Notes:

Several DAR applications exist with Elizabeth and William in the lineage and are available online. Some of these are (Member Number - Ancestor Number):

Nat'l #: 817994 Ancestor #: A097787
Nat'l #: 817995 Ancestor #: A097787
Nat'l #: 817996 Ancestor #: A097787
Nat'l #: 766520 Ancestor #: A097787

Elizabeth William Nelson 14 Apr 1788Louisa County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Alternate marriage date of 4 April 1788 exists in the DAR Genealogical Research Database.

Family/Spouse: William Asbury. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• NSDAR Ancestor Number: A097787
• Military Service (Specific): Virginia Colonial Militia Major in the Militiamen. American Revolutionary War Patriotic Service: William supplied beef and furnished Blacksmith work
• Religion: 1738, Virginia; Vestryman of Christ Church Parish
• Possessions: 7 Jul 1741, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; William purchases 500 acres of land from his father, John Robinson, for 150 pounds sterling and described as being within St George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, in the fork of the river and being part of a patent granted to John Robinson April 23, 1718 and known by the name of Clesby [sic]. Deed Book C, 1734-1742.
• Miscellaneous: 5 Jul 1743, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; On this date the Last Will and Testament of Joseph Brock was proven; William and Agatha Robinson were among the witnesses listed on the Will which is on page 360 of Will Book A in Spotsylvania County, VA.
• Military Service: 7 Sep 1743, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; On this date, William Robinson took an oath and was commissioned Major of Militia in Spotsylvania County.
• Miscellaneous: 25 Dec 1750, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; On this day William Robinson was at the home of John Taliaferro, Gentl., of Spotsylvania County who was very ill with White Sickness [Probably Hypochromic anemia] and died that same day. Before John died, William witnessed a Nuncupative Will given to John's brother, Francis. Included in John's wishes were that Francis would recover 200 pounds owed to him by Christopher Robinson at Urbanna and to give that money to his sister, Brooke. Will Book B, Page 80.
• Miscellaneous: 2 Jun 1752, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; On this date, the Last Will and Testament of George Stubblefield, Gentl., was proven; among the witnesses on this Will were William and Agatha Robinson. Will Book B, Page 109.
• Possessions: 4 Feb 1754, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; William transfers a negro child by deed as a gift to his son, John Robinson. Witnessed or recorded July 2, 1754. Deed Book E, 1751-1761.
• Deed: 1 Jun 1761, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Deed of Gift. To his son, Harry Robinson, 4 Negro Slaves.
• Deed: 3 Nov 1763, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Deed of Gift. Rights granted in a 1190 acre tract of land to his son, John Robinson. William was the tenant of the land, "by courtesie of England". The land was devised to Agatha, the deceased wife of William Robinson (John's Father) by Harry Beverley, Gent., Deceased.
• Miscellaneous: 1769, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; On March 30, 1769 Joseph Hawkins of Spotsylvania County, Virginia died. Among the witnesses to Joseph's Last Will and Testament was William Robinson. Will Book D, Page 525.
• Personal Property Taxation: 1782, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 2 free males over 21 years of age, 7 slaves, 8 head of cattle, 2 horses, mares or colts. Tax Levied, 4,16,0
• Personal Property Taxation: 1783, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
• Personal Property Taxation: 1784, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 8 to pay Specie, 6 to pay Certs., 2 horses or mules, 4 head of cattle. Tax Levied; amount in Specie: 4,5,0 - amount in Certs.: 3,5,0.
• Personal Property Taxation: 1785, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 7 Specie, 6 Certificates, 2 horses, 6 head of cattle. Tax Levied; Specie: 1,17,9 - Certificates: 3,5,6.
• Personal Property Taxation: 1786, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 1 free male above 21, 11 slaves to pay specie, 5 slaves to pay certs, 3 horses, &c, 14 head of cattle. Tax Levied; Specie: 6,9,6 - Certs. 3,9,6.
• Personal Property Taxation: 24 Apr 1787, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 5 slaves over 16, 1 horse, mare, colt or mule, 5 head of cattle.
• Personal Property Taxation: 15 May 1788, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 2 White Tithes, 5 slaves over 16, 2 horses. Tax levied, 2,14,0.
• Personal Property Taxation: 7 Apr 1789, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 2 White Tithes, 5 slaves over 16, 2 horses &c. Tax Levied, 1,16,0.
• Personal Property Taxation: 1 Jun 1790, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 2 White Tithes, 4 slaves over 16, 2 slaves over 12, 3 horses &c. Tax Levied, 1,3,0.
• Personal Property Taxation: 5 Apr 1791, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 2 White Tithes, 4 Slaves over 16, 3 horses . Tax Levied, 0,11,6.
• Personal Property Taxation: 3 Apr 1792, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 2 White Tithes, 3 slaves over 16, 3 horses. Tax Levied, 0,9,0.
• Will: 8 May 1792, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Extracts and images of William Robinson's Will

