This article was first published on my RootsWeb site and is republished here, lightly edited, on 15 September 2026. If you have information to add or correct, please get in touch.

Details about Joshua Robins, who married Mary Blatchley, are sparse. Much of the information that follows is speculation based on a few facts, which I derived from a lot of research. Known sources are cited in the footnotes.

Joshua Robins was likely born about 1740 in New Jersey. Although the exact location of his birth is unknown, it is likely to be either Morris County or Hunterdon County. Joshua died in Ontario after 1817.¹

He married Mary Blatchley sometime between 1760 and 1773 in New Jersey. She was born on 29 October 1742 in New Jersey.² She was the daughter of Ebenezer Blatchley and Hannah Miller. Mary died before 1804, in either New Jersey or Ontario.³

The research of the Blatchley family recorded in History of Medicine in New Jersey: And of Its Medical Men, from the Settlement of the Province to A.D. 1800 states that Mary Blatchley had a sister, Sarah Blatchley, and that Sarah was the wife of Daniel Robins.⁴ The speculation is that Joshua and Daniel were brothers. I believe they were the sons of Joshua Robins of Hunterdon, Morris, and Sussex Counties, New Jersey.

1754: the earliest record

The earliest record I have found for Joshua was a court record in Sussex County, New Jersey, in 1754:⁵

Sussex May Session 1754

The King vs Charles McConnell

The Defendt Being Charged with this Indictment pleads Not Guilty

? Harrell — file May 30th 1754 — Russell Clerk(?) — ? Billa Vora ? — William Scholey? Foreman

Evidence for the King: Elisha Robins’s wife; Joshua Robins; Elis. Robins’s daughter; Joshua Robins Jun.; Perkins (?) Lovell; Richd. Slough; Elisha Coller; Eliz. Hadly (?); Hazen

Province of New Jersey, County of Sussex

The Grand Inquest for our Sovereign Lord King for the Body of the County of Sussex Being (then and then) Duly Charged Sworn and Affirmed upon the Respective Oath and Affirmation of at least twelve honorable and Lawfull men of the said County, Do present That Charles McConnell late of New Town in the County of Sussex aforesaid yeoman Being a person of a Turbulant, Malitious, and Malevolent Principal and Disposition and Designing Contriving and <?> and Jonathan Smalley to prejudice and Injure the fifth day of April in the Twenty Seventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith. At New Town aforesaid in the County of Sussex aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this Court a Certain Roan Coloured Mare the property of the aforesaid Jonathan Smalley (then and there) <missing> with a certain knife or some other sharp weapon, did <missing> unlawfully wickedly and maliciously (in the Belly of the said Mare) Stab, Cutt and wound, By which said <missing> to the great damage of the said Jonathan Smalley <missing> and most purnatious [pernicious?] Example of all others in such case Delinquent and against the peace of our said Sovereign Lord the King that nowis his Crown and Dignity.

Harrell, AS Genl.

This record places both Joshua Robins [Sr.] and Joshua Robins Jr. in Newtown, Sussex County, in 1754, although it is unclear whether they were visiting or whether they lived there. They were also with Elisha Robins’s wife and daughter at the time the crime took place.

A few years later, in 1759, the Joshua Robins (who I believe to be Joshua Robins Sr.) and Elisha Robins of Sussex County were among names on a petition to Governor Jonathan Belcher and Council “from the inhabitants of Sussex County, on a frontier of the province next to Pennsylvania, asking that greater efforts be made to defend the province against the French and Indians.”⁶

To me these signatures look like they were made by the same person. Perhaps one of them signed both names?

In any case, from this record I believe we can conclude that Joshua Robins Sr. and his family, which included sons Daniel and Joshua Jr. (who is the subject of this page), likely lived in Sussex County by 1759, if not earlier.

Sussex County records: which Joshua?

It is difficult to determine which New Jersey Sussex County records belong to the senior Joshua and which belong to the junior Joshua. However, using the estimate of 1740 as the younger Joshua’s birth date, I believe the following records belong to Joshua junior.⁷

1784: the estate of John Hazlett

1784, Oct 5. John Hazlett of Oxford twp., Sussex Co. Int. Adm’rs Sophia Hazlett and William White. Fellowbondsman: William Kerr, all of the same place.

1784 Sept 16. Inventory 123.14.4 made by Joshua Swayze and Joshua Robins. Lib. 26, p. 527.

Note: only Joshua Swayze’s signature appears in this record as “one of the appraisers.”

1791: the estate of Coonrod Woolweaver

1791, March 21. Coonrod Woolweaver of Sussex Co. Int. Adm’rs John Gibbs and Richard Gibbs. Fellowbondsmen: Peter Wolfe and Joshua Robins, all of said Co. Witnesses Wm. Beardslee and Wm. A. Anderson.

1791 March 15. Inventory 95.12.9. 1791 March 30. Remaining inventory 6.6.6, both made by Joseph Coats and Peter Wolfe. File 515S.

1794: Ontario and the oath of allegiance

By 1794, Joshua was in Ontario, Canada. It’s possible that he went at the same time as his widowed sister-in-law, Sarah Blatchley Robins, who arrived in Ontario in 1793.

In June 1794, Joshua was one of several men who took the oath of allegiance:⁸

Some of these men were probably well known to Joshua:

• Ezekiel Younglove was in the 1st Battalion New Jersey Volunteers (a British Loyalist militia) with Jonas Johnson. In 1787, his Sussex County, New Jersey property was confiscated because of his support of the British during the Revolutionary War.⁹
• Ephraim Hopkins and Peter Hopkins were the sons of Peter Hopkins and Mehitable Swayze. Peter died in 1785 in Sussex County, New Jersey.¹⁰ He was a well-known sympathizer with the Crown, and his brother Silas was a Captain in the New Jersey Volunteers. By August 1795, Mehitable (who sometimes used the name Esther) was in Ontario and petitioned for land.¹¹ According to some researchers on the Internet, Mehitable married Joshua Robins sometime before 1811, when they appear together as husband and wife in a deed to sell property that belonged to Mehitable in Burford, Brant County, Ontario.¹² I also found an 1804 court record in which a witness in the case said “He was at the house of [Joshua] Robins, frequently called the Widow Hopkins house.” Perhaps that means they were married by 1804.¹³ (See the full entry below.)
• Jabez Collver (or Culver) was a Presbyterian minister in Morris and Sussex Counties, New Jersey, who was sympathetic to the British.¹⁴

Further down the same page is a notation about Joshua being an “old soldier” and that he received a land grant in Township 9 (Thorold) for lots 19 and 20 in the 8th concession.

