Gain Robinson Jr (abt. 1723 - 1778)

Born about 1723 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Lydia (Dyer) Robinson — married 30 Mar 1749 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1778 at about age 55 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Private Gain Robinson Jr served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Gain Robinson Jr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A097443.

Gain Robinson Jr is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 280416
Rank: Private

Gain was born about 1723, son of Gain Robinson Sr and Margaret Watson. ^[1]

Gain married Lydia Dyer 30 Mar 1749 Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States or East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

They had several children, including the following, b in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts:

1. Gain, b Dec 25 1750 ^[2]
2. William, b Jan 23 1754 ^[3]
3. Increase, b Apr 26 1756 ^[4]
4. John, 1758
5. Dyer, b Jan 28 1765 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts ^[5], d Aug 29 1842, m Abigail Stetson

Gain served with the Massachusetts Militia as a Private in the American Revolution. ^[6]

He died of small pox ^[7] 26 FEB 1778 E. Bridgewater, Plymouth, Ma ^[8]

He is buried at Mount Prospect Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Robinson, Charles Edson, Robinson Genealogy (Robinson Genealogical Society, Boston, 1926). Volume II. Page 52.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC71-D21 : 15 January 2020), Gain Robison in entry for Gain Robison, 1750.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7B-RZ7 : 15 January 2020), Gain Robison in entry for William Robison, 1754.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC71-T6T : 15 January 2020), Gain Robison in entry for Increse Robison, 1756.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-M9R : 14 January 2020), Dyer Robinson, 1765.
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Gain Robinson", Ancestor # A097443.
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 East Bridgewater
8. ↑ Compiled Birth, Marriage, Death records for Bridgewater, Massachusetts
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/56915452/gain-robinson : accessed 21 July 2021), memorial page for Gain Robinson Jr. (1723–26 Feb 1778), Find A Grave: Memorial #56915452, citing Mount Prospect Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Beverly Burnett (contributor 46898315) . Gravestone picture

• Mitchell, Nahum. History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Kidder & Wright, Boston, 1840), p. 287.

• Ancestry of William Dyer "The Abington Pioneer" Author: Proceedings of the Dyer Accociation Publication: Organized Sep.16,1911........Re-typed copy with index by Aurie W. Morrison 2004.

• Vital Records of East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass.

• Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books Author: The Society, Washington, District of Columbia, Dc, 1896-1921 Publication: Harrisburg, Pa. Harrisburg Pub. Co. 166 Volumes

• Memoirs of the Deceased Members of the NEHGS Author: William Carrol Hill Publication: NEHGR, Vol.101, Apr. 1947

See also:

• Descendants of Gain Robinson 1683-1763 Family on angelfire