Tuesday, July 09, 2019
Our New RobinsonTree coming from Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont--Same County As Royalton
The town of Weathersfield was named for Wethersfield, Connecticut, the home of some of its earliest settlers. The Connecticut town had taken its name, in turn, from Wethersfield, a village in the English county of Essex, the name of which derived from "wether", or in Old English wither, meaning a castrated lamb. In England, wethers were trained to lead flocks of ewes to pasture. It was a supreme irony that the name of the Vermont town (with an 'a' inserted) would derive from a connection to sheep, the animal that would come to define Weathersfield's earliest antecedents and first put it on the map.
Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont |
(Y haplogroup of R-L21)
There are no papers showing a connection to John Milton Robinson, but he sure seems to be the John living with the Tullers. If he was Abiathar's father and Abiathar had to live elsewhere being 21 now, he may have accompanied his father and found lodging in Tunbridge.
The story is that the 1850 census in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, had my ggrandfather, Abiathar's future wife, Julia Ann Tuller on the census at age 15 and living in the house was a worker, John Robinson, age 51, born in Vermont. It could easily be John Milton Robinson, a man I had thought about before but now, after working on a previous article of Robinsons throughout the censuses in Windsor, it suddenly made sense that this one and only John of Wethersfield was Abiathar's father. Abiathar was in Tunbridge in 1850 where he married Julia Ann in 1852. She was still in Royalton. They had a lot of relatives living in Tunbridge; the Tullers, Durkees, etc.
Too bad it didn't say the Robinson's House
Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont
father: John Milton Robinson b: Feb 15, 1800 in Weathersfield
grandfather: Jasper Robinson b: 1772 Stafford Springs, Tolland, CT
ggrandfather: Elijah Robinson b: 1735 Windham, CT
gggrandfather: Benjamin Robinson b: 1702/3 Tisbury, Dukes, Mass.
ggggrandfather: Peter Robinson, Sr. 1655 Barnstable, Mass
gggggrandfather: Isaac Robinson b: 1610-1620 Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Leiden, Holland
ggggggrandfather: JOHN ROBINSON, REVEREND and wife BRIDGET WHITE
b: Sturton Nottinghamshire, or Lincolnshire, England, d:Leyden, Holland
Sheep came to Wethersfield. "The man responsible for that feat was a native of Boston who had become a European trader. William Jarvis was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as U.S. Consul General to Portugal, after founding a trading house in Lisbon. In 1811 Jarvis imported from Spain to his farm at Weathersfield Bow the first Merino sheep brought to America. Jarvis set aside eight of the 4,000 Merino sheep he imported as gifts to former President Jefferson and to President James Madison.
Weathersfield farm for sale today |
I found a Dudley gal married to a John Robinson on the line that leads to Meppershall, England. Descendants of John Robinson
1 John Robinson b: November 18, 1770 d: April 29, 1846 in Sanbornton, Belknap, New Hampshire
.. +Anna Dudley b: Abt. August 22, 1770 in Candia, Rockingham, New Hampshire
I see a Bartlett connection between the two groups. I'll have to check on that next. They connect quickly in New Hampshire. They both have Dudley L. Bartlett on them from New Hampshire and son George Bartlett with Martha Robinson, wife. That Martha is the Robinson connection of Bartlett.
Descendants of Bartlett
1 Bartlett b: Abt. 1798
. 2 [1] Dudley L. Bartlett b: 1818 in Meredith, New Hampshire
..... +Hannah P. Wilson b: 1818 in Meredith, New Hampshire
..... 3 [2] George D. Bartlett, Captain b: February 1847 in Ossipee, Strafford, New Hampshire d: May 18, 1918 in prob. Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington
......... +[3] Martha Ellen "Wright" Robinson b: June 1846 in New York d: October 06, 1924 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington
......... 4 [4] Freeman Bartlett b: 1870 in prob. Milford, Otsego, New York
......... 4 [5] Linn Lynn W. Bartlett b: 1871 in prob. Milford, Otsego, New York
......... 4 [6] MAUD OBERA Bartlett b: June 06, 1881 in Brainard, Crow Wing, Minnesota d: May 30, 1980 in Woodburn, Oregon
............. +[7] George Owen Watson b: September 26, 1880 in Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas d: December 25, 1959 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washinton
......... 4 [8] Hallie G. Bartlett b: 1884 in New York
......... 4 [9] Aline Lena M. Bartlett b: May 20, 1889 in Portlandville, New York
............. +[10] George W. Parsons b: Abt. 1890 in New York
. *2nd Wife of [1] Dudley L. Bartlett:
..... +Elizabeth b: 1820
..... 3 [2] George D. Bartlett, Captain b: February 1847 in Ossipee, Strafford, New Hampshire d: May 18, 1918 in prob. Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington
......... +[3] Martha Ellen "Wright" Robinson b: June 1846 in New York d: October 06, 1924 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington
......... 4 [4] Freeman Bartlett b: 1870 in prob. Milford, Otsego, New York
......... 4 [5] Linn Lynn W. Bartlett b: 1871 in prob. Milford, Otsego, New York
......... 4 [6] MAUD OBERA Bartlett b: June 06, 1881 in Brainard, Crow Wing, Minnesota d: May 30, 1980 in Woodburn, Oregon
............. +[7] George Owen Watson b: September 26, 1880 in Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas d: December 25, 1959 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washinton
......... 4 [8] Hallie G. Bartlett b: 1884 in New York
......... 4 [9] Aline Lena M. Bartlett b: May 20, 1889 in Portlandville, New York
............. +[10] George W. Parsons b: Abt. 1890 in New York
..... 3 George W. Bartlett b: 1847
Update: I have found a Leroy Bartlett in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont at age 29 on
the 1850 census along with wife Corinda, age 22 and son Wharton B Bartlett
age 1. None are on my tree. I'll keep looking. There are many.