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John Robinson

Male 1683 - 1749  (66 years)


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  • Name John Robinson  [2] 
    • John Robinson of Piscataway, Essex County, Virginia. [1]
    Born 1683  Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Public Service 1711  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Member of the House of Burgesses 
    Possessions 23 Apr 1718  King William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    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. 
    2200 Acre Land Patent to John Robinson    		 2200 Acre Land Patent to John Robinson
    A patent for 2200 acres of land granted to John Robinson. In 1718, this land was in King William County but later, some or all of this land was to be within Spotsylvania when that county was formed.
    Public Service 1720  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 7] 
    Member of the Governor's Council of Virginia 
    Possessions 2 Nov 1720  King William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    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. 
    2000 Acre Land Patent to John Robinson    		 2000 Acre Land Patent to John Robinson
    2000 acres on the south side of the Middle River adjoining his own land. Although this land was in King William County in 1720, it probably ended up in Spotsylvania County, Virginia or perhaps, Caroline County.
    Buried 1749  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Public Service 20 Jun 1749  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10] 
    President of the Council then acting Governor of Virginia 
    Died 3 Sep 1749  Yorktown, York County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11, 12, 13] 
    • 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 Robinson Obituary Index Card     		John Robinson Obituary Index Card
    Obituary index card from the Virginia Historical Society Papers, Newspapers: Marriage and Obituary index, 1736-1820.
    Person ID I2798  Schimka Family Tree
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2013 

    Father Christopher Robinson,   b. 1645, Cleasby, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1693, 5123 Old Virginia Street Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Agatha Obert,   d. 25 Jan 1685/86, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15, 16] 
    Documents
    The pedigree of Bishop John Robinson    		The pedigree of Bishop John Robinson
    This is a copy of the pedigree of John Robinson, Bishop of London "compiled from Bishop Robinson's own, made in 1711, and was continued by General C. W. Robinson, from one of Misses Robinson, of Hanover County, 1763, and with his own additions." This copy was published in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume XV, for the year ending June 1908.
    Family ID F962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Catherine Beverley,   d. 21 Jul 1726, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Yes, date unknown  [2, 17, 18] 
    Children 
     1. Christopher Robinson,   b. 01 Jul 1703, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
    +2. Speaker John Robinson,   b. 03 Feb 1703/04, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1766, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     3. Mary Robinson,   b. 03 Jan 1706/07, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     4. Major William Robinson,   b. 25 Mar 1709, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1792, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Captain Robert Robinson,   b. 20 Oct 1711, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     6. Katherine Robinson,   b. 23 Feb 1714/15, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Henry Robinson,   b. 07 Apr 1718, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
    +8. Colonel Beverley Robinson,   b. 11 Jan 1721/22, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1792, Bath, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Documents
    The pedigree of Bishop John Robinson    		The pedigree of Bishop John Robinson
    This is a copy of the pedigree of John Robinson, Bishop of London "compiled from Bishop Robinson's own, made in 1711, and was continued by General C. W. Robinson, from one of Misses Robinson, of Hanover County, 1763, and with his own additions." This copy was published in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume XV, for the year ending June 1908.
    Family ID F961  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Welsh,   d. 29 Jul 1738, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 05 Jan 1730/31  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20, 21] 
    • 5 January 1731 recorded in Essex County, VA a marriage settlement between the Hon. John Robinson of Spotsylvania County and Mrs. Mary Welch, of Essex, widow.
    Last Modified 19 May 2012 
    Family ID F978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1683 - Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPublic Service - Member of the House of Burgesses - 1711 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - 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. - 23 Apr 1718 - King William County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPublic Service - Member of the Governor's Council of Virginia - 1720 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - 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. - 2 Nov 1720 - King William County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 05 Jan 1730/31 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1749 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPublic Service - President of the Council then acting Governor of Virginia - 20 Jun 1749 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Sep 1749 - Yorktown, York County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Marriage announcement in The Virginia Gazette of Katherine Robinson and Peter Wagener.    		Marriage announcement in The Virginia Gazette of Katherine Robinson and Peter Wagener.
    Spotsylvania County Records 1721-1800, p. 155. Part of Crozier's Virginia County Records series.    		Spotsylvania County Records 1721-1800, p. 155. Part of Crozier's Virginia County Records series.

    Histories
    Robinson Family Research Notes    		Robinson Family Research Notes
    This is a list of resources that have not yet been fully researched.

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S966] The Colonial Virginia Register, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, N.Y. 1902), p. 46.

    2. [S988] The Virginia magazine of history and biography, Volume XV, (Name: The Virginia Historical Society; Location: Richmond, VA; Date: Year Ending June 1908;), Page 447.

    3. [S1032] Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D. (Editor), (Name: Lewis Historical Publishing Company; Location: New York; Date: 1915;), Page 63.

