William Robbins was born, perhaps around 1673,[1] to John Robins and Jane Evans in Lyme, Connecticut Colony.
On 13 October, 1698, Joseph Robbins of the town of Lyme petitioned for power to confirm to the heirs of James Tillison... land due the said James Tillison from his father's estate.[2] This record reflects John and Jane Robbins' son Joseph distributing lands to his (older) half-brother, he having become administrator of the estate which John Robbins had bound to pay the Tillotson children their share of their own father's estate. From it we determine he was son of John and Jane, that by this date John Robbins, too, had died.
On 31 Mar 1701, William Robbins discharged his brother Joseph Robbins of "debts, dews and or legasis" due William as his portion of their father's estate.[3]
William married Sarah Carpenter, daughter of David and Sarah (Hough) Carptenter, in April 1702 in New London. Because we can account for marriages of her sisters, we infer it was Sarah who was the unnamed Carpenter woman who married an unnamed Robbins man in New London in April 1702.[4]William Robbins certified, on 4 June 1713 in Lyme, that he had received of his mother Sarah Stevens, administrator of the estate of his father David Carpenter, late of New London, the sum of fifty shillings,[5]
Children of William and Sarah (Carpenter) Robbins:[6]
Administration was granted on William's estate on 8 September 1761 to William Robins on bond of William Robins and Nicodemus Miller of Lyme. Inventory by Nicodemus Miller and Benj. Lee was returned 14 September, and sworn to by the admministrator 13 October 1761.
Division of his land was made among:
John Moor who has purchased Wm Robens right in said estate...
Elisabeth Smith who is one of the children...
Hannah Lester who is one of the children...
Mary Beebe who is one of the children...
Sarah Hunlly who is one of the children...
heirs of John Robens who was ye eldest son...
It was noted that Benjamin Robens received the full of his portion or settlement in ye lifetime of ye Decsd.
No mention was made of any widow, by which we infer that Sarah had predeceased William.[7]
Father of Elizabeth (Robins) Smith (abt.1706-), Hannah, Sarah, John, David, Mary, and William by his first wife, Carpenter (married April 1702), His second wife, Mary Ingles married him 27 March 1732 in New London.[8] His will was probated in 1761 with his son William Robins, as his executor. His son-in-law, Thomas Smith (1701-abt.1761), was mentioned in his probate papers as a receiver of cash.[9]
Sources
↑ William's birth date estimate rests on him apparently having been junior to his brother Joseph, and their parents having married in 1670.
↑ Connecticut. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut: Transcribed And Published, (in Accordance With a Resolution of the General Assembly)... Hartford: Brown & Parsons, 1850-90, 4:280.
↑ "John/1 Robbins M, #58561," Tributaries: Genealogies of the Brooks Families of New England, Christopher Brooks, 1997-2018; citing Brooks, Jack R. The Ancestors and Descendants of Silas Brooks (1760-1849) and His Wife Elizabeth Beckwith (1766-1846)... Meriden, Conn: J.R. Brooks, 2004, p. 27.
↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Volume 79 New London, p. 349.
↑ Probate record for estate of David Carpenter. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Hartford Probate Packets, Carigg-Champlin, N, 1675-1850, image 22.
↑ Baptisms of all children except Benjamin are recorded at New London. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. Volume 79 (New London), p. 348.
↑ Probate record of William Robbins. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Hartford Probate Packets, Robbins, Ezra-Rogers, James, 1675-1850, images 124-137.
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2S9-LH1 : 7 January 2020), William Robins in entry for Elisabeth Robins, 1709.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
Robins-2856 and Robbins-3066 appear to represent the same person because: Giant cascade of duplication. The family line downward and upward through William Robbins/Robins. Many merges are going to have to happen to join up all the missing pieces of family until Elizabeth Robbins Smith is properly connected to the rest of the family.
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