Edward Robbins

{{Infobox Lt Governor

| name = Edward Hutchinson Robbins

| image = File:Edward Hutchinson Robbins.jpg

| caption =

| order = 6th

| office = Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

| term_start = 1802

| term_end = 1806

| governor = Caleb Strong

| predecessor = Samuel Phillips Jr.

| successor = Levi Lincoln Sr.

| office2 = Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

| term_start2 = 1793

| term_end2 = 1802

| predecessor2 = David Cobb

| successor2 = John Coffin Jones Sr.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1758|02|09}}

| birth_place = Milton, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1829|1758}}

| death_place = Milton, Massachusetts, U.S.

| alma_mater = Harvard College

| profession = Lawyer, politician, judge

| party = Democratic-Republican

| children = 7

| spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Murray|1785|1829}}

}}

Edward Hutchinson Robbins (February 9, 1758 – 1829) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the sixth lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1802 to 1806.

Early life

Robbins was born on February 9, 1758, in Milton, Province of Massachusetts Bay in what was then British America. He was the son of Rev. Nathaniel Robbins (1726–1795) and Elizabeth (née Hutchinson) Robbins (1731–1793). His mother was married to Caleb Chappel Jr. Among his siblings was Lydia Robbins and Nathaniel Johnson Robbins.

His paternal grandparents were Thomas Robbins and Ruth (née Johnson) Robbins. His maternal grandparents were Lydia (née Foster) Hutchinson and Edward Hutchinson, a grandson of Capt. Edward Hutchinson (and his parents, magistrate William Hutchinson and Anne Hutchinson).{{cite book |last1=Winsor |first1=Justin |last2=Jewett |first2=Clarence F. |title=The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880. Ed. by Justin Winsor |date=1881 |publisher=J. R. Osgood and Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/memorialhistoryo02wins_0/page/539 539] |url=https://archive.org/details/memorialhistoryo02wins_0 |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}

He graduated from Harvard College in 1775.

Career

After his graduation, he became a lawyer, a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention.{{cite web |title=Murray-Robbins Family Papers, 1658-1944 |url=http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0343 |website=www.masshist.org |publisher=Massachusetts Historical Society |access-date=24 April 2019}}

On October 21, 1786, Robbins and his brother Nathaniel received a land grant for the purchase and settlement of lands in Passamaquoddy, now in Maine. The town of Robbinston on the St. Croix River was named in his honor.

=Political career=

Robbins was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and from 1793 until 1802, he was the Speaker of the House. From 1802 to 1806, Robbins served under Governor Caleb Strong as the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.

In 1811, he was appointed judge of probate for Norfolk County.

Personal life

File:Chester Harding - Mrs. Edward Hutchinson Robbins (Elizabeth Murray) - 1984.503 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg, 1827.]]

In 1785, Robbins was married to Elizabeth Murray (1756–1837), daughter of James Murray and Barbara (née Bennet) Murray.{{cite book |last1=Murray |first1=James |title=Letters of James Murray, Loyalist |publisher=printed: not published |date=1901 |url=https://archive.org/details/lettersjamesmur00murrgoog |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lettersjamesmur00murrgoog/page/n343 289], 295 |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}} Her sister, Dorothy "Dolly" Forbes, was married to Rev. John Forbes and was the mother of diplomat John Murray Forbes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0269|title=Forbes Family Papers, 1732-1931|website=www.masshist.org|language=en|access-date=2017-07-06}} Together, Edward and Elizabeth were the parents of:

Elizabeth Robbins (1786–1853)
Sarah Lydia Robbins (1787–1862), who married Judge Samuel Estes Howe (1785–1828).{{cite book |last1=Cutter |first1=William Richard |title=Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts |date=1908 |publisher=Lewis historical publishing Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/historichomespla04cutt/page/1885 1885] |url=https://archive.org/details/historichomespla04cutt |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Dwight |first1=Benjamin Woodbridge |title=The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass |date=1874 |publisher=J.F. Trow & Son, printers |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_WLfMU4yd1FYC/page/n547 480] |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_WLfMU4yd1FYC |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}
Anne Jean Robbins (1789–1867), who married Judge Joseph Lyman III (1767–1847).{{cite book |last1=Whalen |first1=Joseph |title=The Stipp and Brown Family Tree |date=2002 |publisher=Gateway Press |pages=129–130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBhWAAAAMAAJ |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}
Edward Hutchinson Robbins (1792–1850), who married Louisa Anne Coffin (1795–1854).{{cite book |title=Sibley's Harvard Graduates: Biographical Sketches of Those who Attended Harvard College ... with Bibliographical and Other Notes. 1772-1774 |date=1999 |publisher=Massachusetts Historical Society |isbn=9780934909778 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0GMRm6Iv9AC |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}
Mary Robbins (1794–1879), who married Joseph Warren Revere (1777–1868), a son of Paul Revere, in 1821.
James Murray Robbins (1796–1885), who married Frances Mary Harris (1796–1860), daughter of Abel Harris and Rooksby Coffin. He entered into partnership with his cousin John Murray Forbes to conduct business in Europe and later became a Massachusetts state representative and senator.
Catherine Robbins (1800–1884).

In 1799, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter R|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterR.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=August 7, 2014}}

Robbins died in 1829.

=Descendants=

Through his granddaughter, Catherine Robbins Lyman (the wife of Warren Delano Jr.), he is the great-grandfather of Sara Delano (the wife of James Roosevelt) and the great-great-grandfather of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.{{cite book |last1=Bergen |first1=Tunis Garret |title=Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation |date=1915 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |page=1061 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZuwpAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1061 |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}