Robbins, Chandler, Dd

Robbins, Chandler, D.D., a Congregational minister, was born at Branford, Conn., Aug. 24, 1738. He graduated at Yale College in 1756, studied under Dr. Bellamy, and was ordained Jan. 30, 1760, pastor at Plymouth, Mass., where he continued until his death, June 30, 1799. He was made D.D. by the University of Edinburgh in 1793. His publications were, A Reply to John Cotton's Essays on Baptism (1773): — Some Brief Remarks on a Piece Published by John Cotton, Esq. (1774): --An Address at Plymouth to the Inhabitants Assembled to Celebrate the Victories of the French Republic over their Invaders (1793), and a few occasional Sermons. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1, 573.