Aquilla Robbins (abt. 1710 - bef. 1784)

Born about 11 Dec 1710 in Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Clark — married 30 Oct 1730 (to 8 Jul 1782) in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Carr) Coney — married 11 Aug 1783 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Died before 20 May 1784 before about age 73 in Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Biography

Dedham births: Aquila, the son ofAquilla Robbins and Mehitable Clark Robbins, was born December 11, 1710.^[1]

Aquilla Robbins married, 1st, Nov. 1730, Hannah, daughter of Solomon and Mary (White) Clark, who was b. 1711 and died July 8, 1782, as a result of a "fall from a shay". Walpole marriages: ROBINS (see Robbins, Robens), Aquila and Hannah Clark, [int.] Oct. 30, 1730. ^[2] Walpole deaths: ROBBINS, Hannah, w. Aquilla, by a fall from a Shay, July 8, 1782.

He married, 2nd, Mary Carr of Dedham, on Aug. 11, 1783, when he was over seventy-two years of age.^{[3] [4]}

Walpole intentions: ROBBINS, Aquilla and Mary Carr, int. July 19, 1783.

Dedham marriages: August 11th, [1783]. Mr. Aquila Robbins of Walpole & Miss Mary Carr of Dedham, do., [Revd J. Chickering]. Note: Rev. Jabez Chickering was the pastor of the South Parish (later Norwood.)

Walpole deaths: ROBBINS (see Robbis, Robenes, Robins), Aquilla [h. Hannah], May 20, 1784, in 74th y. _______________________________

He was a "Malster" by trade. Held many minor town offices, selectman 1745 - 1746, selectman 1745, town clerk and assessor 1748, town clerk and selectman 1749 - 1767, teacher in Walpole schools, on many early committees.

He was on a committee that drafted instruction to the general court regarding the "Rights and Liberties" of the townpeople prior to the Revolution.

Aquilla Robbins lived on the farm on the Medfield Road (Elm St.) first occupied by his father, and later sold by Daniel Robbins to the Rev. Geo. Morey.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-9S7 : 5 January 2021), Aquila Robbins, 1710.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-PNYX : 24 November 2022), Aquila Robins and Hannah Clark, 1730.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH9D-5N5 : 20 May 2022), Aquila Robbins, 14 Jul 1783; citing Marriage, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009369.
4. ↑ History of the Robbins Family of Walpole, Massachusetts : Descendants of William and Priscilla Robbins, 1949

• Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County); Probate Place: Suffolk, Massachusetts
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20872060/aquilla-robbins: accessed 19 April 2023), memorial page for Aquilla Robbins (11 Dec 1710–20 May 1784), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20872060, citing Old Burial Place, Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).

• Mayflower Families Vol. 17 p. 76