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William ROBINSON, Sr
1640 - 1693 (53 years)-
Name William ROBINSON Suffix Sr Birth 1640 Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England 
Gender Male _UID 1FF8C83F16ED4DA388E13A68DB9E4E6D50A9 Death 23 Mar 1693 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Burial East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Mass Person ID I1894 My Genealogy Last Modified 8 Feb 2020
Family 1 Elizabeth WILLIAMS, b. 1660 d. 1747 (Age 87 years) Family ID F755 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Feb 2020
Family 2 Elizabeth CUTTER Marriage 10 Jan 1664 Children 1. Elizabeth ROBINSON, b. 27 May 1669, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Jan 1749, Framingham, Mass (Age 79 years)2. Hannah ROBINSON, b. 13 Jul 1671, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Oct 1672, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 1 year)3. William ROBINSON, Jr, b. 10 Jul 1673, Canmbridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 28 Jan 1754, Newton, Mass (Age 80 years)4. Mercy ROBINSON, b. 7 Aug 1676, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Dec 1740, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 64 years)5. David ROBINSON, b. 23 May 1678, Newton, Mass d. 7 Dec 1773, Newton, Mass (Age 95 years)6. Samuel ROBINSON, b. 20 Apr 1680, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Apr 1724, Westboro, Mass (Age 44 years)7. Jonathan ROBINSON, b. 20 Apr 1680, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F663 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Feb 2020
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Notes - William Robinson appears first in Concord, Massachusetts, but soon after that in Newton, Massachusetts, as a signer of the secession petition, in 1678. He is also found of record in both Cambridge and Watertown. His will, made March 22, 1693, offered for probate June 26 of the same year, was disallowed because of informalities. All of his children, except Hannah, were then living. His wife's name was Elizabeth Cutter, and their children were: Elizabeth, born 27 May 1669 in Concord and married, December 20, 1693, Daniel Gregory (1672-1736) the original Scottish immigrant of the Gregory family of America, she died 2 Jan 1749 in Framingham; Hannah, born July 13, 1671, in Concord, died in Cambridge, October 5, 1672; William, born July 10, 1673 in Newton became the founder of Auburndale and married Elizabeth Upham (1678-1747) daughter Lt Phineas Upham (1635-78) and Ruth Wood (1635-93) on Mar 3 1741, he died Jan 28 1754 in Newton; Mercy, born August 7, 1676 in Watertown married Nathaniel Whitney (1675-1730) on 7 Nov 1695, she died 31 Dec 1740 in Watertown; David, born May 23, 1678 in Newton, died Dec 7, 1773 in Newton; Samuel, born April 20, 1680 in Cambridge went on to be the tavern owner in Cambridge Square from (1714-20) and married Sarah Manning (1681-1709) on Mar 23 1703 and had 3 children then married Elizabeth Brigham, he died Apr 24, 1724 in Westboro; Jonathan, born April 20, 1680 in Cambridge married Ruth Morse (1684-1759), daughter of Jonathan Morse and Abigail Shattuck, she died Feb 18 1754 in Lexington. From William Robinson came many prominent and leading families of this nation.
The first settler of whom we know anything personal was his father William Robinson I, who made his home in a clearing of the forest extending along the winding river Charles, nearly one hundred years before the Revolution. It is probable that about 1678 he came to live in a house on the site of what was lately known as the "Martin Collier" house, still standing on Freeman Street (No. 79). He certainly owned other land in this region, which was later part of Thomas Greenwood's farm. The father, William Robinson I was one of the fifty-two signers of the petition "To the Honored Governor, Deputy Governor, together with the Honorable Magistrates now sitting in Boston" that Cambridge Village (now New- ton) should be made independent of Cambridge, or in THE PIONEER PERIOD 11 the words of the petition "that you will please grant to us our freedom from Cambridge, and that we may be a township of ourselves, without any more dependence upon Cambridge, which hath been a great charge and burthen to us."
- William Robinson appears first in Concord, Massachusetts, but soon after that in Newton, Massachusetts, as a signer of the secession petition, in 1678. He is also found of record in both Cambridge and Watertown. His will, made March 22, 1693, offered for probate June 26 of the same year, was disallowed because of informalities. All of his children, except Hannah, were then living. His wife's name was Elizabeth Cutter, and their children were: Elizabeth, born 27 May 1669 in Concord and married, December 20, 1693, Daniel Gregory (1672-1736) the original Scottish immigrant of the Gregory family of America, she died 2 Jan 1749 in Framingham; Hannah, born July 13, 1671, in Concord, died in Cambridge, October 5, 1672; William, born July 10, 1673 in Newton became the founder of Auburndale and married Elizabeth Upham (1678-1747) daughter Lt Phineas Upham (1635-78) and Ruth Wood (1635-93) on Mar 3 1741, he died Jan 28 1754 in Newton; Mercy, born August 7, 1676 in Watertown married Nathaniel Whitney (1675-1730) on 7 Nov 1695, she died 31 Dec 1740 in Watertown; David, born May 23, 1678 in Newton, died Dec 7, 1773 in Newton; Samuel, born April 20, 1680 in Cambridge went on to be the tavern owner in Cambridge Square from (1714-20) and married Sarah Manning (1681-1709) on Mar 23 1703 and had 3 children then married Elizabeth Brigham, he died Apr 24, 1724 in Westboro; Jonathan, born April 20, 1680 in Cambridge married Ruth Morse (1684-1759), daughter of Jonathan Morse and Abigail Shattuck, she died Feb 18 1754 in Lexington. From William Robinson came many prominent and leading families of this nation.