Willard Robinson

• Born: 15 Jun 1798, Attleboro MA
• Marriage: Rebecca Whiting Richards in 1825 in Attleboro MA
• Died: 1897

  General notes:

Manufacturer

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1815 to Obediah Robinson in Attleboro MA
  

• He worked from 1821 to 1824 as a manufacturer in Attleboro MA specializing in gilt buttons and fasteners.

• He was a partner from 1824 to 1837 with Richard Robinson in Attleboro MA as R & W ROBINSON.

• Alternate Marks on button backs for R & W ROBINSON.

• Trade token for R. & W. ROBINSON, 1836
  Private Collection
  

• He worked from 1837 to 1843 as a manufacturer in Attleboro MA retaining the name of his old partnership.

• He was a partner after 1843 with ? Hatch in Attleboro MA as ROBINSON & HATCH.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Attleboro MA, listed as a button manufacturer.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Attleboro MA, listed as a button manufacturer.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Attleboro MA, listed as a button manufacturer.

Willard married Rebecca Whiting Richards, daughter of Edward Richards and Amey Bucklin, in 1825 in Attleboro MA. (Rebecca Whiting Richards was born in 1805 in Attleboro MA.)