The LDS Family History Library has a microfilm (#1036069) of the "Robbins Genealogical Collection". The first frame in this film is a typewritten letter on Robbins Genealogical Society letterhead, imploring recipients to send in their family histories to Burtis F. Robbins, M.D., F.A.C.S, President of the Society, located at 403-6 Medical Arts Building / Salt Lake City, 1, Utah. It is undated, but I would guess it would be from the late 1940's. It begins:
Beginning with these names, by research and corresponding throughout America he completed or nearly completed all of these various lines down to about the seventh or eighth generations or until the time of his death in 1902. [=== Ed. Note: Skipping history of name. ===]
About fifty years ago Mr. William A. Robbins, a very eminent attorney and genealogist now living in Brooklyn, N. Y., became interested in the Robbins genealogy and has spent independently and in connection with I. Gilbert Robbins and Eugene H. Robbins of Pittsfield, Mass., a large part of his life together with his wife in augmenting and adding to the records of I. Gilbert Robbins by searching through early court and church records, etc., throughout the eastern United States and Europe.
All these vast Robbins records have been recently obtained from Mr. Robbins who is unable to carry on this work due to his age and ill health, with the understanding that we complete the records as fast as possible, especially the later generations, and prepare them for publication. During the past twenty-five years our organization here has also done a great deal of research so that we now have some fifty thousand authentic Robbins names. [=== Ed. Note: Skipping remainder of letter imploring people to send in their family histories. ===]
Well - bless ol' Isaac Gilbert Robbins! He has saved our collective butts! 50,000 people with Robbins surnames! Isaac was born 26 Nov 1835 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts to Isaac Haile ROBBINS and Sarah Rowell TUCKER. I don't know anything more about him 'cause I didn't think to try to find his own line in his manuscripts.
His manuscripts have excellent detail, including exact birthdates and spouses names (and often, the marriage date). Oftentimes, the spouse's birth date and place and even parents' names were also given.
Sadly, for the discerning genealogist, there are almost no sources given for the vital statistics. I believe this is because these are contemporary family histories or recently handed-down family histories acquired through his correspondence. The personal detail included in some of these entries (like the fact that my 3rd-gr-grandfather, b. 1778, was 6 ft. 4 in. tall) are not what you'd expect from dry, boring, town or church records.
Apparently, the Society disbanded without ever publishing a book, and the Utah Genealogical Society acquired the collections which were microfilmed by the LDS.
There are 14 items on the film:
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I have transcribed the first four pages of the George Robbins in Chelmsford manuscript (item #8) to show the detail that Isaac provided, plus additional relevant pages from items #8 and #10 to document my line.
The transcriptions are formatted just as the manuscript is - misaligned columns, misspellings, and all. No corrections have been attempted.
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Should anyone else rent this film at the LDS and want to transcribe the pages for their lines and send them to me, I'll add them.
Netscape keeps information within a table together on a page if it can, so I have used that to persuade it to start a new page if the next manuscript "page" can't fit on the current page. These pages print very nicely using Netscape v4.7 with the following settings:
Enjoy!
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| "George Robbins in Chelmsford, Mass., 1666, Brother of Robert" by Isaac Robbins | Page 1 |
