Leonard Robinson was the oldest child of Samuel Robinson, Sen. He came here, with his family, in the first company of settlers. He was born in Hardwick, Mass., July 27, 1736. He married his first wife, Rebecca Billings, in Hardwick, and his first two children were born there. She united with this church April 14, 1765. He united with the church December 20, 1764. His frequently leading the Friday prayer-meeting, and " lining out the psalm " with a peculiar tone, has been spoken of as familiar to the old inhabitants. He was first sergeant in Capt. John Fassett's military company. He was forty-one years of age at the time of the Bennington battle, and in Capt. Samuel Robinson's company. From the Bennington battle anecdote related of him, among the incidents of that battle, in a previous part of this volume, his piety would seem to have been of that kind that "trusts God, but keeps the powder dry." Leonard Robinson, whose aim was quick and deadly, declared that every time he shot he saw a man fall. " But," said he, " I prayed the Lord to have mercy on his soul ; and then I took care of his body." Late in life he removed to Swanton, and died there September 29, 1827. He had sixteen children. From "Memorials of a Century, the Early History of Bennington, VT" by: Rev. Isaac Jennings (1869). His obituary read: OBITUARY NOTICE - LEONARD ROBINSON (He united with the Bennington Church 20 Dec 1764). "Died at Swanton the 19th ULT. Mr. Leonard Robinson in the 92nd year of his age. He removed from Hardwick to the town of Bennington in the year 1761 when there was not a house or path on this side of the mountain. He left his native habitation with his father and others, on account of religious persecution, being of the sect called New Lights, or Independents. Here they formed a church under the Rev. Jedediah Dewey, noted for its piety, its purity, and intelligence. He was in Bennington Battle, was singularly calm and brave. At 80 years of age on his birthday, he mowed and gathered his acre of grass; and his years were undoubtedly prolonged by regular exercise and temperance. His humility, his daily walk and conversation gave evidence that he was a believer in the practical doctrines of Jesus of Nazareth."