Notes for: Samuel ROBINSON, Jr.

He was the first Magistrate of the State of Vermont.
Captain in the French and Indian War.
Religion - Christian Separatist
Active in resisting encroachment of New York on Vermont, Imprisoned for his outspokeness at least once in Albany, New York State.
Town Clerk in Hardwick, MA 1737
Town Treasurer 1738
Deacon in 1st Church, then Seperate Church, Hardwick, Mass.
Captain of the Hardwick Militia (1748-1759)
Made the first maple sugar, syrup in Vermont.
Built with Joseph Safford first grist mill 1762.
Held the first congregational church service in Vermont in his cabin in 1762.
Successfully petioned before King George to prevent the state of New York encroaching on the land grants from the governor of New Hampshire for the settlers in and around what is now Bennington, VT.