Rev. John Robinson, s. of Samuel Robinson and Mary Baker, b. in Mar 1671/2 prob. at Dorchester, Mass. He d. at Lebanon, Conn. Nov. 14, 1745, Æ 74. According to his gravestone, on the day he died he was 73 years old, and Ætatis (i.e., Æ, , "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 74. The traditional date of his birth is written as "March 1671", but if March was the month of his birth his gravestone says it was in March 1671/2.
The memorialist is not a descendant of the subject of this memorial, but some modern writers continue to consider Rev. Robinson as a descendant of Rev. John Robinson, pastor of the Mayflower pilgrims at Leiden, Holland. The original tradition was that William Robinson of Dorchester, Mass., the grandfather of the subject of this memorial, was the son of Rev. John Robinson of Leiden, Holland. While Rev. Robinson of Leiden had a younger brother William, he had no son William. Failing this connection some writers now claim descent through Rev. Robinson of Leiden's immigrant New England son Isaac Robinson of Barnstable, Mass. (the present writer's ancestor). Specifically, that he is one and the same as Isaac Robinson's eldest son John, who is called "Mr." in a few records (due to being the first elected deputy from Falmouth, Mass. to the Plymouth Colony Court). John Robinson, son of Isaac, was baptized at Scituate, Mass. by Rev. John Lothrop on Apr. 5, 1640 some 32 years before the birth of the subject of this memorial.
Adding to the confusion, as late as the early-1800s segments of the Trumbull family of Lebanon, Conn., descendants of the subject of this memorial, also believed their ancestor Rev. John Robinson was a descendant of the immigrant Isaac Robinson of Barnstable. One of the Trumball descendants went to Falmouth, Mass. to find records that would prove such descent, but failed in their effort. It was not until the mid 1800s when James Savage of Boston, author of the well-known "Dictionary of the First Settlers..." uncovered Rev. John Robinson's correct ancestry.
A substantially full and accurate genealogy and life of Rev. John Robinson of Duxbury, Mass. and Lebanon, Conn. was presented in 1859 by his gr. grandson Edward Robinson in "Memoir of the Rev. William Robinson: formerly pastor of the Congregational Church in Southington, Conn..." That work is incorporated in this memorial along with additional facts of published record. Given the advent of modern search engines the writer wishes to set the record properly for those who otherwise want to perpetuate incorrect genealogy.
The Rev. John Robinson of this memorial was a graduate of Harvard, Class of 1695. While there is disagreement as to where he was between his graduation in 1695 and 1700, on May 28, 1700 the town of Tisbury, Mass. on Martha's Vineyard was looking for a minister, but "for our poverty & other necessary Charges is such that we Can not promise above £20 per year" [Tisbury TRs.] This paltry sum is likely why Rev. Salmon Treat did not stay at Tisbury for any length of time between when he left Greenwich, Conn. and settled as the founding pastor of the church at Preston, Conn. In his ordination in November 1698 at Preston, Rev. Treat is stated as having come from "Tisbury, Martins Vinyard" [Preston Chh. Rec.]
Tisbury subsequently appealed to Mr. Russell of the Barnstable, Mass. church to send "sum orthodox Lerned and pious person as soon as may be given." On July 23, 1700, Robert Cathcart, Tisbury's town clerk, was instructed to go to Barnstable to accompany "mr John Robinson over in order for settlement in the work of the ministry in Tisbury" and that "mr John Robinson shall at his Coming Take up his place of Residence at Simon Athearn's home." Athearn was the next door neighbor to the immigrant Isaac Robinson, who was then residing at Tisbury. Rev. Robinson did not reside at Tisbury very long as Tisbury was again looking for a minister in June 1701 [Tisbury TRs.]
