Saturday, August 31, 2019
Robinsons of St. Albans, VT to Hammond, St. Lawrence, NY to Iowa
Nadene Goldfoot
St. Albans would be a town I'd select for my ggrandfather to be from as Abiathar Smith Robinson's parents and place of birth have not been found on any census or information of any town records. Perhaps that's because all I have found is that he was born in December 1829. This is winter and snow was most likely an obstacle in causing a home birth, unrecorded. Also, records could have been destroyed somehow, usually with a building that burned down. On the 1870 census it was mentioned that he was from NY, yet he was in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont marrying his wife in February 29, 1852, putting him in Vermont. The fact that a John Robinson, 51 years old, was living with his wife in Royalton, Vermont to be's family on the 1850 census really sends me for a loop. Was he a relative? He was also a Vermonter.
Descendants of SILAS ROBINSON III 1 SILAS ROBINSON III b: July 22, 1802 in St Albans, Franklin, Vermont d: October 08, 1889 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York ..
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| The city of St. Albans is located in Northwestern Vermont in Franklin County. It lies 29 miles north of Burlington, the states most populous city which is located in Chittenden County. |
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| St Albans, Vermont |
St. Albans would be a town I'd select for my ggrandfather to be from as Abiathar Smith Robinson's parents and place of birth have not been found on any census or information of any town records. Perhaps that's because all I have found is that he was born in December 1829. This is winter and snow was most likely an obstacle in causing a home birth, unrecorded. Also, records could have been destroyed somehow, usually with a building that burned down. On the 1870 census it was mentioned that he was from NY, yet he was in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont marrying his wife in February 29, 1852, putting him in Vermont. The fact that a John Robinson, 51 years old, was living with his wife in Royalton, Vermont to be's family on the 1850 census really sends me for a loop. Was he a relative? He was also a Vermonter.
St. Albans was involved in the Civil War of the 1860s.
The story of the St. Albans Raid has all the makings of a silver-screen drama. The northernmost and perhaps most unusual land action of the Civil War took place on Oct. 19, 1864, in St. Albans Vermont.
The park – which was to become part of St. Albans Raid lore — was cleared by early settlers and donated to the Village of St. Albans by John Smith, father of the Civil War governor, J. Gregory Smith, and Halloway Taylor. The green was formally dedicated in Taylor’s memory in 1870, some 30 years after his death. In 1887, J. Gregory Smith donated an ornate fountain to be placed there.
The Village of St. Albans was incorporated in 1859, just a year before the War Between the States began. (Abiathar's middle name was Smith).
Descendants of SILAS ROBINSON III 1 SILAS ROBINSON III b: July 22, 1802 in St Albans, Franklin, Vermont d: October 08, 1889 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York ..
+Achsah (Axa) (Axy T) F.Potter b: September 08, 1809 in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts d: March 15, 1872 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York m: 1829 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York
They were married in Hammond, NY in 1829, and their first recorded child born was:
Descendants of Jane Robinson. There is room for a child, my ggrandfather in 1829. I have followed all the following people from the 1850 census onward to death. By 1850, Abiathar was 21 years old and could have left the family and be on his own. He has not been found on ANY 1850 census. I've thought about St Albans and Bennington being place of birth; so here's what was possible in St. Albans.
1 Jane Robinson b: June 04, 1831 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont
.. +Levi Gartin b: 1828 in Vermont m: Abt. 1850
Here's all of Silas's children: 2 generations:
Descendants of SILAS ROBINSON III. Silas is a name found in the New Testament. Achsah (; Hebrew: עַכְסָה, also Acsah), was Caleb ben Yefune's only daughter. The meaning of her name is uncertain.She was offered in marriage to the man who would lead an attack on the city of Debir, also called Kirjath-sepher/Kirjath-sannah. (Chronicles) The only child with a biblical name below is David and of course, Abiathar and John. Silas and Ahsah did not stay with biblical names.
