Lt. Gov.
Edward
Hutchinson
Robbins
Born in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Nathaniel Robbins
and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Robbins
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Murray) Robbins
— married
13 Nov 1785 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Eliza Robbins, Sarah Lydia (Robbins) Howe, Anna Jean (Robbins) Lyman, Edward Robbins, Mary (Robbins) Revere, James Murray Robbins and Catherine Robbins
Died
at age 71
in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jan 2011
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Biography
"Edward Hutchinson Robbins was born in 1758 in Milton, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Hutchinson and Nathaniel Robbins. Elizabeth Hutchinson Robbins's ancestors include Ann Marbury Hutchinson, an important early religious leader in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Edward Hutchinson Robbins was a Harvard-educated lawyer and delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. He was speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1793 to 1802, and then was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1802 to 1806. Elizabeth Murray and Edward Hutchinson Robbins were married in 1785 and had seven children:
- Eliza Robbins (1786-1853)
- Sarah Robbins Howe (1787-1862)
- Anne Jean Robbins Lyman (1789-1867)
- Edward Robbins (1792-1850)
- Mary Robbins Revere (1794-1879)
- James Robbins (1796-1885)
- Catherine Robbins (1800-1884).
The Robbins family lived in Milton, Massachusetts, after 1805 at an estate called Brush-Hill. Edward Hutchinson Robbins died in December 1829 in Milton, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Murray Robbins died in December 1837."
— Ames family historical collection, 1762-2006; item description, dates. MC 773, folder #. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Sources
- Gary Boyd Roberts Title: Notable Kin, Volume One Publication: Name: Name: Carl Boyer, 3rd; Location: Santa Clarita, California; Date: 1998. Published in cooperation with the New England Historic genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts
- Biography from Ames family historical collection, 1762-2006; item description, dates. MC 773, folder #. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- Teele, Albert Kendall. The History of Milton, Mass., 1640 to 1877 (Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, 1887) Page 513
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