Nathaniel Robbins (abt. 1760 - 1829)

Born about 13 Dec 1760 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Colby) Robbins — married 17 May 1784 in Deer Isle, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Mar 1829 at about age 68 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

Nathaniel Robbins served with Capt. Nathaniel Fales' Company, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Robbins is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 279793
Rank: Soldier

Nathaniel Robbins was born December 13th, 1760 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony to parents Thomas Robbins and Sarah Gould. He married Elizabeth Colby on May 17th, 1784 in Deer Isle, Lincoln, Massachusetts.^{[citation needed]} Nathaniel and Elizabeth had the following children in Deer Isle:

1. Tristram Thurlow Robbins b. 6 Oct 1784;^[1] m. Abigail Hatch
2. Sarah Gould Robbins b. 15 Sep 1787^[2]
3. Elizabeth (Robbins) Thurston b. 14 Nov 1790;^[3] m. Nathaniel Thurston
4. Hannah (Robbins) Ackley b. 10 Dec 1793;^[4] m. Samuel Ackley
5. Thomas Robbins b. 28 Sep 1796^[5]
6. Nathaniel Robbins, Jr b. 13 Mar 1799;^[6] m. Betsy Babbidge
7. James Robbins b. 6 Nov 1802;^[7] m. Mary Ackley
8. Rosanna (Robbins) Ackley b. 1 Apr 1807;^[8] m. Henry Ackley

Nathaniel passed away on March 28th, 1829 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine and is burried in Old Settlers Cemetery.

Hosmer's An Historical Sketch of the Town of Deer Isle, Maine:^[9]

NATHANIEL ROBBINS settled the lot of land lying south of, and adjoining, the before-mentioned lot. He came here from Boston with his father about the year 1775. His wife was Miss Betsey Colby, a daughter of Mr. Joseph Colby. Their sons were Tristram T., Thomas, Nathaniel, and James Robbins; the two last are still living. The daughters were the wives of the late Mr. Nathaniel Thurston, and she is still living, aged over ninety years; of a Mr. Ackley, of the town of Cutler; and the other is now the widow of the late Mr. Leonard Judkins. The time of the death of Mr. Robbins we do not know; his widow died not far from the year 1850, over eighty years of age. The farm of Mr. Robbins is still owned and occupied by his descendants.

Revolutionary War Service

"Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQZ-636V-7?cc=2548057&wc=QZZQ-M41%3A1589088696 : 20 September 2019), Rider, David - Robbns, David > image 2585 of 2843; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

"Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQZ-63V8-7?cc=2548057&wc=QZZQ-M41%3A1589088696 : 20 September 2019), Rider, David - Robbns, David > image 2584 of 2843; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Here's an image.

Robbins, Nathaniel. Sergeant, Capt. Thomas Robbins's co. ; engaged May 30, 1778; discharged Aug. 10, 1778; service, 2 mos. 12 days, under Col. John Allan; reported as having gone on board the [scooner] "Merisheet;" company raised for defence of Machias. page 385 Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revoluntionary ... [Volume]13.

Machias Payroll with schooner "Marisheete".

Payroll https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ7-W3LD-L?i=274&cat=729681

1 Aug 1779 - 15 Aug 1779: Capt. Nathaniel Fales' Co; Co marched on expedition to Bagaduce as part of land support for Penobscot Expedition by order of General Solomon Lovell^[10][11][12]

Key Events

Birth 13 Dec 1760 to parents Thomas Robbins and Sarah Gould;Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony^{[citation needed]}

Baptism 16 May 1762; Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony^{[citation needed]}

Marriage 17 May 1784 to Elizabeth Colby; Deer Isle, Lincoln, Massachusetts^{[citation needed]}

Death 28 Mar 1829; Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine^[13]

Burial Old Settlers Cemetery; Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine

Research Notes

Under construction
( 1778 ) with father,Capt [Thomas] Robbins, both under Col. John Allen and also with Capt. Nathaniel Fales. His brief record in Soldiers Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War - Maine page 665; reflects: ... Sgt, MA r Deer Island b 1760 " on Merisheet [schooner] Capt Robbins's co d Deer Isle 1829 m Betsey 1S; 13S; MOCA . Note: The Merisheet was Col. Allen's armed schooner. [" ... seven [men] on board the armed schooner Marisheete ... "see footnote: page 184; Maine Rubicon by John Ahlin]

Robbins, Nathaniel . Served before Boston, 1776; probably served as substitute, as a boy too young for regular military service might work building fortifications; no other service recorded. Son of Thomas and Sarah (Gould) ; born May 16, 1762 ; came to Medford from Cambridge with parents, Dec. 3, 1764; his father was taxed in Medford, 1764 to 1774. [page] 4 8 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION .

Rebel Col. John Allan, Indian Agent for the Eastern Department of the Continental Congress in the American Revolution named a military schooner in honour of the Maliseets because they were helping his cause in separating from the "British tyrants". He called the schooner the Marisheete. In his journals he refers to them as the St. John's Indians and also as the Marisheetes tribe (spelled variously Merecheete, Marasheet, Maracheete). He recorded in his journals meeting with all of the Marisheete chiefs in the summer of 1777 at Aukpaque (now Eqpahak). When the British advanced on Aukpaque he led about 500 of the Marisheetes on a long exodus from the river, going up to Meductic and down the ancient trail "by the lakes" to Machias, Maine where they resided nearby the rebel headquarters in small encampments until after the revolution. http://www.wiwoni.com/archives/excavating_wolastoqiyik_language.pdf

Defence of Machias Payroll.