Notes:

Has private research notes.

William Robinson is recognized by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution for his contributions beef to feed the soldiers and material support in the form of blacksmith work during the Revolution.

NSDAR Ancestor Number:
William Robinson is recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution as a patriot for his support during the war by furnishing beef and blacksmith work.

Some researchers have stated that William Robinson was a colonel in the American Revolution but I have found no evidence to support this. What is clear is that William was commissioned a Major for the Colonial Militia, not a Revolutionary War Militiaman but a Colonial Militiaman. These Militia were the basis of local security for protection against the sometimes hostile Native Americans and the French. Hening's Statues at Large are full of examples of laws passed with regard to the raising of militia, requirements, public issuance of weapons to those men who could not afford a musket, powder and shot. The D.A.R. recognizes William for providing beef and blacksmith work during the American Revolution, not service as a soldier. Numerous personal property tax records have recorded William as Major William Robinson; none of the records that I have seen refer to him as colonel. It is likely that a different William Robinson was the Colonel of the Revolution.

Possessions:
The name "Clesby," or correctly spelled, Cleasby, is an obvious reference to the ancestral home in England. Cleasby was the name given to describe the 2200 acre land patent of 1718 belonging to his father and from which William purchased 500 acres.

The Fry-Jefferson Map of 1751 includes the location along the Rappahannock River of a Robinson Estate, a little below the town of Fredericksburg, Va. The map includes the locations of many estates, generally marked on the map with the family name. Across the river from Fredericksburg was the Ferry Farm, boyhood home to George Washington. The Washington family were members of St. George's Parish and attended church in Fredericksburg where William Robinson was a vestryman.

The actual owner of the Robinson estate shown below Fredericksburg is currently unknown to me. It appears that William's brother, John Robinson, Speaker of the House of Burgesses was a onetime resident or landholder in the area as was their father, John Robinson, President of the Governor's Council of Virginia. The Robinson estate shown on the map was probably that of one of William's close relatives but could have been an additional home of his own.

William's estate was purchased out of a 2200 acre land patent belonging to his father which was located between two of the four branches that rise in Spotsylvania County, Virginia which ultimately become the Mattaponi River. The four streams are named the Ma, the Ta, the Po and the Ni. The Ma and the Ta come together and form the Matta River while the Po and the Ni rivers form the Poni river. Finally, the Matta and the Poni Rivers merge to become the Mattaponi. If William lived on the acreage that he purchased from his father's Cleasby Patent then his home would be about southeast of Fredericksburg.

Deed:
There is a related document which indicates acreage from the same tract of land that was originally granted to Harry Beverley and passed to his daughter Agatha upon his decease. That property was then being occupied by John Robinson, brother of William Robinson (as indicated by the name of John's wife in the record, Lucy).

Personal Property Taxation:
Instead of William's name being followed by Major, as in previous years, there appears to be what I think may be the letters L M; perhaps Lieutenant Major?

