Series II. PAPERS OF ELIZABETH MURRAY ROBBINS (1756-1837) AND EDWARD HUTCHINSON ROBBINS (1758-1829), 1775-ca.1883, undated (#1.1-1.6, F+D.1)
Scope and Contents
Series II, PAPERS OF ELIZABETH MURRAY ROBBINS (1756-1837) AND EDWARD HUTCHINSON ROBBINS (1758-1829), 1775-ca.1883, undated (#1.1-1.6, F+D.1), includes family correspondence and a few handwritten essays and poems. Several folders of correspondence are to Elizabeth Murray Robbins from her daughter Anne Jean Robbins Lyman (1789-1867) and her son-in-law Judge Joseph Lyman III (1767-1847). Correspondence of Elizabeth Murray Robbins's Murray relatives is also included; several of these relate to Revolutionary War matters. Elizabeth Murray Robbins' sister Dorothy Murray (1745-1811) married John Forbes and had sons James Murray Forbes and John Forbes. The papers of most of the Robbins children can be found in Series III and IV.
Dates
- Creation: 1762-2006
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Folders #200.1 - 201.9 in Series XIV are closed until January 1, 2050. The remainder of the collection is open for research.
Extent
101.08 linear feet ((237 file boxes, 2 half file boxes, 2 folio boxes) plus 6 folio folders, 10 folio+ folders, 6 oversize folders, 2 supersize folders, 171 photograph folders, 4 folio photograph folders, 14 glass negatives, 1 object, electronic records)Biographical / Historical
Elizabeth Murray Robbins was born in 1756 in Cape Fear, North Carolina, to Barbara Bennet and James Murray. James Murray immigrated to the North Carolina colony in 1736; he married Barbara Bennet in 1761, and the family moved to Boston in 1765. Edward Hutchinson Robbins was born in 1758 in Milton, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Hutchinson and Nathaniel Robbins. Elizabeth Hutchinson Robbins's ancestors include Ann Marbury Hutchinson, an important early religious leader in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Edward Hutchinson Robbins was a Harvard-educated lawyer and delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. He was speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1793 to 1802, and then was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1802 to 1806. Elizabeth Murray and Edward Hutchinson Robbins were married in 1785 and had seven children: Eliza Robbins (1786-1853), Sarah Robbins Howe (1787-1862), Anne Jean Robbins Lyman (1789-1867), Edward Robbins (1792-1850), Mary Robbins Revere (1794-1879), James Robbins (1796-1885), and Catherine Robbins (1800-1884). The Robbins family lived in Milton, Massachusetts, after 1805 at an estate called Brush-Hill. Edward Hutchinson Robbins died in December 1829 in Milton, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Murray Robbins died in December 1837.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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