William Robinson (politician, 1693)
William Robinson (born January 26, 1693 in South Kingstown , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , † September 19, 1751 ibid) was a Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Career
William Robinson, son of Mary Allen and Rowland Robinson, was born in Washington County during the colonial era . His father immigrated to Rhode Island relatively late. He sailed from Cumberland ( England los) and came in 1675 in Newport ( Newport County on). Nothing is known about William Robinson's youth.
Robinson first served in public office in 1724. He became a deputy in South Kingstown and then served eight consecutive terms. In 1735 and 1741 he was speaker in the House of Representatives. Robinson, along with four others, was called by the Assembly in 1742 to determine whether the wooded part of Newport where farmers lived should be separated from the compact part of Newport where merchants and businessmen lived. The following year, the wooded part of Newport became the new town of Middletown . Robinson became lieutenant governor of the colony in 1745 and held the post for a year. He was then re-elected for another term in 1747. Both times he served under Governor Gideon Wanton .
Robinson was married twice. He first married Martha Potter, daughter of Sarah Wilson and John Potter. The couple had five children together. After the death of his first wife, he married Abigail Gardiner, widow of Caleb Hazard, and daughter of Abigail Remington and William Gardiner. The couple had eight children together. Robinson died on September 19, 1751 in South Kingstown. He left a very large estate worth over £ 21,000 . His body was interred in the family cemetery near the Village Narragansett Pier .
literature
- Austin, John Osborne: The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation , Genealogical Publishing Com, 1887, ISBN 978-0-8063-0006-1 , pp. 165
- Bicknell, Thomas Williams: The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , Volume 3, American Historical Society, 1920
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Robinson, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1693 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Kingstown , Rhode Island |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1751 |
| Place of death | South Kingstown , Rhode Island |