Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Moses Robbins and Rebecca Woods




Husband Moses Robbins 1 2

           Born: Feb 1790 2
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           Died: 10 Mar 1870 2
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         Father: Lt. Brintnel Robbins (1756-1836) 2 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Mary Boardman (      -Bef 1820) 2 3 5


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Wife Rebecca Woods 1

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         Father: James Woods (      -      ) 7
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Children
1 F Mary J. Robbins 2 7

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2 M Loren Robbins 2 7

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3 F Rachel Gordon Robbins 2 7 8

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           Died: 1864 9
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         Spouse: Joseph Robbins (1824-Aft 1906) 2 10 11


4 M James W. Robbins 2 7

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5 M William N. Robbins 1

           Born: 30 Jun 1828 - North Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Flavia Clara Woods (      -Bef 1889) 7


6 F Elizabeth Robbins 7

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General Notes: Husband - Moses Robbins


He was one of the first shippers of coal by flat boat to Cincinnati and St. Louis.

He always lived in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, engaged in farming, milling and distilling, and was one of the early pioneers in running coal on flatboats from the coal-region to Louisville.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 350.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 409.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 43.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 9.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1041.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 271.

7 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 351.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 44.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 410.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 45.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1042.


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