these messages are associated with: Records->Census->9.1573-1860-1.jpg and Records->Census->9.1573-1860-2.jpg Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:08:00 -0700 From: Sara Hoffman To: 'Marshall Lake' Subject: RE: Dianah ROBINS Hi Marshall, Interesting! From the 1860 census Dianah Robins was a black woman b. abt. 1810. The 1860 census shows she was the housekeeper for Abraham James who was a free black man. He married Catherine Case on 14 May 1831 at St John's Lutheran Church, Easton, Pa. Abraham and Catherine are listed as "colored" in the church record. It appears Catherine Case b. 1814 died between 1850 and 1860. Possibly Dianah Robins was associated in some way with the Col. Jonathan Robins, Robert Robins and John Green Robins families who lived in Greenwich Township, Warren Co., NJ. I recall coming across some free black Robins in Monmouth Co. too. Sara -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Lake Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2022 2:41 PM To: Sara Robins Hoffman Subject: Dianah ROBINS Hi Sara, Do you know who the "Dianah" ROBINS is near the bottom of the attached census page? -- Marshall Lake -- marshallelake@gmail.com -- http://www.mlake.net Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:44:24 -0700 From: Sara Hoffman To: 'Marshall Lake' Subject: RE: Dianah ROBINS I agree, from the newspaper article Susan Hager was the female slave listed in Jonathan's household in 1830. That leaves where Dianah Robins' connects to the Robins family a mystery. I'd like to know what happened to Dianah Robins after 1860. There was a Caesar and Dinah Robbins parents of Jacob Robbins 1810-1857 and Thomas Robbins 1808-1857. They died in Rockaway, Morris Co., NJ. Their death records record them as black and names their parents. I don't see a connection to the Dianah Robins b. abt. 1810. The time frame for her to be the mother of Jacob and Thomas doesn't fit. Just thought it interesting to find another black woman with the name Dinah Robbins. Sara -----Original Message--- From: Marshall Lake Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2022 11:17 PM To: Sara Hoffman Subject: RE: Dianah ROBINS Susan Hager named in a Hunterdon County newspaper in 1884 may be the slave you're referring to. See a transcription of the article near the top of Judith Archer's file here ... http://www.mlake.net/robins/Citations/Reference/JonathanGreenRobins.txt I agree ... the name "Dianah Robins" is interesting. As I'm sure you know slaves oftentimes took (or were given) the surname of their owner. Perhaps Dianah Robins was born of a slave in a ROBINS household.