Immediately following William's name in the list is that of "Robinson Benj @ LM" . . . this is almost assuredly William's son, Benjamin Robinson who, it would appear, resided on his father's land. Benjamin was recorded in this year with more taxable personal property than his father.

William Agnes Smith 27 Jan 1757St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia. Agnes (daughter of Stephen Smith, (Speculation but appears to be accurate) and Phoebe Hawkins, (Speculation)) 22 Sep 1716 Spotsylvania County, Virginia; after 9 Dec 1795Spotsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Personal Property Taxation: Apr 1793, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; 1 Tithable, 3 slaves over 16, 2 horses. Tax Levied, 0, 5, 8.
• Deed: 9 Dec 1795, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; The sale of the portion of the estate of William Robinson upon which he was living at the time of his death. The sale was conducted for Agnes by her son, Benjamin Robinson and his wife Catherine Parker-Robinson. The transaction consisted of 62 acres and was sold to Roger Tandy, a resident of the same county, for $288.

Notes:

Birth:
Alternate Birth Date: 1725 from multiple unsubstantiated sources.

Died:
The following land record establishes the death date of Agnes to some time after 9 Dec 1795:

Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 about Agnes, Widow Robinson
Name: Agnes, Widow Robinson
Date: 9 Dec 1795
Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA
Property: 62 acres in Spots. Co.
Notes: This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
Remarks: Decr. 9, 1795. Agnes Robinson, widow and relict of Wm. Robinson, Esq., Decd.; Benjamin Robinson and Catherine, his wife, of Spots. Co. to Roger Tandy fo same co. $288.00. 62 a., the tract whereon the said Wm. Robinson, Esq., Decd., lived at the time of
Description: Grantor
Book: O

Notes:

Married:
27 January 1757. William Robinson and Agnes Smith.
This license was found in an old fee book by J. W. Browning. Both of St. Thomas' Parish. P1.

Other Events:

• Public Service: 1711, Virginia; Member of the House of Burgesses
• Possessions: 23 Apr 1718, King William County, Virginia; 2200 acres on the south side of one of the Great Branches of Mattaponi River. This 2200 acre patent was named Cleasby and appears as such in the records. Cleasby is an obvious reference to the ancestral home of the Robinson family in England. The Mattaponi River begins as four streams in what is Spotsylvania County, Virginia today. Each of the four streams is named Mat, Ta, Po and Ni. On July 7, 1741 John's son, William Robinson, purchased 500 acres of land from the Cleasby patent which was described as being in the fork of the river in St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia - this later purchase references the Cleasby Patent by name and date.
• Public Service: 1720, Virginia; Member of the Governor's Council of Virginia
• Possessions: 2 Nov 1720, King William County, Virginia; 2000 acre land patent on the south side of the middle river and adjoining his own land (the Cleasby patent of 1718). The "middle river" must be a reference to one of the forks of the Mattaponi. This land was possibly on the other side of the river (south) of the earlier tract from 1718. This land was bounded by or touched the land of Capt. Thomas P_ and Larkin Chew.
• Public Service: 20 Jun 1749, Virginia; President of the Council then acting Governor of Virginia

Notes:

John Robinson in print:

The Phantom Governorship of John Robinson, Sr., 1749
David Alan Williams, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 68, No. 1, Part One (Jan., 1960), pp. 104-106.

Name:
John Robinson of Piscataway, Essex County, Virginia.

