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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{for|the Pennsylvania congressman|Edward Everett Robbins}}
{{Infobox Lt Governor
| name = Edward Hutchinson Robbins
| image = File:Edward Hutchinson Robbins.jpg
| caption =
| order = 6th
| office = Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
| term_start = 1802
| term_end = 1806
| governor = [[Caleb Strong]]
| predecessor = [[Samuel Phillips Jr.]]
| successor = [[Levi Lincoln Sr.]]
| office2 = [[List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
| term_start2 = 1793
| term_end2 = 1802
| predecessor2 = [[David Cobb (Massachusetts)|David Cobb]]
| successor2 = [[John Coffin Jones Sr.]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1758|02|09}}
| birth_place = [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]]
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1829|1758}}
| death_place = [[Milton, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Harvard College]]
| profession = Lawyer, politician, judge
| party = [[Democratic-Republican]]
| children = 7
| spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Murray|1785|1829}}
}}
'''Edward Hutchinson Robbins''' (February 9, 1758 – 1829) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the sixth [[lieutenant governor of Massachusetts]] from 1802 to 1806.
==Early life==
Robbins was born on February 9, 1758, in [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] in what was then [[British America]]. He was the son of Rev. Nathaniel Robbins (1726–1795) and Elizabeth ([[née]] Hutchinson) Robbins (1731–1793). His mother was married to Caleb Chappel Jr. Among his siblings was Lydia Robbins and Nathaniel Johnson Robbins.
His paternal grandparents were Thomas Robbins and Ruth (née Johnson) Robbins. His maternal grandparents were Lydia (née Foster) Hutchinson and Edward Hutchinson, a grandson of Capt. [[Edward Hutchinson (captain)|Edward Hutchinson]] (and his parents, magistrate [[William Hutchinson (Rhode Island judge)|William Hutchinson]] and [[Anne Hutchinson]]).<ref name="Winsor1881">{{cite book |last1=Winsor |first1=Justin |last2=Jewett |first2=Clarence F. |title=The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880. Ed. by Justin Winsor |date=1881 |publisher=J. R. Osgood and Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/memorialhistoryo02wins_0/page/539 539] |url=https://archive.org/details/memorialhistoryo02wins_0 |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
He graduated from [[Harvard College]] in 1775.<ref name="masshist"/>
==Career==
After his graduation, he became a lawyer, a delegate to the [[Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1778|Massachusetts Constitutional Convention]].<ref name="masshist">{{cite web |title=Murray-Robbins Family Papers, 1658-1944 |url=http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0343 |website=www.masshist.org |publisher=[[Massachusetts Historical Society]] |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref>
On October 21, 1786, Robbins and his brother Nathaniel received a land grant for the purchase and settlement of lands in [[Passamaquoddy Bay|Passamaquoddy]], now in Maine. The town of [[Robbinston, Maine|Robbinston]] on the [[St. Croix River (Maine–New Brunswick)|St. Croix River]] was named in his honor.<ref name="masshist"/>
===Political career===
Robbins was a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] and from 1793 until 1802, he was the [[List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]]. From 1802 to 1806, Robbins served under Governor [[Caleb Strong]] as the sixth [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]].<ref name="masshist"/>
In 1811, he was appointed judge of probate for [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk County]].<ref name="masshist"/>
==Personal life==
[[File:Chester Harding - Mrs. Edward Hutchinson Robbins (Elizabeth Murray) - 1984.503 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait of his wife Elizabeth, by [[Chester Harding (painter)|Chester Harding]], 1827.]]
In 1785, Robbins was married to Elizabeth Murray (1756–1837), daughter of [[James Murray (loyalist)|James Murray]] and Barbara (née Bennet) Murray.<ref name="Murray1901">{{cite book |last1=Murray |first1=James |title=Letters of James Murray, Loyalist |publisher=printed: not published |date=1901 |url=https://archive.org/details/lettersjamesmur00murrgoog |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lettersjamesmur00murrgoog/page/n343 289], 295 |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Her sister, Dorothy "Dolly" Forbes, was married to Rev. John [[Forbes family|Forbes]] and was the mother of diplomat [[John Murray Forbes (diplomat)|John Murray Forbes]].<ref name="FFP">{{Cite web|url=http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0269|title=Forbes Family Papers, 1732-1931|website=www.masshist.org|language=en|access-date=2017-07-06}}</ref> Together, Edward and Elizabeth were the parents of:<ref name="Murray1901"/>
* Elizabeth Robbins (1786–1853)
* Sarah Lydia Robbins (1787–1862), who married Judge Samuel Estes Howe (1785–1828).<ref name="Cutter1908">{{cite book |last1=Cutter |first1=William Richard |title=Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts |date=1908 |publisher=Lewis historical publishing Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/historichomespla04cutt/page/1885 1885] |url=https://archive.org/details/historichomespla04cutt |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Dwight1874">{{cite book |last1=Dwight |first1=Benjamin Woodbridge |title=The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass |date=1874 |publisher=J.F. Trow & Son, printers |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_WLfMU4yd1FYC/page/n547 480] |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_WLfMU4yd1FYC |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Anne Jean Robbins]] (1789–1867), who married Judge Joseph Lyman III (1767–1847).<ref name="Whalen2002">{{cite book |last1=Whalen |first1=Joseph |title=The Stipp and Brown Family Tree |date=2002 |publisher=Gateway Press |pages=129–130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBhWAAAAMAAJ |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Edward Hutchinson Robbins (1792–1850), who married Louisa Anne Coffin (1795–1854).<ref name="Harvard1999">{{cite book |title=Sibley's Harvard Graduates: Biographical Sketches of Those who Attended Harvard College ... with Bibliographical and Other Notes. 1772-1774 |date=1999 |publisher=[[Massachusetts Historical Society]] |isbn=9780934909778 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0GMRm6Iv9AC |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Mary Robbins (1794–1879), who married [[Joseph Warren Revere (businessman)|Joseph Warren Revere]] (1777–1868), a son of [[Paul Revere]], in 1821.
* James Murray Robbins (1796–1885), who married Frances Mary Harris (1796–1860), daughter of Abel Harris and Rooksby Coffin. He entered into partnership with his cousin [[John Murray Forbes (diplomat)|John Murray Forbes]] to conduct business in Europe and later became a Massachusetts state representative and senator.<ref name="masshist"/>
* Catherine Robbins (1800–1884).
In 1799, he was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter R|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterR.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=August 7, 2014}}</ref>
Robbins died in 1829.<ref name="masshist" />
===Descendants===
Through his granddaughter, [[Catherine Robbins Lyman]] (the wife of [[Warren Delano Jr.]]), he is the great-grandfather of [[Sara Delano]] (the wife of [[James Roosevelt I|James Roosevelt]]) and the great-great-grandfather of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].<ref name="Bergen1915">{{cite book |last1=Bergen |first1=Tunis Garret |title=Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation |date=1915 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |page=1061 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZuwpAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1061 |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_1984.502_MFAB Judge Edward Hutchinson Robbins], by [[Chester Harding (painter)|Chester Harding]], 1827.
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{{succession box
| before=[[Samuel Phillips Jr.]]
| title=[[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]]
| years=1802–1806
| after=[[Levi Lincoln Sr.]]
}}
{{succession box
| before=[[David Cobb (Massachusetts)|David Cobb]]
| title=[[List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the <br>[[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
| years=1793–1802
| after=[[John Coffin Jones Sr.]]
}}
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{{Lieutenant Governors of Massachusetts}}
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[[Category:Harvard University alumni]]
[[Category:Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]
[[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
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