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Gravesite at Lot D-110, Greenwich Cemetery, NY, includes gravestones of Francis P. & Freelove A. Robinson and mother, Sarah (Robinson),Oct 25, 1769-Dec 6, 1862.
Francis P. Robinson,Jr., June 26, 1794-June 7, 1867, was the son of Francis P. Robinson, ~1760~1829, & Sarah Nichols? Robinson of Bald Mountain, Washington Co., NY, who came from RI & Connecticut.
Francis P. Robinson, Jr. married Freelove Ann (last name unknown). Their children were: George Leroy Robinson, April 22, 1822-Oct 24, 1901, married Charlotte McChesney (1825-1893) of Albia (Troy), Rensselaer Co., NY; Samuel H. Robinson (1823-1905)- Bennington; William Lewis Robinson (Aug 12, 1829-Feb 24, 1904) married Ellinor A. Bliven (1834-1914); Edward Barber Robinson (1835-1905), married Frances C. Thorne (1838-1919); Mary Jane Robinson (1838-?); Julia Ann Robinson (1845-1905) Arlington, VT, married Oscar Tefft (1839-1904); Frances Robinson (1837-?), married D.W. Williams (~1835-?).
From "The History of Washington County, 1737-1878:
"The West Greenwich Baptist Church, Pg. 355-
On the 10th day of June 1837, a number of persons formed themselves into a legal body to be known as 'Church and Society of West Greenwich,' and elected the following trustees to have charge of the temporalties of the Society, D.W. Heath-Abner Wright-David W. Williams-James R. Newberry-Enos C. Clark-Francis P. Robinson-and Amos Egliston. On the 23rd day of August 1843 the Corporation's name was changed to the present title. This society erected a plain but neat brick house of worship in the village of Middle Falls (then Galesville), NY, which has been used by the Baptist Church as well as by other bodies for occasional services and in which in 1837 met the newly organized body.
This was composed of sixty members who had withdrawn from the Bottskill Baptist Church in Greenwich, NY, for the purpose of establishing a Church nearer to their homes, and were under the charge of Rev. B.F. Garfield. His pastoral duties extended to 1844, when Th#
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