From "Calendar of New Jersey Wills Volume V 1771-1780" by A Van Doren Honeyman in 1931: BEGIN 1775, June 29. Robins, John, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co.; will of. Wife, Elener Robins, while my widow, the profits of the plantation I live on, and, after her death, to my son, John, he paying to my son, Cornelius, [pounds]50, and to my son, Job, [pounds]100, when 21; but if Job do not live, then to my daughters, Anne Robins, Mary Robins, Elizabeth Woolverton, Hannah Robins, Jane Kitchen, Rachel Reily, Lydia Parlee and Catharine Robins. Executors-son, John, and Daniel Robins. Witnesses-James Furman, Israel Chidster, David Chidister. Proved Sept. 16, 1777. 1777, Sept. 17. Inventory, made by Samuel Furman and John Trimmer. Lib. 19, p. 444. END From Calendar of New Jersey Wills: BEGIN 1757, November 22, ABBOTT, James, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Cathrine, 1-3 of movable estate, while my widow. Son, James, and my youngest son, William, my lands upon which I dwell; and they are to pay to my son, Benjamin, 50 lbs, and 50 lbs yearly, till 150 lbs are paid. To son, Joseph Abbot, 30 lbs. To Martha Skyort, 15 ils, when she is 18; but if she die, then her leacy to be divided between Ellen Robins' children when they come of age. My daughter, Cathrine, rest of movable estate. If any of my daughter Ellen's children, by her former husband, die before they come of age, their part shall be divided among the other two. To my son Job's child, named Job, 10 lbs when he is 21. Proved May 14, 1765 Witnesses: Thomas Sutton, Samuel Bean, Henry Whitson. END From Genealogy of NJ Families, Vol II: BEGIN James Abbit, described as "Jeams Abbett Tanner of Fosters Meddo now resident within ye providence of New York", bought 100 acres in Hempstead, LI from John Jackson, esq under ther date of May 10, 1701. His name appears on Hempstead records up to 1718.The will of Wouter Brown of Hempstead, NY, Jan 20, 1724, names daughter Katherine wife of James Ablit. He was presumably the James Abit of Amwell, Hunterdon Co., whose will November 22, 1757 - May 14, 1765 names wife Catherine and seven children. Children: 1. James. Probably married Mary Maddock of Hunterdon Co. by license of November 15, 1749. 2. Job . Had son Job. 3. Benjamin. Married Mary, daughter of William and Catherine Schnuck (Snook) prior to 1760. 4. Ellen married a ______ Robins. 5. Joseph 6. Catherine 7. William From Genealogy of New Jersey Families, Vol II. James Abit, born about 166_, in Somersetshire, England.Acording to statement by his ggson, John Abbitt, died after 1754 in Huntington, LI, married about 1690 to Martha _____., Decemer 14, 1693, as a resident of Newtown, LI.................... 1. Son James Abbitt, born about 169_, probably at Newtown and died 1765 at Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. Married by 1724 to Cathrine Brown, daughter of Wouter Brown of Hempstead, LI. He sold his Hempstead farm in 1744 and moved to Hunterdon Co., N J. END from "John Reading's Diary" David R Reading 2010 [Hunterdon Co, NJ] BEGIN Feb 1746/7 24th At the request or [sic] Jno Robbins C'trn[?] a Commission for laying out of Roads. Met at Vanboskirks in order to lay out a road but the people not meeting nor concluding on the same deferred to another time. END ARCHIVES of the STATE OF NEW JERSEY FIRST SERIES Vol. XXXIII VOL. IV OF CALENDAR OF WILLS COLONIAL HISTORY of the STATE OF NEW JERSEY FIRST SERIES— VOL. XXXIII CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, ADMINISTRATIONS, ETC. VOLUME IV— 1761-1770 EDITED BY A. VAN DOREN HONEYMAN OF COMMITTEE ON COLONIAL DOCUMENTS SOMERVILLE, N. J. The Unionist-Gazette Association, Printers 1928 BEGIN 1757, Nov. 22. Abbott, James, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Cathrine, 1-3 of movable estate, while my widow. Son, James, and my youngest son, William, my lands upon which 1 dwell; and they are to pay to my son, Benjamin, £50, and £50 yearly, till £150 are paid. To son, Joseph Abbot, £30. To Martha Skyort, £15, when she is 18; but if she die, then her legacy to be divided between Ellen Robins' children when they come of age. My daugh- ter, Cathrine, rest of movable estate. If any of my daughter Ellen's children, by her former husband, die before they come of age, their part shall be divided among the other two. To my son Job's child, named Job, £10 when he is 21. Executors — Jacob Birdsall and Thom- as Whitson, Jr. Witnesses— Thomas Sutton, Samuel Bean, Henry Whitson. Proved May 14, 1765. 