Robert HUCKINS^[1]

1620 - 1694  (73 years)

• Name	Robert HUCKINS
  Born	16 Aug 1620	Devonshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	HUGGINS
  Noteworthy	Early settler of Dover, NH
  Occupation	Clerk of Dover Train Band
  Religion	Protestant
  Residence	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Immigrant?	Y
  Cause of Death	Killed by Indians - Oyster River
  Died	18 Jul 1694	Oyster River [Durham], Strafford, New Hampshire
  Person ID	I4917	Main
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth BEARD,   b. Abt 1624, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire ,   d. 1675, Strafford County, New Hampshire  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Married	Bef 1644	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Children	+ 1. James HUCKINS,   b. Abt 1644, Oyster River [Durham], Strafford, New Hampshire ,   d. 18 Aug 1689, Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire  (Age ~ 45 years) + 2. Elizabeth HUCKINS,   b. Abt 1655, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire ,   d. Aft 5 Apr 1720, York, York, Maine  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F1782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Aug 1620 - Devonshire, England Residence - - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Married - Bef 1644 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Died - 18 Jul 1694 - Oyster River [Durham], Strafford, New Hampshire  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Robert Huckins was born on Aug. 16, 1619 in Devonshire, or Cornwall England. He died July 24, 1694 in Oyster River New Hampshire. He is buried in Somersworth Cemetery, Somersworth, New Hampshire. He is mentioned in American records as one of the forty two signers of the Dover Combination dated Oct. 22, 1640. In 1641 he was in the part of Dover then called Oyster River and is now called Durham. He signed the Bay Colony protesting against annexation to that Colony In 1642. He had a grant of a twenty acre lot, no. 16, on the Back River. His name appears in none of the Dover tax lists and this leaves to inference that his estate was employed in catching, curing or transporting fish and was thus exempt from taxation. According to Pike's Journal that "Old Mr. Huckins was killed by the Indians at Oyster River on July 18, 1694. He married July 2, 1629 Elizabeth (unknown) In the Geneology Dictionary of New England settlers Vol 2. p. 121 and 187. Robert is said to be a Clerk of Dover Train Band 1662. The Reverend Pike recorded in his diary the devasting events of July 18, 1694. 250 Abenaki warriors descended on the sleepy hamlet of Oyster River Plantation. They ravaged both sides of the river, cutting a swatch of destruction six miles in length. In small detachments of 8-10 warriors they killed and captured 94-100 people. Half the settlement was burned to the ground. The attackers destroyed crops and killed hundreds of head of livestock bringing famine and financial ruin to those who survived. —- 1640 - signed the Dover Combination. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Maine and New Hampshire, Genealogical Dictionary of, Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, (The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, Portland, ME. 1928-1939). [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 33:93.