George Robbins - brother to Robert of Concord and Groton. A "George, born at Oxford Eng. 3 Oct. 1646. With wife Mary , first appears in records of Chelmsford, Mass. 1666. Lived "near greatbrook" in the south part of the town which was later set off and incorporated Carlisle. Their children were John m. Dorothy Hildreth, Lt James and Margaret (Ward)30 Nov Concord- 1st Isabel Thompkins 1699. Mary 1 sep. 1667 m Samual Taylor,- James and Elisabeth 9 Dec 1685 George 1668 One of the settlers of Rutland, 1713 Philip 29 June 1670 of Chelmsford Sarah m Benoni Perham,- John and Lydia (shipley) 6 Dec. 1704 Samuel 2 Jan. 1679 m. Dorothy Barrett 4 Mar 1702 Wife Mary d. George m 2nd. Alice (Frye) and had Eleazer 1681 m. Ruth Wheeler Concord 10 Jan.1710 Benjamin 30 May 1684 m. Hannah Hildreth,-Joseph and Abigail (Wilson) 2nd Annis Chandler,-Thos& Mary (Peters) Wid. Josiah Johnson,12 July 1733 Joseph, 19 Nov 1686 Died Young Jonathan 19 Nov 1686 m Margaret Lund, Dunstable,at Concord 16 Jan.1712 Wife Alice d. 25 Nov. 1686 and he m. 3rd Mary Barrett,(b.13 Mar.1662-3) Lieut. John and Sarah (Chelmsford) 21 Jan 1687 Thomas 27 Nov. 1687 m. Sarah Varnum (of Gracut) ab 1713 George the father was a house-wright,-owner at times of much real estate and manifested considerable of interest in public affairs. Oonamog was ruler of Marlborough and Sachem;- he died 1674 and the troubles of the war fell heavily upon his family. A barn, with corn and hay was burned at Chelmsford, by some of the war party as it afterward proved, but the act was evidently accused upon the Indians and a deter- mination was formed to make them suffer for it. About fourteen men armed themselves and under pretense of scouting, went to the wig-wams of the Wamesits, ordered them out and fired upon them, wounding five and killing one of the young son of Tahatooner and among the wounded was Sarah, widow of Oonamog, daughter of Sagamore John who lived at the same place before the war and was a great friend to the english. Sarah had two husbands, first Oonamog and second Tahatooner, son of Tahattawan, Sachem of Musketaquid. The shooting occurred 15 Nov 1675 and two of the party were largin and Robbins who were shown to have fired their guns loaded with shot, into the crowd. They were arrested but not convicted and after an extended detention were set at Liberty. Middlesex Co. Mass. Deeds, Vol. 19 fol. 19- George Robbins etals.- Chelmsford from Samuel Foster Sen'r and Jr. one half of the Wamesit lands which were sold by the Indians 6 Sep. 1686 to Jonathan Tyng. Dated 14 Dec. 1686. | |
| "George Robbins in Chelmsford, Mass., 1666, Brother of Robert" by Isaac Robbins | Page 2 |
Vol. 15 fol. 407. From George Farley, Billerica, Meadowland.
25 Feb. 1677 etc.
George executed his will 19 Feb. 1688-probated 1689. In it he con-
stituted his sons John and George executors;- devised to his wife Mary
£ 20. in corn and cattle;- to his sons Samuel,- Eleazer,- Benjamin and
Jonathan £ 10. each when they become of age and to his son Thomas £ 5.
To his daughter Sarah a featherbed with its furniture and £ 10.- to his
daughter Mary £ 10. to his son Philip one half his meadow "on Concord
road" and twelve acres of upland and divides the rest of his lands between
John and George.
Widow Mary born 13 Mar. 1662/3-
John and Dorothy (Hildreth) had a Chelmsford
Elisabeth 29 Aug.1700 m. Stephen Shattuck,- b.10 Sep 1710
Rev. Benj. and Martha(Sherman)
Joseph 20 Sep. 1702 Died 27 Mar 1707 al. 4:6:7
Sarah 25 Oct. 1704 Died 26 June 1728 al. 23:8:1
Eleanor 17 Dec. 1707 m. Ephraim Heald,- of Townsend
John 23 Mar. 1710 m. Susannah
Lucy 22 Jan. 1712
Jonas 3 July 1714 m. Mary Heald,- John and Mary (Hale) 24 May 1738
Mary 21 Mar. 1717 M. Jason Russell -Chelmsford- 6 Nov 1740
John the father d. 1762 Dorothy d. 19 Apr 1757
John Robbins of Chelmsford, from John Bruse, Woburn and wife
Rose (Watell or Waddell) dau. of John, late of Chelmsford dec'd- 15 acres
upland, £ 11:10: May 11 1710.- Midd. Deeds. V.15 f.355
Vol. 37 f.617- John and wf. Dorothy, "to my son John Jr." for £ 300:
100 acres and buildings in Chelmsford. 4 Sep 1736
Vol. 43 f. 508, John and Dorothy to Jonas Robbins for £ 500: one half
of 60 acres and half the buildings with other land in Billerica etc.
7 Apr. 1738. Vol. 56 fol. 93 same to same for £ 160: all his lands
in Billerica, the homestead etc. reserving a life lease for himself
and wife, 8 Jan. 1753.
Samuel and Dorothy(Barrett,) had
Jane 11 Sep. 1703 m.
