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ROBBINS GENEALOGY

  

Generation No. 1

  1. JOHN ROBBINS was born in May, 1748. He married ELIZABETH JAMES on June 17, 1771 in Springfield Township, Philadelphia County, PA.  Elizabeth James was born in Jan, 1753. John and Elizabeth Robbins lived in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia with a house on Vine Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets. John Robbins died on Feb 26, 1808. Elizabeth (James) Robbins died on Feb 17, 1819. Both were buried at the St. Paul�s Churchyard in Philadelphia, PA.

 

Children of John and Elizabeth (James) Robbins

  1.   i.   John Robbins, born May, 1772; died July 24, 1842
  2. ii.    Alexander Robbins, born: About 1777; died: 1778 (aged 10 months, 2 weeks)
  3. iii.    Catharine Robbins, born: Aug 18, 1779; died: Oct 13, 1798
  4. iv.   Susannah Robbins, born:                  died: Oct 1783
  5. v.   Samuel James Robbins, born: 1786; died: June 7, 1855
  6. vi.   Benjamin Robbins, born: About 1788; died: Jan 31, 1834

 

Generation No. 2

  1. JOHN ROBBINS was born in May, 1772. John Robbins died on July 24, 1842.  He is buried at the St. Paul�s Churchyard in Philadelphia, PA with his parents.

Children of John and  ?  (?) Robbins

 

 

  1. SAMUEL JAMES ROBBINS was born in 1786.  He married HANNAH MOSER on June 16, 1812. Hannah Moser was born around 1791 in Pennsylvania.   They lived in several houses on Fifth Street in Philadelphia (122, 89 and 97 North Fifth Street).  Samuel Robbins died on June 7, 1855 and was buried at the South Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.  Hannah (Moser) Robbins died on March 10, 1880 and was buried at the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

Children of Samuel J. and Hannah (Moser) Robbins

  1.    i.  Catharine Robbins, born: ~1816; died: Dec 20, 1830 in Philadelphia
  2.    ii. Elizabeth Robbins, born: ~1817; died: November 11, 1885 in Philadelphia
  3.   iii. Mary Brown Robbins, born: ~1820; died: 27 February 1894 in Philadelphia
  4.   iv. James J. Robbins, born: ~1824; died
  5.    v. Hannah Catherine Robbins, born: ~1824; died: 13 December 1892 in Philadelphia
  6.   vi. Francis (Fanny) M. Robbins: born: ~1830; died: Nov 1, 1851 in Philadelphia
  7. vii. Ruth Ann Robbins: born: March 27, 1831; died:  April 25, 1897 in Philadelphia
  1. BENJAMIN ROBBINS was born about 1788.  He married SUSAN ?.  Benjamin and Susan Robbins lived in the Spring Gardens section of Philadelphia, PA.  Benjamin Robbins died on Jan 31, 1834 and was buried in the St Paul's Churchyard in Philadelphia, PA with his parents.  Susan Robbins died after 1850

Children of Benjamin and Susan (?) Robbins

  1.    i.  John Robbins, born: ~1821;
  2.    ii. Ruth Robbins, born: January 14, 1822; died: September 16, 1822
  3.   iii. Rebecca Robbins, born: ~1824
  4.   iv. (Male) Robbins, born: ~1824;

 

Generation No. 3

  1.   ELIZABETH ROBBINS married GEORGE NUGENT. Elizabeth Nugent died on November 11, 1885 in Philadelphia

 

  1.   MARY BROWN ROBBINS was born around 1820 in Philadelphia, PA. She married JOHN NICHOLAS on Oct 6, 1858 in Philadelphia, PA.  John Nicholas was born in Oct 1822.  Mary B. (Robbins) Nicholas died on February 27, 1894 in Philadelphia.   John Nicholas died after 1900

Child of John and  Mary B  (Robbins) Nicholas

               21.   i. Elizabeth Nicholas: born: May 27, 1868 (1865)

   

  1.   JAMES J. ROBBINS was born around 1824 in Philadelphia.  He married JULIA CORNELIA ? around 1843 (in Philadelphia).  Julia Cornelia ? was born around 1825 in Pennsylvania.  They moved to Baltimore, MD in the early 1850's.  James J. Robbins was the manager of the Front Street Theatre in Baltimore in Aug 1854.

Child of James J. and  Julia Cornelia  (?) Robbins

  1.    i. Samuel J. Robbins: born: ~ 1843, died: Oct 1, 1855 in Baltimore, MD
  2.   ii. Henry E. Robbins: born: ~ 1846.
  3. iii. [Drayton] Robbins: born ~ 1848.
  4. iv. Mary Louisa Robbins: born ~ 1852, died: June 5, 1857

 

  1.   HANNAH CATHERINE ROBBINS married WILLIAM WILSON on December 28, 1847 at her father's house in Philadelphia.   William Wilson was the son of Mardon Wilson and Ann DeWees. William Wilson died ~ 1860.  Hannah Wilson then married JOSHUA R. JOHNSON. Hannah (Robbins) Johnson died on December 13, 1892 in Philadelphia.

Children of William. and  Hannah C. (Robbins) Wilson

  1.    i. Elizabeth Wilson: born: ~ 1849
  2.   ii. Mardon D. Wilson: born: ~ 1852.

 

  1.   FRANCIS (FANNY) M. ROBBINS married ROBERT WAREHAM on December 28, 1848 at her father's house in Philadelphia. 

 

  1.   RUTH ANN ROBBINS was born on March 27, 1831.  She married RICHARD S. SHUTE on June18, 1855 in Philadelphia. Richard Shute was born March 27, 1833 near Bridgeton, NJ.   He was the son of Charles and Martha (Brooks) Shute.

 

 

Generation No. 4

      21. ELIZABETH NICHOLAS was born in  May 1868 (or possibly as early as 1865).  She married SAMUEL WALKER around 1889. Samuel Walker was born in Aug 1861 in Pennsylvania.

Child of Samuel and Elizabeth  (Nicholas) Walker

  1.    i. John N. Walker: born: May 1890
  2.   ii. Harry Walker: born: August  1892
  3. iii. Nellie Walker: born: May 1896
  4. iv. Elizabeth Walker: born: October 1897
  5.   v. Samuel Walker: born: March 1900

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