1765, May 1. Inventory, £24.1.3, made by William Hunt and Rich- ard Reed. 1765, May 13. Renunciation by Thomas Whitson, of Bucks Co., Penna., who declines to act as an executor. 1768, May 4. Account by Jacob Birdsall, sole executor. Lib. 12, p. 214; Lib. 13, p. 438. END Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 02:27:47 +0000 (UTC) From: BRIAN ROBBINS BEGIN Ellen(Eleanor) Abbott(b 1700-d after 1777) was married(abt 1725 Amwell Twp) to *John Robins (2/24/1695 b New Haven Ct.-9/16/1777d Amwell Twp,NJ). John, son of Daniel Robins(b 1666 New Haven, Ct-d 1748 Hunterdon County, NJ) married (11/27/1691 NJ) to Mary Parker(1673-Aft 1756) - John was probably born in New Haven Conn, and came at an early age with his parents to New Jersey, who may have been escaping the Puritan religious movement in New England that may have been persecuting them because of their Quaker faith, and no doubt their Scottish heritage. END Posted by: "Garry Heagy" gheagy@netflash.net gheagy@netflash.net Date: Sat Sep 22, 2018 10:03 am ((PDT)) BEGIN In 1793, Henry and Jane Kitchen sold their land in Greenwich Township: 'This Indenture, made the 27th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1793, between Henry Kitchen and Jane his Wife, of the Township of Greenwich, County of Sussex and State of New Jersey, of the one part, and John Carpenter...' (Indenture: Henry Kitchen to John Carpenter). Approximately two weeks thereafter, Henry Kitchen purchased a tract of land in Derry Township, Northumberland County, Penn. At this time, or shortly thereafter, Henry and Jane Kitchen and most of their family members removed to Derry Township (later Madison Twp., Columbia Co.) where Henry Sr. soon set about the founding of a church. He and his wife would have been buried in the churchyard of the old Christ Episcopal Church which was situated on Henry's own land. Henry's land and the church were located between Jerseytown and Millville.. By 1793, there were numerous New Jersey families living in this area, including my Robbins family. END email exchange ... BEGIN Posted by: "turkeypt2" july37@cox.net turkeypt2 Date: Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:36 pm ((PDT)) Sometime ago I posted Rev. War Pension papers in the group's file for Private Isaac Robins who was born June 29, 1758 in Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ & died after 1836 probably in Columbia Co.,PA. Isaac moved to PA between 1833 & 1836. Isaac Robins mentions in a deposition for his pension that his father's name was Daniel & he had a cousin Andrew Robins. I believe there is a good possibility for Andrew to have been the son of Cornelius Robins as named in the 1780 will of Cornelius Robins of Sussex Co. We know from the 1775 will of John Robins who was b. Feb 24, 1698 & died in 1777 at Amwell, Hunterdon Co that two of his sons were named Daniel & Cornelius. Isaac moved in his later years to live with his son in Columbia Co., PA. The name of Isaac's son hasn't been discovered. Any thoughts on this link for Isaac & his father Daniel to John Robins & the 2-Daniel line? Sara Posted by: "marcelofamilytx" tmarcelo@austin.rr.com marcelofamilytx Date: Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:23 pm ((PDT)) Here are some notes I've taken about men named "Andrew Robins." I've arranged them in chronological order. From the Sussex Co. will index, I believe there were at least 2 in Sussex Co. (one who died around 1777 and one who died around 1831.) 1756: Andrew Robins a minor son of Job Robins of Hunterdon Co. Mentioned in will, abstracted as: 1756, Jan. 19. Robins, Job, of Amwell Township, Hunterdon Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Abigail. Children-Daniel, Rachel, Amie, Andrew, Mary, Elizabeth and Lydia, all under age. Mother, Mary Robins. Real and personal estate. Executors-the wife and son Daniel. Witnesses-Thomas Carroll, Vincent Robins, Chris. Search. Proved May 17, 1756. 