| 1623John was not named in his father's will, but was living at Falmouth, Maine in 1724/1725, when his father deeded land to him at Stow and Rutland, as noted above. He was granted a house lot at Falmouth on 1 April 1724 and later received one acre of land near Lt. Pike's lot on 3 August 1727 and 30 acres on 23 March 1727/1728 near Sandy Point on the north side of the "Persumscot" River runing "east south east to the Bay."1624 He may be the John Robbins who was paid £21 17s 8d for working on the Saco River Block-House in 1730. This is when workmen from Falmouth and other nearby towns were employed by Capt. Thomas Smith (father of Rev. Thomas Smith, the first minister at Falmouth) to build and repair the fort.1625 |