Increase  ROBINSON

Biography
'Dea. Increase Robinson, the progenitor of the Robinsons that have since lived in Sumner, was born in 1739, and his wife, Rebecca Bourne, in 1733.

They moved into town from Pembroke, Mass., in 1783, being the sixth family to settle in the east part of the town.They brought with them eight children, four boys and four girls....

Dea. Increase Robinson was, in his early days in the new settlement, a useful citizen, as he erected the first saw, shingle and grist mills, and opened the first place for the sale of groceries.He also was a cooper, and made many useful wooden utensils for pioneers' use.The first public religious meetings were held in his house.The house that he built was the first framed house in town, and is still in good condition, and occupied by some of the fourth generation. His son, Increase, Jr., suceeded him in the mills, and he in turn was succeeded by his son, Dea. Sharon Robinson, who operated the mills many years, and lived and died at the old homestead....Read full story


Personal Sketches: East Sumner History Book

Revolutionary War
ROBINSON, INCREASE
Ancestor #: A097470
Notice: DATA IN THE CORRECTION FILE (WHY?)
Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): LIEUTENANT
Birth: 5-28-1739 PEMBROKE PLYMOUTH CO MASSACHUSETTS
Death: 1-9-1817 SUMNER OXFORD CO ME DIST MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 13, PP 443, 473
Service Description: 1) ALSO SGT, ENS, CAPT ELEAZER HAMBLEN
2) CAPTS JOSEPH STETSON, JAMES HATCH; COL DYKE

COMMENTS(Overview)
1) SEE DATACF FOR SORTING OUT TWO MEN OF SAME NAME IN PEMBROKE, MA. 9/ 2013.

RESIDENCE
1) City: PEMBROKE - County: PLYMOUTH CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS

SPOUSE
1) REBECCA BOURNE
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