Died:
John Robinson died at the home of the Honorable William Nelson who would later serve as Governor of the Virginia Colony in 1770 and 1771. William Nelson was a staunch supporter of the colonial cause leading up to the American Revolution and his son, Major General Thomas Nelson, Jr., was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

John Catherine Beverley Yes, date unknown. Catherine (daughter of Major Robert Beverley and Katherine Hone) 21 Jul 1726Middlesex County, Virginia; 22 Jul 1726Middlesex County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Catherine is named in her father's Will

Other Events:

• NSDAR Ancestor Number: A105959

Notes:

NSDAR Ancestor Number:
Service: VIRGINIA
Rank: Patriotic Service
Birth: Aft Sep 1722, Virginia
Death: 1799, Orange County, Virginia
Service Description: 1) FURNISHED BEEF & CORN

Stephen Phoebe Hawkins, (Speculation) about 1739Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Public Service: Middlesex County, Virginia; Private Secretary to Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia
• Immigration: Abt 1666, Virginia
• Residence: Bef 1666, Hewick, Yorkshire, England; Near Ripon
• Public Service: Between 1675 and 1688, Middlesex County, Virginia; Clerk of Middlesex County
• Public Service: 1686, Middlesex County, Virginia; Coroner of Middlesex County
• Military Service: 12 Dec 1687, Militia
• Public Service: 1691, Middlesex County, Virginia; Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
• Public Service: Between 26 Oct 1691 and 1693, Middlesex County, Virginia; Member of the Governor's Council of Virginia
• Public Service: 05 Jul 1692, Middlesex County, Virginia; Secretary of State for the Virginia Colony
• Will: 27 Jan 1692/93, Middlesex County, Virginia
• Public Service: 8 Feb 1693, Virginia; An original Trustee of William & Mary College.

Notes:

Has private research notes.


Christopher Robinson was from Hewick, near Ripon in Yorkshire, England.

Christopher Agatha Obert Virginia. Agatha (daughter of Bertram Obert, Sr. and Miss Anne) 25 Jan 1685/86Middlesex County, Virginia; 27 Jan 1685/86Middlesex County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military Service: Virginia; Major
• Public Service: 1676, Virginia; Member of the Governor's Council of Virginia
• Military Service: 3 Nov 1676, Virginia Colony; Note, Beuerley at this time was constantly passing in sloops from place to place, to pursue and seize the rebells in their guards, the which he effectually performed.
• Military Service: 29 Nov 1676, Virginia Colony; Letter from Sir Wm. Berkeley to Major Robert Beuerley, then before Wests Pointe, the rebells chiefe garrison, all written by Sir William Berkeley, his owne hand writeing, on receipt whereof Beuerley imediately went down to the Gouernor, then on board Capt. Martins shipp; and was sent one of foure, on board Captain Granthams shipp to discoruse Ingram, who without any conditions (other than bare hopes of mercy) gaue vp himselfe and y'e garrison, and armes at Wests Point. Walklase alsoe, and the party of horse with him, submetted themselues, and declared for y'e gouernor.
• Military Service: 18 Jan 1676/7, Virginia Colony; Note, Beuerley, was now sent to settle Middlesex, and the adjacent northern counties, who on his approach, did readily submitt themselues.
• Military Service: 21 Jan 1676/7, Virginia Colony; The northern counties being setled in quiet, Beuerley with the partie vnder him, marches directly to Green Spring, and were imediately made the guard there, dureing the whole session of Assembly, and then discharged and ordered pay, and the countrey fully settled in peace and quiet. Note, that Beuerley did not make any seizure vpon this letter, of any mans goods, or tobaccos, in Middlesex countie or elcewhere; by reason none withstood, but all submitted to the Gouernor.
• Public Service: 9 Jun 1680, Jamestown, Virginia; Col. Francis Morrison haueing misrepresented Beuerley to his Majesty: his Excellencie, the Lord Culpeper, was by instructions, comanded to disable him from bearing any office of trust, which occasioned this certificate and petition to his Excellencie; on which he was continued in his former offices; and if it will be admitted, nineteen in twenty will yet testifie Beuerley's loyaltie and great services, in the quieting Bacon's rebellion.
• Will: 26 Aug 1686, Middlesex County, Virginia; Will is written

Notes:

Robert Beverley and Katharine Hone had three daughters. Two of these daughters married Randolph brothers. They were William Randolph of Turkey Island and Sir John Randolph of Williamsburg. The third daughter, identified as Catharine Beverley, married John Robinson, the son of Christopher Robinson who came to the Virginia Colony in 1666.