Rev. Ichabod Wiswall, pastor of the Duxbury, Mass. church since 1676, d. at Duxbury July 23, 1700. On Sept. 2, 1700, Duxbury voted to call Rev. John Robinson to the pastoral care of their church offering £60 as his annual salary, triple the sum that had been offered by Tisbury. The subject of this memorial became the settled pastor of the Duxbury church, but was not formally ordained until Nov. 18, 1702.[*1] He continued as Duxbury's pastor until his formal request for dismissal was honored Nov. 10, 1738, for reasons of age and infirmities. By that time several of his children had been residing at Lebanon, Conn. since 1732, and in May 1737 he purchased from his son-in-law, Jonathan Trumbull of Lebanon, a parcel of land at what was then called Goshen Parish in the Town of Lebanon, Conn. He sold his own property at Duxbury, Mass. in May 1739.
On Jan. 31, 1705/6 at Duxbury, Rev. John Robinson m. Hannah Wiswall, dau. of the deceased Rev. Ichabod Wiswall and his wife Priscilla Pabodie, b. at Duxbury Feb. 22, 1681/2. Hannah's mother Priscilla was the granddau. of John Alden of the Mayflower and his wife Priscilla Mullins. Unfortunately Hannah (Wiswall) Robinson, along with her eldest dau. Mary, drowned Sept. 22, 1722 during a sea passage from Duxbury to Boston. The story of that tragedy, as told by Rev. Robinson himself, is repeated in numerous works. Rev. Robinson never remarried.
Rev. John Robinson died of diabetes at Lebanon, Conn., his will having been written Nov. 8, 1745 six days beforehand. At the ancient burial ground at Lebanon is the following gravestone [as contained in Edward Robinson's 1859 memoir of his father]:
Here lies the body of the
Revd Mr. John Robinson,
late Pastor of the Church of
Christ in Duxbury; which charge
having faithfully and laudably
sustained for the space of
39 years he removed to
Lebanon & changed this
Life for a better Nov. 14th,
AD. 1745..............Æt. 74
Sic Pater, sic O, numerare fluxae
Nos dos vitae spatium, caducis
Mens ut a curis revocata veri
...................Lumen honesti
Cernat..............Buch'n Psal.
For sake of space, the children of Rev. John Robinson and Hannah Wiswall, all b. at Duxbury, Mass., are/will be added to their mother's memorial.
[*1] Savage and Winsor (History of Duxbury) claimed John was ordinated on Nov. 13, 1702. However, on Nov. 8. 1702 at the Dorchester First Church, "The Chh. at Duxborough's Letter was read, w^rin [wherein] they requested mr Robinsons Dismission to y^m [them], & our Assistance in His Ordination or Sollemn Inauguration into His office of a Pastor, by Fasting Prayr, & the hands of ye Presbytery. Elder Topliff was Voted to accompany the Pastor to y^t [that] work on ye 18th Instant which was performed then, together with yr [their] Renewing of Covenant, & so many Men then Joyned, as doubled ye number of ye Fraternity" [Dorch. Ch. Rec., p. 128.] Nov. 8, 1702 [Julian calendar then in use] was a Sunday, the 13th a Thursday and the 18th a Wednesday. His ordination was, as the Dorchester Church record states, on Wednesday Nov. the 18th, latter the Congregational Church's usual midweek meeting night. This infers Robinson gave his first formal sermon at Duxbury on Nov. 22, 1702.
Edited 8/6/2021
The memorialist is not a descendant of the subject of this memorial, but some modern writers continue to consider Rev. Robinson as a descendant of Rev. John Robinson, pastor of the Mayflower pilgrims at Leiden, Holland. The original tradition was that William Robinson of Dorchester, Mass., the grandfather of the subject of this memorial, was the son of Rev. John Robinson of Leiden, Holland. While Rev. Robinson of Leiden had a younger brother William, he had no son William. Failing this connection some writers now claim descent through Rev. Robinson of Leiden's immigrant New England son Isaac Robinson of Barnstable, Mass. (the present writer's ancestor). Specifically, that he is one and the same as Isaac Robinson's eldest son John, who is called "Mr." in a few records (due to being the first elected deputy from Falmouth, Mass. to the Plymouth Colony Court). John Robinson, son of Isaac, was baptized at Scituate, Mass. by Rev. John Lothrop on Apr. 5, 1640 some 32 years before the birth of the subject of this memorial.
