Posted by: "Bettylou Steadman" wunderwoman@earthlink.net Date: Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:51 am ((PST)) My father, Raymond W. Eldridge (1894-1978) served in the U.S. Army during World War I. He fought in five major battles in France. He also was a Daniel & Hope Potter Robins descendant through their son Aaron Robins, according to research done by Sara. His mother was Carrie Robbins Eldridge, married to Oliver Eldridge, of New Egypt, New Jersey. From: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com on behalf of wunder13woman [wunderwoman@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:04 PM To: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Robbinsfamilysouthjersey] Re: Robbins Burial Ground (Ye Olde Robbins Burial Ground) Update --- In Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com, "tkrobbins1" wrote: > > All, > > I was at Fort Monmouth this past weekend and decided to stop by the Ye > Olde Robbins Burial ground outside Allentown. It looks like someone > did some major clean-up work. All the brush has been cut away from the > majority of the site. I also found three survey markers that probably > define the 1 acre site. I'm going to try to find out who did the clean- > up. I'll keep everyone posted. > > Tom Robbins I was at the Olde Robbins Burial ground on Thursday, October 12, with Jane and Don Thompson (grandson of Lila (Robbins) Thompson. I am the granddaughter of Carrie (Robbins) Eldridge. Since none of us had ever seen the site before, we had nothing to compare it with. We did take lots of pictures, and it wasn't easy to find. After we reached Coxs Corner near Imlaystown, we went South on Rt. 524. The map shows 524 running West and East, but we found the marker along the roadside in mid-afternoon and the sun was on the other side of the road shining on the marker, so that had to be West and the road was running north and south at that point. We were thrilled beyond words to find the cemetery after a short trek in the woods. Don and Jane are living in Florida now, and I am living in California, so you can imagine how happy we were to find it. Bettylou Steadman From: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com on behalf of tomRobbins@comcast.net Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:37 PM To: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Robbinsfamilysouthjersey] Re: Robbins Burial Ground (Ye Olde Robbins Burial Ground) Update Bettylou, The trail leading up to the cemetery cuts through the site. The area on the right is still overgrown and I found more unmarked graves plus a marked grave on that side. I also gave a short history of the site to several horseback riders who were there. Another interesting observation is the distances between the headstone and footstones. They looks very short. Could folks have been buried standing-up? What I'd like to do next is a complete survey using geospatial positioning to catalog each grave in order to provide an accurate map for future generations. I don't think the inscriptions on most of the headstones will be visible in ten years. I've seen my great-grandfathers' (Randal & Randal Jr.) headstones, but haven't found Aaron or Samuel's yet. I did observe an A.R. inscription on a stone, but I'm not sure if that is 10-Aaron's headstone. Here's a mystery for John: Why is Randal Jr. buried in the cemetery and not his wife Sarah? She's buried with her son's (Nathan Robbins) family in the 1st Presbyterian Cemetery in Hamilton Square, New Jersey. I'll be looking into this when I find time again. Right now I'm in the process of completing my Master's program. Tom From: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com on behalf of july37 [july37@cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:42 PM To: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Robbinsfamilysouthjersey] Re: Robbins Burial Ground (Ye Olde Robbins Burial Ground) Update Tom, In response to your question, "Could the folks have been buried standing up?" I believe not. This is a quote from an article prepared by Mrs. James West for the Allentown Messenger in 1938. In reference to Robbins Burial Ground she writes, " All those sleeping on this hill are buried with their feet facing towards the sunrise." I suspect most of those folks buried in the cemetery were devout Christians. This practice of facing the east in death for some Christians is based on a scriptural reference that Christ will appear in the east & at that time the dead in Christ will be resurrected. I don't know facing the east in burial is still practiced today or not. Your observation that their graves are shorter I think is correct because they weren't as tall