1777 Marisheete, Schooner. Tons, 30; Guns, 4, and 8 swivels; Apr. 7 Men, 12.

Commander: Joshua Wing.

Bond: Continental, $5000.

Bonders: Joshua Wing, mariner, John Allan, late of Cumberland, N. S., Continental Agent for the Eastern Indians, and Elijah Ayer, farmer of Cumberland, N. S.

Owner: The United States of America.

Witnesses: Nathaniel Reynolds, Robert Foster.

Note. For the use of John Allan in the Indian service. M. A., vi, 335, 159, 141, 166, 291, 2 9 ii.

1778 Marisheet, Schooner. Guns, 6; Men, 15. Nov. 23 Commander: William Ray.

Bond: Continental, $5000; State, £4000.

Bonders: William Ray, mariner, principal; Francis Shaw

and John Preble, of Boston and Machias, sureties. Owner: Not stated; still in the service of the United States. Witnesses: John Fulton, James Archibald, Jonathan Metcalf.

M. A., vi, 276, 277; 169, 327, 328 (Petition of John Preble in behalf of Col. John Allan). Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society; John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) Publication date 1792 Topics Massachusetts historical society Publisher Boston : The Society Collection university_pittsburgh; americana Digitizing sponsor Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation Contributor University of Pittsburgh Library System Language English Volume v.77

Sources

1. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WQ-R4C : 10 February 2018), Nathaniel Robbins in entry for Trustham Thurlo , 06 Oct 1784; citing ; FHL microfilm 10,836.
2. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WQ-3D3 : 10 February 2018), Nathaniel Robbins in entry for Sarah Gould , 15 Sep 1787; citing ; FHL microfilm 10,836.
3. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WQ-38Y : 10 February 2018), Nathaniel Robbins in entry for Elisebeth , 14 Nov 1790; citing ; FHL microfilm 10,836.
4. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WQ-7HZ : 10 February 2018), Nathaniel Robbins in entry for Hannah , 10 Dec 1793; citing ; FHL microfilm 10,836.
5. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WQ-R4D : 10 February 2018), Nathaniel Robbins in entry for Thomas , 28 Sep 1796; citing ; FHL microfilm 10,836.
6. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WQ-R4W : 10 February 2018), Nathaniel Robbins in entry for Nathaniel , 13 Mar 1799; citing ; FHL microfilm 10,836
7. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WQ-B9B : 10 February 2018), Nathaniel Robbins in entry for James , 06 Nov 1802; citing ; FHL microfilm 10,836.
8. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4H5-79Z : 5 January 2021), Rosanna Robbins, 1807.
9. ↑ Hosmer, George Lawrence. An historical sketch of the town of Deer Isle, Maine, with notices of its settlers and early inhabitants. Boston, Stanley and Usher, 1886. Pg. 113. Image 114 of 293.
10. ↑ Payroll: Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War (Massachusetts and Rhode Island). Vol. 37, Sea coast defense, Penobscot Expedition 1775-1781. A Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Fales and his Company in the State pay on the Expedition to Penobscot from the 6th of July 1779 to the 26th of August following. Film #008092198. Image 171-72 of 628.
11. ↑ Muster roll: Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War (Massachusetts and Rhode Island). Vol. 37, Sea coast defense, Penobscot Expedition 1775-1781. A Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Fales and his Company in the State pay on the Expedition to Penobscot from the 6th of July 1779 to the 26th of August following. Film #008092198. Image 118 of 628.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQZ-63V8-9?cc=2548057&wc=QZZQ-M41%3A1589088696 : 20 September 2019), Rider, David - Robbns, David > image 2587 of 2843; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123499815/nathaniel-robbins : accessed 22 January 2022), memorial page for Nathaniel Robbins (13 Dec 1760–28 Mar 1829), Find a Grave Memorial ID 123499815, citing Old Settlers Cemetery, Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by R Moore (contributor 47672795).

• Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War ~ Maine, Carlton E. Fisher and Sue G. Fisher compilers, page 665,

• Maine Rubicon (Downeast Settlers during the American Revolution) by John Ahlin]

• Wild, Helen Tilden. Medford in the Revolution : military history of Medford, Massachusetts, 1765-1783 : also list of soldiers and civil officers, with genealogical and biographical notes. 1903. https://archive.org/details/medfordinrevolut00wild/page/47/mode/1up/search/Robbins

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R8K-92GS?cc=1804228&wc=3V1X-HNM%3A1585148803%2C1585149942%2C1585149943 : 10 June 2015), Maine > Hancock > Deer Isle > image 4 of 9; citing NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYY-3PH?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-HD2%3A1586988102%2C1586985947%2C1586988123 : 16 July 2015), Maine > Hancock > Deer Isle > image 4 of 6; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Taxes 1818 Deer Isle.(https://archive.org/stream/historyofswansis00smal#page/118/mode/2up/search/Stinson)

Acknowledgments

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