George Robbins (abt. 1640 - 1689)

Born about 3 Oct 1640 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Alice Frye — married 1673 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Barrett) Robbins — married about 21 Jan 1686 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 23 Aug 1689 at about age 48 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

George Robbins of Chelmsford, Massachusetts^[1]

Uncertain Origins

George was born about 1640, possibly a little earlier.^[1] Very little is known about the origins of George. Some historians have tried to make George a son of Robert Robbins, probably because the two settled in nearby towns, Chelmsford and Concord. There is no evidence to support this; in fact, George seems to be the elder of the two.^[2]

The parents that had been listed for him here are Thomas Robbins and Isabel Croad. They have been removed from the data fields until such time as quality sources are found to support them as his parents.

Occupation

George owned both a farm and a mill at the southern part of Chelmsford (now North Carlisle), Massachusetts, near Great Brook.^[2] During King Philip's War, George's house was used as a garrison house.^[2]

Marriage

George was married three times:

1) Mary (_____) married by 1667, when their first child was born. She died September 24, 1672, possibly in childbirth.^[2][3]

Children, first two recorded at Chelmsford:^[2]

1. Mary Robbins b 1667 mar Samuel Taylor
2. Phillip b 1670
3. John b about 1672

2) Alice (______) died at Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on November 25, 1686. She died six days after the birth of twins.^[2]

Children, recorded at Chelmsford, except for Alice, Sarah, and Eleazor, who are named in their father's Will:^[2]

1. George b 1675 mar 1)Elizabeth Wood 2)Hannah Hunt 3)Abigail (_____)
2. Sarah b 1677 mar Benoni Perham
3. Samuel b 1679 mar Dorothy Barrett
4. Eleazor b 1682 mar Ruth Wheeler
5. Benjamin b 1684 mar 1)Hannah Hildreth 2) Ann (or Anas) Johnson
6. Jonathan Twin b 1686 mar Margaret Lund
7. Joseph Twin b 1686 not named in father's Will

3) Mary Barrett, daughter of Thomas and Frances (Woolderson) Barrett, on January 21, 1686/7, at Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[4]

Children:^[2]

1. Thomas b 1687 mar Sarah (____)

Last Will and Testament

February 19, 1688/9:

I give to my beloved wife Mary £20 in corn or cattle at country price as it goes between man & man this to be payd unto hir foure years after my death. To my three sons, Samuel, Eliazer, Benjamin, I give £10 to each of them: also to my son Jonathan I give £10: also to Tho: my son I give £5 these legacyes to be payd them in corn or cattle when they come to be of age: also to my daughter Sarah I give my feather-bed with its furniture & also £10 ... and to my daughter Mary I give £10 half of it in household goods & the other half in corn or cattle: also to my son Phillip I give half of my medow which I bought of Georg Farly of Bilerica lying by Concord Road & twelve acres of upland lying by Sam Barret: item to my two sons John and Georg I give all the rest of my lands equally to be divided among themselves as they shall agree: finally I constitute and make my sons John and Georg to be the executors of this last will and testament ... ^[2][5]

Death and legacy

George died in 1689 at Chelmsford, Massachusetts.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Snow, Nora E., The Snow-Estes ancestry (Vol. 2, Pgs i-vii & 220) Hillburn, New York, 1939, accessed online 3/30/14
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Sprague, Eleanor R. and Robbins, Andrew W., Untangling the Evidence for Two Massachusetts Robbins Families. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. NEHGR 151:387 (1997), (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) no online access, but will send article as an attachment upon request.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-YRCD : Mon Mar 11 00:46:22 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Robbins and George Robbins, 24 July 1672.
4. ↑ Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCSH-GQX : accessed 07 Apr 2014), George Robbins and Mary Barret, 21 Jan 1686; citing reference p 139; FHL microfilm 892249.
5. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Index to Probate Records, 1648-1871. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Research Library Call No. F72/M7/M55, 2003), (Orig. pub. City of Cambridge, Mass. Index to the Probate records of the county of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1912–14)

Additional sources of information, not footnoted:

• Barrett, William. Genealogy of Some of The Descendants of Thomas Barrett, Sen., of Braintree, Mass., 1635 (D. Ramaley & Son, Saint Paul, Minn., 1888);p.11

• Barnett, Madalene R. The Descendants of Moses and Mary (Dow) Barrett Waco, Texas,: S.P., 1982

• Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.

• Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com)

• Flint, James, comp, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000)

• Massachusetts Town Marriage Records., New England Historic Genealogical Society, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.)

• US Sons of the American Revolution Membership App-102.jpg Format: jpg Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

• Robbins, Dana Watkins History of the Robbins family of Walpole, Massachusetts, descendants of William and Priscilla Robbins, published 1949. Reference page J

• George Robbins Includes many references

• Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:George_Robbins_(1)

• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/93PX-V8J/george-robbins-1640-1689

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