Saturday, June 20, 2020
Triangulation Findings of Common Ancestor Jonathan Robinson b: 1645
More DNA evidence about the male line of our ggrandfather, Abiathar Smith Robinson b: 1829 in ? who died in Illinois shows that his father could have been James Robinson b: 24 January 1777 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire and died in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec, Maine. He was married to Phebe Sherbourne. They were both buried in the Robinson Cemetery.
The reason I think this is that it's part of a line belonging to a very close match of his, another James Robinson, as a matter of fact, of Maine and another Robinson who also follows his tree. In this family, Abiathar could have been one of 10 siblings, and had ridden off to Vermont when about 20 years old.
Or somewhere along this family line of Robinsons, our line connects with the same Y haplogroup DNA.
1644 in Spain, the look |
1643 lady |
This was just verified by Tim Fitzpatrick of the Fitzpatrick group on FTDNA, because all 3 show we also have Irish genes of the Fitzpatrick line. This was not found by our genealogy findings, but by DNA matchings. Amazing, isn't it? It doesn't mean that we share any segments of DNA on our 23 chromosomes, either as a different test would show.
Haverhill Witch Trials have accused 5 women but none were executed. |
By 1790 there were 1,722 people in Exeter. Rockingham, New Hampshire, where Jonathan Robinson died. Exeter suffered its last Indian raid in August 1723 and by 1725 the tribes had left the area. In 1774 the rebellious Provincial Congress began to meet in the Exeter Town House after Colonial Governor John Wentworth banned it from the colonial capitol at Portsmouth. In July 1775, the Provincial Congress had the provincial records seized from royal officials in Portsmouth and brought to Exeter as well. And so Exeter became New Hampshire's American Revolutionary War capital, an honor it held for 14 years until Concord assumed the role. He died at age 82.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire History - Genealogy
1 [7] JONATHAN ROBINSON b: May 16, 1645 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d: September 1727 in Exeter, Rockingham, NH
. +Sarah Elizabeth Cram Scribner b: 1649 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: 1690 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire m: Bet. 1670 - 1671 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
.... 2 [1] John Robinson III b: September 07, 1671 in Exeter, Rockingham, NH d: Bef. July 07, 1755 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
........ +[6] Mehitable Stanyan b: January 01, 1675/76 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: July 07, 1749 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire m: Abt. 1715 in Exeter, New Hampshire
.... *2nd Wife of [1] John Robinson III:
........ +Elizabeth Folsom b: Abt. 1671 m: February 01, 1725/26
.... 2 Sarah Robinson b: October 29, 1673
.... 2 Hester Esther Robinson b: August 12, 1677 in Exeter, Rockingham NH/ Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire
.... 2 [2] Elizabeth Robinson b: September 06, 1679 in Exeter, Rockingham NH/ Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire
........ +Abraham Folsom b: Abt. 1679
.... *2nd Husband of [2] Elizabeth Robinson:
........ +James Runlett Rundlett b: Abt. 1679 in Exeter, Rockingham NH/ Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: June 1724 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire m: November 21, 1699 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire
.... 2 [3] JONATHAN ROBINSON b: July 09, 1681 in Exeter, Rockingham NH/ Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: May 11, 1758 in Exeter, Rockingham NH/ Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire
........ +Mary D. Folsom b: Abt. 1682 in poss. Exeter, Rockingham, NH d: February 10, 1754 in prob. Exter, Rockingham, New Hampshire m: 1705 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
.... *2nd Wife of [3] JONATHAN ROBINSON:
........ +Ruth Morse b: April 15, 1684 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d: April 25, 1759 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts m: June 19, 1706 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
.... 2 [4] David Robinson b: July 28, 1684 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: May 17, 1769 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire
........ +Sarah Sanborn b: 1686 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: 1778 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire m: January 01, 1704/05 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire
.... *2nd Wife of [4] David Robinson:
........ +Martha Brown b: Abt. 1684 in Hampton Falls rockingham, New Hampshire m: April 27, 1742
.... 2 JAMES ROBINSON, Captain b: December 07, 1685 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: December 27, 1769 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire
........ +Mary Jackson b: Bet. 1685 - 1689 in Exeter, Rockingham, NH d: Aft. February 1719/20 in Stratham, Rockingham, NH m: 1711 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
.... 2 [5] Joseph Robinson b: May 01, 1690 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: August 16, 1776 in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire
........ +Sara Norris b: 1690 d: 1756
.... *2nd Wife of [5] Joseph Robinson:
........ +Sarah Norris b: 1690 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: 1756 in prob. Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire m: August 18, 1716 in Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire
.... 2 John Robinson b: 1671 d: 1749 in New Hampshire
........ +[6] Mehitable Stanyan b: January 01, 1675/76 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: July 07, 1749 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
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Another party, not a Robinson, also matches the male line of Y with FT111213 as well. They are also a line from Maine. Our Abiathar Smith Robinson is the first to leave the Vermont history. I didn't have a clue his family could be from Maine. He was alone in Vermont without parents that I knew of. On the 1850 census, his future 15 year old wife in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, had a 51 yr old John Robinson farmer living with them helping out her father. I had suspected him to be Abiathar's father, but Abiathar wasn't staying there with him. Julia Ann Tuller and Abiathar married in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont next door to Royalton. They had a lot of Robinsons living there, and I believe Abiathar was staying there. The problem is that Robinson is a very common surname, being 16th most popular in the USA. New England was loaded with Robinsons.
