Rowland Robinson (1654 - 1716)

Born 1654 in Long Bluff, Cumberland, England

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Died 6 Apr 1716 at about age 62 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island

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Biography

• Rowland emmigrated from England in 1675.
• In 1684 lived in Newport, Rhode Island
• Purchased 40ac. @ Tymsumbe.
• In 1705 he was a Kinstown, Rhode Island Deputy.
• 1709, purchased 3000 acs.
• Owned a grist mill.
• Both Rowland and his wife Mary are buried in Quaker Burial Grounds, 2 mi. SE of Newport and Kingston, Rhode Island

Name

Rowland Robinson

Birth

1654 Long Bluff, Cumberland, England

Death

1716 South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island

Burial

Riverside Cemetery, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island

Sources

• Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Clarence Almon Torrey With a revised Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts Prepared for Publication by Elizabeth P. Bentley Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Seventh Printing 2004. Baltimore, MD, USA.

Robinson, Rowland (1654-1716) & Mary [Allen/Alling] (1653-1716+); b 1682, ca 1677?; Portsmouth, RI/Newport/Naragansett, RI/Kings Town, RI/Kingstown?

• Find A Grave: Memorial #58175539

• Bunnell, Paul Joseph. The House of Robinson: The Robinsons of Rhode Island: Their Geneology and Letters and the History of the Robinson & Son Oil Company of Baltimore, Maryland. Madison, Wisconsin, Heritage Books, 1995.