American manufacturer
Henry Asher Robbins
Born 1829 Died January 21, 1914(1914-01-21) (aged 84) Occupation Founder of the Waltham Watch Company Spouse
Children 2
Henry Asher Robbins (1829 – January 21, 1914) was an American manufacturer who was prominent member of New York society during the Gilded Age .
Early life
Robbins was born in 1829 in Berlin, Connecticut . His father was the pastor of the Kensington Congregational Church in Kensington, Connecticut for forty-three years.[ 1]
Robbins was a direct descendant of Asher Robbins , the United States Senator from Rhode Island .[ 2] [ 3]
Career
Together with his brother Royal E. Robbins, he founded the Waltham Watch Company , which merged with Robbins, Appleton & Co., a watch importing company based out of Boston that owned the Waltham, Massachusetts based American Watch Company .[ 1]
Society life
In 1892, both Robins and his wife were both included in Ward McAllister 's "Four Hundred ", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Personal life
In 1866, Robbins married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Pelham Bend (c. 1845 –1933).[ 7] George H. Bend .[ 8] [ 9]
The Robbins built "Asher House" in Southampton, New York designed by Grosvenor Atterbury .[ 1]
Robbins died of pneumonia[ 15] Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on January 21, 1914.[ 16] Park Avenue in New York, in July 1933.[ 17] [ 17]
References
^ a b c d Spanburgh, Sally (2015). The Southampton Cottages of South Main Street: The Original Hamptons Summer Colony Arcadia Publishing . p. 143. ISBN 9781626192911 . Retrieved 7 November 2018 . ^ "ROBBINS, Asher - Biographical Information" . bioguide.congress.gov . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 7 November 2018 .^ Clay, Henry (1963). The Papers of Henry Clay: Presidential Candidate, 1821-1824 University Press of Kentucky . p. 661. ISBN 0813130476 . Retrieved 7 November 2018 . ^ McAllister, Ward (16 February 1892). "THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE" (PDF) . The New York Times . Retrieved 5 October 2017 . ^ Patterson, Jerry E. (2000). The First Four Hundred: Mrs. Astor's New York in the Gilded Age ISBN 9780847822089 . Retrieved 13 June 2018 . ^ Keister, Lisa A. (2005). Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got That Way Cambridge University Press . p. 36. ISBN 9780521536677 . Retrieved 20 October 2017 . ^ "Mrs. Henry Asher Robbins (ca. 1845-1933)" . nyhistory.org . New-York Historical Society . Retrieved 7 November 2018 .^ "BENJAMIN WELLES DIES OF PNEUMONIA; Father of Assistant Secretary of State Was Descendant of Colonial Settlers" (PDF) . The New York Times . Retrieved January 14, 2018 .^ Greene, Richard Henry; Stiles, Henry Reed; Mott, Hopper Striker; Totten, John Reynolds; Forest, Louis Effingham De (1894). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 6 . ^ McVickar, Edward; Breed, William Constable (September 1906). Memoranda relating to the McVickar family in America . Retrieved 12 May 2017 . {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )^ "A DAY OF NOTABLE UNIONS; BRILLIANT WEDDINGS IN THIS CITY AND WASHINGTON. MISS MAUD ROBBINS MARRIES MR. HARRY WHITNEY M'VICKAR AND MISS FLORENCE AUDENREID BECOMES THE COUNTESS DIVONNE" . The New York Times . Retrieved 12 May 2017 .^ "H.P. ROBBINS DIES; PHILANTHROPIST, 71; Columbia Trustee, President of Memorial Hospital 12 Years --Civic, Educational Leader" . The New York Times . Retrieved 24 January 2018 .^ "Mrs. Harry P. Robbins" . The New York Times . Retrieved 24 January 2018 .^ "MISS EMILY WELLES A BRIDE.; Mrs. Astor's Grandniece Married in Grace Church to H.P. Robbins" . The New York Times . Retrieved 24 January 2018 .^ "Obituary 1 -- No Title" (PDF) . The New York Times . Retrieved 7 November 2018 .^ "HENRY ASHER ROBBINS" (PDF) . The New York Times . Retrieved 7 November 2018 .^ a b "ROBBINS" (PDF) . The New York Times . Retrieved 8 November 2018 .
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