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John Davenport was born on 20 October 1664. He died on 21 March 1725 at age 60 in Milton, Massachusetts.

Clement Maxfield died on 3 February 1692.

Margaret Maxfield was born on 2 April 1695. Timothy Ingraham and she were married before 1712.

Timothy Ingraham and Margaret Maxfield were married before 1712.

Jeremiah Maxfield was born on 20 March 1721 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

Mary Denman was born about 1621. She died on 31 May 1707 at age ~86.

Dennis Robbins was born on 30 April 1775 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He died in September 1777 at age 2 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Was his first name Demas?

Joshua Newcomb Robbins was born in 1773 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He and Sarah White were married on 19 December 1812. He died on 18 September 1837 at age ~64 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.

Joshua was a merchant in Nassau in 1812 and opened a hotel 16 May 1814 in Union Village, Nassau.

Family History of Amelia Maria Robbins Ament, born 8 DEC 1829 (from a letter written February 19, 1898, by G. Collier Robbins to his niece, Cora Fracker).

You asked me to tell you about the Coat of Arms that I still have. It is not of the Robbins family but of my mother?s, the Whites, whose father was an Episcopalian Clergyman of Union Village, Washing county, New York, and consists of the Arms of the Washburn, Sextons and Whites each coat of arms but united and is inscribed ?the United Arms of the Washburn, Sextons and Whites.? I have it framed at home.

Marion Augustus Robbins is connected and is a descendant of the Rocky-Hill family of Robbins; our ancestors came over in the Mayflower and landed or settled at Rocky Hill near Hartford I believe in 1620. That one of the original Robbins went to Virginia and from that branch of the family all of the Virginia and Kentucky Robbins have descended. When in Rocky Hill I visited the old Ancestral Homestead and the village graveyard and counted the tombstones of over two hundred Robbins. The Boston Historical Society has a drum that was beat at the battle of Bunker Hill and was made by John Robbins. It is now in the memorial hall of the old state house of Boston.

On the old stage road from Hartford to Middletown, just outside of the village of Rocky Hill, stands the old mansion of John Robbins, built A.D. 1767, date over the doorway and it was kept as a tavern during the Revolutionary days. George Washington stopped there on his journey through Connecticut. The old site is still preserved in the family. Its devise was an equestrian representation of the duke of Cumberland. Mansion is still well preserved. I saw the old signboard that had been pierced with bullets during the Revolution.

It is a matter of history that in the first volunteer company that fought against the British at Charleston, Mass., there were three Robbins from Rocky Hill and Wethersfield, Conn. I neglected to say that there are two Robbins families at Rocky Hill, Conn., the Robbins with but one ?b? are sea-faring peoples always interested in ships and whaling vessels. They are English while our family came from Scotland. Royal E. Robbins was the founder of the Waltham Watch Co. or Robbins Appleton & Co. are from Rocky Hill and are relatives.

The Daughters of the Revolution are a good society and you can claim more than many of them as your ancestors were Puritans, arriving at Plymouth Rock near Hartford, Conn., in the Mayflower. The village graveyard of Rocky Hill and Wethersfield show more inscriptions on the gravestones of the Robbins than all the Iowans now living can trace back. You can tell them that three of your ancestors were in the volunteer company that fired the first volley against the British at Charlestown, Mass.; then you can refer them to the Mass. People to the Berkshire Hills where my father (silversmith) was born in the town of Pittsfield, and any one from Pittsfield will know of the Robbins family in the Berkshire Hills.

A few miles north their descendants are numerous and you may find some of them in Iowa. My father?s family (Joshua Newcomb Robbins) married Dec. 19th, 1812, started with an emigrant party from Pittsfield, Mass., in 1817, taking horses, covered wagons, bedding, etc. to the Alleghany River near the present city of Titusville, PA. There they cut down trees, whipsawed them into lumber, and built flatboats, putting horses and wagons on board they floated down the Alleghany River into the Ohio, then down to where Cairo now stands, then the men cut down trees along the river bank and with ropes, horses, men and women and children pulled the boat up the river by hand. When they arrived at St. Louis, then a small village with rail fences around the houses, there they separated, some going to Illinois and elsewhere. My father?s family, with a few others, still went up the river (Mississippi) and to St. Charles. There they abandoned their boats and traveled to the hills of what is now Lincoln County. My Uncle Prospect Robbins was with them on the journey, he settled in St. Genevieve, Mo., where he died. Your father, Charles Prospect, was named for his Uncle Prospect.

