William Robbins Sr. (1734 - 1814)

Born 22 Mar 1734 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Vincent) Robbins — married 5 Mar 1757 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1814 at about age 79 in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

William was born about 1733. He was the son of Richard Robbins and Hannah Berry. He passed away in 1814.

WILLIAM ROBBINS was born on 22 March 1733/34 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He died in 1814 in Brewster, Massachusetts. He married HANNAH VINCENT

His birth date: "22 March 1734" [Latey, p. 4], or 22 March 1733 [Harwich Vital Records, p. 76].

William Robbins lived in Yarmouth, Mass. and Harwich, Mass., and died at Brewster, Mass. where his estate was administered 28 June 1814, and an allowance granted Hannah, his widow, 11 Oct. 1814.

In 1790 census he had listed three sons under 16 and five females. Some of his children's births are recorded at Yarmouth, Mass. and some at Harwich, Mass. (Latey, p. 4)

William ROBBINS and Hannah VINCENT had the following children:

i. ABNER5 ROBBINS was born on 10 July 1758 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He died in 1825. He married Judith JENKINS, daughter of Thomas JENKINS, on 25 August 1778 in Harwich, Massachusetts. She was born about 1752. She died on 07 September 1831113 . ii. ENOCH ROBBINS was born about 1760. Enoch Robbins moved to South Carolina (Latey, p. 4).

iii. WILLIAM ROBBINS was born in 1763. He married Thankful CLARK about 1785.

iv. THANKFUL ROBBINS was born on 13 August 1768. She married Benjamin WALKER about 1793 in Harwich, Massachusetts. He was born on 28 September 1762.

v. HANNAH ROBBINS was born about 1772 in Maine. She died on 06 August 1856 in Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Maine. She married Thomas ROBBINS, son of Heman ROBBINS and Rebecca HALL, on 13 May 1794 in Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Maine. He was born on 17 August 1765 in East Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He died on 31 March 1852 in Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Maine.

vi. JUDITH ROBBINS was born on 17 October 1775. She married (1) RICHARD ROBBINS, son of Richard ROBBINS and Elizabeth ELLIS, on 25 February 1802 in Harwich, Massachusetts. He was born on 30 September 1774. He died in Brewster, Massachusetts. She married (2) SAMUEL CASH in June 1798 in Dennis, Massachusetts.

vii. [CHILD] ROBBINS was born about April 1779. [child] died about July 1779 . viii. THOMAS ROBBINS was born on 11 August 1781 in Harwich, Massachusetts.

ix. JONATHAN ROBBINS was born on 17 May 1785 in Harwich, Massachusetts. He died before 1822. He married Rachel NEWCOMB, daughter of Jeremiah NEWCOMB, about 1804.

x. ANNA ROBBINS. She married Nathan ROBBINS, son of Heman ROBBINS and Rebecca HALL, in July 1795 in Harwich, Massachusetts. He was born on 11 April 1769 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He died before 1815. Nathan ROBBINS was baptized on 11 June 1769 in East Yarmouth Church, East Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

Sources

• http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/67576527/person/44168883710

• The Robbins Family of Cape Cod, compiled by H. N. Latey. Author: Latey, H. N. Title: The Robbins family of Cape Cod. Publisher: Yarmouthport, Mass. : C.W. Swift, 1917 William Robbins, son of Richard, 1734-1814, p. 4

• [Source: Derick, Burton N. [compiler]. Dennis source records. Volume 1 : church records : transcriptions of records of the town of Den is, Massachusetts. (South Dennis, Massachusetts: Burton Nathaniel Derick, c2004.)