By August 1794, concessions were eliminated in Thorold and lots 19 and 20 were renumbered as 159 and 160.¹⁵

1794 August 9th; August 16th. Entry #235. Joshua Robbins, Thorold twp., lots 159 and 160.

Source: Upper Canada Land Records, Assignments. Record group MF MS 81, Volume 050, page 26.

The patent was issued 16 May 1798: Joshua Robbins, 200 acres, lots 159 and 160.

Despite Joshua being called an “old soldier,” I haven’t found any evidence of him in any British regiment records. However, it is possible that they considered him to be “an old soldier” if he simply supported the British cause in ways that his fellow Loyalists were aware of — food, shelter, scouting, any number of activities.

1796: the Loyalist relief petition

In 1796, several men who considered themselves Loyalists, including Joshua Robins, petitioned the Crown to give them “relief.” Many of the men in this petition lived in Sussex County, New Jersey, during the Revolutionary War.¹⁶

The handwriting and spelling of “Joshway Robans” in this petition make me think that someone else signed the petition for him.

See a copy of the petition: 1796 Petition (PDF). A transcript follows.

To his Exelency Peter Russel Esqr adminstering the Government and Commander In Cheife [sic] in and over his Majestys Provence of Upper Canada &c &c &c The Pettition of the Subscribers Humbly Sheweth

That your pettitloners were formerly inhabitants of the Now United States of amerIca and In life Time of the late Revolution by his most Gracious Majestye Declared to be In a State of Rebellion which To them was a Greefe and Vexantion and as thay Evere ware faIthful Loyolist and Never bore armes against his Majestye and as Soon As In their power alter the Treaty of Seperation Removed them Selves and famelyes Into thIs provence AND where us his Excelency Governor Simcoe in hIs Goodness Isued a proclamation in april Last whereby as we hoped Through the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the peace In Mickulmus Terme of this year Gave us Releaf In That unhappie Sittuation but as That Court Does Not Construe that proclematlon as we Expected We Most Humbly pray That your Exelency will Grant us Such Releafe In the Promeses as you in your Wisdom may Conceve our unhappi Circomstancs Merrets and that we may obtain the agreable protection and benefit of the above Said Proclimaton and your Pettltions as In Duty bound Will Ever pray. Newark 12th October 1796

Nathl Pettit · Timothy Skinner · Adam Green · John WilIson · Leonard Miesener · David Camp · Matthies Bugner · Jonathan Pettit · James Willson · Samuel willson · Andrew Willson · Andrew Pettit · Bassnett Dill (Dell) · Joshway Robans · Henry Buchner · Barthohmew Lunden · Jeremiah Lunden · Hugh Mullhalond · Jacob Smith · John Pettit · Steven Coon · Mical Coon · John Smith · Joseph Corwin · Chrarles Pettit · John Pettit · Henry Hixon · David Palmer · John Silverthorn · William Rymer · Henry Smith · James Nevills · Alex Markle · Thorns Sllverthorn · Jabez Collver SenIor · Adam Hagars · John Davis · Charles Cooley · Robert Davis · William Man · Thomas Davis · Asa Walterhouse · Elias Sloot · David Kern · Matthew Kemp · Ehenezer Kelly · John Mucclebone · John Green · Henry Chrysler · William Kitchen · Gideon Cooley Senor · Gershorn Carpenter · Calvin Cooley · Thos Matthews · Robt Thompson

1797: a petition refused

In 1797, Joshua made another petition requesting more land; however, it seems to have been rejected:¹⁷

Upper Canada Land book, Volume C, page 23. 2nd May 1797. Robins, Joshua.

Upper Canada Land Petition of Joshua Robins of Thorold, dated at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) on 24 Jan 1797:

“Humbly sheweth That your Petitioner is a Loyalist and suffered for his principles — that he has been several years in the above mentioned Township, which he has very much improved — prays your Honor would be pleased to grant him an addition to the Land he has received (vizt 200 Acres) and your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray—” [Unsigned].

Added notation of Thomas Ridout, N.P.: “I do certify this petition was personally applied for, by Joshua Robins [Signed] T Ridout N.P.” Received at the Executive Council Office on 1 Feb 1797 and read in Council on 2 May. Ordered: the Petitioner has had the proportion granted to settlers.

1804: the fight at the Widow Hopkins house

In December 1804, Joshua was mentioned in a court case involving Peter Hopkins.¹⁸

Note: I’ve only seen a transcription of this record, and in that transcription Joshua’s name is written as Joseph. I believe this was an error on the transcriber’s part.

December 1804.

Asa Barton (alias Baton), habeas corpus on a felony, December 11, 1804; heard before William Dummer Powell, Niagara, December 17, 1804.

Evidence of Levi Cassady, Stamford, blacksmith, taken before William Dickson: deponent is a neighbour of Peter Hopkins and Asa Barton. There was a fight in July or August and deponent heard Hopkins say if it was in his power to get Barton he would put out his eyes, all he wished for was an opportunity of that kind and he’d be satisfied.

Evidence of Hugh Willson, Thorold, farmer, 4 December 1804: He was at the house of Joseph [Joshua] Robins, in Thorold. Two men — Ephraim Hopkins and Hermanus VanAlstine — were fighting. Peter Hopkins was there to promote it. Hopkins said to Barton “you are not Lord and Master here.” Barton said “I don’t want to be.” Hopkins: “if you want anything I am just the boy can give it to you.” Barton: “If you want anything of me, come over the fence with me.” Hopkins: “No, here is a pretty little spot.” Barton walked up and struck him. They clenched, Ephraim Hopkins said “damn him, Peter, gouge him and castrate him!” Peter Hopkins cried “enough!” and Barton let go. Deponent heard nothing that Barton gouged his eye.

