beginnings of the Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson. After his retirement from the Senate, Robinson moved back to Bennington and resumed farming and land speculation. He served in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1802. Death Robinson died in Bennington and is interred at the Old Bennington Cemetery. Family Robinson married Mary Fay, daughter of Stephen Fay, a leader of Green Mountain Boys, and sister of Joseph Fay and David Fay. They had six sons. His second wife, after Mary's death, was Susanah Howe. Robinson was the older brother of Jonathan Robinson and Samuel Robinson, who were also prominent in Vermont's political history. Governor John S. Robinson was the son of Nathan Robinson and the grandson of Moses Robinson. References Further reading Doyle, William T. The Vermont Political Tradition and Those Who Helped Make It. Doyle Publisher: 1987. . Duffy, John J., et al. Vermont: An Illustrated History. American Historical Press: 2000. . Potash, P. Jeffrey, et al. Freedom and Unity: A History of Vermont. Vermont Historical Society: 2004. . External links The Political Graveyard National Governors Association Govtrack.us 1741 births 1813 deaths People from Hardwick, Massachusetts People of colonial Massachusetts People of pre-statehood Vermont Governors of the Vermont Republic Anti-Administration Party United States senators from Vermont Democratic-Republican Party United States senators from Vermont Vermont Democratic-Republicans Governors of Vermont Members of the Vermont House of Representatives People from Bennington, Vermont Burials in Vermont