Mary 27 Dec. 1705 Died young
Abigail 19 July 1708 m. Jonathan Harrington 10 July 1731
2nd m. Samuel Jeffers
Samuel (bap) 9 Sep. 1711 m. Bethiah m. before 16 Mch., 1733
Dorothy 1713 m. Peter Harrington
John 6 May 1716 m. Abigail Whitney 25 Apr. 1739
Sarah 31 " 1719 m. Ephraim Warren
Alice 28 July 1723 m. Matthias Whitney
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| "George Robbins in Chelmsford, Mass., 1666, Brother of Robert" by Isaac Robbins | Page 3 |
The first three of their children were born in Chelmsford, the
others in Killingly Conn."1711 a Massachusetts Colony took possession of
Chestnut Hill, an extensive rise of land in the east part of the town, with
steep sides heavily wooded and a broad open plateau on the summit. This
fine site was included in the grants laid out to John and Joseph Haynes,
Timothy Woodbridge and Governor Treat,- sold by them to John Allen,
by him to Capt. John Chandler who sold the wholetract (twenty-four hundred
acres) for £ 312. to Eleazer and Thomas Bateman of Concord,- Samuel and
Thomas Gould,- Nath'l Lawrence, Ebenezer Bloss, Thos. Richardson and
Ebenezer Knight, joint proprietors. John Brown, Moses Barrett, Josiah
Proctor, Samuel Robbins, Daniel Carroll, Daniel Ross and John Grover were
soon after admitted among the Chestnut Hill proprietors, most of these
purchasers became valued citizens of Killingly.
History of Windham Co. Conn. Vol. 1 pp.167-8 By Miss Ellen D. Larned.
Samuel of Killingly, Conn. bought from Chandler 115 acres for £ 24:
Sep. 12 1710,- had land laid out to him 24 Nov.1720 on both sides of
Moosup river and purchased 20 acres for £ 12: from James Leavens 14 Jan.1727.
He d. about Aug 1764,- administration to son Samuel of Scituate R.I.,
4 Sep. 1764. Distribution 2 Apr. 1765, all personal estate, valuation
£ 93:7:2- debts £ 10:13:5- cost of adm'n. £ 6:8:- Bal £ 76:5:9.
To Dorothy widow one third,- to Samuel, eldest son two sevenths
and the widows third is taken out. Widow Jane Shapley eldest dau.-
Agigail Jeffers wife of "Sm Geffers" 2nd dau.- Dorythy Herington 3 Gaftor,-
Sarah Warriny wife of Ephraim warrin 4 daughter,- Alice Whitney wife of
Matthias Whitney 5 daughter. He was a farmer.
Eleazer & Ruth (Wheeler) had at Groton, Mass.
Jedediah 24 Aug 1709 Died 1 Oct. 1731 ae. 22:1:8
George 9 July 1712 m. Thankful Stevens (John & Elizabeth) Heldreth
Nichewaag (Petersham) blacksmith 1733-35
Eleazer 18 July 1714 m Lydia Powers 16 May 1739
Ruth 13 Feb. 1716 m. Moses Sawyer 16 May 1739
Ephraim 2 Dec. 1718 m. Hannah Blanchard 21 Apr. 1743
James Frye of Andover, Guardian for Eleazer, ae 15: 9 Apr. 1696.
Eleazer taxed 3s in Groton, 28 Oct 1701 (Selectmans records) Was
2nd Lieut. in Capt Samuel Willards Co 28 Aug to 28 Oct. 1725, " exped-
ition to the White Mountain Wilderness". One of the original incorporators
of Harvard in 1732.
Selectman 1733, licensed inn-holder 1734 to '40. Had Zilpha, negro
servant girl bap. 30 Nov. 1735. Hed. 13 Sep. 1758 ae 77: "an aged man"-
Ruth Dec'd 3 Jan. 1761 ae. 78:
Eleazer of Groton, for £ 25: to Joseph Fletcher jr. of Concord,
8 Feb. 1713- 40 acres in the north quarter of the town of Concord. V.17f.460
Bought from Jona, Farnsworth, Groton, for £ 17:-24 Feb.1716-218 acres etc.
the old mill farm granted to Jonas Prescott, bonded by Simon Stone,- Col.