Adding to the confusion, as late as the early-1800s segments of the Trumbull family of Lebanon, Conn., descendants of the subject of this memorial, also believed their ancestor Rev. John Robinson was a descendant of the immigrant Isaac Robinson of Barnstable. One of the Trumball descendants went to Falmouth, Mass. to find records that would prove such descent, but failed in their effort. It was not until the mid 1800s when James Savage of Boston, author of the well-known "Dictionary of the First Settlers..." uncovered Rev. John Robinson's correct ancestry.
A substantially full and accurate genealogy and life of Rev. John Robinson of Duxbury, Mass. and Lebanon, Conn. was presented in 1859 by his gr. grandson Edward Robinson in "Memoir of the Rev. William Robinson: formerly pastor of the Congregational Church in Southington, Conn..." That work is incorporated in this memorial along with additional facts of published record. Given the advent of modern search engines the writer wishes to set the record properly for those who otherwise want to perpetuate incorrect genealogy.
The Rev. John Robinson of this memorial was a graduate of Harvard, Class of 1695. While there is disagreement as to where he was between his graduation in 1695 and 1700, on May 28, 1700 the town of Tisbury, Mass. on Martha's Vineyard was looking for a minister, but "for our poverty & other necessary Charges is such that we Can not promise above £20 per year" [Tisbury TRs.] This paltry sum is likely why Rev. Salmon Treat did not stay at Tisbury for any length of time between when he left Greenwich, Conn. and settled as the founding pastor of the church at Preston, Conn. In his ordination in November 1698 at Preston, Rev. Treat is stated as having come from "Tisbury, Martins Vinyard" [Preston Chh. Rec.]
Tisbury subsequently appealed to Mr. Russell of the Barnstable, Mass. church to send "sum orthodox Lerned and pious person as soon as may be given." On July 23, 1700, Robert Cathcart, Tisbury's town clerk, was instructed to go to Barnstable to accompany "mr John Robinson over in order for settlement in the work of the ministry in Tisbury" and that "mr John Robinson shall at his Coming Take up his place of Residence at Simon Athearn's home." Athearn was the next door neighbor to the immigrant Isaac Robinson, who was then residing at Tisbury. Rev. Robinson did not reside at Tisbury very long as Tisbury was again looking for a minister in June 1701 [Tisbury TRs.]
Rev. Ichabod Wiswall, pastor of the Duxbury, Mass. church since 1676, d. at Duxbury July 23, 1700. On Sept. 2, 1700, Duxbury voted to call Rev. John Robinson to the pastoral care of their church offering £60 as his annual salary, triple the sum that had been offered by Tisbury. The subject of this memorial became the settled pastor of the Duxbury church, but was not formally ordained until Nov. 18, 1702.[*1] He continued as Duxbury's pastor until his formal request for dismissal was honored Nov. 10, 1738, for reasons of age and infirmities. By that time several of his children had been residing at Lebanon, Conn. since 1732, and in May 1737 he purchased from his son-in-law, Jonathan Trumbull of Lebanon, a parcel of land at what was then called Goshen Parish in the Town of Lebanon, Conn. He sold his own property at Duxbury, Mass. in May 1739.
On Jan. 31, 1705/6 at Duxbury, Rev. John Robinson m. Hannah Wiswall, dau. of the deceased Rev. Ichabod Wiswall and his wife Priscilla Pabodie, b. at Duxbury Feb. 22, 1681/2. Hannah's mother Priscilla was the granddau. of John Alden of the Mayflower and his wife Priscilla Mullins. Unfortunately Hannah (Wiswall) Robinson, along with her eldest dau. Mary, drowned Sept. 22, 1722 during a sea passage from Duxbury to Boston. The story of that tragedy, as told by Rev. Robinson himself, is repeated in numerous works. Rev. Robinson never remarried.
