Robbins Family File: family group sheets for Benjamin Robbins and Sarah Wells, and for Daniel Robbins and Sarah Wilson
Robbins Family File (Pascagoula Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Dept., Pascagoula, Mississippi), typed and annotated family group sheets
Named here: Mary Elizabeth Sellers, Mary Martha Wilson, Solomon Robbins Sr., Benjamin Robbins (born about 1765, died 1816, Brunswick County) and Sarah Wells, Solomon's parents, Arthur Robbins and Mary Penelope Sellars, Benjamin's parents, Benjamin Robbins Jr. (born 7 Aug 1789), Joel and Eliza Robbins, Solomon's brother and sisters, Daniel Robbins (24 July 1795 – 1 March 1851), Solomon's brother, and his wife Sarah Wilson (born 25 Dec 1807, Southampton County, Va.), Benjamin Wilson and Martha Luter, Sarah Wilson's parents
The book at the Internet Archive
Transcription
Read from the page images (the text layer is too poor to use). Typed printed forms ("Center Printing Co.") filled in by typewriter, with handwritten corrections; dates as written (month-day-year). Each page is headed "Pascagoula Public Library / Local History & Genealogy Dept. / Robbins Family" and numbered at the foot.
Page 3 of 97 (scan n2), the lower of the sheets on the page:
HUSBAND'S FULL NAME Benjamin Robbins — WIFE'S MAIDEN NAME Sarah Wells
Born ca 1765 Where Edgecomb Co., S. C. [sic] · Married 1788 · Died [a struck-out date; "1816" written in] Where Brunswick Co. S. C. [sic]
Father's Name Arthur Robbins · Mother's Maiden Name Mary Penelope Sellars
Children:
- Benjamin, Jr. · 8-7-89 · N. C. · (Moved to Florida and never heard from)
- Solomon · 1-14-91 · " · died 5-19-79 · Ala. · married 5-22-1822 · who married: Eliz. Sellars; Mary Wilson
- [typed name blacked out; "Daniel" written in] · 7-24-95 · " · died 3-1-96 [sic]
- Joel · (Went to Florida and never heard from)
[handwritten:] Eliza
The upper sheet on the same page is for Arthur Robbins (born 1742, Edgecombe County, N.C.; married 4-14-1764; died about 1800, Brunswick County, N.C.) and Mary Penelope Sellars (born 1747, N.C.; father Benjamin Sellars), with a son Benjamin, born "65-74" [overwritten], N.C., died "12-12-30", N.C., married 1788, "Sarah Wells".
Page 4 of 97 (scan n3), the upper sheet:
HUSBAND'S FULL NAME [typed name blacked out; "Daniel Robbins" written in] — WIFE'S MAIDEN NAME [typed name blacked out; "Sarah Wilson" written in]
Born 7-24-1795 Where Brunswick Co., N. C. · Died 3-1-1851 Where Coosa Co., Ala.
Father's Name Benjamin Robbins · Mother's Maiden Name Sarah Wells (Bostick)?
[Wife] Born 12-25-1807 Where Southampton Co., Va. · Died 10-27-189[last figure overwritten] Where Coosa Co., Ala.
Father's Name Benjamin Wilson · Mother's Maiden Name Martha Luter
Children: Emmeline (5-30-26, Ala., died 10-16-09, La., married 1855 James I. Mitchell); [a name blacked out] (9-23-28); William Joseph (1831; married Alabama Byrd); Sarah (1834); Solomon E. (1838; died 6-20-64, "Killed in civil war"); Martha Ann (1839; died 1913; married Jonathan B. Wilson); Casina (1841; married 8-29-78 Wiley M. Howard); Howell Rose (1846; died about 1910); Daniel Baker (1848; died 1900; married C. F. Rogers); "Tobe (BW)".
The sheet below it, for James Isaac Mitchell and Emmeline Robbins, gives her mother's maiden name as Sarah Wilson.
Citation: Family group sheets, "Benjamin Robbins" and "Daniel Robbins," in Robbins Family File (Pascagoula Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Dept.), pp. 3 and 4 of 97; Internet Archive item robbins_202406 (Singing River Genealogy and Local History Library), scans n2 and n3, https://archive.org/details/robbins_202406/page/n3/mode/1up.
What it says, against the tree
Each fact this record gives, set beside what the FamilySearch tree says: it agrees, it is new (the tree lacks it), it conflicts, or it is context.
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Robbins | Birth | 14 January 1791, North Carolina | 14 January 1791, Town Creek, Brunswick County, N.C. | agrees |
| Solomon Robbins | Parents | Benjamin Robbins (born about 1765, married 1788, died 1816, Brunswick County) and Sarah Wells; grandparents Arthur Robbins and Mary Penelope Sellars | No parents | new (agrees with Kate Grayson's "Benjamin and Sarah Robbins (nee Wells)") |
| Solomon Robbins | Brothers and sisters | Benjamin Jr. (born 7 Aug 1789; went to Florida), Daniel (born 24 July 1795), Joel (went to Florida), Eliza | — | new (agrees with H. R. Robbins's list of Benjamin's children) |
| Solomon Robbins | Marriages | Eliz. Sellars; Mary Wilson, 22 May 1822 | Mary Elizabeth Sellers, 1814; Mary Martha Wilson, 27 May 1822, Autauga | agrees (wives); conflicts (day of the second marriage) |
| Solomon Robbins | Death | 19 May 1879, Alabama | 19 May 1879, Nixburg | agrees |
| Mary Martha Wilson | Marriage | "Mary Wilson", second wife of Solomon | Mary Martha Wilson | agrees |
| Mary Martha Wilson | Family | Her sister Sarah Wilson (wife of Solomon's brother Daniel) was born in Southampton County, Virginia, on 25 December 1807, a daughter of Benjamin Wilson and Martha Luter | Born 26 July 1801, Southampton County, Va.; no parents | new (see notes) |
| Mary Elizabeth Sellers | Marriage | "Eliz. Sellars", first wife of Solomon | Mary Elizabeth Sellers, married 1814 | agrees |