Robinson
*Captain Dan Robinson
16 May 1725: born.
no date: married Abigail Curtiss (17 Sept 1732 Durham, Connecticut-17 June 1790 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts; buried West Granville Cemetery, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts) daughter of James and Hannah (Coe) Curtiss.
no date: moved from Durham, Connecticut to Granville.
18 Dec 1749: signed petition.
8 Aug 1750: son Abither born
2 Dec 1751: to see minister has enough firewood.
11 Feb 1752: daughter Ruth born; married 7 Oct 1768 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, John Wright.
12 Mar 1753: collector of taxes.
30 July 1753: on committee for church to pay minister.
25 Jan 1754: bought plantation.
28 July 1754: daughter Rhoda born Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts; died 6 Feb 1805 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts.
7 July 1756: daughter Abigail born Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts.
*29 Aug 1758: son Dan Jr. born.
7 Mar 1761: son Samuel born; married 11 Jan 1786 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, Prudence Brockway.
19 May 1763: daughter Anna born Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts.
1 Feb 1766: daughter Meriam born Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts.
8 May 1768: son Aaron born Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts.
14 Dec 1770: daughter Samantha born; married 15 Jan 1790 Silvanus Keep; died of consumption 7 May 1799. All events Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts.
16 Mar 1773: on committee to see about church split.
8 Mar 1776: Commissioner of Inspection and Safety; part of the town was under his care.
1779: elected Selectman.
12 Aug 1810: died Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts; buried West Granville Cemetery, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts.
Served in the Revolutionary War, Captain William Cooley’s company (gravestone). No pension in the National Archives. Innkeeper.
Sources: Vital Statistics books, Massachusetts: Dan (birth age 83 of old age); Abither (birth); Ruth (birth, marriage); Rhoda (birth, death of colic); Abigail (birth); Samuel (birth); Anna (birth); Meriam (birth, marriage); Aaron (birth); Samantha (birth, marriage, death of consumption).
*Dan Robinson, Jr. (son of Capt. Dan and Abigail (Curtiss) Robinson)
29 Aug 1758: born Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts.
no date: married Betsey Cowdrey (1759-26 Jan 1837 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts; buried West Granville Cemetery, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts.
21 Nov 1783: son Curtis born; married Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts,12 Sept 1803 Rhoda Barnes; died 23 Sept 1854.
1790: census Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts.
*5 Nov 1791: son William B. born.
no date: daughter Alice born; married 1 Apr 1799 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, Enos Boies of Branford.
no date: daughter Betsey born; married 3 Apr 1803 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, Jerry Barnes.
no date: daughter Clarissa born; married 1 Mar 1810 Adam Blair Jr.
no date: son Chauncy born; married 19 Apr 1820 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, Polly Hubbard.
no date: daughter Abigail born; married 30 Dec 1799 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, Benjamin Barnes Jr.
no date: daughter Sophronia born; married Jarvis Lloyd; lived Orwell, Pennsylvania.
no date: daughter Corintha born; married Thrall Blair.
12 June 1833: died Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts; buried West Granville Cemetery, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts.
Served in the Revolutionary War, Captain Benjamin Barnes’s company. No pension in the National Archives. Source: Vital Statistics book Granville, Massachusetts, Dan (birth, death age 74); Betsey (death age 78); Curis (birth, 1850 census); William B. (birth); Alice (birth, husband of Branford); Betsey (birth, husband of Granville, she moved to Orwell, Pennsylvania); Clarissa (marriage); Chauncy (marriage, wife of Tolland, Connecticut); Abigail (marriage); Sophronia (lived Orwell, Pennsylvania).
*William B. Robinson (son of Dan Jr. and Betsey (Cowdrey) Robinson
8 Feb 1811: married Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, Lydia Parker (4 Oct 1789 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut-____).
no date: daughter Melinda born; married ______Waterman.
no date: daughter Eliza born; married ______Eastabrooks. Children:
Charles Eastabrooks
Elvira Eastabrooks; married ______Ross.
Mary Eastabrooks; married Joseph ______in Owego, New York
Emma Eastabrooks; married ______Rider; lived Tioga Center, New York
no date: son Orlando born.
no date: daughter Olive born; married Joel Barnes. Children:
William Barnes
Herbert Barnes
Joseph Barnes
Stephen Barnes
Myra Barnes
no date: son James born.
no date: daughter Aurora born.
*1 Jan 1829: daughter Almira born.
no date: daughter Celstina born; married ______Parks.
Haverly, Bradford, Pennsylvania, v2 p288, 1915. William and Lydia moved to South Hill, Pennsylvania, when they were married and were among the first settlers there. Also lived Orwell, Bradford, Pennsylvania.
William’s father fought in the Revolutionary War.
James Robinson (son of William and Lydia (Parker) Robinson)
Mary A. Clark: “James Robinson lived in the old home place on South Hill. His son-in-law is Horace Thetga. He may live in the old home. South Hill is near Herrickville, Pa., Aunt Mary Beaty’s birthplace. Almira’s uncle James Blair lived in Granville, Mass.
*Almira Elnora Robinson (daughter of William and Lydia (Parker) Robinson)
11 Jan 1829: born.
22 Mar 1848: married Isaac Stanley Clark.
30 Oct 1912: died.
Mary A. Clark: “A cousin of Almira Clark’s from the Blair relatives at Granville, Mass. was James E. Boise, a professor in Chicago University and quite an authority in Greek and a writer of textbooks.”