Military Service:
By the Gouernor and Capt. Generall of Virginia.

GENTLEMEN,
The bearer, Major Robert Beuerley, is one of my trusty soldiers and servants, I therefore desire and require you to giue him all creditt and observance due to a faithfull and principall soldier, and to furnish and deliuer to him, (for his Majesties especiall service,) whatsoeuer armes, amunition, provissions, or other vtensills or necessaries for land or water service, he shall have occation for, and his receipt shall be your sufficient warrant for payment. Giuen vnder my hand this 3d day of November, 1676.

WILLIAM BERKELEY

To Capt. Saml. Groom, and euery coman-
der, master, merchant, or supercargoe be-
longing to any shipp, already arrived, or
which shall arrive into Virginia.

Military Service:
My Dearest, Most Honoured Major Beuerley,
It is most certain, that Ingram is come down to treat of a peace, but in my opinion it is impossible for him to propose any equall conditions; for one, he offers to bring in Lawrence and Drumer with others, as I heare, for his owne pardon, but this I think is almost impossible for him to effect. I should esteem myselfe the basest ingratefull person aliue, if I concluded any thing without your present approbation and advice, who haue done soe much for me and the countrey: but, for all this treaty, I desire you to doe all things that may turn to the destruction of the enemie, for all this treaty, which, I say againe, I beliue will haue noe effect; 'tis now Friday morning, and I expect Ingram on board Capt. Grantham this day; but I will not speak with him 'till Saterday, in hope you will be downe this Friday night; but leaue such orders that Col. Ludwell and Capt. Potter, and Capt. Larmore, and Capt. Allen, may doe the enemie all the mischiefe they can. I was soe sick yesterday of my feavour, that I could not write to you, but now, God be prised, am pretty well: Pray come down if it be possible, if not send your Counsell and advice. Pray present my service to Col. Ludwell, to whom I would haue you communicate this letter.
My worthy friend I am, Yours,
WILLIAM BERKELEY.
Friday morning, 29th November, 1676.

Military Service:
MAJOR BEUERLEY,

Yesterday came on board to me, Boodle, and submitted himselfe, and promissed that, this day, his soldiers should lay downe their armes, vpon which I ague him his pardon, and promissed his soldiers the like provided they deliuered vp their armes: if you finde nothing to doe in Middlesex, you may goe forward and settle what parts you hear is not settled. I am this day intended for Green Spring. I am, Note, Beuerley, was now sent to settle Middlesex, and the adjacent northern counties, who on his approach, did readily submitt themselues.

Your affectionate friend and servant,

WILLIAM BERKELEY.

January the 18th, 1676.

Military Service:
DEARE MAJOR BEUERLEY,

God Almighty hath been inexpressibly mercifull to this poore countrey, Crows being taken, and Drumer, with the rogueish Monsieur, yesterday executed, and I hope a few dayes will bring in Lawrence, Haley, and Arnold, the chiefe remaining villians; I here finde the people cheerfully come in to my service, and am disarming the rogues, and would haue you take the same course where you are, and secure those magistrate's tobaccoes, who were swearers of the people to Bacon's execrable and treasonable oathes; I am now at Mr. Brayes, just going to Major Page's, where I shall rest this night, and to-morrow intend to Green Spring; I shall be glad to see you soe brauely and signally serued his majesty, and me his gouernor, to be my guard, for whom I shall alwaies haue a verry high esteem, and assure you that I am,

Your most affectionate and
Hearty friend and servant,
WM. BERKELEY.
January the 21st, 1676-7.

Public Service:
To his Excellencie, Thomas, Lord Culpeper, Barron of Thorsway, his Majesties Lieftenant and Gouernor Generall of Virginia.