Rev. John Robinson died of diabetes at Lebanon, Conn., his will having been written Nov. 8, 1745 six days beforehand. At the ancient burial ground at Lebanon is the following gravestone [as contained in Edward Robinson's 1859 memoir of his father]:
Here lies the body of the
Revd Mr. John Robinson,
late Pastor of the Church of
Christ in Duxbury; which charge
having faithfully and laudably
sustained for the space of
39 years he removed to
Lebanon & changed this
Life for a better Nov. 14th,
AD. 1745..............Æt. 74
Sic Pater, sic O, numerare fluxae
Nos dos vitae spatium, caducis
Mens ut a curis revocata veri
...................Lumen honesti
Cernat..............Buch'n Psal.
For sake of space, the children of Rev. John Robinson and Hannah Wiswall, all b. at Duxbury, Mass., are/will be added to their mother's memorial.
[*1] Savage and Winsor (History of Duxbury) claimed John was ordinated on Nov. 13, 1702. However, on Nov. 8. 1702 at the Dorchester First Church, "The Chh. at Duxborough's Letter was read, w^rin [wherein] they requested mr Robinsons Dismission to y^m [them], & our Assistance in His Ordination or Sollemn Inauguration into His office of a Pastor, by Fasting Prayr, & the hands of ye Presbytery. Elder Topliff was Voted to accompany the Pastor to y^t [that] work on ye 18th Instant which was performed then, together with yr [their] Renewing of Covenant, & so many Men then Joyned, as doubled ye number of ye Fraternity" [Dorch. Ch. Rec., p. 128.] Nov. 8, 1702 [Julian calendar then in use] was a Sunday, the 13th a Thursday and the 18th a Wednesday. His ordination was, as the Dorchester Church record states, on Wednesday Nov. the 18th, latter the Congregational Church's usual midweek meeting night. This infers Robinson gave his first formal sermon at Duxbury on Nov. 22, 1702.
Edited 8/6/2021
Rev. John Robinson, s. of Samuel Robinson and Mary Baker, b. in Mar 1671/2 prob. at Dorchester, Mass. He d. at Lebanon, Conn. Nov. 14, 1745, Æ 74. According to his gravestone, on the day he died he was 73 years old, and Ætatis (i.e., Æ, , "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 74. The traditional date of his birth is written as "March 1671", but if March was the month of his birth his gravestone says it was in March 1671/2.
The memorialist is not a descendant of the subject of this memorial, but some modern writers continue to consider Rev. Robinson as a descendant of Rev. John Robinson, pastor of the Mayflower pilgrims at Leiden, Holland. The original tradition was that William Robinson of Dorchester, Mass., the grandfather of the subject of this memorial, was the son of Rev. John Robinson of Leiden, Holland. While Rev. Robinson of Leiden had a younger brother William, he had no son William. Failing this connection some writers now claim descent through Rev. Robinson of Leiden's immigrant New England son Isaac Robinson of Barnstable, Mass. (the present writer's ancestor). Specifically, that he is one and the same as Isaac Robinson's eldest son John, who is called "Mr." in a few records (due to being the first elected deputy from Falmouth, Mass. to the Plymouth Colony Court). John Robinson, son of Isaac, was baptized at Scituate, Mass. by Rev. John Lothrop on Apr. 5, 1640 some 32 years before the birth of the subject of this memorial.
Adding to the confusion, as late as the early-1800s segments of the Trumbull family of Lebanon, Conn., descendants of the subject of this memorial, also believed their ancestor Rev. John Robinson was a descendant of the immigrant Isaac Robinson of Barnstable. One of the Trumball descendants went to Falmouth, Mass. to find records that would prove such descent, but failed in their effort. It was not until the mid 1800s when James Savage of Boston, author of the well-known "Dictionary of the First Settlers..." uncovered Rev. John Robinson's correct ancestry.