Evidence of Asa Cartwright, Thorold, shoemaker: deponent heard talk at Peter Hopkin’s house, said he’d known a man in the United States had both eyes gouged and recovered his sight. After the fight he rubbed one eye and shut the other and could see as well as… [text missing.]

Evidence of Samuel Brown of Thorold, farmer: He was at the house of Joseph [Joshua] Robins, frequently called the Widow Hopkins house. Hopkins promoted a fight, marked a ring in the sod with a board for the fight.

Evidence of Simon Markson, Thorold, farmer: He saw Hopkins a week after the fight, who complained of a sore eye. Hopkins said he was more to blame in the fight than Barton was.

Alexander Stewart, counsel for the defense.

1809–1817: the land goes

In 1809, Joshua “sold” lots 159 and 160, which he received as his grant petition in 1794, to Blatchley Loyd Robbins (who was Joshua’s nephew). I say “sold” because there is no mention of money anywhere in the deed — but it doesn’t say it was a gift either. The property subsequently went to Blatchley’s son Joshua, and then was divided up among the rest of Blatchley’s children, with some sold to Elisha Howell.¹⁹

1812–1817. Between 1812 and 1817, Joshua Robbins (calling himself “Joshua Robbins Senior” — I believe to distinguish himself from Blatchley’s son Joshua) got 200 acres from Robert Hamilton: lots 181 and 182. How and when, I have no idea. According to the township map of 1812, Robert Hamilton still had the property at that time.

1817. In 1817, Joshua Robbins Senior “sells” the 200 acres originally patented to Robert Hamilton to Samuel Hopkins.²⁰ Again, I say “sells” because there is no mention of money anywhere in the deed — but it doesn’t say it was a gift either. This Samuel Hopkins was married to a Prudence. He was the son of Mehitable Swayze Hopkins and Peter Hopkins, and he was supposedly born around 1783.²¹

The last record I have for Joshua is the 1817 Thorold tax list.²² His assessment was 0.4.5. He was listed between John Smith and Mary Clark.

His children

The number and names of Joshua’s children are unclear. Unfortunately, unlike his sister-in-law Sarah Robins, he did not have a petition that listed the number of children who accompanied him to Ontario.

I have identified two likely sons of Joshua. It is likely that Joshua had other children. However, without knowing when his first wife Mary Blatchley died, and without a will from Joshua, I have not yet identified them.

Job Robins

Born in 1773, likely in New Jersey. He married Mary Palmer sometime before 25 January 1804, when she petitioned for land as the daughter of a Loyalist and the wife of Job Robins. She was the daughter of David Palmer, a Loyalist from Sussex County, New Jersey.²³

A map of Thorold dated 22 January 1794 shows Job Robbins on lots 78 and 101.²⁴ However, patents for these lots, made in 1798, went to Ezekiel Younglove.²⁵ Other notes about Job Robins are found in the Thorold township papers:^26, 27

Robins, Job

On 20 Jul 1803, Acting Surveyors General Chewett and Ridout prepared a surveyor’s assignment for Job Robins of Thorold Twp., yeoman, for 100 acres of land in Lot 191, Thorold Twp., as per 51st Claim Niagara Commission 1803. Added note: Joshua Robins original nominee. (Thorold Township Papers 0457)

On 4 Nov 1803, the Executive Council of Upper Canada gave a grant to Job Robins of Thorold Twp., yeoman, for Lot 191, Thorold Twp., as per 51st Claim Niagara Commission Aug 1803. (Thorold Township Papers 0459)

Lot 191: By 1810, all 100 acres was owned by James Kenny. No record of how Kenny came to own it. James Kenny sold it to George Keefer 5 May 1810. Deed #1890.

Job died before 27 February 1834, when Mary petitioned for land a second time and stated she was the widow of Job and the daughter of David Palmer.²⁸

John Robins

Born in 1785 in New Jersey. He married Tabitha Strowbridge, possibly 16 September 1806.²⁹ He died between 1861 and 1871, probably in Dorchester, Middlesex County, Ontario.³⁰ In 1804, when he petitioned the Crown for land, he lived in Thorold. He received property in Wainfleet in 1809.³¹ John and Tabitha lived in Thorold until about 1838, after which they moved to Windham Township in Norfolk County, Ontario.³²

