Ninth Generation

480. Capt. Joshua ROBBINS was born on 21 October 1651 in Wethersfield, CT. He died on 15 December 1738 at the age of 87 in Wethersfield, CT. From NEHGS Vol. 20 -- records of Wethersfield, CT. There were two Johns and another Joshua before this Joshua -- need to puzzle out relationships. Was it this or another Joshua who married Elizabeth Butler? Jacobus, p. 802, says this Joshua married Elizabeth Rose.

Joshua (1) ROBBINS Capt
was born on 21 Oct 1651/52 in Wethersfield, CT. He died on 15 Dec 1738 in Wethersfield, CT. 6th ggf of Gordon Fisher

WARNING!!! There's controversy about whether the spouse of Joshua (1) ROBBINS was Elizabeth BUTLER or Elizabeth ROSE. See note under Elizabeth ROSE.

"Robbins, Joshua, sen'r., son of John, and brother of Richard and Samuel, m. in 1709, and d. about 1733. His will was presented in Court by Sarah, his widow, and Nathaniel Robbins, executors. He was a gentleman of wealth. His children at his decease were Joshua, Jr., Jonathan, Elizabeth Talcott, wife of Nathaniel, Hannah, wife of Joseph Welles, Mary, wife of Joseph Treat, Abigail, wife of Silas Belden, and Comfort, wife of John Coleman. He gave Joshua, jr., his land at Stepney where he lived, also at Newington, at Mile-meadow, at Whirlpool, at Rocky Hill in Stepney, and other places. He gave Jonathan his new house and barns and several pieces of land."
--- R R Hinman, *Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut*, Hartford (E Gleason) 1846, No. 5 p 291-2.

"Captain Joshua, son of "Gentleman" John (2) Robbins, was born at Wethersfield, October 21, 1651-52, died there December 15, 1738. He held various offices of trust and honor in the town between 1678 and 1703, and was a prominent and useful citizen. He married, December 24, 1680, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Butler. His wife died April 24, 1736, aged about seventy-one. Children, born at Wethersfield: Joshua, born October 21, 1681, mentioned below [under Joshua (2) ROBBINS]; Elizabeth, December 29, 1684, married Nathaniel Talcott; Hannah, June 10, 1688, married Joseph Welles; Mary, January 10, 1692, married Joseph Treat; Captain Jonathan, December 28, 1694; Abigail, June 12, 1697, married, November 30, 1716, Silas Belden; Comford, 1699, married John Coleman; Sarah, December 31, 1703, died December 29, 1710."
--- William Richard Cutter. *New England Families*, NY 1913, p 1167

From TAG v 10 (1933) p 50: "In 1695-96, a suit was brought by the town of Wethersfield, Conn., against Joshua Robbina, then Sergeant, later Captain, charging that he had appropriated certain lands belonging to the "Commons" of the town. Many testimonies were taken, the original documents being in Connecticut Archives, Towns and Lands, volume 2, pages 23-65. Most of those who testified stated their ages.
"Copy of deed from John Clark of Qu~ill [Quinnipiack or Quillipiack, later New Haven] to John Robins, 19 Oct. 1638, conveying for L80 all housing and lands in Wethersfield. Witnesses: John Jisup [Jessup] and Henry Line [Lines]. Part paid down and acknowledgment was made for the balance "payd to goodman gildersleue."
Daniel Rose, ae. c. 66, testified 3 Sept. 1696 that he sold to Deacon John Robins a piece of land "which fell to me from my father John Goodrich Deceased."
Enoch Buck, ae. 74, testified 13 June 1695.
Jonathan Deming, ae. c. 56, testified 13 Oct. 1696.
Lieut. Rhomas Holister, ae. c. 47, testified 13 Jan. 1695 [1695/6], and aw. c. 48, 13 Oct. 1696.
Benjn Churchill, surveyor, ae. 44
Joseph Wright, ae. c. 56.
David Goodrich, ae. c. 30.
John Curtis sen., ae. c. 54, testified 13 Jan. 1695 [1695/6].
Samll Borman, ae. c. 47.
John Brunson, ae. 30, testified 29 May 1696.
Moses Goff, ae. c. 40, testified 3 Sept. 1696.
Sam~ Dix, ae. c. 38, " " " "
Phillip Goff, ae. c. 42, " " " "
John Reynolds, ae. 22, " " " "
Theophilus Sherman, ae. c. 54, testified 30 Sept. 1696.
Joseph Crowfoot, ae. c. 37, testified 3 Sept. 1696.
Capt. John Chester, ae. c. 61, testified 14 Oct. 1696.
Lieut. James Treat testified 14 Oct. 1696.
Sergt. John Kilburn, ae. 72, testified 3 Sept. 1696.
Edward Benton, ae. 58, testified 3 Sept. 1696; he and John Slead (both signed with mark) had been servants to Mr. John Robbins senr.
John Riley, his testimony "wholly founded upon his Uncle Buck." He was married to Elizabeth ROSE in prob Wethersfield, CT. Elizabeth BUTLER and Capt. Joshua ROBBINS were married on 24 December 1680 in Wethersfield, CT.

481. Elizabeth BUTLER was born on 20 August 1667 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. She died on 24 April 1736 at the age of 68 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. She supposedly married a Coolidge, not Joshua Robbins who lived next door. Joshua did marry an "Elizabeth," but there is controversy over which Elizabeth.

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