Esplins

!History: Mayflower families says that Samuel was a "son of William Sabin and his first wife, prob. a dau. of Richard Wright of Rehoboth.{NEHGR36:52,53; 99:240} The Sabin(e) surname, found in ancient English records does not appear among the Huguenots, as is often said.{(NEHGR 101:264-9 (1947)}
The family lived at Rehoboth, where Samuel Sabin was called planter and miller.{Early Rehoboth, 3:159} He served in King Philip's War, and in the Phips expedition to Quebec in 1690.{NEHGR 36:52,53} The will of Samuel Sabin of Rehoboth, written 14 Jul 1690, "called forth to war against the French," was presented 16 Oct 1699. Mentioned in it were his wife, sons Samuel and Israel to have real estate, daus. Mercy and Sarah each to have three pounds and the same sum to the youngest dau. at her marriage. The son Samuel was named executor with his mother, but in a lengthy written agreement, Samuel renounced executorship in favor of administration by his brother Israel and mother widow Mary Sabin. The agreement described property in the estate inherited from "grandfather William Sabin," and land purchased from Uncle John Martin." John Kingsley was one of the bondsmen in the administration of the estate. {Bristol Co. PR 2:7,8 and Docket (Samuel Sabin)}
On 1 Aug 1707 Mary Sabin of Rehoboth joined her sisters Elizabeth Patte, Dorcas May and Mercy Martin, wife of John Martin, in conveying their rights to the Middleboro land of their deceased father, Francis Billington, "for love" to their niece Desire Billington, daughter of their brother Isaac.{Plymouth Co. LR 7:326 (Elizabeth Patte et al to Desire Billington)}
!Conflict: The Sabin book on fiche says died and buried 9 Feb 1686/1687 It also says he was possibly born to Samuel and Elizabeth in 1615 sealed 24 Nov 2000 SGEOR

History! Rehoboth VR says William of Seekonk, alias Rehoboth, and Martha Allen of Medfield married at Medfield by Rev. Ralph Wheelock.