Jehiel Robbins (1742 - 1795)

Born 30 Mar 1742 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

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Died 19 May 1795 at age 53 in New Hampshire

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Biography

Jehiel Robbins was born March 30, 1742 in Wethersfield, CT to John and Sarah Goodrich Robbins. ^[1] His first wife was named Rebecca. Jehiel and Rebecca lived in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, from at least 1766 when their son Edward was born ^[2] to 1768 when his father died and named Jehiel in his will. ^[3] Jehiel and his family were living in Ballston, N.Y. (about 60 miles from Lanesborough) by 1789. A home near Ballston has bricks marked "Jehiel Robbins 1789." ^{[4] [5]} Rebecca died in 1791. ^[6] Along with his brother Zebulon, sister Lois, and her husband, Jehiel signed a quitclaim deed in March, 1795 for land left to their sister, Sarah, by their father. ^[7] Jehiel married a woman named Sarah shortly before he died in 1795. According to Find-a-grave Jehiel died in New Hampshire, ^[8] . but his estate was probated in New York. His widow Sarah was appointed administrator of his estate, but she requested that someone be appointed in her place. ^[9]

Children:

• Edward, 1766-
• John, 1768-
• Otis, 1770-
• William, 1772- (Perhaps 1763)
• Jehiel, 1775-
• Daughter, 1788

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection) Vol: Wethersfield, pp. 220-222. Images at: Jehiel
2. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Image at: Edward
3. ↑ Connecticut Nutmegger, Journal of the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, CT. Vol. 40 p. 384. Image at American Ancestors Jehiel
4. ↑ Article at house
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKP-265 : accessed 28 September 2019), Jehlel Robbins, Balls Town, Albany, New York, United States; citing p. 309, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.
6. ↑ Records of First Presbyterian Church, Ballston, N.Y.
7. ↑ Wethersfield, CT Land Records, Vol. 20 p. 464.
8. ↑ Find A Grave. Jehiel Robbins, born 30 Mar 1742 in Wethersfield, Ct. Died 19 May 1795 in New Hampshire
9. ↑ Surrogate Court Records, Saratoga, N.Y. Intestate; drawer number 034, folder 25.

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