. The Robinsons and their kin folk . RESIDENCE (»K WM. H. (ONYNCHAM. Occupying the site of the old Robinson homestead. the frontiers of Canada, Fort Edward, Lake George, Ticonderogaand elsewhere. He was at Havana in 1762 during the long siege,and was nearly lost in shipwreck while going thence. When theto sin of war was signaled from the Heights of Lexington he didnot hesitate a moment to offer his services, which were accepted,and he was appointed Colonel in the Connecticut line, and so becamean active participant in the campaign of 1777-8-9, and, later, wascommissioned Colonel in the Second
. The Robinsons and their kin folk . RESIDENCE (»K WM. H. (ONYNCHAM. Occupying the site of the old Robinson homestead. the frontiers of Canada, Fort Edward, Lake George, Ticonderogaand elsewhere. He was at Havana in 1762 during the long siege,and was nearly lost in shipwreck while going thence. When theto sin of war was signaled from the Heights of Lexington he didnot hesitate a moment to offer his services, which were accepted,and he was appointed Colonel in the Connecticut line, and so becamean active participant in the campaign of 1777-8-9, and, later, wascommissioned Colonel in the Second Connecticut Regiment. Hewas with Washington in New Jersey, and evidently highly es- 64 SYNOPSIS OF THE LIFE OF lOHN W. ROBINSON. teemed by him. He was the leader of that small but memorableband of settlers, who went into the contest against a superiornumber of the British and Indians, in what history knows as the Massacre of Wyoming. The recollection of the barbaritiesthen perpetrated by the savages on the brave and sturdy broth-. HOMKSTKAI) OF THE LATE HON. HENDRICK BRADLEY WRIGHT, AND HIS WIFE,MARY ANN BRADLEY ROBINSON. Built of brick in 1847. The residence of George R. Wright, Esq. erhood of white settlers is what causes his descendants, and theresidents of Northeastern Pennsylvania, to cherish his memoryand the memory of all his associates, with affection and enviableesteem. Probably the monotony and confinement of the mercantilebusiness to which Mr. Robinson was subjected induced him torelinquish these duties and pursue more congenial, and probably SYNOPSIS OF THE LIFE OF JOHN W. ROBINSON. 6s more lucrative pursuits; for in about 1814 the partnership wasdissolved, and from then until 1818 a portion of his time wasspent at Springville (near Montrose) Susquehanna County, Pa.,though his home at Wilkes-Barre was retained, for there his were born. The only daughter, Mary Ann Bradley (the writers mother), was born at Springville. About the time the
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