A substantially full and accurate genealogy and life of Rev. John Robinson of Duxbury, Mass. and Lebanon, Conn. was presented in 1859 by his gr. grandson Edward Robinson in "Memoir of the Rev. William Robinson: formerly pastor of the Congregational Church in Southington, Conn..." That work is incorporated in this memorial along with additional facts of published record. Given the advent of modern search engines the writer wishes to set the record properly for those who otherwise want to perpetuate incorrect genealogy.
The Rev. John Robinson of this memorial was a graduate of Harvard, Class of 1695. While there is disagreement as to where he was between his graduation in 1695 and 1700, on May 28, 1700 the town of Tisbury, Mass. on Martha's Vineyard was looking for a minister, but "for our poverty & other necessary Charges is such that we Can not promise above £20 per year" [Tisbury TRs.] This paltry sum is likely why Rev. Salmon Treat did not stay at Tisbury for any length of time between when he left Greenwich, Conn. and settled as the founding pastor of the church at Preston, Conn. In his ordination in November 1698 at Preston, Rev. Treat is stated as having come from "Tisbury, Martins Vinyard" [Preston Chh. Rec.]
Tisbury subsequently appealed to Mr. Russell of the Barnstable, Mass. church to send "sum orthodox Lerned and pious person as soon as may be given." On July 23, 1700, Robert Cathcart, Tisbury's town clerk, was instructed to go to Barnstable to accompany "mr John Robinson over in order for settlement in the work of the ministry in Tisbury" and that "mr John Robinson shall at his Coming Take up his place of Residence at Simon Athearn's home." Athearn was the next door neighbor to the immigrant Isaac Robinson, who was then residing at Tisbury. Rev. Robinson did not reside at Tisbury very long as Tisbury was again looking for a minister in June 1701 [Tisbury TRs.]
Rev. Ichabod Wiswall, pastor of the Duxbury, Mass. church since 1676, d. at Duxbury July 23, 1700. On Sept. 2, 1700, Duxbury voted to call Rev. John Robinson to the pastoral care of their church offering £60 as his annual salary, triple the sum that had been offered by Tisbury. The subject of this memorial became the settled pastor of the Duxbury church, but was not formally ordained until Nov. 18, 1702.[*1] He continued as Duxbury's pastor until his formal request for dismissal was honored Nov. 10, 1738, for reasons of age and infirmities. By that time several of his children had been residing at Lebanon, Conn. since 1732, and in May 1737 he purchased from his son-in-law, Jonathan Trumbull of Lebanon, a parcel of land at what was then called Goshen Parish in the Town of Lebanon, Conn. He sold his own property at Duxbury, Mass. in May 1739.
On Jan. 31, 1705/6 at Duxbury, Rev. John Robinson m. Hannah Wiswall, dau. of the deceased Rev. Ichabod Wiswall and his wife Priscilla Pabodie, b. at Duxbury Feb. 22, 1681/2. Hannah's mother Priscilla was the granddau. of John Alden of the Mayflower and his wife Priscilla Mullins. Unfortunately Hannah (Wiswall) Robinson, along with her eldest dau. Mary, drowned Sept. 22, 1722 during a sea passage from Duxbury to Boston. The story of that tragedy, as told by Rev. Robinson himself, is repeated in numerous works. Rev. Robinson never remarried.
Rev. John Robinson died of diabetes at Lebanon, Conn., his will having been written Nov. 8, 1745 six days beforehand. At the ancient burial ground at Lebanon is the following gravestone [as contained in Edward Robinson's 1859 memoir of his father]:
Here lies the body of the
Revd Mr. John Robinson,
late Pastor of the Church of
Christ in Duxbury; which charge
having faithfully and laudably
sustained for the space of
39 years he removed to
Lebanon & changed this
Life for a better Nov. 14th,
AD. 1745..............Æt. 74
Sic Pater, sic O, numerare fluxae
Nos dos vitae spatium, caducis
Mens ut a curis revocata veri
...................Lumen honesti
Cernat..............Buch'n Psal.
