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The above photo is the the brick farmhouse currently located on the Washington Co., NY, farm earlier designated in deeds as Lot 50 of the Donald Campbell land patent granted by King George, III, in 1763. This farmland, consisting of ~100 acres near Bald Mountain, was purchased/mortgaged by my ggg.grandfather, Francis P. Robinson, Sr., and his wife, Sarah, in 1799, after moving from the Robinson family farm located partly in Hopkinton, RI, and partly in Stonington (now North Stonington) CT. The current farm address is 181 Anthony Road, (Washington Co.)Greenwich, NY, 12834. It is located on the west side of Anthony Road, midway between Larmon Rd and Cottrell Rd. The brick farmhouse existed during the early 1800's five year state censuses, when the owner was Francis P. Robinson, Jr., and later, my g.grandfather, George Leroy Robinson. My grandfather, Charles Henry Robinson was born on this farm in 1863, most likely in this farmhouse. I have the Robinson family farm dinner bell from that era in my possession. Early Greenwich Records, Book 1, pp. 109 & 110 show Francis P. Robinson, Sr., 1815, and Francis P. Robinson, Jr., 1832 as Highway commissioners of this road, as follows: Greenwich, Washington Co., NY
Highway Commissioners of Road Districts:
1815 - Francis P. Robinson Road District No. 26.
1832 - Francis P. Robinson Road District No. 53.
The farm was sold as 113 acres by George Leroy Robinson in the late 1800s after almost 100 years in the possession of the Robinson family. It is likely that Francis P. Robinson, Sr., was buried on the farm property in 1821, though his gravesite is currently unknown.
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