. The Robinsons and their kin folk . to his brother Ned, who was twoyears Henrys senior, and who was about to visit Boston relatives,to stop over for a day at Attleboro and examine the town he did, at the same time having an interview with the lateJohn Daggett, Esq., the well-known historian at Attleboro, whotraced his Robinson relationship through Patience Daggett whomarried Noah Robinson my great-great-grandfather. ROBINSONS—EARLY EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA. 63 On the 15th of June, 18S1, our son Henry, who had becomegreatly interested in his Robinson ancestry, and who was the firstto
. The Robinsons and their kin folk . to his brother Ned, who was twoyears Henrys senior, and who was about to visit Boston relatives,to stop over for a day at Attleboro and examine the town he did, at the same time having an interview with the lateJohn Daggett, Esq., the well-known historian at Attleboro, whotraced his Robinson relationship through Patience Daggett whomarried Noah Robinson my great-great-grandfather. ROBINSONS—EARLY EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA. 63 On the 15th of June, 18S1, our son Henry, who had becomegreatly interested in his Robinson ancestry, and who was the firstto inspire wdthin me the desire to dig down to the root of the tree,crossed over the river to join his ancestors on the other took up the work he was called upon so suddenly to abandon,with a determination to collect all the knowledge obtainable onthe subject of our own branch of the Robinson family. Withthis end in view I visited Attlel)oro and Rehoboth, examinedthe town records, instructin^r the town clerks to furnish me a. HOUSE OF GEORGE ROBINSON, SR., BLULI BY HIM ABOUT lOOO. certified cop} of every record of a marriage, l)irth and death ofevery person by the name of Robinson to be found on the booksof the town. I also emploj^ed a competent person to give me anabstract from the land records of every transaction in land byany one by the name of Robinson in Attlel^oro and Rehoboth. The old homestead of George Robinson, Sr., is now a partof the farm of George H. Robinson of Seekonk, Mass. The oldhouse is still standing and occupied. It is supposed to have beenbuilt about 1660, by Mr. Robinson who is designated as a car-penter, and by him transferred to his son John for love andaffection, Feb. i, 16S9. 64 ROBINSONS—EARLY EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA. George Robinsons marriage is found recorded on the booksof Rehoboth to Johanna Ingraham, June i8, 1651. They hadeight children : 1 Mary, born May 30, 1652, who married Thomas Wil-marth, June 7, 1674. 2 Samuel, born October 3, 165
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