Author : Charles C. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332864126
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (641 download)
Book Synopsis Memoir of the Rev. Chandler Robbins, D.D (Classic Reprint) by : Charles C. Smith
Download or read book Memoir of the Rev. Chandler Robbins, D.D (Classic Reprint) written by Charles C. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-23 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoir of the Rev. Chandler Robbins, D.D The record of himself which Chandler Robbins wrote in the College Class Book, in 1829, is very brief, and is as fol lows: Was born in Lynn, Mass., a.d. 1810, Feb. 14th. Shall probably study Divinity. He was the second son of Dr. Peter Gilman Robbins, who was in early life a physician at Lynn, and afterward removed to Roxbury, where he died in 1852. His mother's maiden name was Abba Dowse. She was the second daughter of Samuel Dowse, of Charlestown, and is said to have been a lady of rare personal beauty, of great dignity and grace of manner, of a sweet disposition and clear and cultivated minc characteristics also very noticeable in the son. Before her marriage she was a teacher in the girls' department of the Franklin Academy at Andover. She died in March, 1812, at the age of twenty-six, leaving two sons, Chandler Robbins and a younger brother, Samuel Dowse Rob bins, - both of whom became ministers. Their grandfather was the Rev. Chandler Robbins, D.D., minister of the First Church in Plymouth, and their great-grandfather was the Rev. Philemon Robbins, of Branford in Connecticut. 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.
