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Martha Robinson

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Martha Robinson

Birth
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
14 Feb 1753 (aged 39)
Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Scotland, Windham County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Martha Robinson, the 11th child of Peter Robinson, Sr. and second wife Experience Lumbert, bapt. May 31, 1713 at Norwich, Conn. and d. unmarried Feb. 14, 1753 at Windham, Conn. If, according to her gravestone, Martha died "aetatis 41 y.," Martha was born between Feb. 15, 1711/2 and Feb. 14, 1712/3, which fits with her date of baptism (she was bapt. after she was b., a necessary requirement often forgotten).

According to the 1925 published Robinson Genealogy, Martha m. Barnabus Allen, b. Feb. 24, 1728/9 at Norwich, s. of Joseph Allen and Rebecca Fuller. But, the Windham vital records clearly indicate Barnabus m. his cousin, Elizabeth Fuller, Apr. 21, 1752. Elizabeth (Fuller) Allen was b. Nov. 7, 1728 at Mansfield, Conn., dau. of Rhodolphus Fuller and his first wife Ann Hall. After Elizabeth's mother Ann died, she became the stepdaughter of Martha Robinson's youngest sister Anna, the second wife of the same Rodolphus Fuller. In addition, at the time of her birth Elizabeth (Fuller) Allen was already the niece-in-law of Martha Robinson's older brother Peter Robinson, Jr. (whose wife Ruth was Rhodolphus Fuller's sister).

The claim that Martha Robinson was married is the result of misinterpreting the abbreviation "Mrs." on her gravestone, which in the 1700s did not necessarily refer to a married woman.

See Barnabas Allen and wife Elizabeth Fuller, futher confirmation that the 1925 Robinson Genealogy is in error regarding Martha.

Martha Robinson, the 11th child of Peter Robinson, Sr. and second wife Experience Lumbert, bapt. May 31, 1713 at Norwich, Conn. and d. unmarried Feb. 14, 1753 at Windham, Conn. If, according to her gravestone, Martha died "aetatis 41 y.," Martha was born between Feb. 15, 1711/2 and Feb. 14, 1712/3, which fits with her date of baptism (she was bapt. after she was b., a necessary requirement often forgotten).

According to the 1925 published Robinson Genealogy, Martha m. Barnabus Allen, b. Feb. 24, 1728/9 at Norwich, s. of Joseph Allen and Rebecca Fuller. But, the Windham vital records clearly indicate Barnabus m. his cousin, Elizabeth Fuller, Apr. 21, 1752. Elizabeth (Fuller) Allen was b. Nov. 7, 1728 at Mansfield, Conn., dau. of Rhodolphus Fuller and his first wife Ann Hall. After Elizabeth's mother Ann died, she became the stepdaughter of Martha Robinson's youngest sister Anna, the second wife of the same Rodolphus Fuller. In addition, at the time of her birth Elizabeth (Fuller) Allen was already the niece-in-law of Martha Robinson's older brother Peter Robinson, Jr. (whose wife Ruth was Rhodolphus Fuller's sister).

The claim that Martha Robinson was married is the result of misinterpreting the abbreviation "Mrs." on her gravestone, which in the 1700s did not necessarily refer to a married woman.

See Barnabas Allen and wife Elizabeth Fuller, futher confirmation that the 1925 Robinson Genealogy is in error regarding Martha.

Inscription

Here lies ye body of
Mrs Martha child of Mr
Peter & Mrs Experience
Robinfon. She died Feby
ye 14th 1753, A. 41 y.

On the day Martha died she was 40 years old, and Aetatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 41.

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  • Maintained by: Don Blauvelt
  • Originally Created by: Sara
  • Added: Oct 24, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43477846/martha-robinson: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Robinson (31 May 1713–14 Feb 1753), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43477846, citing Old Scotland Cemetery North, Scotland, Windham County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Don Blauvelt (contributor 46932939).