Robbins, Joseph

Birth Name Robbins, Joseph
Gender male
Age at Death 71 years, 26 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1728/9-02-22 (Julian) Concord, Middlesex, MA  
1a
Death 1800-03-31 Acton, Middlesex, MA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Robbins, Nathan1704/5-01-03 (Julian)1764-06-07
Mother Barker, Dorothy1709-10-241802-07-09
         Robbins, Joseph 1728/9-02-22 (Julian) 1800-03-31
    Sister     Robbins, Dorothy 1731-04-02 1759-04-20
    Brother     Robbins, John 1732-11-07 1756-01-21
    Sister     Robbins, Elizabeth 1734-08-25
    Brother     Robbins, Nathan 1736-08-05 1759-05-23
    Brother     Robbins, Philip 1740-03-23 1813-02-06
    Sister     Robbins, Mary 1742-06-15 1766-01-31
    Brother     Robbins, Oliver 1744-12-31 1761-06-27
    Sister     Robbins, Hannah 1747-05-20 1805-08-12
    Sister     Robbins, Hepzibah ? JUL 1749 1764-11-21
    Brother     Robbins, George 1752-05-23 1813-05-18

Families

    Family of Robbins, Joseph and Bacon, Ruth
Married Wife Bacon, Ruth ( * 1725-11-21 + 1816-06-04 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1751-04-18 Bedford, Middlesex, MA  
2a

Narrative

Land records referred to Joseph as a trader and gentleman. On 19April 1775, Capt. Joseph Robbins commanded a company of Actonmilitia at Concord Bridge. Joseph and Ruth were the parents ofeight children, recorded at Acton. In his 1797 will, Josephnamed his wife Ruth, son John (their only child still living in1797), and several grandchildren. John was to have the homefarm, other real estate in Acton, his father's pew in the Actonmeeting house, and Capt. Joseph's "pasture in the town of Mason,N.H."Captain Joseph Robbins is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton,MA. His gravestone states "SACRED To the memory of Cap JosephRobbins who died with a cancer March 31, 1800 Aged 71 years." Itis followed by a poem: "let worms devour my waƒteing fleƒh, Andcrumble all my bones to duƒt, My ____ shall raiƒe my frame anew,At the revival of the juƒt.""After the alarm carried by the three reached Lexington, thenConcord, messengers fanned through the countryside warning thescattered farmers that the British were on the march. An unknownrider, perhaps Prescott himself, arrived at the home of CaptainJoseph Robbins, leader of one of Acton's two troops ofmilitia--soldiers supposedly under allegiance to the king,although that had ceased to be the case. The messenger did not dismount, but banged on the corner of thehouse, shouting "Captain Robbins! Captain Robbins! Up! Up! Theregulars have come to Concord! Rendezvous at old North Bridgequick as possible! Alarm Acton!" Aroused from his bed, Robbins fired three shots with his musketto warn the town. Then he sent his 13-year-old son John to alertIsaac Davis and others. When he received the news, Davis sentword that he would leave for Concord as soon as thirty men hadmustered in his yard."

Pedigree

  1. Robbins, Nathan
    1. Barker, Dorothy
      1. Robbins, Hepzibah
      2. Robbins, Joseph
        1. Bacon, Ruth
      3. Robbins, Dorothy
      4. Robbins, John
      5. Robbins, Elizabeth
      6. Robbins, Nathan
      7. Robbins, Philip
      8. Robbins, Mary
      9. Robbins, Oliver
      10. Robbins, Hannah
      11. Robbins, George

Ancestors

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