Source citations

1. Joshua Robins, last record found: Thorold 1817 tax list. Thorold Assessments and census 1817, 1835 & 1837, extracted for the 15th anniversary from Notes From Niagara, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1995, page 2. ↩
2. Ebenezer Blatchley family. History of medicine in New Jersey: and of its medical men, from the settlement of the province to A.D. 1800. Wickes, S., & Dickinson, J. (1879). Newark: M.R. Dennis, p. 152. ↩
3. In December 1804, Joshua Robins’s house was also known as the “Widow Hopkins” house. This likely indicates that Joshua had married Mehitable Swayze Hopkins before December 1804, and that Mary Blatchley passed away sometime before this date. Early Niagara District Court Records, Vol 1. Quarter Sessions 1787-1841, p. 37. ↩
4. Ebenezer Blatchley family. History of medicine in New Jersey: and of its medical men, from the settlement of the province to A.D. 1800. Wickes, S., & Dickinson, J. (1879). Newark: M.R. Dennis, p. 152. ↩
5. Joshua Robins [Sr.] and Joshua Robins Jr., witnesses in “The King vs. Charles McConnell.” New Jersey State Archives, Sussex County Court of Common Pleas, Indictments series 1754–1936, 1754–1778, Box 1. ↩
6. Joshua Robins and Elisha Robins among names on petition to New Jersey Governor Belcher from the inhabitants of Sussex County, dated 1759. Manuscript Collection–SAH: Oversized (New Jersey State Archives), Box 1-41, folder 5. Belcher petition (PDF). ↩
7. John Hazlett, 1784. Volume XXXV, Abstracts of Wills, 1781-1785. — Coonrod Woolweaver, 1791. Volume XXXVII, Abstracts of Wills, 1791-1795. ↩
8. Upper Canada Land Board (1765-1804), Robins, Joshua. District: Nassau. Year: 1794. Description: took oath of allegiance. Volume 6, page 70. Reference RG 1 L4, microfilm C-14027. Canadiana Heritage. ↩
9. 1st Battalion New Jersey Volunteers, Nealon’s Company 1780, royalprovincial.com. — 1787 Property Confiscations, Somerset, Hunterdon, Morris, and Sussex, royalprovincial.com. ↩
10. Peter Hopkins will, #5558S, 1784-1786, Sussex Co., New Jersey. Unindexed wills of Sussex County, New Jersey, ca. 1760-1850, 5554 S – 5678 S. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm #589082. ↩
11. Mehitable (Esther) Hopkins petition, August 1795. Upper Canada Land Petitions, LAC “H” Bundle 2, Petition Number 146. ↩
12. Ronald Cox’s Ancestors, Cousins, and their allied families. Formerly at RootsWeb WorldConnect (database roncox, id I33420); WorldConnect was retired in 2023. ↩
13. Early Niagara District Court Records, Vol 1. Quarter Sessions 1787-1841, p. 37. ↩
14. Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement, with endnotes by R. Robert Mutrie. Chapter 8, Culver. sites.google.com/site/longpointsettlers. ↩
15. Upper Canada Land Records, Assignments. Record group MF MS 81, Volume 050, page 26. For more information about the renumbering of Thorold lots, see And Jones Created Thorold by Alun Hughes, tbhs.ca/hughes/jones.html. ↩
16. 1796 Petition to Crown, Nathaniel Pettit and others, Newark, Ontario. Volume 399, Bundle P Misc. 1797-1836, Petition 9. Reference RG 1 L3, microfilm C-2488. ↩
17. 1797 Upper Canada Land Petitions, LAC “R” Bundle 3, Petition Number 98a. ↩
18. Early Niagara District Court Records, Vol 1. Quarter Sessions 1787-1841, p. 37. Brian K. Narhi, 2006. ↩
19. Welland Co. Ontario, Thorold Township, Old Series v.A (81-11151), 1798-1836, Memorial #9610. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 170968. #9610, 1809 October 30: an indenture between Joshua Robins, yeoman of Thorold, unto Blackly Robins, yeoman of Thorold, lots 159 and 160, formerly 19 and 20 in 6th conc. of Thorold. Witnesses: Joshua Robins Jr. of Thorold, farmer, and Charles K. Fell of Pelham (recorded 14 March 1834). I believe this Joshua Robins Jr. is Blatchley’s son, born between 1794 and 1799. ↩
20. #7595, 8 Dec 1817, recorded 25 April 1829. Joshua Robins to Samuel Hopkins, 200 acres, lots 181 and 182. Abstract index books of Thorold Township 1796-1866. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 170966. ↩
21. Peter Hopkins will, #5558S, 1784-1786, Sussex Co., New Jersey. Unindexed wills of Sussex County, New Jersey, ca. 1760-1850, 5554 S – 5678 S. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm #589082. ↩
22. Joshua Robins, last record found: Thorold 1817 tax list. Thorold Assessments and census 1817, 1835 & 1837, extracted for the 15th anniversary from Notes From Niagara, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1995, page 2. ↩
23. Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865). Name: Palmer/Robins, Mary. Place: Thorold. Year: 1804. Volume 425, Bundle R 7, Petition 8, Microfilm C-2741, Reference RG 1 L3. ↩
24. 1794 Map of Thorold Township. Atlas of Early Pioneers of Niagara Peninsula, Corlene Dwyer Taylor, U.E., 2002, page 61. ↩
25. Lots 78 and 101. Abstract index books of Thorold Township 1796-1866. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 170966. ↩
26. Job Robins, Thorold. Township papers, 1783-1870s, Thorah — Thornbury — Thorold — Thurlow (to p. 263). Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 1403161, pages 457 and 459. ↩
27. Lot 191. Abstract index books of Thorold Township 1796-1866. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 170966. ↩
28. Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865). Name: Palmer/Robins, Mary. Place: Pelham. Year: 1834. Volume 434, Bundle R 18, Petition 87, Microfilm C-2746, Reference RG 1 L3. ↩
29. Tabitha Strowbridge to John Robins marriage date. (No source given.) Genealogy of the Trowbridge Family of Morris County, New Jersey, trowbridgemountain.info. ↩
30. John Robins, male, age 75, birth year 1786, birthplace Canada West, marital status widowed, home in 1861 Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West, religion E Methodist. Film number C-1049-1050, page number 10. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns for 1861; Roll C-1049-1050. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1861 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2009. ↩
31. 1809 Nov 10, patent to John Robins, Lot 31, 5th concession, 200 acres, north and south parts, Wainfleet. Abstract index books of Wainfleet Township 1796-1865. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 170983. ↩
32. 1838 Sept 15, #5775?, Isaac Howell to John Robins, S 1/2, 100 acres, lot 3, concession 6, Windham twp., Norfolk Co. Land records of Norfolk County, 1797-1953, Windham Twp., v. 10-11 (4668-7604, 9214-14302), 1847-1859. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 160708. ↩

This article was first published on my RootsWeb site and is republished here, lightly edited, on 15 September 2026. If you have information to add or correct, please get in touch.

Details about Daniel Robins, who married Sarah Blatchley, are sparse. Much of the information that follows is speculation based on a few facts, which I derived from a lot of research. Known sources are cited in the footnotes.

Daniel Robins was likely born between 1730 and 1740 in New Jersey. Although the exact location of his birth is unknown, it is likely to be either Morris County or Hunterdon County. Daniel died before 1793.¹ Likely locations are Ontario, Canada, or New Jersey, or somewhere between them.

He married Sarah Blatchley about 1757 in New Jersey. She was born on 23 November 1739 in New Jersey.² She was the daughter of Ebenezer Blatchley and Hannah Miller. Sarah died sometime between 2 April 1814 and 6 January 1835, likely in Thorold, Lincoln County, Ontario.³

The research of the Blatchley family recorded in History of Medicine in New Jersey: And of Its Medical Men, from the Settlement of the Province to A.D. 1800 states that Sarah Blatchley had a sister, Mary Blatchley, and that Mary was the wife of Joshua Robins.⁴ The speculation is that Daniel and Joshua were brothers. I believe they were the sons of Joshua Robins of Hunterdon, Morris, and Sussex Counties, New Jersey.

