Jacintha (Davis) Robbins (1829 - 1907)

Born 20 Oct 1829 in Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John Henderson — married 6 Dec 1851 (to 12 May 1855) in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1907 at age 78 in Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA

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Biography

J. CYNTHIA DAVIS

b. 20 Oct. 1829 Mount Desert Island, Maine

m.1. 6 Dec. 1851 Rockland, Maine, JOHN HENDERSON (b.c.1800, d. 12 May 1855 Rockland)

m.2. 21 Oct. 1859 Rockland, JAMES ROBBINS (b.c.1836, murdered 15 June 1879 Rockland)

d. 17 Dec. 1907 Rockland

After John's death, Cynthia married James Robbins who was also a lime burner and was listed in the 1860 census for Rockland with Cynthia and her children Francis and Henrietta.^[1]

James and Cynthia are in the 1870 census for Rockland with her daughter Henrietta.^[2] James was murdered in June 1879 by a prisoner, S. Haines, as he tried to escape from the city jail. James was the officer in charge.^[3]

Cynthia was listed as living in Rockland at the time of the 1900 census with her grandson Charles Eldridge and his wife Nellie and their son Arthur.^[4]

1900 Census for Rockland

Children

• I. Francis E.- b. 15 Apr. 1852 Rockland, ME, m. Henry Eldridge (b. 24 Jan. 1840 Belfast, ME, d. 2 May 1910 Saco, ME), d. 26 July 1908 Kennebunkport, ME

• II. Henrietta B.- b.c.1853, int. 11 Apr. 1870 Rockland, John Currey

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census for Rockland- p.67
2. ↑ 1870 Census for Rockland- Ward 3, p. 12
3. ↑ Shore Village Story- A History of Rockland- Rockland Bicentennial Comm., 1976- p.81
4. ↑ 1900 Census for Rockland- Ward 3- Sup. Dist. No. 108, Enumeration Dist. No. 148, Sheet No. 9

• Rockland, Belfast, Saco, Kennebunkport & Maine V.R.

• Eaton, Cyrus; History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston Maine; Masters, Smith & Co., 1865