows Family). By this marriage Major Robeson became allied with one of the most noted families of the state, a family into which his grandson after- ward married. Susan Bellows was born in Lunen- burg, Massachusetts, August 18. 1780. Upon her marriage to Major Robeson she moved to Fitz- william, where their two children were born: Abel Bellows, whose sketch follows; and Mary Ann, who died at the age of six years. Major Jonas Robeson died at Fitzwilliam, August 24, 1819, only four years after his second marriage: and his widow returned to Walpole to live. About 1837 she built the dig- nified old mansion at the north end of the common, where she lived till the close of her life. She was an excellent and conscientious woman, with more of the Puritan sternness and decision of character than was typical of the Bellows family. She died at Wal- pole. October 3, 1860, at the age of eighty years.


(V) Abel Bellows, eldest child and only son of Major Jonas Robeson (formerly Robinson) and his second wife, Susan Bellows, was born at Fitz- william. New Hampshire, August 10, 1817. His father died when he was but two and one-half years old, and his mother returned to her old home at Walpole, where Abel B. attended the public schools and fitted for college probably by tutor. He was graduated from Yale in the class of 1837, which numbered many distinguished men, notably William M. Evarts and Chief Justice Waite. A. B. Robeson stood well in his class and had many warm friends among its members. He was graduated from the Medical School of the University of New York in 1839, and established himself in the practice of med- icine in that city. At the time of his death he was chief physician at Bellevue Hospital, with which he had heen connected a number of years. He had ac- quired a large and valuable practice when his prom- ising career was cut short by his early death before lie had reached the age of thirty-six. He was a man of strong personality and warm affections, and his death was caused by his devotion to his profes- sion. He gave much of his time to the poor, and he caught a severe cold, which resulted fatally. while responding to a night call in a remote part of the city. Dr. A. B. Robeson married, October 5. 1841, Susan Taylor, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel


William and Rebecca Maria (Hine) Taylor. who was born in New Haven, Connecticut, September 13, 1816. Her father, Dr. N. W. Taylor, was pastor of the First Congregational Church in New Haven from 1812 to 1822, when he resigned to become professor of didactic theology at Yale College. Dr. A. B. and Susan (Taylor) Robeson had four chil- dren : Henry Bellows, whose biography follows ; William Pritchard. who became a banker in New York, where he died December 15, 1896; Abel Her- bert Bellows, who was graduated from Yale College in 1869, and lives in Marcus, Iowa; and Maria, who married Rollin A. Loomis, of Springfield, Massa- chusetts, where she died, June 19, 1888. Dr. Abel B. Robeson died in New York, March 22, 1853. Mrs. Robeson died at New Haven, Connecticut, March 17, 1856.


(VI) Henry Bellows, eldest son and child of Dr. A. B. and Susan (Taylor) Robeson, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, August 5, 1842. He spent part of his boyhood in Walpole, New Hamp- shire, at the home of his Grandmother Robeson, and attended the public schools and the Walpole Academy. September 25, 1856, he was appointed acting midshipman in the United States navy from the second congressional district of Connecticut. He was graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1860. He made his first cruise in the steam frigate "Niagara," visiting China and Japan, and returning carly in 1861. At the beginning of the Civil war the "Niagara" took part in the block- ade off the southern coast. Robeson was made lieu- tenant, July 16, 1862. and was ordered to the iron- clad, "New Ironsides," which took part in the de- fence of Fortress Monroe. Lieutenant Robeson commanding the gunboat "Stettian." He led the assault on Morris Island, and was the first to land in the face of a heavy fire. In June, 1864. he was or- dered to the steam frigate "Colorado," practically taking the place of the executive officer, who was ill at the time. This vessel took part in both bom- bardments of Fort Fisher. Lieutenant Robeson led one hundred and fifty men from the "Colorado" in the attack on the sea front under a raking fire from two heavy guns. In June, 1865, the "Colorado" sailed for Europe, and visited the principal ports of the continent. Lieutenant Robeson was commis- sioned lieutenant-commander. July 25, 1866, and served on the "Delaware." the flag-ship of Vice-Ad- miral Rowan on an Asiatic cruise of three years. He was afterwards on shore duty. part of the time as instructor in electricity at the torpedo station in Newport, Rhode Island, and later at the New York navy yard. February 12, 1874, he was commission- ed commander, and in 1876 was ordered to com- mand the corvette "Vandalia," on the European station. From December, 1877, to April, 1878. the "Vandalia" was at the disposal of General Grant and party, who were then making the tour of the world. The principal ports of the Mediterranean were visited. and Commander Robeson formed a high opinion of his distinguished guests, with whom he was thrown into such intimate association. From 1879 to 1883 Commander Robeson served at the Naval Academy at Annapolis as head of the depart- ment of ordnance and gunnery. The next four years he was in charge of the navigation office at the New York navy yard. August 25, 1887, he was commissioned captain, and in 1888 was made a mem- ber of the advisory board in charge of the con- struction of new cruisers. In 1889 he commanded the "Chicago," and then served for a few years on shore duty. In 1895 he was appointed captain of the yard at the naval station at Portsmouth, New


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Hampshire, where he remained for two and a half years. February 1, 1898, he was raised to the rank of commodore, and in 1899 was promoted to the grade of rear admiral and retired.