    4. [S966] The Colonial Virginia Register, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, N.Y. 1902), p. 46.
      1683 year of birth from this source

    5. [S1032] Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D. (Editor), (Name: Lewis Historical Publishing Company; Location: New York; Date: 1915;), Page 63.
      "In 1711 and other years," John Robinson was a member of the House of Burgesses.

    6. [S1218] Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys, Land Office Patents No. 10, 1710-1719, p. 373 (Reel 10).
      Author Robinson, John. grantee.
      Title Land grant 23 April 1718.
      Summary Location: King William County.
      Description: 2200 acres on the south side of one of the Great Branches of Mattapony River.
      Source: Land Office Patents No. 10, 1710-1719, p. 373 (Reel 10).
      Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
      Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
      Related See also the following surname(s): Robbinson, Robertson, Robison.
      Subject - Personal Robinson, John. grantee.
      Subject - Topical Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- King William County.
      Subject -Geographic King William County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
      Genre/Form Land grants -- Virginia -- King William County.
      Added Entry Virginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
      Library of Virginia. Archives.


      System Number 000815255

    7. [S968] Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, Stella Pickett Hardy, (Name: Tobias A. Wright; Location: New York; Date: 1911;).

    8. [S1218] Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys, Land Office Patents No. 11, 1719-1724, p. 48 (Reel 10).

    9. [S1032] Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D. (Editor), (Name: Lewis Historical Publishing Company; Location: New York; Date: 1915;), Page 63.
      In 1749, John Robinson was President of the King's Council of Virginia and when Governor Gooch left for England, he became Governor of Virginia. He served in this role for about three months until his own death.

      Note, this source gives a different date from other sources for John Robinson's death: 3 September 1749.

    10. [S966] The Colonial Virginia Register, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, N.Y. 1902).

    11. [S1032] Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D. (Editor), (Name: Lewis Historical Publishing Company; Location: New York; Date: 1915;), Page 63.
      This source states an alternate date of death as: 3 September 1749.

    12. [S966] The Colonial Virginia Register, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard, (Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, N.Y. 1902), p. 46.
      This source states September 1749 for the date of death.

    13. [S967] Letters to Washington and Accompanying Papers, Vol. I, 1752-1756, Stanislaus Murray Hamilton, (Name: The Society of the Colonial Dames of America; Date: 1898;), Vol. I.
      Beverley, son of John Robinson [President of the Council and Acting Governor of Virginia from June 20 to his death in September, 1749] and grandson of Christopher Robinson, of " Cleasby," in Yorkshire, England, who settled about 1666 at " Hewick," near Urbanna, Middlesex County. Va. Beverley Robinson moved to New York, and married Susannah, daughter of Frederick Phillips, who owned an immense estate on the Hudson River; became wealthy, adhered to the King in the American Revolution, and was commissioned Colonel of the Loyal American Regiment, and commanded also the corps called Guides and Pioneers. His son Beverley was Lieutenant-Colonel of the first. Peace being declared, Colonel Robinson, with a portion of his family, went to England, and resided at Thornbury, near Bath; died in 1792. ? BROCK.
      (a footnote in the book)

    14. [S1033] Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D., (Name: Lewis Historical Publishing Company; Location: New York; Date: 1915;), Page 1096.

    15. [S974] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume V, (The Virginia Historical Society; Location: Richmond, VA; Date: Year Ending June 1898;), Page 251.

    16. [S988] The Virginia magazine of history and biography, Volume XV, (Name: The Virginia Historical Society; Location: Richmond, VA; Date: Year Ending June 1908;), Page 446.

    17. [S960] Life of Sir John Beverly Robinson: BART., C.B., D.C.L., chief-justice of Upper Canada, Charles Walker Robinson, (Name: Morang & co., limited; Date: 1904;), Page 3.

    18. [S960] Life of Sir John Beverly Robinson: BART., C.B., D.C.L., chief-justice of Upper Canada, Charles Walker Robinson, (Name: Morang & co., limited; Date: 1904;), Page 176.

    19. [S960] Life of Sir John Beverly Robinson: BART., C.B., D.C.L., chief-justice of Upper Canada, Charles Walker Robinson, (Name: Morang & co., limited; Date: 1904;), Page 4.

    20. [S973] The Official Letters of Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Virginia, 1710-1722, (Name: Virginia Historical Society; Location: Richmond, VA; Date: 1882;), Page 61.
      The marriage is mentioned in the footnotes but not the place of the marriage.

    21. [S1157] Essex County, Virginia Marriages, 1655-1900.
      : 1743,
      : ROBINSON,
      : JOHN
      : Married Mary, relict of Francis Meriwether
      Book: D 23,
      Page: 169
      Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia
      page 200
      Original Source is: Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia (Wilkerson, Eva Eubank)