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Sprague, Eleanor Robbins, and Robbins, Andrew West, "Untangling The Evidence For Two Early Massachusetts Robbins Families: George of Chelmsford (1657) and Robert of Concord (1671)," NEHGR, Volume 151 (1997), pp. 387-407; Volume 152 (1998), pp. 83-114.

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15. John³ Robbins (Samuel², George¹) was baptized at Killingly, Connecticut, 16 May 1716, and he died in 1758.^[7] He married at North Killingly, 25 April 1739, Abigail Whitney.^[8] His probate file lists as heirs: Abigail Robbins, widow; Josiah Robbins, elder son; Samuel Robins; Abigail Robins, eldest daughter, Molle Robens second daughter, Mary Robins, Zuriah Robens, and Roda Robens.^[9]

Children born at Killingly, Conn.:^[10]

i.	Josiah4 Robbins, b. 3 Feb. 1739/40; d. ca. 1809, according to his will, which mentions second wife, Lydia, and nine children;[11] m. (1) Elizabeth _____. In 1779, Josiah "of Killingly, Conn." bought 60 acres at Windsor, Vt.[12] Later, the family moved to Alstead, N.H., where Elizabeth d. 31 May 1786, aged 49.[13] Josiah m. (2) as "Josiah of Alstead," 4 Oct. 1787 at Amherst, Mass., Lydia Robins.[14]
ii.	Abigail Robbins, b. 18 Aug. ____; called "eldest daughter" in her father's probate file.
iii.	Mary Robbins, b. 17 Feb 1740/41; d., recorded as "Marcy," 15 May 1742.[15]
iv.	Millicent Robbins, b. 3 Feb. 1744; living 1758 when she was named, as "Molle Robens," in the administration of her father's estate.
v.	Mary Robbins, b. 3 Oct. 1745; living 1758 when she was named in the administration of her father's estate.
vi.	Samuel Robbins, b. 9 May 1747; d. after 1763 when he was deeded land in Killingly by his grandfather Samuel2 Robbins.
vii.	Rhoda Robbins, b. 1 June 1749; d. 9 April 1752.[17]
viii.	Sarah Robbins, b. 18 March 1751; d. evidently before 1758 when she was not listed in the distribution of her father's estate.
ix.	Zerviah Robbins, b. 23 May 1753; living 1758.
x.	Rhoda Robbins, b. 30 March 1755; m. before 1781 Ebenezer Gould of South Granville, Vt.[18]

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7. Putnam CRs [note 1], 1:2; Plainfield District Probate File 1805.

8. Putnam CRs [note 1], 1:22.

9. Plainfield District Probate File 1805.

10. Killingly Vital Records, as indexed in Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records [hereinafter Killingly VRs], 1: 24, 27, 25, 37, 42, 48, 54; father's probate file.

11. Cheshire County, N.H., Probate File of Josiah Robbins.

12. Windsor Deeds, 1:3.

13. Alstead Cemetery Record.

14. James Avery Smith, Families of Amherst, Massachusetts (privately printed, 1984), 4:623, stating that Lydia was living at Amherst beginning 10 Nov. 1772, was warned out 6 Sept. 1773 with her son William and did leave, but was resident there in 1787. Her identity has not been learned.

15. Killingly VRs, 1: 73.

16. Killingly Deeds 7: 160.

17. Killingly VRs, 1: 68.

18. Killingly Deeds, 12: 125.

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