ROBINS of Hunterdon Co, NJ
ROBINS of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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NOTES - The format of the info below is that surnames are all caps, the male
head-of-household (always ROBINS) is listed starting in column 1, the
spouses are listed starting in column 5, and the children are listed
starting in column 10. Identifying numbers enclosed in brackets ([ ])
connect ROBINS children with heads-of-household and continue the line.
abbreviations: s = son, dau = daughter, b = born, d = died, bur = buried,
Tp = Township, m = married, bp = baptized, abt = about,
bef = before, aft = after, ch = child/children, & = and,
Co = County/Company, Cem = Cemetery, Dr = Doctor, Ch = Church,
Pres = Presbyterian, prev = previous/previously, sis = sister,
prob = probable/probably, bro = brother, liv = lived/living,
inv = inventory, Hosp = Hospital, mid = middle, init = initial,
Rev = Reverand/Revolutionary, div = divorced,
Meth = Methodist, Epis = Episcopal, Luth = Lutheran,
Mem = Memorial, poss = possibly/possible, enl = enlisted,
dis = discharged, Col = Colonel, Reg = Regiment, Sr = Senior,
Jr = Junior, grad = graduated, Bap = Baptist, int = intestate
[1]
Jonathan ROBINS (purchased 234 acres from Anne MERRILL Alexandria Tp &
Bethlehem Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ 23 May 1751; deeded same 234
acres + 6 + 133 acres to Isaac ROBINS 4 Jun 1773; prob d int
1774 Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ, parents = Jonathan &
Dinah ROBINS)
Jonathan [1.1]
Isaac [1.2]
daughter, name unknown
daughter, name unknown
daughter, name unknown
daughter, name unknown
(Source - 1, 2, 3)
(Notes - The parents of Jonathan have been identified through signature
comparison research thanks to John Taylor.)
[1.1]
Jonathan ROBINS (b by 1740, d 1815 Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; inv dated
2 Feb 1815; prob bur Tharp-Garrison Cem, Bethlehem Tp,
Hunterdon Co, NJ)
Mary ------ (surname poss HUFF, b abt 1764; d 13 Feb 1817; bur
Tharp-Garrison Cem, Bethlehem Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ)
Charles
Jonas
William
Joseph
Sarah (m Asa YOUNG)
Abigail (m John GODOWN)
Susannah (m William RUPLE)
Isaac
Jonathan [1.1.1]
Mary (m John HITESMAN)
(Source - 1, 4, 5, 15, 24, 25, 29, 30, 32)
(Note - All the children were alive in 1815 and in 1825.)
[1.2]
Isaac ROBINS (b by 1741; purchased 373 acres Alexandria Tp & Bethlehem Tp,
Hunterdon Co, NJ from Jonathan ROBINS 4 Jun 1773; d int 1783
Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; inv dated 7 Oct 1783)
Susannah ------ (d 1817 Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; will dated 6 Nov
1815 & proved 22 Nov 1817)
Jonathan (b bef 1763)
Rachael (b bef 1763; m Amos SMITH bef 1793)
Abigail (b bef 1763; m ------ FREESE 1793 - 1815; ch: Charity)
Dinah (b 9 Oct 1772; d 31 May 1857; bur Tharp-Garrison Cem,
Bethlehem Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; m James GARRISON (Feb 1767 -
Dec 1825) 1783 - 1793; will dated 8 Apr 1857 & proved 21 Jul
1857; ch: John (12 Jan 1792 - 12 Dec 1851, m Martha TITUS
(1790 - 2 Jul 1866)), Susan (m Abraham LAKE), Isaac, Elizabeth
(m John KESLER), Rachel (m Charles PARKER), Rebecca (m George
SELLERS), William & Sarah Ann (m George CASE))
Mary (b 13 Oct 1775; d 18 Feb 1857; m Joseph JARRARD (1767 - 17 Dec
1818) 1793 - 1815; ch: Susannah (20 Jun 1807 - 15 Jul 1874, m
Ephraim THARP (8 Mar 1803 - 31 Jan 1874), ch: James (22 Jul
1836 - 22 Jan 1845), Ann (28 May 1838 - 28 Feb 1845), George