as the general American population today. I don't have a reference for this but earlier generations as a majority were shorter & smaller in size. One factor was their diet & life style of more manual labor in their daily lives. I believe Mrs James West was the wife of James West, one of the Robins descendants who had the marble monument erected at the entrance to the cemetery site. Like you, he was of the 10-Aaron line. rom: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Bettylou Steadman [wunderwoman@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 8:00 PM To: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com Subject: [SPAM] RE: [Robbinsfamilysouthjersey] Re: John Robbins of Columbia Co, Pa 1850... I notice that John Robins/Robbins married a Mary "Polly" Woodward. When I was in New Jersey last October 2006, I visited the cemeteries in or near New Egypt and saw many Woodwards buried there. I noticed the name because my father, Raymond Woodward Eldridge, son of Carrie Robbins Eldridge, carred the name as his middle name. It does not appear on his birth certtificate, but he said he took his middle name from the name of the doctor who delivered him at birth. Thought I'd send this information on in case anyone is looking for Woodwards. Bettylou (Eldridge) Steadman ----- Original Message ----- From: turkeypt2 To: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com Sent: 8/23/2007 6:08:57 PM Subject: [Robbinsfamilysouthjersey] Re: John Robbins of Columbia Co, Pa 1850... Brian, The U.S. Fed Census, Mortality Index for 1850 has a different birthdate & place of birth but he may be John Robins/Robbins. son of William Robins of Hunterdon Co., NJ. John Robins' Will was written Jan. 15, 1850 in Greenwood Twp, Columbia Co., PA. It names his sons Wm, Daniel & Joseph, daughters Sarah Legget Cool, Rebecca Bitterly, Lydia Ann White, Eliza McCarthy deceased, Mary Salmon, Amelia & Clarissa. Doesn't mention his wife. Family researcher Fern Robbins Hill of Orangeville, PA has John's birthdate as Dec. 1780 & his death date as March 29, 1850, married on July 5, 1810 in Greenwood Twp to Mary "Polly" Woodward b. Aug. 3, 1786, died Feb, 14, 1850. The source for this information came from a family Bible owned in 1993 by the Harold & Esther Wilson family. Fern Robbins Hill is a descendant of Joseph Robbins son of Jonathan & Tamar Hagerman Robins. It looks like these PA Robins later changed to the 2 "b's" spelling. Sara --- In Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com, BRIAN ROBBINS wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > Would anyone know who this John Robbins is related > to(besides all of us)? > > Who was his parents, siblings, wife(s)? > > The following is from the 1850 Fed U.S. Census, > Mortality Index for 1850. > > -died in 4/1850 of "consumption". He was born in > Columbia Co, Pa in 1774; given his stated age was 76 > on the document. > The document did not have a person's name who had > reported the info. > > The info was on the website Ancestory.com > > Hope somebody might know who he is. > > Brian From: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com on behalf of july37 [july37@cox.net] Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:48 AM To: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Robbinsfamilysouthjersey] Re: John Robbins of Columbia Co, Pa 1850... Bettylou, Thanks for posting on how your father came to carry the Woodward name. The NJ Woodwards go back to Anthony Woodward a wealthy & prominent Quaker who settled at Shrewsbury, NJ around 1686. I expect Mary "Polly" Woodward w/o John Robins was from this family & either she or her parents were born in NJ. Sara From: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Bettylou Steadman [wunderwoman@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:23 PM To: Robbinsfamilysouthjersey@yahoogroups.com Subject: [SPAM] RE: [Robbinsfamilysouthjersey] Jersey Settlement I enjoyed reading about the Jersey Settlement from the Google reference, Judy. I now live in California, but I was born in Burlington, New Jersey. I am related to the Robbins on my father's side. His mother was Carrie Robbins Eldridge. However, my mother was adopted as a baby, and the family who adopted her was named Smith, a common name in early Burlington, as well as everywhere else. I recognized some of the last names of the early settlers as the same last names of people I went to school with in Burlington. Also, mention is made of the ship Shield that moored at Burlington in the 1600's. I remember a bronze plaque on a large rock in Burlington commenorating the event. It is on the Delaware River in front of the VFW home there on Union Street. Bettylou Steadman