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| Hammond is on the border with Canada! Did Abiather slip into Canada at the onset of the Civil War from Hammond? |
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| Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York from Riveredge Road. |
1 SILAS ROBINSON III b: July 22, 1802 in St Albans, Franklin, Vermont d: October 08, 1889 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York
.. +Achsah (Axa) (Axy T) F.Potter b: September 08, 1809 in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts d: March 15, 1872 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York m: 1829 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York
. 2 [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in Bennington, Bennington, VT/ Cayuga, NY/ prob. Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
..... +Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois m: February 29, 1852 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont by justice of the peace Alva Button
. *2nd Wife of [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson:
..... +Mary Jane Deffenbaugh Walters b: November 27, 1832 in Hocking County, Ohio d: July 05, 1918 in Streator, LaSalle, Illinois, age 85 m: 1896 in prob. Wenona, Illinois
. 2 Jane Robinson b: June 04, 1831 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont
..... +Levi Gartin b: 1828 in Vermont m: Abt. 1850
. 2 Mariah Maria Robinson b: 1834 in Vermont
. 2 David Goff Robinson b: May 1835 in St Albans, Franklin, Vermont d: November 17, 1853 in St Albans, Franklin, Vermont/Hammond, New York
. 2 John N. Robinson b: December 1837 in St Albans, Franklin, Vermont d: 1915 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York
..... +Betsey "Elizabeth" Unknown b: March 1838 in New York d: in prob. Watertown, Jefferson, New York m: 1858 in prob. Watertown, Jefferson, New York
. 2 Martin Silas Robinson b: February 1840 in St Albans, Franklin, Vermont d: 1920 in 60, Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York
..... +Jane E. Smith b: 1844 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York d: 1893 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York m: Abt. 1860 in prob. Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York
. 2 Emily Robinson b: 1842 in St Albans, Franklin, Vermont d: July 26, 1854 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York
. 2 ALFRED W. Robinson b: March 25, 1845 in St Albans, Vermont d: in prob. Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York
..... +Harriet b: Abt. 1858 in Canada
. 2 Arthur Homer Robinson b: March 25, 1845 in St Albans, Franklin, Vermont d: January 18, 1922 in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana
..... +Melinda C. McWilliams b: 1853 in Morristown, St. Lawrence, New York d: 1936 in Cass County, Indiana
. 2 [2] Herbert Robinson b: Abt. 1848 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York
..... +Jane Brooks b: 1845 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont m: September 23, 1876 in St Albans, Franklin, Vermont
. *2nd Wife of [2] Herbert Robinson:
..... +Suanna E. Prouty b: 1865 in Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont m: September 22, 1897 in Swanton, Franklin, Vermont
. 2 Maranda Robinson b: October 29, 1849 in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York
. 2 Amherst H. Robinson b: 1853 in prob. Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York
One problem. My DNA matches do not show a connection here. We need more Robinsons to test their DNA.
FamilySearch, LDS site
# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 9:52 AM 
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Abiathar Robinson is not related to Silas Robinson family whom are my direct ancestors.
If you think Abiathar was born around Bennington you may want to look at the line of Nathan Robinson (1764-1860), who removed his family from Shaftsbury, Bennington, VT to Geauga County, OH and are all in Findagrave. His FAG # 20800324.
This Nathan Robinson family is not related to my Silas Robinson family whose line began as early settlers in Cambridge Village, MA in 1660's, then settled in Hardwick, MA in 1733 and later founded Bennington, VT in 1761 and then up to Swanton/St Albans VT in 1786 then onto Hammond, NY in 1848. I believe we have emailed one another before, Nadene, as I appreciate your persistence and perseverance in trying to find Abiathar.
Praying you do find the answers.
Blessings,
Doug Robinson
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If you think Abiathar was born around Bennington you may want to look at the line of Nathan Robinson (1764-1860), who removed his family from Shaftsbury, Bennington, VT to Geauga County, OH and are all in Findagrave. His FAG # 20800324.
This Nathan Robinson family is not related to my Silas Robinson family whose line began as early settlers in Cambridge Village, MA in 1660's, then settled in Hardwick, MA in 1733 and later founded Bennington, VT in 1761 and then up to Swanton/St Albans VT in 1786 then onto Hammond, NY in 1848. I believe we have emailed one another before, Nadene, as I appreciate your persistence and perseverance in trying to find Abiathar.
Praying you do find the answers.
Blessings,
Doug Robinson
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