Capt John ROBBINS, Esq.

1716 - 1797  (81 years)

• Name	John ROBBINS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Esq. and Capt. John, b. 1716; he was, according to the well-preserved traditions of the Town and of his descendants, THE historic personage of the Robbins line. Tall, and well proportioned in body, possessed of great strength and untiring energy, he was remarkable among his contemporaries for his industry, impulsiveness of action and alertness of mind, which qualities, backed as they were by great wealth for those days, gave him a dominating influence in the community in which he lived, as well as in the other portions of the State. Brought up in the rigid school of Puritan doctrines and manner of life, his iron will governed his domestic affairs with a sternness which permitted of no infractions either of economy, or relaxation if industry. He spared not the rod, as even his grandchildren remembered to their latest days. His industry was remarkable and he considered amusements to be a waste of valuable time and a menace to good morals. [1]
  Prefix	Capt
  Suffix	Esq.
  Birth	5 Jan 1715/6	Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut   [1, 5]
  Christening	8 Jan 1715/6  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 May 1797	Rocky Hill, Connecticut   [1, 5]
  Person ID	I97947	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Richard ROBBINS,   b. 8 Jun 1687   d. 7 Feb 1738 (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Martha CURTIS,   b. 17 Jan 1690/1   d. 21 Aug 1753 (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	11 Jan 1711/2  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha WILLIAMS,   b. 29 Mar 1716   d. 10 Jun 1770 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1736/7  [1, 4, 5]
  Children	1. Levi ROBBINS,   b. 1 Apr 1749, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d. 21 Oct 1793, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 44 years)  [Birth]   2. Martha ROBBINS,   b. 30 Mar 1754   d. 18 May 1791 (Age 37 years)  [Birth]   3. Frederick ROBBINS, Esq.,   b. 12 Sep 1756, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d. 1 Nov 1821, Rocky Hill, Connecticut (Age 65 years)  [Birth] + 4. Eunice ROBBINS,   b. 11 Jul 1760   d. 23 Mar 1835, Rocky Hill, Connecticut (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F40410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah BORDMAN,   b. 4 Feb 1731, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d. 10 Feb 1784 (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	10 Jan 1770  [3, 5]
  Family ID	F400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family 3	Mary/Polly RUSSELL   d. 26 Aug 1825
  Marriage	25 Nov 1784  [3]
  Family ID	F403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 21 May 1797 - Rocky Hill, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S04068] "Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut". [S7982] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Vol. III Samuel Appleton and his wife Judith Everard and five generations of their descendants. [S11411] Charlotte Goldthwaite, Boardman Genealogy 1525-1895, (William F. J. Boardman ). [S12185] Deward Charles Williams, The Ancestors and Descendants of Deacon Daniel and Lovina (Hovey) Williams of Wethersfield. [S12076] Charles S. Hall, HALL Ancestry A Series of Sketches of the Lineal Ancestors of the children of Samuel Holden Parsons Hall and his wife Emeline Bulkeley.