Springbrook, Sc, V.18 f.111 From Simon Stone Jr. for £ 20: 15 Mar. 1716
a right of way. V. 20 f.66. From Daniel Powers of Littleton, formerly
of Groton,- for £ 5: and other considerations, 27 Jan 1718 a 5 acre right
in Commonlands. V.20 f.65
[=== Ed. Note: One other transaction paragraph omitted in this transcription. ===] | |
| "George Robbins in Chelmsford, Mass., 1666, Brother of Robert" by Isaac Robbins | Page 4 |
Benjamin & Hannah (Hildreth) had at Westford- Benjamin 9 Mar 1708 m. Elizabeth Wood, B 14 Oct 1711- Jeremiah and Dorothy 1730? Joseph 30 Jan 1711 Died young Jospeh 5 Apr 1717 m. Mary Chamberlain, Westford- John and 21 Mar. 1744 Jonathan 5 Apr 1717 m. Mary Proctor b.27th March 1719 4 May 1743 John and Mary (Proctor of Capt Robert Richardson's Snow Shoe Co.) Zechariah 6 July 1720 m. Elisabeth Proctor b. 18 Oct. 1724 Westford, (Sister of Mary) 4 Apr 1744 Sarah 7 Jan. 1724 m. John Tuttle, Littleton 27 Apr. 1740. John 15 Oct. 1727 m. Sarah Davis, B. 18 Nov. 1732 Acton 25 July 1751 Hannah 24 Nov. 1731 M. Charles Eames,- Leominster, Pub.22 Dec 1753. Hannah the mother d. 9 Dec. 1731 and Benjamin 2nd Annis Chandler- Johnson, no issue. He settled in Westford, near Nashobahill,- bought from Isaac Barrow of Chelmsfordfor £ 29:7: land at Great Tadmuck, 17 Apr. 1710- Midd. Deeds. Vol. 21 fol. 197. Sold to Joseph Barrett, 27 May 1717 for £ 38:- 28 acres in Chelmsford. V.21 fol.31- to Joseph Chamberlain 4 June 1718 for £ 2:10: one-half acre of meadow near Beaverbrook. V. 19 f.330. Bought from heirs of Peter Dill, 30 Oct. 1722 for £ 37:- 40 acres. Vol 30 f.347 and sold to Jona. Prescott, Chyrurgeon of Concord for £ 150:- Aug. 25 1724. Bought from Samuel Pike of Littleton, 19 Feb 1729 for £ 4: a grant of Narragon- sett land. Vol. 30 f.348. [=== Ed. Note: One other transcation paragraph omitted in this transcription. ===]
Benjamin the father Died 1770. (Probate 24 Sep) ae.86: Wid Annis b.24 Mar.
1689, probate 17 Nov 1789- 100 yrs? at Leominster, Worcester Co.
Jonathan and Margaret ( Lund) had at Dunstable
Jane 20 Dec. 1712 m. Stephen Ames b.1713 John and Priscilla 14 Apr. 1732
She d. 25 Feb.1800-ae 87:2:5 He d. 19 July 1801 ae.88:
Margaret 29 Feb. 1715 Probably d. early, not named in fathers will.
Jonathan 4 Nov.1718 m. Elisabeth Gould
Eleanor 18 June 1721 m. James Whitney
Elisabeth 26 Sep. 1723 m. Stephen Shattuck, 2nd m. Littleton? See M.34
and G.2 1744
Elisha 1725 probably,-posthumous.(More likely he was of Benjamin as
above and died young) Littleton records 25 Oct. 1729. Bennet Wood notified
the Selectmen that he picked up Elisha Robbins, age 4 years from Duns-
table, and cared for him.
Jonathan the father made for himself a name, and place in the Nation's
history, as Lieut. in the ill fated company commanded by Capt John Lovewell.
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| "George Robbins in Chelmsford, Mass., 1666, Brother of Robert" by Isaac Robbins | Page 15 |
[=== Ed. Note: Skipping down to John, son of Benjamin. ===] JOHN & SARAH (DAVIS) had Westford & Dunstable John 12 Aug. 1752 Peter 18 Mar. 1755 m. Rachel Robbins b.26 Oct 1765 29 May 1788 (error her maiden name not Robbins) | |
| "George Robbins in Chelmsford, Mass., 1666, Brother of Robert" by Isaac Robbins | Page 16 |
Hannah 16 May 1757. Jacob Lowell. b. 14 May 1762. Joseph
and Martha (Bradbury) Nottingham West N.H.
28 Apr. 1784
Samuel 22 Aug. 1759
Ezekiel 4 Sep. 1761 Died before 1800
Timothy 13 Oct. 1763 M. Nancy
Benjamin 2 July 1766 m. Hannah Jewell
2nd Sarah Adams 25 Jan. 1801
Abel 13 July 1769 m. Polly Proctor 4 Dec. 1792
Willard 29 Aug. 1771 m. Polly Kemp 3 Oct. 1793
Sarah 7 April 1774 m. James Pierce lived at Portland
Next line is in error. No William in John's will.
William 2 Aug. 1778 m. Abigail Morse Job and Abigail (Swift)
Norwich, Vt. 16 June 1800
John served in Capt. Jonas Prescott's Co. marched to the relief
of Fort William Henry 2nd to 15th Aug. 1757. Mass. Arch. Vol. 96 p. 3
John Robbins was a large real estate owner in "old" Dunstable, died
probate 16 Dec. 1800. Wid. Sarah survived. John and John Jr. in
Capt. Jona Minot's Co. Col. James Prescott. 19 April 1775. Hist.
of Westford. Non com. 21 April 1801.
[=== Ed. Note: End of transcriptions for this manuscript (end of my line). ===] | |
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