Andrew Robeson Jr.

Andrew Robeson Jr. (October 14, 1817 – July 23, 1874) was an American merchant.

Early life and education Robeson was born on October 14, 1817, in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

His paternal grandparents were Martha and Peter Robeson. His maternal grandparents were Elizabeth ( Rotch) Rodman (daughter of William Rotch) and Samuel Rodman, one of the wealthiest ship owners of New Bedford. A year after their marriage, they built a large granite mansion in Fall River situated "on the boundary line between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with three quarters of the residence situated in the former, and one quarter in the latter." a daughter of Leonard Knight and Elizabeth Curtis Johnson, in 1880. Harriet Allen Robeson (1845–1852), who died young. who married Stephen Van Rensselaer Thayer, the eldest son of financier Nathaniel Thayer Jr. and grandson of Stephen Van Rensselaer IV, in 1870. He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. His widow died at Islesboro, Maine on July 25, 1903.

Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of Henrietta Sargent (1874–1953), who married architect Guy Lowell.

Through his daughter Alice, he was a grandfather of Stephen Van Rensselaer Thayer Jr. (1871–1907), who died in Vichy, France.

In honor of Robeson and his wife, his daughter Alice commissioned Harry Eldredge Goodhue to create stained glass windows for Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Boston, depicting Simeon and Anna.