Other Events:

• Education: Virginia; William and Mary College
• Residence: King and Queen County, Virginia; Mt. Pleasant
• Public Service: Between 1736 and 1765, Virginia; Member of the House of Burgesses, Representative of King and Queen County.
• Public Service: Between 1738 and 1766, Virginia Colony; Speaker of the House of Burgesses
• Public Service: Between 1738 and 1766, King and Queen County, Virginia; Treasurer
• Miscellaneous: 15 Sep 1754, Virginia Colony; Letter to George Washington
• Deed: 7 Nov 1763, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; John Robinson and his wife Lucy sell 581 acres in St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County. The land, on which John Robinson was then living, was originally part of a grant to Harry Beverley and later passed to his daughter, Agatha (Wife of William Robinson who was John Robinson's brother).

Notes:

Public Service:
During the debate over the Virginia Resolves, it was Speaker of the House, John Robinson who exclaimed, "Treason! Treason!" in response to the speech given by Patrick Henry on May 29, 1765.

Correspondence exists between Speaker Robinson and George Washington in the period leading up to and during the French and Indian War.

Miscellaneous:
From the Hon. Mr. Speaker Robinson
Sept. 15th 1754

Sir
I have the pleasure to acquaint you that the House of Burgesses have taken particular notice of the Bravery of Yourself, and the rest of the Officers and Soldiers under your command, in the gallant Defence of your Country, and have ordered meo return you their Thanks for it, which I cant do better than by transcribing the Order. "Ordered that the Thanks of this House be given to Col. George Washington, Capt. Mackay of His Majesty's independent Company, and the Officers under his Command; Major Adam Stephen, Capt. Robert Stobo, Peter Hog, Andrew Lewis, George Mercer, Lieutenants Thomas Waggener, William Polson, John Savage, James Towers, Ensigns William Bronough, John Mercer, William Peyronie, and James Craig, for their late gallant and brave Behaviour in the Defence of their County; and that the Speaker be desired to acquaint him of the same to desire him to inform the other Gentlemen of it, and to communicate to the Soldiers the just Sense this House have of their Bravery also." I heartily with you Success in all your undertakings and am
Sir
Your Most Obedient Servant
John Robinson.


* * * This letter was in response to the events involving George Washington at the Battle of Jumonville Glen (28 May 1754) and the Battle of Fort Necessity, or the Battle of the Great Meadows (3 July 1754). These two events were the beginnings of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) and what would become, globally, The Seven Years' War (1756-1763).

Family/Spouse: Miss M. Story. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lucy Moore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John Susannah Chiswell 21 Dec 1759Williamsburg, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]