The Robinsons and their kin folk . 6o synopsis OF THE LIFE OF JOHN W. ROBINSON. before the majority of this assemblage first beheld the morning sun. John W. Robinson, late of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was born atNorwich, Conn., April 5th, 1779, being the first son and childof Samuel Robinson and Priscilla (Metcalf), his wife, and of thesixth generation from William Robinson, of Dorchester, JOHN W. ROBINSON. Reproduced from a portrait painted on wood about 1802-5. He located at Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania,about 1798, making that his place of residence. What educationhe then posse
The Robinsons and their kin folk . 6o synopsis OF THE LIFE OF JOHN W. ROBINSON. before the majority of this assemblage first beheld the morning sun. John W. Robinson, late of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was born atNorwich, Conn., April 5th, 1779, being the first son and childof Samuel Robinson and Priscilla (Metcalf), his wife, and of thesixth generation from William Robinson, of Dorchester, JOHN W. ROBINSON. Reproduced from a portrait painted on wood about 1802-5. He located at Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania,about 1798, making that his place of residence. What educationhe then possessed was principally acquired at and in his NewEngland home. An innate desire to cultivate self-reliance andself-support (thus dispensing with the burden of paternal main-tenance) induced him to migrate to Montrose, and, later, tomove down the Susquehanna River to the Wyoming Valley, SYNOPSIS OF THE LIFE OF JOHN W. ROBINSON. 61 locating at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in 1804 I where on January 1st,1805, a partnership was formed with one, John P. Arndt, in ageneral merchandise business. Each partner was to furnish allthe capital he was able to invest and which was considerednecessary to the success of the enterprise. Robinson, being afair penman, an accurate accountant and a good book-keeper,
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