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On 15 June 1807, RoyalMakepeace, for seven hundred and fifty dollars, conveyed a property inCambridge to Benjamin Robbins, Jr. and Solomon Robbins, housewrights of Boston.On 9 July 1807, Benjamin Robbins, Jr. housewright of Boston, in considerationof $400, conveyed to Solomon Robbins housewright of Boston an undivided half ofthis property in Cambridge. On 13 October 1810, Solomon Robbins carpenter ofBoston with his wife Mary, in consideration of $400, conveyed a property inCambridge to Isaac Sturtevant, this property one that Solomon and his brotherBenjamin Robbins, Jr. purchased from Royal Makepeace on 15 June 1807.[1]                 On19 June 1820, Benjamin Robbins, housewright of Amherst County, Virginia, gavepower of attorney to William F. Pulsifer of Boston to act on his behalf relatedto a property transaction in the right of his wife Margaret Gilbert W. Robbins formerlyMargaret Gilbert W. Pulsifer heir of Freeman Pulsifer (this transaction likelyrelated to the reversion of the dower, Margaret’s mother having died in 1819). Inthe transaction on 17 May 1821, Benjamin Robbins housewright and his wifeMargaret G. Robbins are described as of Boston.[2][1] MassachusettsLand Records, Middlesex County, 172:465, 172:466, 189:439[2] MassachusettsLand Records, Suffolk County, 271:249, 271:250271:249, 271:250 – this is Benjamin then of AmherstCounty, Virginia whose wife is Margaret Gilbert W. Pulsifer, a Pulsifer heir –1820 – he is a housewright and in Boston when the actual transaction takesplace – heirs of Freeman Pulsifer – 1821 – he is housewright in the deed withhis brother Solomon so maybe Margaret Pulsifer is his wife – yes, Pulsifer ishis wife – he is born in Harvard at death record of one of children – so is theother Benjamin but it is all goodhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z3-79S9-J?i=266&wc=MCBR-9TG%3A361613401%2C362382001&cc=2106411