For sake of space, the children of Rev. John Robinson and Hannah Wiswall, all b. at Duxbury, Mass., are/will be added to their mother's memorial.
[*1] Savage and Winsor (History of Duxbury) claimed John was ordinated on Nov. 13, 1702. However, on Nov. 8. 1702 at the Dorchester First Church, "The Chh. at Duxborough's Letter was read, w^rin [wherein] they requested mr Robinsons Dismission to y^m [them], & our Assistance in His Ordination or Sollemn Inauguration into His office of a Pastor, by Fasting Prayr, & the hands of ye Presbytery. Elder Topliff was Voted to accompany the Pastor to y^t [that] work on ye 18th Instant which was performed then, together with yr [their] Renewing of Covenant, & so many Men then Joyned, as doubled ye number of ye Fraternity" [Dorch. Ch. Rec., p. 128.] Nov. 8, 1702 [Julian calendar then in use] was a Sunday, the 13th a Thursday and the 18th a Wednesday. His ordination was, as the Dorchester Church record states, on Wednesday Nov. the 18th, latter the Congregational Church's usual midweek meeting night. This infers Robinson gave his first formal sermon at Duxbury on Nov. 22, 1702.
Edited 8/6/2021
The memorialist is not a descendant of the subject of this memorial, but some modern writers continue to consider Rev. Robinson as a descendant of Rev. John Robinson, pastor of the Mayflower pilgrims at Leiden, Holland. The original tradition was that William Robinson of Dorchester, Mass., the grandfather of the subject of this memorial, was the son of Rev. John Robinson of Leiden, Holland. While Rev. Robinson of Leiden had a younger brother William, he had no son William. Failing this connection some writers now claim descent through Rev. Robinson of Leiden's immigrant New England son Isaac Robinson of Barnstable, Mass. (the present writer's ancestor). Specifically, that he is one and the same as Isaac Robinson's eldest son John, who is called "Mr." in a few records (due to being the first elected deputy from Falmouth, Mass. to the Plymouth Colony Court). John Robinson, son of Isaac, was baptized at Scituate, Mass. by Rev. John Lothrop on Apr. 5, 1640 some 32 years before the birth of the subject of this memorial.
Adding to the confusion, as late as the early-1800s segments of the Trumbull family of Lebanon, Conn., descendants of the subject of this memorial, also believed their ancestor Rev. John Robinson was a descendant of the immigrant Isaac Robinson of Barnstable. One of the Trumball descendants went to Falmouth, Mass. to find records that would prove such descent, but failed in their effort. It was not until the mid 1800s when James Savage of Boston, author of the well-known "Dictionary of the First Settlers..." uncovered Rev. John Robinson's correct ancestry.
A substantially full and accurate genealogy and life of Rev. John Robinson of Duxbury, Mass. and Lebanon, Conn. was presented in 1859 by his gr. grandson Edward Robinson in "Memoir of the Rev. William Robinson: formerly pastor of the Congregational Church in Southington, Conn..." That work is incorporated in this memorial along with additional facts of published record. Given the advent of modern search engines the writer wishes to set the record properly for those who otherwise want to perpetuate incorrect genealogy.
The Rev. John Robinson of this memorial was a graduate of Harvard, Class of 1695. While there is disagreement as to where he was between his graduation in 1695 and 1700, on May 28, 1700 the town of Tisbury, Mass. on Martha's Vineyard was looking for a minister, but "for our poverty & other necessary Charges is such that we Can not promise above £20 per year" [Tisbury TRs.] This paltry sum is likely why Rev. Salmon Treat did not stay at Tisbury for any length of time between when he left Greenwich, Conn. and settled as the founding pastor of the church at Preston, Conn. In his ordination in November 1698 at Preston, Rev. Treat is stated as having come from "Tisbury, Martins Vinyard" [Preston Chh. Rec.]
