Priscilla Robins nee Marsden 1802-

[Nell]

Priscilla born 05 Dec 1801, daugher of Reuben Marsden & ELizabeth
05 Nov 1802, baptised at St Sepulchre's, Holborn Viaduct
father's occupation: cabinet maker, abode: St John's Road

married James Robins on 10th February 1822 at St Botolph's Bishopsgate

births /baptisms of children
1.James b. 1 Mar 1823 bapt 06 Apr 1823 Christ Church Greyfriars Newgate
Father: Clerk. Address Angel Street

children baptised at St Giles Cripplegate, City of London:
2.William bapt 19 DEC 1824 Father: clerk. Address Monkwell Street.
3. Priscilla b. 7th (1st?) Feb 1826 bapt 03 Sep 1826 Father Clerk. Address Peerless Row
4.Louisa b 2 Mar 1827 bapt 09 Nov 1828 abode: Peerless Row
5.John b 29 May 1828 bapt 09 Nov 1828 abode: Peerless Row

children baptised St. Leonard's, Shoreditch
6.Jane Elizabeth b 23 Aug 1830, bapt 11 Mar 1832 abode: Union Street, Hoxton.
7.Algernon Albert b 19 Feb 1832, bapt 11 Mar 1832 address Union Street, Hoxton. (haven't found out what happened to him presume he died in infancy
8 Emily bpt 21 Apr 1833 address: Old Street Road
9.George Henry b 30 Jan 1835 bapt 23 Feb 1835 address Old Street Road
10. Frederick b 17 Jul 1836 bpt 01 AUG 1836 Old Street Road
11. Reuben b 24 Oct 1838 bapt 27 Oct 1839 Old Street Road
12. Harriet b 17 Feb 1842, bapt 09 Mar 1842 Old Street Road

1841 The pieces covering 668 Middlesex Parish: St LukeTownships: West Finsbury Golden-Lane, Old Street Whitecross-Street are missing, and only the elder daughters Jane and Priscilla are found 1841 as they are staying in other households.

1851 HO107/1536 89 p.1
100 Hoxton Old Town, Shoreditch Middlesex
Priscilla Robins abt 1804 St Luke, Middlesex, Head married 49 brokeress
John Robins abt 1829 St Luke, Son unm. 22 paperstainer
Jane Robins abt 1830 St Luke, , Daur 21 unm. flower maker
Caroline Robins abt 1833 St Luke, Daur 18 unm. flower maker [seems to be Emily in later censuses, which would fit with 1833 baptism]Reuben Robins abt 1839 St Luke, Son 12 scholar
Harriet Robins abt 1843 St Luke, Daur 8

cannot find likely candidate for Priscilla's husband James, who is described as a broker on Harriot [sic]s birth cert.
Was husband James in prison for a long time? Was he in a lunatic asylum? Did he desert the family?


1861 RG9/250 102 p.1
25 Old Castle Street [4 other households] Bethnal Green
Priscilla Robins abt 1803 Clearkenwell,[sic] Middlesex, Head mar 58 furniture broker
Emily Robins[says ditto] abt 1833 St Lukes Daughter mar 28 artificial flower maker
Rueben Robins abt 1839 St Lukes, , Son unm 22 house painter
Harriet Robins abt 1842 St Lukes Daughter 19 unm artificial flower maker
Emily Hobbs abt 1854 Paddington, Middlesex, Granddaughter 7 scholar [daughter of Priscilla Robins and Thomas Hobbs]

between 1861 and 1871 Priscilla was presumably widowed though I have found no evidence of James' death or burial.

1871 RG10/405 56 p.28
31 Playhouse Yard, Whitecross Street, St Luke's.
Priscilla Robins abt 1803 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, Head widow 68 general dealer
Harriet Robins abt 1843 St Luke, Middlesex, Daughter unm 28 servant

Death cert:
26th March 1879, 31 Play House Yard.
Priscilla Robins, age 75 years. Widow of James Robins, a paper stainer.
Cause of death: effusion over brain, certified by G.F. Rogers LRCP.
Informant: X The mark of Jane Elizabeth Casbard, daughter, present at the death, 18 Newcastle Street. 27th March 1879.

Link to ex's gt gt grandfather: http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...ead.php?t=6046