Excerpt from Memoir of the Hon. James Murray Robbins His first ancestor bearing the name of Robbins in America was Richard, who, with his wife Rebecca, established himself on the southerly side of Charles River, in Cambridge. The third son of Richard was Nathaniel, - born, as was his father, in Scotland, who married Mary Brazier, and lies in the Old Cambridge burying-ground. His oldest son, Nathan iel, was born Feb. 28, 1678, and married Hannah, daughter of William Chandler, of Andover, and Mary Dane. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.