Henry Bellows Robeson married, in New York. June II, 1873, Katharine (Nichols) Bellows, daugh- ler of Rev. John N. and Mary (Nichols) Bellows, who was born at Framingham, Massachusetts, July 8, 1846 (see Bellows Family, VII). Mrs. Robeson owns the old family home at Walpole, New Hamp- shire, which belonged to her mother, and in that beautiful village, the ancestral domain of the Bel- lows family, Admiral and Mrs. Robeson spent their well earned leisure. They have no children. Mrs. Robeson is a member of the Society of Colonial Dames of New Hampshire.


ROBIE The derivation of this name is a matter of conjecture, but Hon. Henry John Roby, M. P., from Manchester, Eng- land, gives reasons for thinking that the name is taken from the hamlet of Roby, in the parish of Huyton, five or six miles east of Liverpool. Since 1403 the residence of the Robies can be distinctly traced at Castle Donington, a small town in the northern edge of Leicestershire, England, which lies between the counties of Derby and Nottingham. The name is variously spelled Robie, Roby, Robey, Ro- bay, Robye, and Rooby, but was spelled Robie by Thomas, the father of Henry, the immigrant. Dis- connected statements in the records of Castle Don- ington between 1402 and 1512, show the existence of the family at that place between those dates. In September, 1402-1403, John Roby was possessed of a copyhold in the Manor of Castle Donington.


(1) John Roby, with whom the connected his- tory of the family begins, took part in the court proceedings of Castle Donington, in October, 1512. In March, 1513, he was admitted tenant of two bur- gages. In June, 1513, he was named at a court at which William Roby and three others were admitted to three curtilages. He died shortly before Christ- mas, 1515. His children were: Thomas and Emmot.


(II) Thomas Roby, son of John Roby, was born at Castle Donington, in 1501. May 6, 1516, he was admitted as son and heir of John Roby, to a taft, a croft, and one yard of land, and a moiety of meadow, at a rent of twenty shillings a year. In 1526 Emmote Roby was admitted to a cottage, to the use of her brother Thomas, who in each of the years 1527, 1532, 1536. was on the homage, and in 1537 was fined for withdrawing from the King's Mill, and for breaking fold and taking out his sheep. In 1538-40 he was mentioned in the court proceed- ings. In 1542 he defended a suit in chancery, and in 1547 he was on the homage, and is also named as breaking the King's pound. He married Elizabeth, who, when married, sued for debt and was sued for trespass, in the Manor Court, several times from 1555 to 1562. He was buried at Castle Donington, December 5: 1552, and his wife was also buried there, February 22, 1565. Their children were: Robert, John, Thomas, Edmond, William, Bartholo- mewe, Michael and Marie.


(III) Thomas (2), third child and second son of Thomas (1) and Elizabeth Roby, yeoman, was engaged in litigation concerning land in Donington Manor. in 1560-83-87. and mentioned in the pro- 'eedings of the Manor Court in 1559-60-66, and 1586. He married first, November 25, 1569, at Castle Donington, Joane Cowley, who was buried at Castle Donington, October 10, 1579. He married second, April 22, 1583, at Castle Donington, Mary


Gatley. By the first wife he had a son Thomas; and by the second wife a daughter Elizabeth. He was buried at Castle Donington, April 12, 1588. In his will dated April 10, 1588, proved at Leicester, September 12, of the same year, he speaks of his wife Mary and his children Thomas and Elizabeth, (both under age), his brother John and his nephew John (under age), son of William, and makes be- quests to John Gatley and Dorothy Gatley.


(IV) Thomas (3) Robye (or Robie or Roby), only son of Thomas (2) and Joane (Cowley) Roby, was under age April, 1588. He was on the homage of the Manor Court in 1637 and 1646, and probably other years. He died March 27, 1653. His will, dated March 24, 1652, was proved at Westminster, September 20, 1653. He married, October 6, 1606, Mary Coxon, who was born April 20, 1586, and buried at Castle Donington, April 26, 1641. She was the daughter of John Coxon. The children of this union were: Robert, Mary, Thomas, John, William, Henry, Edward, Samuel, and eight others who died young.