1773: Oxford Township, Sussex County

Daniel is difficult to find in any New Jersey records. However, in July 1773, I believe he lived in Oxford Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. He appears in this tax list:⁵

I have not found any land or deed records that correspond to this property. So I don’t know when or how he came to own it, nor can I find when the ownership went to someone else.

It is important to note that the location of the property changed county boundaries several times in a 125-year period. Oxford Township was part of Hardwick Township, and both townships were in the following counties in the years shown:

• Burlington County, 1699–1714
• Hunterdon County, 1714–1739
• Morris County, 1739–1753
• Sussex County, 1753
• Warren County, 1824

1796: Sarah’s petition to the Crown

By 1793, Daniel had died, and Sarah Robins, with “3 sons and 3 daughters,” went to Ontario, Canada.⁶ On 6 May 1796, Sarah petitioned the British Crown for land:⁷

Upper Canada Land Petitions, Volume 423, Microfilm reel C-2740, Petition R2/47

To his Excellency John Graves Simcoe, Esquire Lt. Gov and commander in Chief of the Province of Upper Canada In Council

The Petition of Sarah Robins of the Township of Thorold widow who came into the Province three years ago [1793] with three sons and three daughters and has never received any Land. Respectfully shews, That your petitioner is desirous to settle on the lands of the Crown in this Province being in a condition to cultivate and improve the same. That she is ready to take the usual oaths and subscribe the declaration that she professes the Christian religion and obedience to the laws and has lived inoffesively in the conuntry which she has left. Prays your Excellency would be pleased to grant her Four Hundred acres of land upon the terms and conditions expressed in your Excellency’s proclamation bearing date of 7th day of February 1792 or such other quantity of land as to your Excellency in your wisdom may think meet. And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray.

Niagara 6 May 1796

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Recommended for 200 acres if not given before. Entered in Land Book B, page 90.

Received July 12 1796. Confirmed 8 October 1796 in Land Book B page 29

A warrant issued by William Dickson Esq 12 June 1806. Patent fee paid see within.

From this document, we know that she had at least six children. However, I believe she had at least two other sons who remained in Sussex County, New Jersey.

The two sons who stayed in New Jersey

Both of these men were on a militia list in Oxford Township, Sussex County, in 1793.⁸ They were:

MILLER ROBINS, born on 6 July 1758 in Oxford Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. He married ?. He served in the U.S. military during the Revolutionary War and applied for a pension. He died between 1845 and 1853 in Lawrence County, Ohio.⁹

ABSOLOM ROBINS, born between 1760 and 1770. He died after 1800, probably around Hope, New Jersey. He married ELEN ?.¹⁰

The three sons and three daughters who went to Ontario

As for the “3 sons and 3 daughters” who went with her to Ontario, I believe they were:

Joshua Robins

Born between 1759 and 1765. He died in August 1799 in Thorold Township, Lincoln County, Ontario. One Ontario land record about this Joshua was full of very helpful information, including proof that John Clark (my ancestor) was the brother-in-law of Joshua, Daniel, and Blatchley Robins.¹¹ A transcription follows:

Upper Canada Land Petitions, R [misc] 1–12 1797 445A, microfilm C-2804; RG1, L3, Vol 445a, R Bundle Misc, No. 10

To the Honourable the Governor in Council

The Petition of Bleaxy Robins Humbly sheweth

that your Petitioner’s Brother Joshua Robins next immediately older than your petitioner died in August last possessed of Lots no 190 and 191 in the Township of Thorold County of Lincoln as pr. Land Board Certificate Herewith—

That your Petitioner [esteeming?] himself lawful heir to this Land Now prays to transfer his Rights thereunto unto his Brother Daniel Robins as he firmly believes this was the wish & intent of his deceased Brother

& he prays your Honors to [?] that the deed may issue in the name of the said Daniel Robins—

And your Petitioner as in duly bound will ever pray.

Blachly Robins

Personaly appeared before one Robert Hamilton Esq a Justice of the Peace for the District of Niagara John Clark the Brother in Law to the above Blachly Robins who on oath declared that the said Blachly Robins was the Brother of the deceased Joshua Robins & next to him in decent — And that he was also persent when his said Brother in Law signed the forgoing Petition to Relingquish his Right of succession on favor of their younger Brother Daniel Robins.

his X mark John Clark

Sworn before me at Queenston Feb 28 1800 — Rbt Hamilton JP

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Petition of Blachly Robins to the Honble the Governor [?]

[?] office 15 July 1802 — The certificate is to be returned to the Petitioner who is referred to the Commis. By Order of the Gov. James Green

[?] 14 Dec 1802 — To [?] over until it appears who was the Heir of Joshua Robins & for proof that he died intestate.

Mary Robins

Born between 1770 and 1780. She died after 15 July 1822 in Thorold, Lincoln County, Ontario.¹² She married JOHN CLARK before August 1794, probably in New Jersey. He was born between 1760 and 1773 (he was likely 21 or older in 1794); he made a settler’s petition on the same day as his brothers-in-law Joshua Robins and Blatchley Robins.¹³ He died on 4 December 1812 in Ontario, Canada.¹⁴

Anna Robins

(This is a tenuous assumption. See the note that follows.) Born between 1770 and 1780. She died after 1836.¹⁵ She married JOB STROWBRIDGE. He was born about 1772 in New York. He died on 12 August 1836 in Thorold, Lincoln County, Ontario.¹⁶

Note: I have no concrete evidence that Ann (or Ana), wife of Job Strowbridge, is a sister to my ancestor Mary Robins. However, she gave testimony in the “Heir and Devisee” case for John Clark Jr., son of John Clark and Mary Robins, in which she said she knew John Clark before his marriage to Mary and that she was at the birth of John Clark Jr.¹⁷ I’m certain that John and Mary were married before they went to Ontario. So whoever Ann Strowbridge is, she would have had to know the couple before they married and before they moved to Ontario, and then moved to Ontario at the same time they did and stayed in close contact. These facts made her a likely candidate for the second daughter of the three who came with Sarah Robins to Ontario.

A transcription of that record follows. This is a lengthy file; the excerpt below is only the portion that provides the testimony of Anna Strowbridge.

