Married abt. 1670, Rockingham County, NH
Exeter was a frontier town, and necessarily suffered to some extent from the raids of the barbarous enemy. On October 21, 1675, John Robinson's father was killed by Indians while on his way to Hampton with one of his sons. Three Indians, whose names were John Sampson, Cromwell and John Linde, placed themselves in ambush in the woods near the road leading to Hampton. Soon afterwards John Robinson's father, a blacksmith who had removed from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Exeter in 1657, made his appearance, with his son John, on their way to Hampton. The father, according to tradition, was carrying a warming-pan. The Indians fired from their lurking place upon them, and shot the elder Robinson dead. The bullet passed through his body from back to front, and lodged just under the skin. The son John, upon hearing the report of the guns, ran into the swamp where the Indians pursued, but could not overtake him. He reached Hampton about midnight and gave information of what had occurred.
At various times in 1710, Jonathan, his brother Thomas, and his father in law John Scribner, in scouting parties in pursuit of savages, under the command of Captain Nicholas Gilman or Captain John Gilman.
Jonathan married a second time to Sarah Bradley after 1719. He had seven brothers and four sisters. He died at the age of 82.
In 1840, town officials renamed streets, and among them J. Robinson, Jr., was changed to Main Street.
Exeter was a frontier town, and necessarily suffered to some extent from the raids of the barbarous enemy. On October 21, 1675, John Robinson's father was killed by Indians while on his way to Hampton with one of his sons. Three Indians, whose names were John Sampson, Cromwell and John Linde, placed themselves in ambush in the woods near the road leading to Hampton. Soon afterwards John Robinson's father, a blacksmith who had removed from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Exeter in 1657, made his appearance, with his son John, on their way to Hampton. The father, according to tradition, was carrying a warming-pan. The Indians fired from their lurking place upon them, and shot the elder Robinson dead. The bullet passed through his body from back to front, and lodged just under the skin. The son John, upon hearing the report of the guns, ran into the swamp where the Indians pursued, but could not overtake him. He reached Hampton about midnight and gave information of what had occurred.
At various times in 1710, Jonathan, his brother Thomas, and his father in law John Scribner, in scouting parties in pursuit of savages, under the command of Captain Nicholas Gilman or Captain John Gilman.
Jonathan married a second time to Sarah Bradley after 1719. He had seven brothers and four sisters. He died at the age of 82.
In 1840, town officials renamed streets, and among them J. Robinson, Jr., was changed to Main Street.
Married abt. 1670, Rockingham County, NH
Exeter was a frontier town, and necessarily suffered to some extent from the raids of the barbarous enemy. On October 21, 1675, John Robinson's father was killed by Indians while on his way to Hampton with one of his sons. Three Indians, whose names were John Sampson, Cromwell and John Linde, placed themselves in ambush in the woods near the road leading to Hampton. Soon afterwards John Robinson's father, a blacksmith who had removed from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Exeter in 1657, made his appearance, with his son John, on their way to Hampton. The father, according to tradition, was carrying a warming-pan. The Indians fired from their lurking place upon them, and shot the elder Robinson dead. The bullet passed through his body from back to front, and lodged just under the skin. The son John, upon hearing the report of the guns, ran into the swamp where the Indians pursued, but could not overtake him. He reached Hampton about midnight and gave information of what had occurred.
At various times in 1710, Jonathan, his brother Thomas, and his father in law John Scribner, in scouting parties in pursuit of savages, under the command of Captain Nicholas Gilman or Captain John Gilman.
Jonathan married a second time to Sarah Bradley after 1719. He had seven brothers and four sisters. He died at the age of 82.
In 1840, town officials renamed streets, and among them J. Robinson, Jr., was changed to Main Street.
Exeter was a frontier town, and necessarily suffered to some extent from the raids of the barbarous enemy. On October 21, 1675, John Robinson's father was killed by Indians while on his way to Hampton with one of his sons. Three Indians, whose names were John Sampson, Cromwell and John Linde, placed themselves in ambush in the woods near the road leading to Hampton. Soon afterwards John Robinson's father, a blacksmith who had removed from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Exeter in 1657, made his appearance, with his son John, on their way to Hampton. The father, according to tradition, was carrying a warming-pan. The Indians fired from their lurking place upon them, and shot the elder Robinson dead. The bullet passed through his body from back to front, and lodged just under the skin. The son John, upon hearing the report of the guns, ran into the swamp where the Indians pursued, but could not overtake him. He reached Hampton about midnight and gave information of what had occurred.
At various times in 1710, Jonathan, his brother Thomas, and his father in law John Scribner, in scouting parties in pursuit of savages, under the command of Captain Nicholas Gilman or Captain John Gilman.
Jonathan married a second time to Sarah Bradley after 1719. He had seven brothers and four sisters. He died at the age of 82.
In 1840, town officials renamed streets, and among them J. Robinson, Jr., was changed to Main Street.
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