1756, Apr. 2. Inventory, [pounds]467.15.2, incl. bills, bonds and book debts, [pounds]215.14.8; a servant's time, [pounds]15; made by John Emeley, Thomas Kitchen and Vincent Robins. (From Marshall's site: http://mlake.net/robins/Sources/JobRobins-Will1756.txt and "Calendar of New Jersey Wills Volume III 1751-1760" by A Van Doren Honeyman in 1924) 1768: Kingwood Monthly meeting (List of approximate dates of marriage taken from minutes) 14 - 4 - 1768 Andrew Robins [Other Robins in Kingwood records are: Daniel Robins (approximate marriage date 10-7-1758--from the other entries it appears it is day-month-year; however, not sure whether this is July 10 1758 or a Quaker month and year or something.) Job Robins (in record as witness to marriage of Benjamin Canby and Martha Whitson on 5-10-1752--again maybe October 5 1752?) Tracey's Note: This is supposedly the same Quaker Benjamin Canby who went to Ontario. See: http://archives-library.quaker.ca/en/friendsintheniagara2.html Benjamin Canby's son (also named Benjamin) was the founder of Canboro. See http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=102160. Interesting side note...Canboro is where Murray's ancestor James K. Robins lived.] 1777: 249S - ROBINS, Andrew. b. 16, p. 510. Int. & Inv. 1777 from Index of Sussex Co. Wills 1777 is also when Isaac said he was a substitute for one month for his cousin Andrew. Here's the snippet: "After his [Isaac's] return for the last mentioned tour he served in the same year 1777 one month under Capt. George Ribble on the frontier along the Delaware River in the County of Sussex & immediately afterward in the same year in the same place under the same captain one month substitute for his father & one month for his cousin Andrew Robins." (See Sara's post #2133 for full transcript.) 1779: ROBINS, Cornelius of Knowlton. 300S - W. 21 Nov 1779; Filed 26 Sep 1780. Wife: Sarah. Sons: Andrew, John and Cornelius (a minor). Daughters: Yes, but not named. Executors: Wife, Sarah ROBINS and son, Andrew ROBINS. Witnesses: Daniel ROBINS, Basheba HUNNYWELL and Henry CROSLEY. 1793 Tax List - Sussex County, New Jersey Hardwick Township ROBINS, Andrew ROBINS, Elisha ROBINS, Isaac 1831: 2090S - ROBINS, Andrew. Inv. 1831 from Index of Sussex Co. Wills Tracey Posted by: "marcelofamilytx" tmarcelo@austin.rr.com marcelofamilytx Date: Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:46 pm ((PDT)) Another thought about this.. Are we sure that John who died between 1775 and 1777 had a son named Daniel? The abstract seems to indicate one of his executors was a Daniel but it doesn't seem to name a Daniel in the will itself: From "Calendar of New Jersey Wills Volume V 1771-1780" by A Van Doren Honeyman in 1931: 1775, June 29. Robins, John, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co.; will of. Wife, Elener Robins, while my widow, the profits of the plantation I live on, and, after her death, to my son, John, he paying to my son, Cornelius, [pounds]50, and to my son, Job, [pounds]100, when 21; but if Job do not live, then to my daughters, Anne Robins, Mary Robins, Elizabeth Woolverton, Hannah Robins, Jane Kitchen, Rachel Reily, Lydia Parlee and Catharine Robins. Executors-son, John, and Daniel Robins. Witnesses-James Furman, Israel Chidster, David Chidister. Proved Sept. 16, 1777. 1777, Sept. 17. Inventory, made by Samuel Furman and John Trimmer. lib. 19, p. 444. Tracey Posted by: "Sara Hoffman" july37@cox.net turkeypt2 Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:49 am ((PDT)) Tracey, Thanks for posting the information on the Andrew Robins' & your very astute observation regarding the will of John Robins dated June 29, 1775. You are correct, the will as we read it from the transcription doesn't state Daniel was a son of John. John names his son John & Daniel Robins as his executors. Maybe someone could check the original copy to see if the word son for the executors is singular or plural, just to be certain. However, John doesn't leave Daniel a legacy as he does his other sons so most likely Daniel wasn't a son. It appears to me that Isaac fits into the 2-Daniel line of Hunterdon Co. It would be great to find where. I appreciate your input on this subject. Sara Posted by: "marcelofamilytx" tmarcelo@austin.rr.com marcelofamilytx Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:22 pm ((PDT)) Found it! John Robins Senior DID have a son named