Robinson Genealogy

Nadene Goldfoot
                                                                           
Abiathar  Smith Robinson entered Julia Ann Tuller's life probably by 1850 when I found her on the  October 28, 1850 census at age 15 living with her parents.  Another farmer was living with the family;  a John Robinson, born in 1799 at age 51. Before he was born, an Indian raid on Royalton had occurred on  October 16, 1780 and people were killed and even kidnapped.   The next thing I knew was that Julia married Abiathar  in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont on February 29, 1852, a Sunday.  .  She was born on December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, the larger town next door only 8 miles away, so married at age 17 years 2 months 11 days on a Sunday.

Abiathar was also born in December but in 1829, so he was 5 years older than Julia, probably 22 at the time of their marriage.  I don't know the day of his birth or even where exactly he was born or have any records of who his parents were.  If it was this John living with the Tullers, he wasn't on the 1850 census.  Perhaps they had no room.  Perhaps he came from  Tunbridge or even further.There were a lot of Robinsons in New England.
                                                                     
Julia had a lot of relatives.  From Stowe, Vermont to Royalton, Vermont was only 56 miles.   Her mother was Asenath Durkee which later was a family making all sorts of kitchen needed foods such as spices..  She was born in 1814 in Royalton, that town that experienced an Indian raid in its early days.  She had married Alonzo Charles Tuller of St Albans, Franklin, Vermont.  Asenath's mother, Julia's grandmother,  was Rebecca Hatch b: 1791 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont.  She was married to Heman Durkee, Jr. of  Royalton, Windsor,  Vermont in 1813 in Royalton so had moved there from  Sharon, Vermont.  Heman had lived in Royalton all his life.    "

Amos Robinson, age 19 from Vermont was at the bottom of the census page, a few farms away.  He is probably one of our Robinsons, born 1831.." Amos, son of Joseph Allen Bullard Robinson, both had been born in Royalton.  Amos died as a Civil War soldier later in Mississippi fighting from 1861-65.  Joseph Allen Bullard Robinson's father was from Lebanon, Connecticut but had moved on to Royalton, Vermont.  He had also moved much later to Decatur, Illinois.  Abiathar had also moved from Vermont to Wenona, Marshall, Illinois where he and Julia are buried.

I just now noticed that Hiram Robinson, one of Amos Robinson and his wife, Lavina Bullock's sons, was born in 1799, but he is not a John.  He is Hiram Robinson.  At one time I thought Hiram could have been Abiathar's father, being so many Robinsons were from Royalton.  It's still possible.  I don't know if the live-in farmer John was Abiathar's father.  Hiram was married to Almira Morgan of the Morgan line of horses.  Abiathar raised horses with Julia.  My grandfather, Frank, left home at 16 because of Abiathar's strict religious rules about working on the Sabbath and wouldn't let him lead his horse out of the field where he was due to meet up with  a bull who had entered somehow.  It could be that the horse was killed-thus forcing Frank to leave home.  He had loved that horse.
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   
Hiram had moved to Sandy Creek, Oswego,New York In 1850, " they had 2,456 people; 1.5% of the population of New York.  Evidently they were on the border of Lake Ontario.  "The west border of Sandy Creek is Lake Ontario and the north border is Jefferson County. He drowned later, evidently in Lake Ontario before the 1860 census came out.  Almira died in 1888 there in Sandy Creek.  

  That could be why Abiathar had said in one census that he was from New York; and on others from Vermont.  Then again, the 2 states are next door to each other, Vermont once being part of New York! 

Many people of Robinson, Durkee and Tuller lived in Tunbridge so they must have had a large group at the wedding.  I've now selected John Robinson b: 1784 of Westminster,  Windham, Vermont to have been Abiathar's father, though he wouldn't be the one living with the Tullers.  His wife was Sophronia Pember of Randolph, Orange, Vermont.  They both died in Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont.  

Nine months later in November 1852 their first son, Edward Rix Robinson was born.  

Interestingly, John's father was Zadock Robinson who was in the army in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.  when he died in 1814.  He was in the USA army in the War of 1812.  "Zadok, meaning "Righteous" "Justified", was a Kohen, biblically recorded to be a descendant from Eleazar the son of Aaron . He was the high priest during the reigns of David and Solomon." 

Abiathar's name is also biblical, which might matter in this particular sect and time period as to how they would choose names for babies.  Abiathar (Hebrew: אֶבְיָתָר‎ ’Eḇyāṯār, "the father is great"), in the Hebrew Bible, is a son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, High Priest at Nob, the fourth in descent from Eli (1 Samuel 23:6) and the last of Eli's House to be a High Priest.

Today, we can see that a cohen from Aaron bears the Y haplogroup of J1, so can actually be identified through DNA.  If Zadock is the real ancestor of my grandfather, Frank Hugh Robinson, son of Abiathar, he would bear the haplogroup of R-L21.  In case some of you Robinsons were tested a while back, it first read with minimum testing as R1b; then as R1b1a2a1a1b4;  Frank's oral history to us was that his ancestor came over NOT on the Mayflower but the ship after that one.  All I know is that John Robinson, Pastor in Holland, sent the Pilgrims on the Mayflower but didn't go himself.  Instead he sent his son, Isaac  over on the next ship.  He had to stay with his remaining flock.  All our clues lead to having Scottish ancestors.