(V) Henry Robie, sixth child and fifth son of Thomas (3) and Mary (Coxon) Robie, was born at Castle Donington, February 12, 1619, and died April 22, 1688. in Hampton, New Hampshire, aged sixty-nine. Early in 1639 he came to Dorchester in Massachusetts Bay Colony, and next to Salem. Soon after he went to Exeter, New Hampshire, which was founded by Rev. John Wheelwright the year before. This seems to have been his objective point. At that time there were no constituted authorities over the patent of New Hampshire, and the Exeters, as the Plymouth colonists before them had done, formed a voluntary combination for gov- ernmental purposes, and this agreement, dated July 4. 1639, bears the signature of Henry Robie, In May. 1643, he joined in the petition of the inhab- itants of Exeter to the general court of Massachu- setts, praying that their territory might be received within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts Bay Col- ony. January 16, 1644, he received from the town a grant of ten acres of land, and February 10, 1648, a further life grant of twenty acres; and April 22, 1649, he and others were granted a mill site at Lit- tle river. In 1649-50 he was selectman, and March 21, 1650, received a further grant of ten acres of land. On May 13, 1650, as one of the committee of the town, he signed the contract engaging Rev. Samuel Dudley as minister. November 24, 1650, he was given permission to enlarge his garden out of the highway, and on January 2, 1651, he received a further grant of sixty acres of land from the town, and on the same day with John Gilman, dissented from the vote of the town, releasing the Rev. Sam- nel Dudley from payment of certain rentals due the town, and on February 19, 1651, the town authorized Henry Robie and two other townsmen "to vindicate the credit and the reputation of (Rev.) Mr. Dudley. against the reproachful speeches and calumniation of John Garland, by proceeding against him in law, according to the demerit of his offense." Soon after 1651 he removed into the present adjoining town of Hampton. He was selectman of Hampton for the years 1656-60-65-81, and in 1660 was a mem- ber of the committee to regulate the seating of the people in the meeting house. On January 1, 1661, he was named as one of a commission to lay out the road, from the Academy green to the Landing, and in 1667 to settle the bounds of the highway between Hampton and Salisbury. On October 12, 1669, at the session of the court, Henry Robie was allowed to keep an ordinary in the town, and the court li- censed him "to sell beere and wine and strong wa-


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ters by retaile, and ye sd Robie doth binde himself. in ye sum of £4o. cn condition not to suffer any townsmen, men's children and servants to be tipling in his house." He kept the ordinary for about ten years, his license being renewed from year to year. On October 18, 1669, he was attorney for the town, in a matter before the court in Boston. In 1677 he was sent to flank the Indians, who were besieging the Hampton settlement. His name and that of his wife are recorded as members of the town church on September 18, 1671. A royal decree, made September 18, 1679, having ordered that there- after the Massachusetts Bay Colony should have no further jurisdiction over the towns of Dover, Ports- mouth, Exeter and Hampton, it became necessary to establish a new government for the Province of New Hampshire, to accomplish which Mr. Robie was named as one of the electors from his town. July 13, 1680, he was foreman of the grand jury, and the same year one of the committee appointed to prosecute persons stealing lumber from the town. In 1683, with other residents of Hampton, he peti- tioned the colonial governor to be freed from head- money, and the same year was elected a member of the council from his towns. He was a justice of the peace for many years, and February 6, 1683, with three other justices signed the commitment of Rev. Joshua Moody, pastor of the church in Portsmouth, for six months for refusing to admin- ister the sacrament in accordance of the laws of Great Britain. He was a standing juryman in the trials of Mason against Richard Walderne and other persons in New Hampshire for holding lands which Mason claimed as proprietor of the province. His first wife, Ruth, died May 5, 1673; and he married (second), January 19, 1674, Widow Elizabeth Gar- land, daughter of Thomas Philbrick, who had prev- iously been the wife of Thomas Chase, and of John Garland. She died February 11, 1677. His third wife, Sarah, died January 23, 1703. His children were :. Thomas. John, Judith, Ruth, Deliverance, Samuel, and Ichabod by the first wife; and Sarah by the third wife. Two other children, Joanna and Mary, may have been born to him.


(VI) John, second son and child of Henry and Ruth Robie, was born in 1646. He settled in Haver- hill, Massachusetts, in 1675-6, and built a cottage there in a section of the town which is now in- cluded in Atkinson, New Hampshire. He was a soldier in King Philip's war. The Indians had made many attacks on Haverhill, and on June 16, 1691, John Robie set out to move his family, consisting of seven children, to a place of refuge. His wife Mary, whose last name has been lost, had died a few days before, and his eldest child was not quite eleven years old. John Robie was moving his fam- ily in a cart and was about opposite the old burying ground when he was attacked and killed by the In- dians, who carried off the eldest child, Ichabod, into captivity.


