Benjamin Robbins, Sr.

Generation No. 5

BENJAMIN ROBBINS, SR. (ARTHUR4, WILLIAM3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 01-Mar-1765 in Edgecombe, NC, and died 1831 in Coosawda, Autauga County,  AL.  He married SARA WELLS Abt. 1788 in Brunswick County, NC, daughter of STEPHEN WELLS and POLLIE BOSTICK.  She was born 1769 in Town Creek Twsp., Brunswick County, NC, and died 1850 in Coosawda, Autauga County, AL.

It is most likely that Benjamin Robbins is the first son of Arthur Robbins, Sr. and Mary Penelope Sellers, and is probably named for his grandfather Benjamin Sellers.

Benjamin and Sara left Brunswick County sometime after 1796 at which time he witnessed the sale of a parcel of land to his father Arthur, Sr. He was appointed to serve as a juror at the July, 1796 term of court in Lockwood Folly, but was not mentioned thereafter.  Also, he was not mentioned as a member of the Mill Creek Baptist Church in the minutes taken in 1819.

It is very possible that he left Brunswick County at the same time as his son Solomon in 1814. See the notes for Solomon.

Children of BENJAMIN ROBBINS and SARA WELLS are:

SOLOMON ROBBINS, SR., b. 14-Jan-1791, Town Creek Twp, Brunswick County, NC; d. 19-May-1879, Nixburg, Coosa County, AL; m. (1) MARY ELIZABETH SELLERS, 1814, Town Creek Twp, Brunswick County, NC; b. Abt. 1795, Town Creek Twp, Brunswick County, NC; d. 1820, Nixburg, Coosa County, AL; m. (2) MARY MARTHA WILSON, 27-May-1822; b. 14-Jan-1791; d. 28-Jun-1878.

Note:  John W. Robbins, grandson of Solomon, Sr., had the old family bible which belonged to Solomon.  It says that Soloman Sr., moved from Brunswick County, NC to Montgomery County, Alabama, in 1814. He located there and was a soldier in the Creek Indian War of 1813-1814.  The original homeplace was probably in the vicinity of Old Fort Jackson near the city of Montgomery, AL.

DANIEL ARTHUR ROBBINS, b. 24-Jul-1795, Brunswick County, NC; d. 01-Mar-1851, Coosa County, AL; m. SARAH MITSON WILSON; b. 25-Dec-1807, Southhampton County, VA; d. 27-Oct-1896, Coosa County, AL.

BENJAMIN ROBBINS, JR., b. 24-Apr-1796, Brunswick County, NC; m. ELIZABETH ROBBINS.

ELIZA ROBBINS, b. 18-Jan-1799.

JOEL ROBBINS, b. 20-Mar-1805.