My father settled in Lincoln County and laid out the town of Troy, Mo., the County Seat, and named it in compliment of my mother who was from Troy, New York (Sarah White, born Sept. 8th, 1794). Your father and my sister Adaline and myself were born. Charlie first, Addie fourth and myself sixth, out of thirteen children.

(I believe this letter was written by George Collier Robbins)

Others have added the following to the letter:

Grandma Crummy (Sarah White Robbins Crummy) was married twice and her children were all Robbins, Charles, Adeline, George, William and Amelia. (1) Charles was Cora Fracker?s father and he married two sisters. The first wife was mother of Anna Gaines, Kate Ament, Sarah Johnson and Charles P. Robbins. (2) Adeline married Mr. Evans and Daisy, Mattie, Henry, Will and Charles were her children. (3) George Robbins had but one son, Frank. He did live in Los Angeles. Uncle George Robbins adopted brother Charles? son Charlie and daughter Mary Rowena when Charles and his wife died years ago. (4) Uncle William was married twice. His first wife had three girls, Anna (Mrs. Gordon) is in San Diego. Ada (Mrs. Hazzard) is in Hebron, Nebraska. Willie (Mrs. Blair) is dead. Charles P. Robbins? home is in Spokane and he has three girls. His sister (Mary Rowena) is in Los Angeles. Minnie Robbins only daughter Irma, Mrs. Jerome Webster, lives in Pasadena. Ca. Luella Fracker lives in San Diego. (5) The children of Amelia Robbins Ament were Joseph P Ament, Sara, Julia, Amelia, Mary C,, William Dudley, and Ellen.

Sylvester French was born in 1788 in Peru, Peru, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He and Cynthia Robbins were married on 8 November 1812 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He died on 26 May 1883 at age ~95 in Peru, Berkshire, Massachusetts.

Sylvester French lived in Peru, Berkshire, Massachusetts, in 1850. He lived in Peru, Berkshire, Massachusetts, in 1860. He lived in Massachusetts in 1870. He lived in Peru, Berkshire, Massachusetts, in 1880.

Bradford Churchill and Celyndia Robbins were married on 2 May 1812. He died on 1 September 1818 in Pittsfield, Berks, Massachusetts.

Daniel Hubbard was born in 1714 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Naomi Root were married on 2 December 1736 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 19 December 1777 at age ~63 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He was buried in Saint Rest Cemetery, Pittsfield.

His name is also spelled Hubberd. Daniel changed his name from Hulburd to Hubbard in 1755 after he relocated to Pittsfield. He's buried in the Pilgrim's Rest area of the Pittsfield Cemetery.

He was a soldier who died of camp fever. Upon his monument in Saints Rest Cemetery, Pittsfield, MA, is inscribed "Captain." He had four sons and five sons-in-law in the Revolutionary Army. (from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 29, page 387, and roll of honor, page 203.) DAR Record #A059201.

Naomi Root was born on 19 June 1718 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Daniel Hubbard and she were married on 2 December 1736 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died on 29 January 1800 at age 81 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Naomi Root was born on 19 June 1718.

John Root was born on 25 December 1676 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Mary Leonard were married on 14 April 1703 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 1 October 1744 at age 67 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

John Root had person sources.¹ He was born on 25 December 1676.

Josiah Leonard was born on 28 March 1658 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Sarah Dumbleton were married on 19 December 1678 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.¹ He died on 13 February 1689 at age 30 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

He was in the "Falls Fight" (Turner's Falls in Gill, MA) 19 May 1676 (King Philip's War). Capt. Turner and 40 of his men were killed. Capt. Holyoke and the survivors fought their way back to Hatfield.

Did he marry Sarah Dumbleton and Mary Blake? Giles Memorial lists only Sarah Dumbleton, and Sarah survived him. Josiah Leonard had person sources.²

Descendant of William Blake (Anderson, The Great Migration Directory, p. 32 -- arrived on the Hopewell, 1635, Dorchester, Springfield)?

Elisha Root was born on 28 February 1703 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Mary Scott were married on 22 April 1730 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 4 February 1755 at age 51 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

John Root was born on 15 November 1705 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Anna Loomis were married on 13 December 1730 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died in 1781 at age ~76 in Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

The children given for this family are suspect. Check!

Elizabeth Root was born on 26 July 1707 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died on 19 June 1736 at age 28.

Daniel Root was born on 23 April 1710 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Meriam Langdon were married on 11 February 1742 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died about 1756 at age ~46 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Did Daniel m. (2) Elizabeth Pomeroy? And (3) Hannah?