Tisbury subsequently appealed to Mr. Russell of the Barnstable, Mass. church to send "sum orthodox Lerned and pious person as soon as may be given." On July 23, 1700, Robert Cathcart, Tisbury's town clerk, was instructed to go to Barnstable to accompany "mr John Robinson over in order for settlement in the work of the ministry in Tisbury" and that "mr John Robinson shall at his Coming Take up his place of Residence at Simon Athearn's home." Athearn was the next door neighbor to the immigrant Isaac Robinson, who was then residing at Tisbury. Rev. Robinson did not reside at Tisbury very long as Tisbury was again looking for a minister in June 1701 [Tisbury TRs.]
Rev. Ichabod Wiswall, pastor of the Duxbury, Mass. church since 1676, d. at Duxbury July 23, 1700. On Sept. 2, 1700, Duxbury voted to call Rev. John Robinson to the pastoral care of their church offering £60 as his annual salary, triple the sum that had been offered by Tisbury. The subject of this memorial became the settled pastor of the Duxbury church, but was not formally ordained until Nov. 18, 1702.[*1] He continued as Duxbury's pastor until his formal request for dismissal was honored Nov. 10, 1738, for reasons of age and infirmities. By that time several of his children had been residing at Lebanon, Conn. since 1732, and in May 1737 he purchased from his son-in-law, Jonathan Trumbull of Lebanon, a parcel of land at what was then called Goshen Parish in the Town of Lebanon, Conn. He sold his own property at Duxbury, Mass. in May 1739.
On Jan. 31, 1705/6 at Duxbury, Rev. John Robinson m. Hannah Wiswall, dau. of the deceased Rev. Ichabod Wiswall and his wife Priscilla Pabodie, b. at Duxbury Feb. 22, 1681/2. Hannah's mother Priscilla was the granddau. of John Alden of the Mayflower and his wife Priscilla Mullins. Unfortunately Hannah (Wiswall) Robinson, along with her eldest dau. Mary, drowned Sept. 22, 1722 during a sea passage from Duxbury to Boston. The story of that tragedy, as told by Rev. Robinson himself, is repeated in numerous works. Rev. Robinson never remarried.
Rev. John Robinson died of diabetes at Lebanon, Conn., his will having been written Nov. 8, 1745 six days beforehand. At the ancient burial ground at Lebanon is the following gravestone [as contained in Edward Robinson's 1859 memoir of his father]:
Here lies the body of the
Revd Mr. John Robinson,
late Pastor of the Church of
Christ in Duxbury; which charge
having faithfully and laudably
sustained for the space of
39 years he removed to
Lebanon & changed this
Life for a better Nov. 14th,
AD. 1745..............Æt. 74
Sic Pater, sic O, numerare fluxae
Nos dos vitae spatium, caducis
Mens ut a curis revocata veri
...................Lumen honesti
Cernat..............Buch'n Psal.
For sake of space, the children of Rev. John Robinson and Hannah Wiswall, all b. at Duxbury, Mass., are/will be added to their mother's memorial.
[*1] Savage and Winsor (History of Duxbury) claimed John was ordinated on Nov. 13, 1702. However, on Nov. 8. 1702 at the Dorchester First Church, "The Chh. at Duxborough's Letter was read, w^rin [wherein] they requested mr Robinsons Dismission to y^m [them], & our Assistance in His Ordination or Sollemn Inauguration into His office of a Pastor, by Fasting Prayr, & the hands of ye Presbytery. Elder Topliff was Voted to accompany the Pastor to y^t [that] work on ye 18th Instant which was performed then, together with yr [their] Renewing of Covenant, & so many Men then Joyned, as doubled ye number of ye Fraternity" [Dorch. Ch. Rec., p. 128.] Nov. 8, 1702 [Julian calendar then in use] was a Sunday, the 13th a Thursday and the 18th a Wednesday. His ordination was, as the Dorchester Church record states, on Wednesday Nov. the 18th, latter the Congregational Church's usual midweek meeting night. This infers Robinson gave his first formal sermon at Duxbury on Nov. 22, 1702.
Edited 8/6/2021
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