Daniel. The proof is on pages 230 to 232 of the Robins/Robbins of New Jersey book. On those pages is a transcript of a Hunterdon Co. deed, Book 4, page 111. The deed is between Daniel Robins and wife Ann to Jeremiah King. Daniel and Ann were selling 155 1/2 acres of land. The deed says that this Daniel received the property from his father JOHN ROBINS Senior in a deed dated 17 May 1761. John Robins Senior acquired the land from Richard Lanning on 25 April 1755. SO...according to this deed, Daniel was the son of John Robins Senior--and I presume he is the same John Robins Senior who died between 1775 and 1777, was married to Eleanor, and had sons: Cornelius, John, and Job.(See http://mlake.net/robins/Sources/JohnRobins-Will1777.txt) The fact that Daniel is not specifically named in the will as a son or heir is not that unusual--as often eldest sons received their inheritance early, such as at the time they turned 21 or when they married. In any case, I believe it means that (as you thought, Sara) Cornelius and Daniel were brothers and their sons Andrew and Isaac, respectively, were 1st cousins! But the exciting part, is that we can take this information a few steps further! In 1802, there was a Daniel Robins of Sussex Co. who died intestate. The administrators of this Daniel were Ann and Isaac. They certainly seem to be Ann (Daniel's wife) and Isaac, Daniel's son. (See http://mlake.net/robins/Sources/DanielRobins-Intestate1802.txt) Next, we know from the great deed records that Marshall uncovered that Isaac had siblings Daniel, Stephen, and Abigail who all went to Ontario. (See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Robbinsfamilysouthjersey/message/1966) So tying this up also means that the Ontario crowd who descend from Daniel and Stephen can add another generation to their ancestry--as it should now look like: John Robins, Sr. (and wife Eleanor or perhaps a previous wife) had son Daniel Robins. Daniel Robins and wife Ann had children: Isaac b. 29 June 1758 d.After Sept 1845 (the date of his last Rev War pension payment in Columbia Co. Pennsylvania) Daniel b. 1765 d. 13 July 1844 in Gainsborough Ontario Stephen b. 1767 d. before 1861 likely in Wainfleet Ontario Abigail b. 27 March 1770 m. Jacob Vaughn d.17 July 1810 in Gainsborough Ontario Fantastic! Tracey Posted by: "Sara Hoffman" july37@cox.net turkeypt2 Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:18 pm ((PDT)) Tracey, You have done a terrific job in putting all the pieces of the puzzle together on where Daniel s/o John & his children go on the 2-Daniel Robins family tree. This is John Robins s/o Daniel Robins, Jr b. 2/24/1695 at Woodbridge, NJ. A lot of credit goes to John Taylor for his extensive work in locating many of the Hunterdon Co deeds & transcribing them for the Robins, Robbins book & Marshall for all his Hunterdon Co research, extracting Robins deeds, transcribing them & posting them. Without this combined effort we may still be looking for the answer. I'm so pleased to see how this all came together, a big thanks to you Tracey. Sara Posted by: "mbaspden" maspden@telusplanet.net mbaspden Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:24 pm ((PDT)) Hi all, Tracey, you are one hard person to keep ahead of. It may help to confirm what you are proposing in my Rob(b)ins lineage that I too wondered about Isaac. Before I could even raise the question, you came up with an answer. My question was, "Could the Isaac b. ca 1758, be the brother of Daniel d. intestate 1802, Stephen b. 1768 and Abigail b. 1770? Could this be our long, lost family connection to the USA? The time frame seemed right. There were enough same names to be intriguing. In the will that was being discussed we see Jane Robins nee Kitchen. Her brother-in-law, Wheeler Kitchen, is of the line that married my Great Aunt Emma Aspden. Her husband, Harold Kitchen is a 3x Great Grandson of Wheeler. There is also another marriage in Wheeler line, Caroline "Carrie" Jane Kitchen m. Thomas Whiting. Thomas's mother was also an Aspden. Thus a bunch of double cousins exist between the KITCHEN and ASPDEN. The other reminder is that my James Robbins married Elizabeth "Bessie" Gilbert. She too was born in the USA ca 1801. Are there any GILBERT families around the townships under