(16 May 1846 - 17 Aug 1851))
Isaac (b 1763 - 1783)
(Source - 1, 4, 5, 23, 24)
[1.1.1]
Jonathan ROBINS (b 28 Dec 1793; d 12 Dec 1872 Union Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ)
Charity LOMPING (prev m to John LAWSHE; b 1 May 1796; d 25 Mar 1859)
George (d bef 1881)
James (d bef 1881)
Ephraim (d bef 1881)
Moses [1.1.1.1]
Mary (d bef 1881)
Jonas (m Sarah Jane CASE (dau of J H CASE of Bethlehem Tp, Hunterdon
Co, NJ) 2 Aug 1851 Hunterdon Co, NJ; liv Alexandria Tp,
Hunterdon Co, NJ 1881)
Sylvester (b 14 Dec 1834; d 25 Apr 1900; m Sarah Isabella/Isabel BIRD
(5 Jul 1833 - 25 Apr 1885) bef 1881; liv Branchburg Tp,
Somerset Co, NJ 1881)
Sarah (m James SIDDERS bef 1881; liv near Urbana, OH 1881)
Elizabeth (b 23 Oct 1840; d 5 Jul 1932; m 1st Reuben R WRIGHT (12 Jan
1839 - 25 Mar 1871) 19 Jan 1860; m 2nd Jonas THARP bef
1881; liv Union Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ 1881)
(Source - 2, 20, 22, 26, 28, 31)
[1.1.1.1]
Moses ROBINS (b 3 Sep 1826 Bethlehem Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; d 3 Nov 1889)
Susan Mary KELS (dau of Henry KELS of Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; m
25 Oct 1849 Hunterdon Co, NJ)
Lucy E (b 2 Sep 1850; m James A CREVELING 13 Feb 1875)
Sarah Elizabeth (b 21 May 1853; d 14 Jul 1857 Bloomsbury, NJ)
George (b 12 Aug 1854; d 7 Nov 1855)
Sylvester (b 19 Apr 1856)
Mary A (b 22 Nov 1857)
Charity E (b 30 Jul 1859)
Henry K (b 1 Jan/Jul 1861; d 8 May 1936)
John L (b 22 Oct 1862; d 23 Jun 1881)
Anna (b 11 Nov 1864; d 11/12 Jan 1873)
Jonathan E (b 13 Oct 1866)
Isabella (b 2 Aug 1870)
(Source - 2, 22, 27, 31)
[2]
John ROBINS (d 1802 Amwell Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; inv dated 22 Dec 1802)
Catharine ------
John [2.1]
Amos
Job
Jonathan
Anne (m Samuel VANAUMER)
Jane (m Amos SUTTON)
Mary (m William SMITH)
Elizabeth (m Nathan SUTTON)
(Source - 11, 16)
(Notes - assuming that the beneficiaries of John's inventory are his ch)
[2.1]
John ROBINS (d bef 1802)
John
Joseph
Elizabeth (m ------ DUNHAM)
(Source - 11, 16)
[3]
John ROBINS (d Amwell Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ 1777; will dated 29 Jun 1775 &
proved 16 Sep 1777)
Elener ------ (d after 1777)
John (b bef 1755)
Cornelius (b bef 1755)
Job (b aft 1755)
Anne
Mary
Elizabeth (m ------ WOOLVERTON bef 1775)
Hannah
Jane (m ------ KITCHEN bef 1775)
Rachel (m ------ REILY bef 1775)
Lydia (m ------ PARLEE bef 1775)
Catharine
(Source - 6)
[4]
John ROBINS (d 1789 Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; will dated 14 Jul 1789 &
proved 19 Nov 1789; bro = Jonathan ROBINS)
Elizabeth ------ (d aft 1789)
Jonathan (b 1768-1789)
Robert (b 1768-1789)
Mary (b 1771-1789)
Lydia (b 1771-1789)
Rachel (b 1771-1789)
John (b 1768-1789)
(Source - 12, 17)
[5]
Jonathan ROBINS (d 1796 Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; inv dated 14 Oct 1796)
Jonathan (d 1796 Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; inv dated 14 Oct
1796)
(Source - 13, 14, 18, 19)
[6]
Daniel ROBINS (b abt 1666; d Jan/Feb 1763 Amwell Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; inv
dated 25 Feb 1763; father = Daniel ROBINS)
Frances ------ (d 1763 - 1764)
unnamed son
unnamed son
unnamed son
unnamed son
unnamed son
unnamed son
unnamed son
unnamed son
unnamed son
unnamed son
unnamed son
unnamed child
unnamed child
(Source - 7, 21, 33)
[7]
Daniel ROBINS (d 1802 Sussex Co, NJ; inv dated 17 Nov 1802)
(Source - 8)
[8]
Isaac ROBINS (d 1741 Hunterdon Co, NJ; will dated 1 Apr 1741 & proved 22 Oct
