"Events in the Life and History of the Swing Family"
GILBERT S. SWING
1889

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CONVERSATION WITH MR. ROBBINS.

"In the early years of my life, and while yet a student of the ministry,
it was my pleasure," said Mr. Robbins, "to form the acquaintance of the
doctor and his family; was united in marriage with Miss Hannah A. Swing,
January 12, 1850.  We have two sons, William W. and Charles F. Robbins;
the former is engaged in merchantile business in the city of Bridgeton,
N.J.; the latter died at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., February 11,
1876. I was admitted into the M. E. Conference in the spring of 1853;
have been in the ministry twenty-eight years; passed through and enjoyed
many blessed revivals of religion during that time and admitted hundreds
of people to the communion and fellowship of our church; was appointed
to the following places:  Cape May City, 1854-55; Port Elizabeth circuit,
1856-57; Glassboro, 1858-59; Cedarville and Fairton, 1860; Clayton, 1861-62;
Allentown, 1863-64; Jacobstown, 1865.

"In 1866, by request, I received a superannuated relation which continued
until 1869, when, by request, my relation was changed to effective, and
was appointed to the following charges: Paulsboro, 1869-70; Allowaystown,
1871; Sharptown, 1872-73; Sayreville, 1874; Windsor and Sharon, 1875-76;
Port Elizabeth and Dividing Creek, 1879-80; Berlin, 1881-82."

At the annual conference of the M. E. church held at Millville, April
8, 1883, Mr. Robbins was received and classed among the supernumerary
preachers. Since that time he has taken up his residence in Bridgeton,
where he has built for himself and family a pleasant home, and retired from
the active duties of ministerial life.

Mrs. Hannah Swing, widow of the late Dr. Charles Swing, recently celebrated
her ninety-first birthday, February 28, 1889.  She was born in Salem, N.J.,
February 28, 1798, and is still living.

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