Robinson Trefethen was born on 4 April 1721, in New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America as the son of Henry Treferrin and Mary Locke. He married Abigail Locke in January 1748, in Rye, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1721. In 1748, his occupation is listed as "the first inn or tavern in rye, of which any record has been found, was at the centre of the town and was kept by robinson treferrin--probably a corrupiton of trefethen...treferrin came to rye from great island in 1747 or 1748 and in those years probably erected the house which he conducted as a tavern until september 1756, when he sold it to simon, peter, and benjamin garland for 2426 pounds, old tender." in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. He died before 2 September 1794, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
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