Surname Saturday - Robinson

My husband has a line of Robinsons in his ancestry that is different than the one in my family.  Today I present his Robinson line beginning with Edward.

Edward Robinson was born about 1616 in England.  His will was recorded on 18 May 1686 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. He mentions both his sons by his wife Margaret Hall, Francis and Edward, in this document.

Francis Robinson was born after 1680 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.  He married Elisabeth about 1712 in Westerly, Rhode Island.

John Robinson was born about 1713.  He married Mary Irish on August 23, 1733 in Westerly, Rhode Island.  They had sons John, Daniel and Rowland.  John died about 1777 in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island.

John Robinson was born after 1738 in Westerly.  He married Elizabeth Wells about 1762 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island.  He died after 1790.

Mary "Polly" Robinson was born 14 November 1762.  She married Thomas Wells in February 1782.  She died on May 22, 1842 and was buried at First Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island.

Another Treasure from FamilySearch.org

I reported a week or two ago about finding some of my New Brunswick, Canada ancestor's on http://pilot.familysearch.org .  There I found a collection of New Brunswick Death Certificates.  Today I am sharing the death certificate of my great-grandmother Annie Scott Babington Robinson.

The story that my father and aunts have told about Annie is that my grandmother, Annie's daughter, had recently become a school teacher and was living away from her family teaching school.  Her mother died unexpectedly and she left her teaching to go home and be with her family.  This death certificate verifies most of this. 

Annie died on January 15, 1921 after only one week of illness.  The cause of her death is listed as acute encephalitis.  I wonder how accurate that diagnose was given medical knowledge of that time period. 

In January of 1921, my grandmother was not quite 21 years old, just about right to be a new teacher.  Annie died at home in Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick.  This leads me to wonder just where my grandmother had gone to teach.  I'll need to ask.

The death information was supplied by George Robinson, Annie's husband.  Annie's parents were reported as expected, James and Susana (Coyle) Babington.

The last interesting fact was the undertaker's name, Arnold Dykeman.  He was the son-in-law of George and Annie Robinson, married to their daughter Ethel Blanche.  My parents both remembered that Arnold was an undertaker in Cambridge. 

Annie Robinson died at 52 years old.  Far too young for her and her family.  I know her loss was always felt by my grandmother and no doubt her siblings as well.

Rest in peace, great-grandmother.

Surname Saturday - Robinson

My paternal grandmother was a Robinson.  This is what I know about her ancestry.

Patrick Robinson was most likely born abt 1750 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.  It is likely he served with the British during the American Revolution.  He was granted 200 acres in Grand Lake, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada in 1786.  He married Sally Hatton and they had nine children.

His son Charles Robinson was born November 13, 1780 in New York. He married Mary Sutter on June 5, 1802 in Wickham, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada.  They moved that year to property along the Washademoak.  They had 6 children.  Charles died November 17, 1864 in Cambridge Narrows, Queens, New Brunswick.

John Robinson was born July 27, 1819 in Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada.  He married Martha Elizabeth Springer on September 16, 1847 in Waterborough Parish, Queens.  John, with help from his son George, built wooden boats, among them the Daisy Queen which is in the collection donated to the King's Landing Historical group.  John and Martha had seven children.  John died January 7, 1900 in Queens.

George Robinson was born February 29, 1864 in Cambridge Narrows.  He inherited the family farm from his father John and lived in the home with his two sisters Rachel and Rebecca.  When he married his sisters moved out.  He married Annie Scott Babington on March 19, 1895 in Queens County.  They had four children.  George died January 8, 1954 in Cambridge.

George Robinson

My grandmother, Elsie Marie Robinson, was born April 4, 1900 in Cambridge Narrows.  She attended the Fredricton, New Brunswick Normal School and was a teacher for a short time. She married Harry McKiel on October 29, 1924 in St. John's, New Brunswick.  She and Harry moved to Albion, Maine where they ran a farm and raised five children.  Elsie died October 11, 1993.