Robbinsville, Mercer County, New Jersey from http://www.robbinsvilleweb.com/our_town.php BEGIN Robbinsville Township [Mercer County, New Jersey] was officially born on March 15, 1859 by an act of the New Jersey State Legislature. On November 6th, 2007 the voters of Robbinsville decided to change the name of the town from Washington Township to Robbinsville Township, however this was not the first time that the township has seen name changes. Robbinsville was founded in 1831 where prior to that it was known as Newtown. Before that, Newtown was known as Hungry Hill, the name coming from the fact that travelers through the area found it particularly difficult to find food in the town. Going back even further, the area itself was originally settled circa 1750 by Quakers who purchased the land from the Lenni-Lenape Indians in 1677. Robbinsville Township is comprised of three unincorporated areas: Windsor, Robbinsville, and New Sharon. Windsor was formerly called Centerville (Centreville?) and Magrilla before that. It's unknown why the name was changed from Magrilla to Centerville but the Centerville to Windsor name change was recommended by the Post Office in 1846 to avoid confusion with Hunterdon's Centerville. Ever wonder why there's a railroad track (that hasn't been used in years) running through the middle of town? That's the historic Camden and Amboy (C&A) Railroad which helped spur early growth in the town. Robbinsville was named in honor of George R. Robbins (1808-1875) who was at one time the Post Master for the area. George Robbin's full name is actually George Robbins Robbins (no, we're not kidding -- he was so nice they named him twice). Born in Allentown, NJ Robbins was a doctor and congressman who died in 1875 in Hamilton Square, NJ. You can still visit his grave in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Hamilton Square. Robbinsville is located about eight miles from both Trenton and Princeton, about fifty miles from both New York City and Philadelphi, [sic] and is about 20.7 square miles in area with a level, rural landscape. END from wikipedia.org BEGIN George Robbins Robbins (September 24, 1808 – February 22, 1875) was an American Opposition Party/Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1855 to 1859. Robbins was born in Allentown, New Jersey on September 24, 1808. He received a good literary education, and was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia in 1837, and commenced the practice of medicine in Fallsington, Pennsylvania (Bucks County, Pennsylvania). He moved to Hamilton Square, New Jersey (in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey) the same year and continued the practice of medicine. Robbins was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1859, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Hamilton Square on February 22, 1875, and was interred in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery. END from findagrave.com ... BEGIN George Robbins Robbins son of Randall and Sarah Robbins, was born in Monmouth County, N.J., Sept. 24, 1808. His father died near Edinburgh, N.J., about 1857, in his sixty-seventh year, and his mother lived to be over eighty years of age. His brothers and sisters are Judge Randall C. Bobbins, of Windsor, Mercer Co.; Nathan, a farmer in Hamilton township; and Nancy, Sarah, and Emily. Dr. Bobbins studied medicine with Dr. Alexander McKelway, of Trenton, and was graduated at the Jefferson Medical College in Phi1adelphia, March 2, 1837. He commenced the practice of medicine at Falsington, Pa., but after a short time, about 1838, settled at Hamilton Square, Mercer Co., N.J., where he continued his professional duties as physician and surgeon to the time of his decease, Feb. 22, 1875. He was well read in medical and general literature, and ranked among the first in his profession in the State. As a surgeon he was skillful, and with great coolness and nerve met the most difficult case successfully. After his decease he was succeeded in his practice by his nephew, Dr. George R. Robbins. Dr. Robbins was interested in local matters outside his profession, and was an earnest member of the old Whig party. In 1854 he was elected to Congress from the Second District of New Jersey, and by re-election in 1856, upon the organization of the Republican party, he served in the Congress of the United States for four years, doing credit to himself and honor to his constituents. He was a man of independent action, possessed of clear and forcible ideas, and sought to fulfill the full duties of the citizen. Dr. Robbins was a member of the I.O.O.F., and served the lodge in high official positions. END "Kirkbride's New Jersey Business Directory" Stacy B. Kirkbride, Jr 1850-1851 BEGIN Mercer County PHYSICIANS. Dr. George R. Robbins, North Crosswicks. END http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000300 BEGIN ROBBINS, George Robbins, (1808 - 1875) ROBBINS, George Robbins, a Representative from New Jersey; born near Allentown, Monmouth County, N.J., September 24, 1808; received a good literary education; was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia in 1837 and commenced the practice of medicine in Falsington, Bucks County, Pa.; moved to Hamilton Square, N.J., the same year and continued the practice of medicine; elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); was not a candidate for renomination; resumed the practice of his profession; died in Hamilton Square, N.J., February 22, 1875; interment in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery. END