Seventh Generation

1692. Mary "Polly" ROBBINS was born on 31 August 1795 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA. She died on 10 July 1863 at the age of 67 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA.¹⁸¹ She was buried in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA. She died of a cancerous tumor on her breast. Her death was announced in the Berkshire County Eagle of July 16, 1963. She was 69 when she died.

Mary "Polly" ROBBINS and Francis X. MONNIER were married after 11 December 1833 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA.¹⁸² Francis X. MONNIER, son of MARY, was born about 1806 in Aulsun or Antenn, France. He died on 16 November 1868 at the age of 62 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA.¹⁸³ He was buried in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA. He was a farmer, born in France. The name of the town is indistinct. Parents not listed on death record. He was also called Francis Monier or "Money" or de Moone in some records. He is listed in the 1850 Census as 44, born in France, owning property worth $1,000 with wife Polly, 55, son Sylvester, 14, daughter Josephine, 12, and son William H., 11. Sylvester Robbins, 82, and his wife, Zeuriah, 67, were living with them. Jenny isn't listed. Death record Vol. 213, page 55.

Origins may be difficult to track. A Lt. General Monnier of Paris, France, died as reported by the Providence American April 19, 1816 -- perhaps he was here during the American Revolution and that stimulated a child or grandchild to emigrate. Also, a Maria Louisa Monier died October 5, 1857 at the age of 99 years, 2 months, as reported in the New York Post of October 6, 1857, Those two plus Jenny were the only Monniers the NEHGS data base had.

A Francois Monner arrived Sept. 13, 1847, age 40, in New York, departed from Le Havre, on the ship May Flower. His place of origin is listed as Switzerland. A Margaret Monnier, born in 1814 in Ireland, was living in Pittsfield at the 1870 Census. Another wife?

A Francis X. Monnier, 1831-1912, is listed in the New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America by George C. Groce and David H. Wallace, New Haven: Yale, 1957. Son by a previous marriage?

A Josephine Monnier, 50, arrived August 20, 1834, from Havre, France, on the ship Florida, accompanied by Marie Monnier, 38,spinster. He was a farmer headed for Ohio, as was she.

Mary "Polly" ROBBINS and Francis X. MONNIER had the following children: