Illustrious Bennington, Vermont Robinsons

What makes this family so interesting to me is that they married into the Fays who came from France and were Huegenots, or Protestants that was outlawed and they had to move to Wales. From there they came to America on the Speedwell, only much later than the original trip of 1620 with the Mayflower. Several Fays married Robinsons of the same family. Our oral history is of coming from Wales and coming not on the Mayflower but a ship after that. Bennington, Vermont was the center of politics and activity. What a great town to be from.

The Fays are illustrious in history and connect to the Bush family. from their website: Look at : Captain Steven Fay (1715 - 1781), owner of the Revolutionary War Catamount Tavern in Bennington, Vermont. Sergeant John Fay (1734 - 1777), who fought and died in the Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777 (the turning point of the Revolutionary War). Dr. Cyrus Fay (1778 - 1839), inventor of the forceps for extracting teeth and progenitor of the current day French and Tahitian Fay Family, George Herbert Walker Bush (1924 - ), 41st President of the United States, and his son George Walker Bush (1946 - ), 43rd President of the United States.
                                                                 

Descendants of Moses Robinson, Governor
1 Moses Robinson, Governor b: March 22, 1740/41 in Hardwick, Mass
. +Sarah Susannah Howe b: July 06, 1767 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
*2nd Wife of Moses Robinson, Governor:
. +Mary Fay b: October 16, 1743 in Hardwick, or Westborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
... 2 Moses Robinson b: November 16, 1763 in Bennington, Vermont
....... +Susannah Howe b: July 10, 1767 in Hardwick, Massachusetts
... *2nd Wife of Moses Robinson:
....... +Ruth Dewey b: February 16, 1769
......... 3 Eunice Robinson b: April 22, 1789 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
............. +John Whiting b: Abt. 1789
......... *2nd Husband of Eunice Robinson:
............. +Charles Wright b: 1786
............... 4 Jane Wright b: November 03, 1809
............... 4 Catherine Jennet Wright b: March 14, 1812
............... 4 Thomas Wright b: October 11, 1814
............... 4 Moses Wright b: April 07, 1818
......... 3 Moses Dewey Robinson b: February 21, 1791 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
............. +Catherine Beech b: Abt. 1791
............... 4 Mary Jennet Robinson b: June 24, 1817
............... 4 Frances Robinson b: October 11, 1818
......... 3 Ruth Robinson b: June 26, 1796 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
............. +Heman Smith b: September 30, 1791
............... 4 Charles Smith
............... 4 Mary Jennet Smith b: May 21, 1824
............... 4 Heman Sedgwick Smith b: June 16, 1827
............... 4 Henry Martyn Smith b: March 22, 1832
... *3rd Wife of Moses Robinson:
....... +Catherine Beach b: Abt. 1763
... 2 Mary Robinson b: April 03, 1765 in Bennington, Vermont
... 2 Aaron Robinson b: Bet. May 04, 1767 - 1768 in Prob. Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
....... +Sarah "Sally" Hopkins b: February 1770 in Bennington, Vermont
......... 3 Henry Hopkins Robinson b: Bet. September 14, 1790 - 1794 in Bennington, Vermont
............. +Mary Scott b: September 23, 1796
............... 4 Anne Robinson b: March 1821
............... 4 Catherine Robinson b: September 14, 1826
......... 3 Aaron Dewey Robinson b: October 26, 1795 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
......... 3 Mary Fay Robinson b: September 03, 1797
............. +Henry Fassett b: 1805
............... 4 Charles Henry Fassett b: March 04, 1829
............... 4 Catherine Elizabeth Fassett b: June 24, 1829
......... 3 Ruben Robinson b: April 04, 1799 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
......... 3 Sarah Sally Robinson b: Bet. August 25, 1800 - 1801 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
... *2nd Wife of Aaron Robinson:
....... +Mary Polly Lyman b: May 03, 1778
......... 3 Phineas Lyman Robinson b: November 21, 1803
......... 3 Sarah Hopkins Robinson b: April 11, 1805
............. +Hiram Blackmer b: June 24, 1804
............... 4 Mary Elizabeth Blackmer b: June 24, 1832
......... 3 William Robinson b: September 25, 1807
............. +Juliette Staniford b: 1810
......... 3 Charles Robinson b: April 06, 1809
......... 3 Catherine Robinson b: May 29, 1811
......... 3 Charles Robinson b: August 12, 1813
......... 3 Esther Maria Robinson b: March 20, 1815
......... 3 Semantha Robinson b: March 31, 1818
......... 3 Moses Robinson b: July 12, 1820
... 2 Fay Robinson b: 1783
....... +Seraph Howe b: June 15, 1778
......... 3 Mary Fay Robinson b: September 1805
............. +Benjamin Franklin Chase
............... 4 Ellen Chase b: 1827
............... 4 Henry Chase b: Abt. 1828
............... 4 Fay Robinson Chase b: 1833
................... +Jennie b: 1840
..................... 5 Albert Chase b: 1868
..................... 5 Mary Chase b: 1871
..................... 5 Jennie Chase b: 1876
......... 3 Nancy Howe Robinson b: September 1807
............. +Benjamin Bissell b: Abt. 1807
... 2 Samuel Robinson b: February 10, 1770
....... +Semantha Brush b: February 18, 1772
......... 3 Samuel Robinson b: Abt. 1793
... 2 Nathan Robinson b: March 04, 1772
....... +Jerusha Staniford b: January 26, 1781
......... 3 John Staniford Robinson b: November 10, 1804 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
............. +Juliette Robinson b: Abt. 1804 in Prob. Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
... 2 Elijah Robinson b: August 12, 1774 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
... 2 Elijah Robinson b: March 15, 1778 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
... 2 Moses Jr. Robinson b: Abt. 1779