Dr. Gain Robinson

Born

Plymouth, Mass.

Died

1831 in Palmyra, New York

Role

Physician, first doctor in Palmyra NY

Affiliation

Presbyterian

Bio Notes

Dr. Gain3 Robinson - physician who studied medicine first with Dr. James Bradish of Cummington, Mass., and later with Dr. Peter Bryant, father of poet William Cullen Bryant. In 1799, Dr. Robinson moved to Palmyra, N.Y., being the FIRST physician in that place. His death in 1831 was caused by 'Aneurism of the heart.' SIGNIFICANCE: Palmyra NY is the birthplace of Mormonism. His daughter Amanda4 Robinson married Philip Grandin of Palmyra. The Grandin family published the first edition of the Book of Mormon in 1830. Source: Robinson Genealogy Society Vol. 2 1933 pp. 89-90. EVIDENTIARY TIER: SOURCE-CITED.