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Daniel Robins (abt. 1770 - 1831)

Daniel Robins
Born about in Randolph County, North Carolinamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1790 in Randolph,North Carolinamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 61 [location unknown]
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Biography

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Daniel Robins was a North Carolina colonist.

Daniel was born about 1770. Daniel Robins ... He passed away in 1831.

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"Robbins Family History"

By Sidney Swaim Robins

William’s son Daniel is our ancestor. Born in 1770, he lived until October 8, 1831. In 1790 he married Massah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Vickery Swaim.

Sarah Lambert says that Daniel must have had more than the ordinary country education of his time. I may say that all the notations I have seen in the Daniel Robins or the Marmaduke Swaim Bibles (Sarah had both of these and her daughter Massah has them today) are written in a right clerkly hand that would be a credit to any of us and more than that to some. The proof though which Sarah gives of Daniel’s literacy or education is of a different kind. She says that she has in her possession an old torn and tattered manuscript book containing original hymns and poems written by Daniel. Somehow or other I missed seeing that book, perhaps failed to ask for it at the right time. (Massah Lambert told me the other day that she thinks she has it still, but that it is mostly illegible.) . It is said that he had the design, never carried into effect, of getting out a book of poetry or hymnology, all of his own stuff. The only proof of his talents available to me now is a single hymn of his which Sarah got printed in the Asheboro Courier. Here it is, and some of us have no doubt written worse poetry in our time:

Ye glittering orbs around the skies,
That speak his glories in disguise,
Your silent language cannot tell
The powers of Emmanuel.

Tall mountains that becloud the sky,
Whilst all the hills around them lie,
Whilst time endures, you cannot tell
The powers of Emmanuel.

Ye World, and worlds with all your throng,
Through every climate extend the song.
Guilty sinners preserved from hell
By Christ the King Emmanuel.

Behold Him leave his Father’s throne;
Behold him bleed, and hear him groan;
Death’s strong chain would fail to tell
The strength of King Emmanuel.

Behold Him take his ancient seat
Whilst millions bow beneath his feet;
He conquered all the hosts of hell;
We’ll crown him King Emmanuel.

His fame shall spread from pole to pole,
Whilst glory rolls from soul to soul.
The gospel is sent forth to tell
The glories of Emmanuel.

Whilst I am singing of His name,
My soul rejoices in the same.
I’m full, I’m full, but cannot tell
The love of King Emmanuel.

I long to hear His trumpet sound
And see his glories all around.
I then shall shout, and sing and tell
Salvation through Emmanuel.

Ten thousand thousands join the song,
Ten thousand thousands in the throng.
He saved us from a gaping hell;
All glory to Emmanuel.

To me at least it feels funny not to know anything about your great-grandfather except his having written such a hymn as that. I mean anything personal, for dates and that mention in the Will are not personal. It is almost as bad as if the family had to reconstruct me out of a bit of Woofus poetry. One guesses that he was a better churchman than most of the Robinses we have known, and that he was impressed by the popular theology of the day enough for some of it to come out of him rather sonorously. He must have had more education than a good many people of his day, and it seems as if he had some ear for music or rhythm as well as rhyme.

Daniel and Massah Swaim Robins had seven sons and only one daughter. The sons were Eli, William, Daniel, John, Christopher, Joshua, Richard. The daughter was named Charity and died at the age of. thirteen.[1]

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Sources

  1. Robbins Family Memoir with details of Swaim History

See also:

Memoirs
Census Records
  • "United States Census, 1800," index and images, FamilySearch (Link: accessed 8 February 2015), Daniel Robins, Hillsboro, Randolph, North Carolina; citing p. 336, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 32; FHL microfilm 337,908.
  • "United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (Link : accessed 8 February 2015), Danl Robin, Not Stated, Randolph, North Carolina; citing p. 178, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 38; FHL microfilm 337,911.
Death Records
  • "North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," index and images, FamilySearch (Link : accessed 8 February 2015), Daniel Robbins, 1831; citing Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,078,997.




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