Captain Robert Robinson (1685? – May 7, 1762) was born in

Miller Place, New York Miller Place is a Administrative divisions of New York (state)#Hamlet, hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Brookhaven, New York, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States. Despite preserving much of its historic ident ...

. A

Queen Anne's War Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) or the Third Indian War was one in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in North America involving the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, and Spain; it took place during the reign of Anne, Queen of Gr ...

veteran, he is considered to be one of the founders of the hamlet of

Yaphank Yaphank () is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 5,945 at the time of the 2010 census. Yaphank is located in the south part of the Town of Brookhaven. It is served by the ...

, Suffolk County, New York, in 1726. He married Mary Davis in 1703. Captain Robinson died May 7, 1762, in Pipestove Hollow,

Mount Sinai, New York Mount Sinai is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Political subdivisions of New York State#Town, Town of Brookhaven, New York, Brookhaven, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population wa ...

. His father was John Robinson (1654–1734), a member of the General Assembly of 1691 from Queens County.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Robert 1680s births 1762 deaths People from Miller Place, New York Queen Anne's War People from Yaphank, New York People from Mount Sinai, New York