(VII) Ichabod, eldest child of John and Mary Robie, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1680. He was captured by the Indians on June 16, 1691, but afterwards made his escape. He some -. where learned the art of tanning. and settled in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, in 1705. He was one of the committee to lay out the home lots in Chester, New Hampshire, and he probably built a house there, but it is thought that the place never became his permanent home. He acquired the title of colonel, and seems to have been a man of con- siderable property, judging from some of the items in his will. He served as representative for seven years, from 1735 to 1742. On January 10, 1707, Col-


onel Ichabod Robie married Mary, daughter of Joseph Cass. They had seven children: Anne Ruth, John, Henry, Samuel. whose sketch follows Mary and Sarah. Anne and Ruth died in the year 1725, Anne on January 27, and Ruth on February 28. It is probable that Mary also died young, as she is not mentioned in her father's will. This will was proved September 26, 1753. John (2), the eld- est son, was given a silver-fitted sword and a silver- headed cane. It is interesting to know that Colonel Stephen Dearborn, who had married Ruth Robie, fifth child of John (2) Robie, used this sword when he commanded a company at the battle of Benning- ton. Samuel Robie, whose sketch follows, received his father's pistol and holsters, the cap and brass- hilted sword and silver-headed riding cane. The youngest son, Henry, got the homestead and tan- yard, and was also residuary legatee.


(VIII) Samuel, third son and fifth child of Col- onel Ichabod and Mary (Cass) Robie, was born Oc- tober 17, 1717. He settled on his father's house lot, No. 116, in Chester, and afterwards moved to Goffs- town, New Hampshire. He was twice married. His first wife was a Perkins, and they had three chil- dren: Sarah. Lydia and Edward, whose sketch follows. His second wife was Mrs. Phebe Butter- field, and they had two children : Samuel and Polly. In 1778 Samuel Robie sold his farm, including his tanyard, to John S. Dearborn, taking his pay in Con- tinental money. This depreciated so greatly that he lost most of his property.


(IX) Edward only son and third child of Sam- uel and (Perkins) Robie, was born in 1746. He settled first in Candia, and then moved to Chester, New Hampshire, where he was a farmer. In 1771 Edward Robie married Sarah Smith, daughter of John and Sarah (Toppan) Smith, who was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, December 16, 1754 Mrs. John Smith. after the death of her first hus- band, became the second wife of Colonel John Web- ster, of Chester, and it was probably there that the young people met. Edward and Sarah (Smith) Robie had six children: Mary, John Smith, Edward, Toppan, Sarah and Thomas Sargent. (The last named and descendants are mentioned in this arti- cle). Mrs. Edward Robie seems to have been a woman of superior character and attainments, and she was connected with the best New England fam- ilies. Her father, John Smith, was graduated from Harvard College in 1745, and her mother was the daughter of Dr. Edmund Toppan, also a graduate of Harvard. and the son of Rev. Christopher Toppan, of Newburyport. Toppan Robie, fourth child of Edward and Sarah (Smith) Robie, moved to Gor- ham, Maine, where he accumulated much property, and became one of the leading citizens. Although rearing a large family, he gave during his lifetime nine thousand dollars to the First Parish in Gor- ham, two thousand for a soldiers' monument in that town, five thousand dollars to the Congregational Society in Chester, New Hampshire, besides many smaller gifts. Edward Robie died December 26, 1837. at the age of ninety-two. and his wife died in 1843. aged eighty-nine.


(Y) Edward, third child and second son of Edward and Sarah (Smith) Robie, was born No- vember 20, 1778, and died in Chester, September 12, 1857. He lived on the homestead, was a Whig and Congregationalist. He married Mary B. Prescott, daughter of John Prescott, of Deerfield. She died in 1877. They had thirteen children: Asa, Henry E., Mary Jane, Sarah S., Mary A .. Barnard P., Emeline, Toppan. Clara, John P., Samuel P., Nancy J. and William F.


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(XI) John P., tenth child of Edward and Mary B. ( Prescott) Robie, was born in Chester, Novem- ber 25, 1828, and died October 18, 1900. He was born and lived the greater part of his life and died on the homestead. He was a Republican and a member of the Congregational church. He married, December 4. 1852, Rachel Nelson, who was born in Newbury, Vermont, December 9, 1829, and died June 3, 1900, daughter of Jonathan Nelson. Their children were: Mary J .. John H., Elmer M., Her- bert W .. Chauncey A. Mary J. married Edman J. Wilcomb, of Chester. Elmer M. married Carrie M. Denino. Herbert W. married Marie V. Friedlin, of Norfolk, Virginia, March 9, 1901 ; she died Decem- ber 16, 1904. Chauncey A. married Mary E. Theker, of Griswold. Connecticut.




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