The house of Burgesses, Most humbly present,
That for many years past, they haue been well knowing, and sencibly experienced of the great faithfulness and ready abillities of Robert Beuerley, their clerk, in the due execution of his part of the service of the house and to the great dispatch thereof; for which reason, together with the most signall demonstrations of his loyalty to his Majesty, and god services to this his colonie, this house doe most humbly pray your Excellencies approbation and allowance, that he may be continued therein, it being their vnanimous choice, and that your Excellencie will comand his being forthwith sworn to the execution of that office, by those most worthy gentlemen of the Councell, now appointed to sweare the respectiue burgesses.

And as in duety bound they shall pray.
Signed by order of the House of Burgesses. THO. BOLLARD, Speaker.

From the house of Burgesses convened at
James Citty, the 9th of June, 1680.

Att a Councell held at James Citty. June the 9th 1680.

PRESENT.
Sir Henry Chicheley, Knight, Lieft. Gouernor.
Col. Nicholas Spencer, Sec.
Col. Nathaniel Bacon, Aud.
Major Gen. Robert Smith,
Col. William Cole,
Col. Augustin Warner,
Col. Joseph Bridger,
Ralph Wormley, Esq.
Col. John Custis,
Major Richard Lee,
Thomas Swanne, Esq.

Vpon the address of the house of Burgesses to his Excellencie, dessireing Major Robert Beuerley to be continued their clerk; the whole Councell by his Majesty appointed for this colonie, doe declare, That vpon their well knowing of Major Beuerley, they are all fully satisfied his integritie, abillity, and loyalty, deserves the character y'e house of burgesses haue represented him vnder; And are of opinion, it will be for his Majestie's, and this colonies service, that he be, by his Excellencie, according admitted to the execution of that place.

Vera Copia, Test. HEN. HEARTWELL, Cl. Con.

Robert Katherine Hone 28 Mar 1679Gloucester County, Virginia. Katherine (daughter of Major Theophilus Hone) 23 Apr 1692Middlesex County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
A number of unexplored sources state or speculate that Katherine was the widow, not the daughter of Theophilus Hone. Care should be taken to follow up with this potential before continuing with this family line. Other sources that follow Theophilus Hone as husband of Katherine generally state that she was a sister of John Armistead.

Here's just one such example:

The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Vol. IV., July, 1896, No. I

"Major Theophilus Hone was a justice of Warwick county in 1652 He afterwards removed to Jamestown was Burgess for James City county in October 1666 and sheriff of James City county 1676 Prior to May 1672 he married the widow of William Richardson In 1675 Theophilus Hone Jr and Thomas Hone had a grant in James City county adjoining the land of Sir John Aytoun There is recorded at Essex Court house a deed dated Rappahannock county November 2 1686 from Christopher Wormeley Esq to Malachy Peale of Stafford conveying land which was granted to Thomas Hopkins in 1654 escheated and afterwards granted to Thomas Hopkins Hone gent by him conveyed to Justinian Aylmer and by Aylmer to his wife Frances now the wife of Christopher Wormeley In a pedigree of a family of Hone in the Visitation of Essex 1634 Hdrl Soc page 423 it is stated that Thomas Hone of Farnham 1634 married Judith daughter of Theophilus Aylmer Archdeacon of London and had issue William Thomas Theophilus Edward and Elizabeth all alive 1634 It can hardly be doubted that this was the family of the Hones of Virginia It has been stated that the second wife of Major Robert Beverley of Middlesex was Catherine daughter of Theophilus Hone but as the parish register states that he and Madam Katherine Hone were married in Gloster March 28 1689 [1689 is a misprint in the VMHB Article, the actual year was 1679 and was recorded in the Christ Church Parish Register, Middlesex County, Virginia which is attached to the marriage of Robert and Katherine in this database] it is probable that she was Major Hone's widow and as Beverley in his will speaks of his brother in law Colonel John Armistead of Gloucester it is probable she was an Armistead."

Died:
Other sources differ but if this is an accurate transcription then this is the preferred date of death.

John Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]