"...a woman of strong intellect and sterling character."

The children of Gov. William Robinson - eighth child of ROWLAND - by his first wife, Martha Potter, were:

1. Rowland, born in 1719; married Anstis Gardiner in 1741. "December 3, 1741, the bans being duly published in the church of St. Paul's, Narragansett, Rowland Robinson, son of William, was married to Anstis Gardner, daughter of John Gardiner, by the Rev. Dr. McSparran." *Updike's History of the Narragansett Church, page 188. Mr. Robinson died in 1806, aged 87 years. Mrs. Robinson died in 1785, aged 68 years. The children of Rowland Robinson were: 1. Hannah, born in 1746. married Peter Simons. Mrs. Simons died in 1773. Soon after her death Mr. Simons went to Europe, and never returned to America. Miss Robinson was celebrated for her beauty. 2. Mary, born in 1752, died in 1777. 3. William R., born in 1759; married Ann Scott; died 1804, aged 45 years. Mrs. Robinson afterward married Dr. John Mann, and died in 1839, aged 76 years, without issue.

2. John, born in 1721; died in 1739.

3. Margaret, born in 1722; married William Mumford in 1745. She died in 1768, aged 46 years. Mr. Mumford died in 1790, aged 69 years. They left children. (Benjamin R. Smith, of Philadelphia, writes me that in a memorandum in, his possession, enumerating by name and order of birth the children of Gov. William Robinson, the name of Margaret does not appear. The memorandum is in the handwriting of Thomas Robinson - Mr. Smith's grandfather - a son of Gov. William, and this fact renders it the more probable that there is some mistake in the names.)

4. Elizabeth, born in 1724; married Thomas Hazard in 1745. She dies in 1804, aged 79 years. Mrs. Hazard died at the Doctor Sentor house, south-east corner of the Parade and Thames street, and was buried in the Friends burial ground in Newport. Mr. Hazard died at his homestead in South Kingstown in 1795, aged 76 years, and was buried in the Friends old burying ground in South Kingstown.

5. Martha, born in 1725; married Latham Clark in 1747. She died in 1768. Mr. Clarke died in 1776, aged 60 years. They left children: Martha, who was the second wife of John Hazard, of North Kingstown, and a woman of strong intellect and sterling character; Samuel; Louis Latham; Hannah, born April 19, 1760. Hannah married Peleg Gardiner - his second wife -, October 26, 1791. Her children were: Martha Clarke, born September 10, 1795, who married Rowland F. Gardiner and died December 19, 1837; Hannah Robinson, born June 3, 1798, married Robert Morey, and died June 3, 1869; Mary Ann, born November 15, 1800, who married Thomas Clarke Collins and died in October 1860. Peleg Gardiner owned the Rowland Robinson farm, and there died. The family now have Rowland Robinson's family Bible containing among many other entries in his own handwriting, the following: "William Robinson, died 19th Sept., 1751, aged 57 years, 7 months, 27 days.", "Martha, wife of William, died November, 1725. My daughter Hannah Robinson, departed this life the 30th October, 1773 aged 27 years, 5 months, 9 days (Hannah Gardiner Morey, daughter of Robert Morey, has now in her possession four silver spoons that belonged to the, "unfortunate Hannah...Robinson"; "Anstis Gardiner, wife of Rowland Robinson, died November 24th, 1773;" "Mary, my daughter, died April 5th, 1777, aged 25 years, 1 month, 21 days;" "My beloved brother, John Robinson, died October 5, 1739." The foregoing extracts from Rowland Robinson's family Bible were kindly furnished me with others by William G. Caswell, of the State of New York, who married Sally C. Gardiner, daughter of Rowland F. Gardiner and Martha Clarke Gardiner, a lineal descendant by the mother's side of Gov. William Robinson.