1741)
Asubia ------ (d aft 1741)
Vincent
Joseph
name unknown
name unknown
name unknown
name unknown
(Source - 9, 34)
[9]
Job ROBINS (d 1756 Amwell Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; will dated 19 Jan 1756 & proved
17 May 1756; mother = Mary ------)
Abigail ------ (d aft 1756)
Daniel (b aft 1735)
Rachel (b aft 1735)
Amie (b aft 1735)
Andrew (b aft 1735)
Mary (b aft 1735)
Elizabeth (b aft 1735)
Lydia (b aft 1735)
(Source - 10)
[10]
Joseph ROBINS (d intestate Hunterdon Co, NJ by 1859; owned land Delaware Twp,
Hunterdon Co, NJ & Raritan Twp, Hunterdon Co, NJ)
Sarah ------ (d aft 1859)
Barzilla (b 1812/3; d 26 Jun 1879; liv Mattison's Corner, NJ; served
as Assessor, Overseer of the Poor & as the Constable in
Franklin Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ; m Matilda CARKUFF 19 Dec
1838 Hunterdon Co, NJ)
Joseph
Elizabeth (m Elias H TRIMMER by 1859)
Mary Ann (m Peter Y PURSELL 21 Jan 1827 Hunterdon Co, NJ)
Ephraim [10.1]
(Source - 22, 31)
[10.1]
Ephraim ROBINS (d 28 Apr 1849; Constable Raritan Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ)
Asa (b 1839-1849; m Hannah R POULSON 24 Nov 1872 Hunterdon Co, NJ)
(Source - 22, 31)
Sources:
1. Deed from Jonathan Robins to Isaac Robins, 1773, Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
2. Bio concerning Moses Robins in "History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties New Jersey" by James P Snell, 1881.
3. Inventory abstract for Jonathan Robins, 1774, Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
4. Division records for Isaac Robins, 1783 - 1793.
5. Will (abstract + full transcription) for Susannah Robins, 1817.
6. Will abstract for John Robins, 1777.
7. Inventory abstract for Daniel Robins, 1763, Amwell Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
8. Inventory abstract for Daniel Robins, 1802, Sussex Co, NJ.
9. Will (abstract + full transcription) for Isaac Robins, 1741.
10. Will abstract for Job Robins, 1756.
11. Inventory abstract for John Robins, 1802, Amwell Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
12. Will abstract for John Robins, 1789.
13. Inventory abstract for Jonathan Robins Sr, 1796, Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
14. Inventory abstract for Jonathan Robins Jr, 1796, Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
15. Inventory abstract for Jonathan Robins, 1815, Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
16. Division of land for John Robins, 1804, Amwell Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
17. Full will for John Robins, 1789.
18. Full inventory for Jonathan Robins Sr, 1796, Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
19. Full inventory for Jonathan Robins Jr, 1796, Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
20. Headstone for Reuben R Wright & Elizabeth Robins.
21. Article concerning Daniel Robins Jr.
22. Hunterdon County Democrat.
23. Full will for Dinah Garrison, 1857, Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
24. Tharp-Garrison Cem headstones.
25. Inventory abstract for Mary Robins, 1817, Alexandria Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
26. Headstone for Jonathan Robins.
27. Headstone for Moses Robins.
28. Headstone for Sylvester Robins.
29. Administration Letter for Jonathan Robins, 1815.
30. Abstract for Divisions of Lands for Jonathan Robins, 1825.
31. Hunterdon Gazette.
32. Sarah Robins Bastardy Case, 1822.
33. Daniel Robins Letter of Administration, 1763.
34. Will for Isaac Robins, 1741.