"From the 12th century onwards, a group of Normans, and our Robinson line appears to be Norman, invaded and settled in Gaelic Ireland. These settlers later became known as Norman Irish or Hiberno-Normans. ... In Ireland, the Normans were also closely associated with the Gregorian Reform of the Catholic Church in Ireland. "
"The Fitzpatricks remained powerful despite the military force of the Normans. They were one of the first major Irish families to relent to Henry VIII."
Through DNA's family finder test of our 23 chromosomes having segments of DNA, I have found other women with bits of DNA matching ours on a few of our 23 chromosomes showing that Robinsons did connect with other Robinsons that were connected to us.
Resource: https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20100917/NEWS/9170386
http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/hazlett.htm
https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/welcome-to-haverhill/
https://ireland-calling.com/irish-names-fitzpatrick/#:~:text=The%20Fitzpatricks%20remained%20powerful%20despite,to%20relent%20to%20Henry%20VIII.
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=fitzpatrick#:~:text=Irish%3A%20occasionally%20this%20may%20be,Giolla%20P%C3%A1draig%20(see%20Kilpatrick).
Labels: Abiathar Smith Robinson, dna, Jonathan Robinson b: 1645, Maine, Vermont
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
The Big Y DNA Test Reveal: R-FT111213
The results of FTDNA's Big Y Test are that my maternal grandfather, Frank Hugh Robinson, and his father before him, Abiathar Smith Robinson of Vermont, were carrying the Y haplogroup of R1b1a2a1a1b4, which was later tested at a higher level to be R-L21, which at the Big Y level is now pronounced to be R-FT111213. Only one other male has tested this high and is the same match to my cousin whose surname is also Robinson. This is a Dyer, going back to a Ralph Dyer born in 1410 in Somerset, England. We have a genetic distance of 9.
As it turns out, another Dyer with the same name is also a 5th cousin, sharing DNA with my cousin who tested. The largest segment shared was on chromosome #6 amounting to 8.13cMs. Chromosomes 5, 6, (6), 7, 10, 11, 14, 14 also shared teeny amounts from 1.62 cMs to 3.11cMs. Our common ancestor's odds at 12 generations ago is 300 years and at 20 generations ago is 500 years, so between 300 to 500 years ago we had a common ancestor between the years of 1520 to 1720, we connected. Interestingly, both men testing; my cousin and the new Dyer, also had the mtDNA haplogroup of H. H did cover almost half of Europe.
Frank Hugh Robinson b:June 21, 1870 |
Both of these two Y haplogroup matching men's results were the results from the Fitzpatrick DNA group who found we had some similar genes worth noting. This must mean that we have some Irish genes as well in these English Robinson genes. All along my grandfather's life, he thought his Robinsons came from Wales, as that's what he told us.
This information would be a wonderful birthday gift for my grandfather!
Robinson Family
Frank died in 1952 and Augusta in 1955
Center is Frank's wife, Augusta from Sweden and son Edward Kenneth and daughter Mildred Elizabeth. Ed died in 1988 and Mildred in 2005. |
1. Edward Robinson m: Joane Dyer in 1608 in Andover, Hampshire, England.
2. Elinor Robinson m: John Dyer in 1715 in Worcester, Worchestershire, England.
Eight marriages since 1940 have taken place in Somerset, which is like a county to Americans, between Dyer and Robinson.
To reiterate, there are 2 Dyers matching our Robinson; one with the Y haplogroup test, and another in the familyfinder test. I do not know if they are related, but would think they are. And I thought I had big problems tracking the surname of Robinson!
Update: Noon: Our ggrandfather, Abiathar Smith Robinson, was married to Julia Ann Tuller b: 1834 who I found in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont on the 1850 census at age 15. I've also found a Jonathan Dyer b: 1771 in Massachusetts in Royalton since 1810 as well. He had a son, Ezra Dyer b: 1800 in Royalton. These Dyers do not connect to the Maine Dyers; at least not yet.
1 [1] JONATHAN DYER, Sr. b: 1771 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts d: February 24, 1862 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
.. +Betsy Bacon b: 1779 d: 1804 m: April 02, 1795
*2nd Wife of [1] JONATHAN DYER, Sr.:
.. +Loisa Adams b: Abt. 1785 in prob. Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: January 26, 1848 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont m: 1806
1 Marshall Lorenzo Dyer, Corporal b: January 13, 1846 in Brighton, Essex, Vermont/ Brookton Town, Washington, Maine d: August 21, 1923 in Island Pond, Essex, Vermont
.. +Adelaide G. Robinson b: July 06, 1848 in Charleston, Vermont d: February 16, 1885 in Island Pond, Essex, Vermont m: September 01, 1871 in Brighton, Essex, Vermont
Resource:
https://wwwrobinsongenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/04/robinson-dyer-connection.html
Labels: dna, Dyer, England, R-FT111213, R-L21, Robinson, Somerset, Y haplogroup