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Birth	:	19 May 1730 Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Death	:	18 Jul 1778 Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Burial	:	Gresham Cemetery, Chester Township, Eaton County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.6278000, -84.8938980
Description	:	Peter Robinson the 3rd, third born and third son of Peter and Ruth (Fuller) Robinson, Jr., b. May 19, 1730 at Windham, Conn. He was bapt. May 24, 1730 at the Windham First Church, undoubtedly named for his then living paternal grandfather, Peter Robinson Sr. As a matter of common practice in early New England town records, following the death of Peter Robinson senior in 1740, his grandson, Peter Robinson 3rd, became known as Peter Robinson, Jr. On Nov. 13, 1755 at Windham, Peter Robinson 3rd, now called Jr., m. his 1st cousin Abigail Palmer, b. Mar. 25, 1733 at Windham,... Read More	Peter Robinson the 3rd, third born and third son of Peter and Ruth (Fuller) Robinson, Jr., b. May 19, 1730 at Windham, Conn. He was bapt. May 24, 1730 at the Windham First Church, undoubtedly named for his then living paternal grandfather, Peter Robinson Sr. As a matter of common practice in early New England town records, following the death of Peter Robinson senior in 1740, his grandson, Peter Robinson 3rd, became known as Peter Robinson, Jr. On Nov. 13, 1755 at Windham, Peter Robinson 3rd, now called Jr., m. his 1st cousin Abigail Palmer, b. Mar. 25, 1733 at Windham, dau. of Elihu Palmer and Abigail Robinson, latter the sister of Peter's father. Abigail was bapt. at the Windham Church Apr. 1, 1733. She is specifically identified in the will of Abiah (Robinson) Andrus, Abigail's then oldest living maternal aunt, in which Abiah left bequests to her four half-sisters and Abigail "Robardson," wife of half-nephew,"Peter Robardson, Jr." Abigail (Palmer) Robinson was the mother of all six of her husband's known children, and d. Sept. 25, 1774 at Windham, Conn. She is interred with a standing gravestone to the immediate right of her father-in-law, Peter Robinson, Jr., at the old Scotland Cemetery (North) at present-day Scotland, Conn. On Mar. 14, 1775 at Windham, the widower Peter Robinson, 3rd m. 2) "Sarah West," from the Town of Tolland, Conn. Two recently uncovered Rev. War pension files in Vermont are highly suggstive that Sarah was Sarah nee Strong, the widow of Francis West of Tolland, Conn. Her dau. Sarah West m. Peter Robinson 3rd's nephew Asher Robinson. There are no recorded children by this second marriage. Children by first wife Abigail Palmer, all born at Windham, Conn. are: • i. Rosamond Robinson, b. Aug. 26, 1756, d. Mar. 14, 1849 at Windham; m. Nathan Wales of Windham. • ii. Rhoda Robinson, b. Apr. 25, 1761, d. in infancy Nov. 19, 1763; buried at Palmertown Cemetery at present-day Scotland, Conn. • iii. Arad Robinson, b. Dec. 23, 1762, d. of smallpox July 16, 1776; interred at Palmertown Cemetery at Scotland, Conn. with an inscription on his sister Rhoda's gravestone. • iv. Peter Robinson, 4th, b. May 15, 1766, d. July 2, 1830 at Franklin, Conn.; m. Polly Taylor. • v. Patrick Robinson, b. Apr. 7, 1768; resided at Franklin, Conn.; m. Sophia Backus. • vi. Abigail Robinson, b. Aug. 8, 1772; no further record.

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Peter Robinson III's memorial is located at: Gresham Cemetery, Chester Township, Eaton County, USA.
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Peter Robinson III death on 18 Jul 1778 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
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Latitude: 42.6278000
Longitude: -84.8938980

Family Members:

Parent

Peter Robinson Jr.

(1696 - 1785)

Ruth Fuller Robinson

(1706 - 1795)

Spouse

Abigail Palmer Robinson

(1733 - 1774)

Siblings

Samuel Robinson

(1726 - 1792)

Experience Robinson

(1728 - 1807)

Capt Abner Robinson Sr.

(1739 - 1815)

Ruth Robinson Cushman

(1740 - 1791)

Children

Rosamond Robinson Wales

(1756 - 1849)

(1761 - 1763)

(1762 - 1778)

(1766 - 1830)

(1768 - 1839)

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Coordinate: 42.6278000, -84.8938980

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13. Benton Township Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6263885, -84.7638855

14. Welch Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7174988, -84.9766998

15. Strange Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6952800, -84.7783300

16. Patterson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6652985, -85.0327988

17. Center Eaton Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5349998, -84.7949982

18. Woodlawn Cemetery
Vermontville, Eaton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6363983, -85.0547028

19. Hillside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5462500, -85.0138100

20. Sunfield Cemetery
Sunfield, Eaton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7277985, -84.9907990

21. Meadowbrook Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7550011, -84.9028015

22. Mason Cemetery
Kalamo Township, Eaton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5669440, -85.0508330

23. Pioneer Cemetery
Grand Ledge, Eaton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7043991, -84.7414017

24. Spaulding Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5056000, -84.9747009