| 1 |
Ruth BACON |
| Birth |
21 Nov 1725, Concord, Middlesex, MA |
| Death |
4 Jun 1816, Acton, Middlesex, MA |
| Burial |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Middlesex, MA |
| Father |
Joseph BACON (1685-1747) |
| Mother |
Rebecca TAYLOR (1687-1778) |
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Land records referred to Joseph as a trader and gentleman.1667 On 19 April 1775, Capt. Joseph Robbins commanded a company of Acton militia at Concord Bridge.1668 Joseph and Ruth were the parents of eight children, recorded at Acton. In his 1797 will, Joseph named his wife Ruth, son John (their only child still living in 1797), and several grandchildren. John was to have the home farm, other real estate in Acton, his father's pew in the Acton meeting house, and Capt. Joseph's "pasture in the town of Mason, N.H."1669
Captain Joseph Robbins is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA. His gravestone states "SACRED To the memory of Cap Joseph Robbins who died with a cancer March 31, 1800 Aged 71 years." It is followed by a poem: "let worms devour my waフeing fleド, And crumble all my bones to duフ, My ____ shall raiテ my frame anew, At the revival of the juフ."
1670"After the alarm carried by the three reached Lexington, then Concord, messengers fanned through the countryside warning the scattered farmers that the British were on the march. An unknown rider, perhaps Prescott himself, arrived at the home of Captain Joseph Robbins, leader of one of Acton's two troops of militia--soldiers supposedly under allegiance to the king, although that had ceased to be the case.
The messenger did not dismount, but banged on the corner of the house, shouting "Captain Robbins! Captain Robbins! Up! Up! The regulars have come to Concord! Rendezvous at old North Bridge quick as possible! Alarm Acton!"
Aroused from his bed, Robbins fired three shots with his musket to warn the town. Then he sent his 13-year-old son John to alert Isaac Davis and others. When he received the news, Davis sent word that he would leave for Concord as soon as thirty men had mustered in his yard." |