Career
He is the great-great-grandfather of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on the side of Roosevelt"s mother, Sarah Delano:
Edward Robbins married Elizabeth Murray
…whose daughter, Anne Jean Robbins, married Joseph Lyman
…whose daughter, Catherine Robbins Lyman, married Warren Delano Junior.
…whose daughter, Sara Delano, married James Roosevelt
…whose son was Franklin Delano Roosevelt.