Robinson, Otis (1764-1835)

Name:

Robinson, Otis (1764-1835)

Title:

Minister, Baptist Church
Founder, Baptist Salisbury Association, 1818.

Born:

06/07/1764

Birthplace:

Attleboro, MA

Died:

03/01/1835

Death Location:

Salisbury, NH

Residence:

Attleboro, MA 1764-1787
Winthrop, ME 1787-1791
Livermore, ME 1791
Sanford, ME 1798-1809
Salisbury, NH 1809-1835

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Blacksmith
Baptist Minister

Father:

Robinson, Enoch

Mother:

Shepard, Windrell

Relations:

Great-great-granddaughter, Miss Avis Whittemore Robinson of Newport, RI (donor of items pertaining to Hannah and Otis Robinson: 1939.21, 1950.10, 1953.5, 1960.204)

Spouse:

Married Hannah B. Reed (1762-1840), March 17,1785

Children:

Lucy, born January 1, 1786
Nabby, born April 2, 1787
Noah, born May 5, 1789
Otis, born January 6, 1794
Cyrus, June 24, 1796
Harmon, born September 28, 1802
Hannah, born December 21, 1805
Infant son, born February 27, 1810

Notes:

Pastor of the Baptist Church in Salisbury, NH. He was born June 7, 1764 in Attleboro, MA. He enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of 14 and served for four years. He was then apprenticed to a blacksmith. He married Hannah Reed in 1785. In 1791 they moved to Livermore, ME and he became converted. He was ordained as pastor of the Baptist church and was called to Salisbury, NH in 1809. He built up the church from a very low ebb to 130 members. He was one of the founders of the Baptist Salisbury Association in 1818. He retired from the pastorate in 1826 and lived in Salisbury until his death March 1, 1835.
SEE ALSO (spouse): Robinson, Hannah
SEE ALSO (ancestor): Robinson, Noah
SEE ALSO (ancestor): Robinson, Patience / Daggett, Patience

John J. Dearborn, The History of Salisbury, New Hampshire, From Date of Settlement to the Present Time... (Manchester, New Hampshire: William E. Moore, 1890), 179-182, 719-720.

Salisbury Heights Cemetery, Salisbury Heights, New Hampshire