consideration to make another connection with my Ontario family. Keep up the great work. It is certainly appreciated. Cheers. Murray END email exchange ... BEGIN From: Gary Robins [gdrobins@robinsgenealogy.net] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 9:58 PM According to the Godown web site http://thegodowns.com we have this information: "5 iv. Henry Kitchen was born in Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey about 1728. Henry died about 1822 in Madison Twp, Columbia Co, PA. He married Jane Robins 1755. Jane was born in Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey 1730-35. Jane died 1824 in Madison Twp, Columbia Co, PA." Is this the correct time frame? Gary From: july37 [july37@cox.net] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 11:41 PM The time frame given appears to fit for Jane Robins Kitchen. John & I have had the Godown site given to us as a source before. We noticed he has no sources for his material. Marshall has tried to contact Richard Godown more than once to ask for references on some other information posted on the Godown site. Richard is unavailable or doesn't respond to inquires. It would help to know what Richard Godown's source is for his information. Thanks for giving the reference. Possibly, I can do some research on Henry Kitchen & see if I can locate a good source for the Henry & Jane marriage. END From: turkeypt2 [july37@cox.net] Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 9:17 PM BEGIN The forests of colonial New Jersey were alive in the springtime with numerous rattlesnakes. From an account given by Samuel Smith born 1720 in Burlington County and died there in 1776. "One Robins, in Amwell, Hunterdon county, at a spot on his own plantation, had upwards of 90 (rattlesnakes) kill'd in each of three springs successively: The parties performing it, bark'd young chestnut trees of the size of their own legs and tied them on; thus accoutred, they effected their business without much danger; but the snakes frequently bit the bark." Source: The History of The Colony of Nova-Caesaria or New Jersey, by Samuel Smith published in Burlington, in New Jersey, Printed and sold by James Parker (1714-1770) who established the first printing press in New Jersey in 1751. James Parker "the printer" was the nephew of Mary Parker Robins 1st wife of 2-Daniel. Sara END from https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/NJProprietors.aspx BEGIN Name Descriptions and Location Date Reference TO: Thomas Hunt FROM: MORTGAGE. 120 acres. Land, Farm and Plantation; Amwell Township; Hunterdon County. Number 75. Excepting thereout 50 acres formerly sold to Charles Morgan. For the sum of £18 and 15 shillings. OTHERS NAMED: D. Martin (Witness); Charles Morgan (Former owner of adjoining land); James Neilson (Witness); John Robins (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Hunterdon; Amwell Township; Farms, Farmland; Plantations 25 Mar 1737 Hunterdon Co 1733 Mortgage Register : Folio 75 (CHNLO001) TO: John Robins (Yeoman) FROM: Richard Lanning (Yeoman) DEED OF SALE. 155.5 acres. Lotting Purchase; Amwell Township; Hunterdon County. In consideration of £ 82 truly paid. Recorded: May 9 1801. OTHERS NAMED: John Alford (Owner of adjoining land); Joseph Bart (Owner of adjoining land); Thomas Budd (Former owner of land); Jeremiah Clark (Merchant) (Son and Devisee of Walter Clark; Former owner of land); Walter Clark (Devisees of; Father of Jeremiah Clark; Former owner of land); Arthur Cook (Former owner of land); Ebenezer Earl (Owner of adjoining land); John H. Hunt (Witness); Henry Kitchen (Yeoman) (Deceased; Former owner of adjoining land); Joseph Kitchen (Owner of adjoining land); Martha Moray (Owner of adjoining land); Walter Newberry (Former owner of land); John Reading (Esquire) (One of His Majesty's Council; Signatory); Christopher Search (Witness); Amos Strettle (Former owner of adjoining land); Thomas Wetherill (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Hunterdon; Lotting Purchase; Amwell Township; Fishing Place; Woods and Woodland; Mines, Mine Lots 25 Apr 1755 Hunterdon Co Deed Volume 4 : Folio 79-82 (CHNCL009) Available at NJ Archives on microfilm for in-person research only. For original records Contact Hunterdon County Clerk END