Searching Robinsons in Orange County, Vermont

Nadene Goldfoot                                     

East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont

                                                           
I was looking through the deceased listing on findagrave.com, complaining to myself about their new face now that they've sold their website to ancestry.com I think, and looking at a John A. Robinson born in 1826 for a forgotten reason, and found his death certificate on ancestry.  It was quite a good one, telling that his father was David Robinson.  I found one in my program  b: 1797.  He had moved to West Fairlee!  Now I have 50 million David Robinsons collected in my Family Tree Maker software program.  John was buried in West Fairlee, Orange, Vermontl. This David had to have been John's father.  I added him to the family.  The only problem is that Preston, already on the census, was listed having been born on the same date.  How could that be?  John A had to be a part of this West Fairlee family.  A twin?  Hmm.  Another David in West Fairlee?  The few records I did find all said that David was born in Massachusetts and the one I chose was.  That's why he fits the puzzle.

Here's another tree in my Family Tree Maker. This David already has a son John listed. West Fairlee?
Hadn't found that among his history a few years ago.  I'll have to try to get more information.
Descendants of DAVID Robinson

1  DAVID Robinson b: February 07, 1799 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont d: August 19, 1841 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
.. +Sarah Denny b: November 06, 1800 d: October 01, 1849 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. 2  George Robinson b: 1821 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. 2  Mary Robinson b: 1823 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. 2  Ezekiel Robinson b: 1825 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. 2  [1] CHARLES Robinson b: Bet. June 17, 1827 - 1828 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont d: March 02, 1897 in Randolph, Orange, Vermont
..... +Harriet Gillet b: Abt. 1828
. *2nd Wife of [1] CHARLES Robinson:
..... +Mary Story b: Abt. 1832 in Vermont
. *3rd Wife of [1] CHARLES Robinson:
..... +Ellen b: 1842 in Massachusetts
. *4th Wife of [1] CHARLES Robinson:
..... +Lucy Elizabeth Corey Parker b: Abt. 1827 in prob. Randolph, Orange, Vermont
. 2  John Robinson b: August 02, 1829 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. 2  Martin Robinson b: 1831 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. 2  Ezekiel Robinson b: 1833 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. 2  Franklin Robinson b: 1836 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. 2  Sarah Ellen Robinson b: 1838 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. 2  David Robinson b: 1841 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont

                                                                 
Did our ggrandfather, Abiathar Smith Robinson know of this family?
Did he live with any of this family since he was not on the 1850 census in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont?
He was not on Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont census, either but married there in 1852. He wasn't on any 1850 census, missed by census takers everywhere.

Who was the John Robinson in Royalton living with Abiarhar's future wife, Julia Ann Tuller's family,  found on the 1850 census at age 51?  This fact makes me wonder about all John Robinsons in the area.  This one was then born in 1799 or thereabouts the way people reported ages.  Unless they spoke to the person in question, they were capable of getting an assortment of guessed answers.

One can see that West Fairlee is close to Tunbridge
where our ggrandparents married in 1852, making
Strafford and the surrounding towns all the more relevant.  

     

Descendants of David Robinson

1  [1] David Robinson b: December 1797 in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts d: 1883 in West Fairlee Village, Orange, Vermont
.. +Luna b: 1798 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont d: 1880 in West Fairlee Village, Orange, Vermont
. 2  Preston Kent Robinson b: February 1826 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont d: March 03, 1907 in Hartford, Windsor, Vermont
..... +Marcia L. b: 1831 in New Hampshire d: Bef. 1900 in West Fairlee Village, Orange, Vermont
. 2  [2] John A. Robinson b: September 11, 1826 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts d: August 06, 1890 in West Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
..... +[3] Mary D. b: 1832 in Vermont
..... 3  [4] Frank E. Robinson b: 1856 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont
......... +[5] Alice W. b: 1862 in Vermont
..... 3  [6] John Milton Robinson b: 1858 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont
. 2  Harriett K. Robinson b: 1829 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
. 2  James L.T. Robinson b: 1831 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
. 2  Abby Robinson b: 1834 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
. 2  Eleanor Robinson b: 1836 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
. 2  Adeline L. Robinson b: 1840 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
*2nd Wife of [1] David Robinson:
.. +Abigail
. 2  [2] John A. Robinson b: September 11, 1826 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts d: August 06, 1890 in West Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
..... +[3] Mary D. b: 1832 in Vermont
..... 3  [4] Frank E. Robinson b: 1856 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont
......... +[5] Alice W. b: 1862 in Vermont
..... 3  [6] John Milton Robinson b: 1858 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont

John was born in 1826 and our Abiathar was born in 1829 in Vermont.  This is in Orange County, where Tunbridge is.  Our Abiathar Smith Robinson was married in Tunbridge, Vermont in 1852.  John's father was of the same age and living in the same area where Abiathar's father could have come from.   John A died from typhoid dysentery.  

                                                                     

East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont

Descendants of John A. Robinson

Generation No. 1

1.  JOHN A.⁸ ROBINSON  (DAVID⁷, ZADOCK⁶, DANIEL⁵, EBENEZER⁴, SAMUEL GEORGE³, GEORGE², PHILIP¹) was born September 11, 1826 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and died August 06, 1890 in West Fairlee, Orange, Vermont.  He married MARY D..  She was born 1832 in Vermont.

Notes for JOHN A. ROBINSON:

11/16/17 read the death certificate for John A Robinson who died in West Fairlee and was born 1827 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, a laborer. 

His father was David Robinson.  I started hunting and found this father both in Mass and West Fairlee, Vermont!!! He has to be the father but did not have a John listed as a son on any of the other pieces of information I had found-trees from other people, probably, because of the age under 1850 census.

                                                                           

Ely had a copper mine, no wonder people moved there. 

More About JOHN A. ROBINSON:

Name 2: John A Robinson

Cause of Death: typhoid dysentery

Census 1: January 26, 1860, 33, Vershire, Orange, Vermont

Census 2: Bet. 1860 - 1870, farmer

Census 3: June 24, 1870, 43, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

Census 4: June 05, 1880, 53, Ely, Orange, Vermont

Occupation: 1870, 17 yr old Harris Orr working for him

Property 1: 1860, $2400 land $600 personal

Property 2: 1870, $3000 land    $630 personal

                                                                         

Vershire, Orange, Vermont

More About MARY D.:

Census 1: January 26, 1860, 28, Vershire, Orange, Vermont

Census 2: June 24, 1870, 37, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

Census 3: June 05, 1880, 47, Ely, Orange, Vermont

                                                                                     

Covered bridge near Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

Children of JOHN ROBINSON and MARY D. are:

                   i.    FRANK E.⁹ ROBINSON, b. 1856, Vershire, Orange, Vermont; m. ALICE W.; b. 1862, Vermont.

More About FRANK E. ROBINSON:

Census 1: January 26, 1860, 4, Vershire, Orange, Vermont

Census 2: June 24, 1870, 16, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

Census 3: June 05, 1880, 24, Ely, Orange, Vermont

More About ALICE W.:

Census: June 05, 1880, 18, Ely, Orange, Vermont

                  ii.    JOHN MILTON ROBINSON, b. 1858, Vershire, Orange, Vermont.

More About JOHN MILTON ROBINSON:

Census 1: January 26, 1860, 2, Vershire, Orange, Vermont

Census 2: June 24, 1870, 12, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

Census 3: June 05, 1880, 22, Ely, Orange, Vermont (Milton J)