1822 June–July. Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files, Case File Number 40-0536

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And the said Ann Strowbridge as aforesaid being duly Sworn on Oath Depseth and saith that she is well acquainted with John Clark of the Township of Thorold in the District of Niagara Province of Upper Canada Farmer who Claims Lots Nos. 211 and 212 in the Township of Thorold aforesaid. That she Deposeth was present at his birth and hath been acquainted with him since a child until this day. And also swears that she knew John Clark late of Thorold deceased the Father of the present Claimant John Clark. And was acquainted with him before he was married and knew him well as a [? neighbor] until his death. And Deponent also says that she ? believes John Clark as aforesaid deceased and Father of John Clark no Claimant Died without having made any last Will and Testament. And that said John Clark the new Claimant is of the age twenty five years and is the eldest son and heir at law of his said deceased Father John Clark as aforesaid And further Deponent saith not.

Sworn before me at Niagara this 15th June 1822. Ralfe Clench, Commissioner, District of Niagara

[signed] Ann (her X mark) Strowbridge

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Blatchley Loyd Robins

Born between 1760 and 1770. He died about July 1814 in Thorold, Lincoln County, Ontario.¹⁸ He married ANNA HANNAH (unknown maiden name). She died after 1817.¹⁹ He owned two lots, 158 and 194, in Thorold Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, that he received from the Crown.²⁰ His will was written in 1814 but it wasn’t recorded until 1863.²¹

Sarah Robins

Born about 1775 in New Jersey. She died before 1851, likely in Windham, Norfolk County, Ontario. She married PETER BOUGHNER.²² He was born in 1770 in New Jersey. He likely died in Windham, Norfolk County, Ontario.

Daniel Robins

Born in 1777 in New Jersey.^23, 24 He died after 1851 in Gainsborough, Lincoln County, Ontario. He married MARY ? before 1805 in Ontario. She died before 1851 in Gainsborough, Ontario. He received land from the Crown that was located in Wainfleet.²⁵

The two Daniel Robinses of Gainsborough

There were two men named Daniel Robins who lived in Gainsborough Township, and they are frequently confused.

The Daniel son of Sarah Robins lived on “broken front” lot 7, concession 1 of Gainsborough.²⁶

The other Daniel was born in New Jersey in 1765 and owned lots 11 and 12 in concession 2 of Gainsborough.²⁷ He received those lots from the Crown. He had a brother Stephen and a sister Abigail, both of whom also lived in Ontario.²⁸ Their remaining brother, Isaac, remained in Sussex County and later moved to Columbia County, Pennsylvania.²⁹ These siblings were the children of Daniel Robins of Knowlton, Sussex County, New Jersey (who died there in 1802), and his wife Anne (maiden name unknown).³⁰

Sarah’s land in Thorold

The land that Sarah received from the Crown was lots 192 and 193 in Thorold Township, Lincoln County, Ontario.

In 1806, the Thorold township papers documented that Sarah received her certificate of residence:³¹

1806. Thorold Township papers, pg. 000461

Sarah Robins — 13 June 1806 — Widow, lots 192 & 193 — Order in Council Oct 8 1796 — Survey paid, fiat #840 — Description 11086 — 13 June 1806 — Certificate of Residence 23 May 1805 — Book of letters No. 15, p. 2322

pg. 000464 — Signed letter stating Sarah had lived on the lots for 8 years: James Ryan, Blackley Robins, Fanny ?, Rebecky ?, Edward Topham, Aaron Dennis

1807: fifteen acres to John Clark

In 1807, she sold 15 acres of the south end of lot 193 to John Clark (Senior).³² The deed was not recorded until 1831; deed No. 1351.

Sarah Robins to John Clark deed, No. 1351, Bargain and Sale. Recorded the 22nd day of August 1831 at 9 o’clock, and on the oath of Daniel Robins. Signed Johnson Stewart, Dep Regr, for John Lyons, Register.

Upper Canada, Niagara District, To wit: Daniel Robins of the Township of Gainsborough in the said District yeoman ?——— oath saith that the said John Clark eldest son and heir at law to the late John Clark the grantee in the within named sign and seal the Memorial for the said Registry thereof and Sarah Robins the grantor sign and seal (and as her act and deed deliver said deed to which Memorial relate to the purposes therein mentioned and further trust he this Deponent is a subscribing witness to both Instruments. I hereby certify that I have administred the foregoing oath of proof to the above named Daniel Robins twenty second day of August 1831 at Niagara in said District.

Johnson Stewart, Dep Regr, for John Lyons, Register

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A Memorial to be Registered pursuant to the Statute in each case made and provided of an Indenture of Bargain and Sale and bearing date the ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven (1807) between Sarah Robins of the Township of Thorold County of Lincoln and Niagara District of the Province of Upper Canada widow of the first part and John Clark of the township county district and province aforesaid yeoman of the other part whereby it is witnessed that the said Sarah in consideration of the sum of fourteen (14) pounds lawful money of the said Province to her by the said John Clark in hand well and truly paid at or before the sealing and delivery thereof, the receipt thereof acknowledged hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, conveyed and confirmed unto the said John his heirs and assigns all that certain tract or parcel of land containing by ?admeasurement fifteen acres situate in the Township, County and Province aforesaid which said fifteen acres of land were granted by ?Setters patent under the great seal of the said Province to the said Sarah Robins being in the South end of lot number one hundred and ninety three in the Township of Thorold which tract of land is described or otherwise known as follows, that is to say, Beginning at the South East angle of lot number one hundred and ninety three then North seven and a half chains then West twenty chains then South seven and a half chains then East twenty chains to the Beginning Together with all houses out houses, ?edices, buildings, orchards, gardens, woods, underwoods, ways, paths, waters, water courses, easements, profits, commodities, advantages, ?emoluments, and hereditaments, whatsoever to the said part or parcel of land and premises belonging or in any wise belonging or which to or with the same now or at any time heretofore have been held, used, occupied, accepted, reputed, or taken or known as part of a parcel or number thereof or of any part thereof and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents issues and profits, of all and singular the said thereby bargained and sold premises and every part and parcel thereof with the appurtenances and all the estate rights title interest property possession claim, challenge and demand whatsoever either in law or equity of her the said Sarah in and to all and singular the said premises and every part and parcel thereof.

