Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Robbins, John
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Falls Township


JOHN ROBBINS retired, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Falls 
township, Bucks county, June 20, 1809, being a son of Isaac 
I. and Jane (Thompson) Robbins.  His father was born in New 
Jersey, and is of English origin, his mother being a native 
of Ireland.  Isaac I. Robbins was a farmer and was the 
father of seven children, five of whom are now living. John 
Robbins was reared on the farm in Falls township.  He 
attended school at Wilmington, Delaware, and chose farming 
as his business.  He is a republican in politics and was 
elected to the legislature in 1846 and served one session.  
He also served ten years as justice of the peace in 
Morrisville.  In 1836 he married Mary Ivins, by whom he had 
one child, Isaac I., now deceased.  His wife died in 1874, 
and he was again married in 1880 to Mary E. Worthington, a 
native of Bucks county.  Mr. Robbins has been a successful 
man in business life, is now retired and stands high in the 
community in which he resides.