0 3 ▁under ▁Govern ors ▁Haz en ▁S . ▁P ing ree ▁and ▁A aron ▁T . ▁Bl iss . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Robinson ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Cla rem ont , ▁New ▁Ham pshire , ▁to ▁Williams ▁Dean ▁and ▁Z il p ah ▁( C lement ) ▁Robinson . ▁Or rin ' s ▁great - grand father , ▁David ▁Robinson , ▁was ▁a ▁soldier ▁in ▁the ▁Cont inental ▁Army ▁during ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ary ▁War , ▁reaching ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁captain . ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁David ▁settled ▁in ▁Corn ish , ▁New ▁Ham pshire . ▁ ▁A ▁son , ▁Ever ett ▁Robinson , ▁grand father ▁to ▁Or rin , ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 8 1 2 . ▁▁ ▁Or rin ' s ▁early ▁education ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁public ▁schools . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ten , ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁live ▁on ▁a ▁neighbor ing ▁farm , ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁farm ▁during ▁the ▁summer ▁for ▁his ▁board ▁and ▁clothes ▁and ▁attended ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁winter . ▁When ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 7 , ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁a ▁year ▁at ▁a ▁gun ▁factory ▁in ▁W inds or , ▁Verm ont . ▁After ▁this ▁he ▁spent ▁two ▁more ▁years ▁working ▁a ▁farm ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁and ▁att ending ▁school ▁during ▁the ▁winter . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 4 , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 9 , ▁he ▁borrow ed ▁fifty ▁dollars ▁to ▁travel ▁and ▁join ▁his ▁uncle , ▁S . S . ▁Robinson , ▁who ▁was