TO Have and To Hold, all and singular the said tract or parcel of land hereditaments, and premises and with the appurtenances unto the said John his heirs and assigns to the only property use and behoof of the said John his heirs and assigns forever and to and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever which said Indenture is witnessed by Caleb Hopkins late of the Township of Thorold in the Niagara District schoolmaster, Blachley Robins late of the same place deceased yeoman, and Daniel Robins of Gainsborough in the said district of Niagara yeoman and this Memorial thereof is hereby required to be Registered by me John Clark – son and heir at law the ?——— grantee herein named. As Witness m hand and ?seal as ?———ston, this 17th day of August 1831

Signed John Clark (Seal)

Signed and seald in the presence: ?Chas ? Leonard, Daniel Robins

1814: the Overholt hundred acres

In 1814, Sarah received 100 acres from Abraham Overholt, and on the same day she sold it to her son Daniel Robins. These deeds weren’t recorded until 1852 and 1835, and Sarah had passed away before 1835.³³

1814 Apr 2, #497, Vol B, page 80. Bargain and Sale. Abraham Overhold and Elizabeth wife to Sarah Robins, 100 acres. (This deed was not recorded until 1852 Nov 7.)

1814 April 2, #10113. Bargain and Sale. Sarah Robins to Daniel Robins.

A Memorial to be registered pursuant to the Statute in such case made and provided of a Deed bearing date the second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen & Whereby Sarah Robins late of the Township of Thorold in the county of Lincoln in the District of Niagara in the Province of Upper Canada Widow deceased for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds lawful money of the Province afsaid to her in hand paid by Daniel Robins of the Township of Thorold county District and Province aforesaid Yeoman hath given and granted unto the said Daniel Robins his heirs and assigns forever, all that parcel tract of land situate in the Township of Thorold in the County and District aforesaid containing by admeasurement One hundred Acres be the same more or less number 161 in the said Township of Thorold.

Together with all wood and waters there on lying and being under the reservations limitations and conditions there in after expressed which said One hundred acres are butted and bounded on the West side of Joshua Robins lots or may be otherwise known as follows that is to say commencing at the North East angle of the side respectively then running South fifty chains thence West twenty chains thenc North fifty chains and thence East twenty chains to the place of beginning in each line be teh same more or less.

To Have and To Hold all and singular the above granted premises and every parcel thereof with the appurtances unto the said Daniel Robins his heirs and ssigns forever which said Deed is witnessed by Abraham Overholt of the Township of Pelham Yeoman, Isaac Overholt of the Township of Thorold Yeoman and John Clark of the same place Yeoman all of the District of Niagara And this Memorial thereof is hereby required to be registered by me the said Grantee therein named Witness my hand and seal this sixth day of January in the year of our Lord 1835.

Signed and Sealed in presence of John Clark, Thomas Jennings

(signed) Daniel Robins

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John Clark of the Township of Thorold in said District yeoman make an oath and saith that he saw the within named Sarah Robins the Grantor (now deceased) equate? and deliver forth purposes therein mentioned the Deed ? which be annexed is a Memorial also saw the within named Daniel Robins Grantee sign and sela the said annexed Memorial for the Registry thereof and further that he this Deponent is a subscribing witness to both Instruments. I hereby certify that I have administered the foregoing oath of proof to the said John Clark the Sixth day of January 1835. (signed) Thomas Jennings, Register for John Lyons. (signed) John Clark

