Col. John Robinson (1735–1805) and his family lived in the house once located at 17 Robinson Road in Westford, Massachusetts. The house was built before 1764, around when Robinson and his wife Huldah (1742-1812) married. On July 11, 1937, a fire that started in the barn destroyed both the barn and the Robinson House.

The stone marker placed on the road in front of the house was dedicated on April 19, 1896 by West­ford’s Col. John Robinson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The quartz boulder, believed to have been used by Robinson’s daughter to mount her horse at a property near Nashoba Hill, is inscribed:

HERE LIVED
COL. JOHN ROBINSON
A BRAVE AND DISTINGUISHED OFFICER
IN THE
BATTLES OF CONCORD AND BUNKER HILL
BORN 1735       DIED 1805

Please note that this marker is located in front of a private residence. The historic photo of the Robinson House was taken in 1907 and is held in the collections of the Westford Historical Society & Museum.

This story was submitted by the Westford Historical Society & Museum as part of the program, Revolutionary Stories: The Enduring Legacies of the American Revolution in the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area.