Source citations

1. Sarah Robins Petition. Upper Canada Land Petitions, Volume 423, Microfilm reel C-2740, Petition R2/47. Sarah Robins was a widow when she went to Ontario in 1793. ↩
2. Ebenezer Blatchley family. History of medicine in New Jersey: and of its medical men, from the settlement of the province to A.D. 1800. Wickes, S., & Dickinson, J. (1879). Newark: M.R. Dennis, p. 152. ↩
3. Sarah Robins to Daniel Robins deed. Ontario Land records v.P-Q nos. 9790-10811, 1834-1836, Memorial #10113, 1814 Apr 2. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 0170157. ↩
4. Ebenezer Blatchley family. History of medicine in New Jersey: and of its medical men, from the settlement of the province to A.D. 1800. Wickes, S., & Dickinson, J. (1879). Newark: M.R. Dennis, p. 152. ↩
5. Oxford twp., Sussex Co., New Jersey, July 1773 tax list. Tax ratables, Sussex Co., 1773-1822. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 865491. ↩
6. Sarah Robins Petition. Upper Canada Land Petitions, Volume 423, Microfilm reel C-2740, Petition R2/47. Sarah Robins went to Ontario in 1793 with 3 sons and 3 daughters. ↩
7. Ibid. ↩
8. #56 Absolm Robins and #58 Miller Robins, listed in the “from Township of Oxford” section of page 281. New Jersey in 1793: An Abstract and Index to the 1793 Militia Census of the State of New Jersey, page 281. ↩
9. Miller Robins Revolutionary War pension application. Veteran’s name: Miller Robbens; state: New Jersey; pension number R. 8,858; additional name: Miller Robins; GS film number 972054; affiliate publication number M804; digital folder number 004168361; image number 00020; affiliate identifier 14133312. “United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSZ1-3ZF: 11 December 2014), Miller Robins, pension number R. 8,858, service New Jersey; from “Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files,” database and images, Fold3.com; citing NARA microfilm publication M804 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1974); FHL microfilm 972,054. ↩
10. Absolom’s wife’s name was on their daughter Sarah’s marriage record when she married Israel Swayze. New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985: Israel Swayze and Sarah Curlis, married 25 Aug 1856 at Hope, Warren, New Jersey; groom’s father Joshua Swayze, groom’s mother Mary; bride’s father Absolum Robins, bride’s mother Elen. Indexing project (batch) number M02602-8; source film number 584584. “New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZG8-1P9: 12 December 2014); citing 584,584. ↩
11. “Blexley” Robins petition for brother Joshua Robins, deceased. Upper Canada Land Petitions RG1, L3, Vol 445a, R Bundle Misc, No. 10. Library and Archives Canada, microform digitization. ↩
12. 1822: gave deposition in her son John Clark Jr.’s heir and devisee case. John Clark (Jr.), Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files, Case File Number 40-0536. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 1314010. ↩
13. John Clerk petition. Upper Canada Land Records, Assignments. Record group MF MS 81, Volume 050, page 28. ↩
14. Mary Clark (as widow). Military Pensions of Widows and Orphans. National Archives of Canada, RG5, A, 1, Vol 30, Reel C-4547. ↩
15. Anna Strowbridge named in husband Job Strowbridge’s will in 1836. Lincoln Co. Ontario Probate Records, Volume 4, p. 118. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 0579150. ↩
16. Job Strowbridge, buried in Fonthill Municipal Cemetery (Browns North). Fonthill Municipal Cemetery Browns North OGS #4631, Pelham Township, Welland County. The Ontario Genealogical Society, Niagara Peninsula Branch, 1997. ↩
17. 1822: gave deposition in John Clark Jr.’s heir and devisee case. John Clark (Jr.), Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files, Case File Number 40-0536. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 1314010. ↩
18. Blatchley Robins will. ↩
19. 1817 Thorold tax assessment list: Hannah Robins 0.6.10, between Garrett Teller [Ganet Tellen] and Jacob Ostrander (and near Mary Clark, likely widow of John Clark). Thorold Assessments and census 1817, 1835 & 1837, extracted for the 15th anniversary from Notes From Niagara, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1995, page 2. ↩
20. 1794 August 9th; August 16th. Settler’s petition for property, Blackley Robins, Thorold twp., lots 158 and 194. Upper Canada Land Records, Assignments. Record group MF MS 81, Volume 050, page 28. Note: this was the same day that John Clark and Joshua Robins made their settler’s petitions. ↩
21. Blatchley Robins will, No. 11469. Written 3 July 1814. Recorded 8 June 1863. Welland Co. Ontario Land Records, Thorold Township, Old Series, v. E-F (10601-14228, 15-2829, 1-59), 1862-1868. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 170972. ↩
22. “The Buchner and Boughners.” Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement: Or, Norfolk’s Foundation Builders and Their Family Genealogies. W. Briggs, 1898, page 28. Google Books. ↩
23. Daniel Robins, age 75, born United States, living in the household of Daniel Robins, age 41, born Canada. 1851 census; census place: Gainsborough, Lincoln County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule A; Roll C_11736; Page 19; Line 22. ↩
24. Daniel Robins land petition says he was a native of New Jersey. Upper Canada Land Petitions, Volume 426, Microfilm reel C-2742, Petition R9/23. Library and Archives Canada, microform digitization. ↩
25. Daniel Robins land grant: 1809 Nov 10, patent to Daniel Robins, Lot 32, 5th concession, 200 acres, north and south parts, Wainfleet. Abstract index books of Wainfleet Township 1796-1865. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 170983. ↩
26. 1825: Daniel Robins of Gainsborough buys from Jacob Beam of Clinton lot 7, broken front, Gainsborough (#5220). Land records of Lincoln County, Gainsborough Township, v. A-B (36-10804), 1847-1860. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 170123. Memorial #5220. ↩
27. Daniel Robins, settler’s petition for property. Upper Canada Land Records, Assignments. Record group MF MS 81. #1029 Daniel Robins, north halves 11 & 12 in conc. 2 Gainsborough, 200 acres. Assigned Newark 30 Sept 1795, Cert. Hon. Peter Russell. Age 30. Where born: New Jersey. Farmer. (With Stephen Robins, age 27, and William Dilce, age 27, all born New Jersey.) ↩
28. Sussex Co., New Jersey deeds (abstracted by Marshall Lake). Dated 2 Feb 1804 — grantor: Daniel ROBINS of Gainsborough Twp, Lincoln Co, ON, Canada; grantee: Isaac ROBINS of Knowlton Twp, Sussex Co, NJ; amount $100; 4 tracts (216 3/4 acres); previous owners: tract 1, Richard CLARK (4 1/4 acres) 15 Apr 1779; tract 2, Adam & Elizabeth SNIDER (143 1/2 acres) 7 Aug 1793; tract 3, Daniel VAUGHAN (57 acres) 2 Apr 1795; tract 4, William SWAGG (12 acres) 22 Oct 1802; witnesses John ARMSTRONG, Jacob ARMSTRONG. Notes: Daniel ROBINS is identified as an heir of Daniel ROBINS, late of Knowlton Twp, died intestate. Dated 19 Jun 1815 — grantor: Jacob VAUGHAN of Gainsborough Twp, Lincoln Co, ON, Canada (husband of Abigail Robins); grantee: Isaac ROBINS of Knowlton Twp, Sussex Co, NJ; same 4 tracts; witnessed 31 Jan 1816; witnesses Ira SHERER, Isaav READ; judge John ARMSTRONG. Notes: Jacob VAUGHAN is identified as an heir of Daniel ROBINS, late of Knowlton Twp, died intestate, and as the son-in-law of Daniel ROBINS, dec’d; wife of Jacob VAUGHAN: Abigail. Recorded 26 Jun 1824. ↩
29. Isaac Robins Revolutionary War pension record. United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS8Q-WQQ: 11 December 2014), Isaac Robins, pension number S. 22954, service New Jersey; from “Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files,” database and images, Fold3.com; citing NARA microfilm publication M804 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1974); FHL microfilm 972,063. ↩
30. Estate records for Daniel Robins of Knowlton, Sussex Co., New Jersey. Estate file #988S. Year: 1802. ↩
31. Sarah Robins, Thorold. Township papers, 1783-1870s, Thorah — Thornbury — Thorold — Thurlow (to p. 263). Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 1403161. ↩
32. Sarah Robins to John Clark deed. Welland Co. Ontario, Thorold Township, Old Series v.A (81-11151), 1798-1836, Memorial #1351. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 170968. ↩
33. Abraham and Elizabeth Overholt to Sarah Robins. Welland Co. Ontario, Thorold Township, Old Series v.A-B (53-3777, 5-3306), 1847-1855, Memorial #497. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 170970. — Sarah Robins to Daniel Robins deed. Niagara District Ontario Land records v.P-Q nos. 9790-10811, 1834-1836, Memorial #10113, 1814 Apr 2. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, microfilm 0170157. ↩