Thursday, December 30, 2021

 

Study of Robinson Families of Vermont on 1850 Census: Where They Lived in Vermont

 Nadene Goldfoot                                        

                   Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, tucked into a forest  

Abiathar Smith Robinson married Julia Ann Tuller (Fuller) of Royalton.  Next door was Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont where they married on February 29, 1852, Leap Year.  Julia's father was Tuller and mother was Durkee, most all living in the two places with Durkee in Tunbridge.  Durkees won out for wedding to take place in Tunbridge.  The problem is to see if I can find who Abiathar's father is as it is not on any hard copy of the normal resources like census records.  It looks obvious that it must be a John Robinson (a very common name) who was on the 1850 census living with the Tullers, and Julia Ann Tuller was a child of 15 then.  She married at 17 to Abiathar.  

John Robinson was born 1803 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont
He was found at age 51? on the 1850 census of Royalton, Windsor, VT as a farmer living with the Tullers.  Why?
By 1852, Abiathar and Julia Ann Tuller were married in Tunbridge. Also living in Tunbridge was:
1. Charles Kent. Robinson b: 19 April 1829 b: Strafford, Vermont.  Charles was on 25 July 1870 census in Tunbridge at age 41 with father, James 70, sister-Mary A 44, James T 39.  I've got the possible idea that Charles is the son of James Robinson  who died in 1878 in Tunbridge.  Abiather could have been his brother but they were both born in 1829 but in different months.  This is part of the tree I have leading to Meppershall, England that connects to our Maine Robinson DNA cousin.  
2. On 1850 census of Tunbridge was listed:  James at 49, Mary 47, Mary Anne 24, Martha T 22, Charles K 21, Alma 15 b: Nov 1833, now Noyes-66 yrs old in 1900 listed as servant.
3. In 1900 Charles K was listed as 71 and single.  He was also on the Civil War Draft enlisted on 1 July 1853 at age 34.
4. 1870 census of 24th of June listed John A b: 1827, was 43 years old in Tunbridge; also: Mary D 37, Frank C 14, John M 12, and Harris Orr.  I've got Orr's on tree.  
5. A Robinson was born 19 April 1829 and died 6 Dec 1907 at Hunt Cemetery in Tunbridge.  I have Abiathar dying in 1904 in Illinois.  These could all be relatives. 

1850 Census in Vermont on Robinson

Royalton, Windsor, Vermont:  had 14 Robinsons:  3 Amos Robinson, Alfred, Calvin, Charles, Cyrua, Dwight, George, John Jonathan, Joseph A, Joseph.

 (Julia Ann Tuller was 15 in Royalton who married Abiathar Smith Robinson on 29 February 1852 in Tunbridge)

    Fuller- (Tuller)  had 7  Rogers, Albert, Alonze,  Alonzo Jr., Edwin, Butler, Samuel, 

    Durkee: had 6:  Heman, Nathan, Bela, Benjamin, Harry, Lewis

                                                                 


Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont: Lucina (Lucius) Robinson:  Abiathar Smith Robinson married Royalton's Julia Ann Tuller here on 29 February, 1852. 


1880 Census   Durkee:  had 11:  Horace, George, Roswell, John, Simeon, Paine, Albert, Charles, Benjamin,  Darins S, William H.    

Roswell Durkee41
Nancy Durkee40
John Durkee16
Horace Durkee13
Abigail C Durkee9
George W Durkee6
Charles Durkee4

   Descendants of Elijah Durkee

1  Elijah Durkee b: 1805 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

.. +Hannah b: 1815 in New Hampshire m: Abt. 1833 m: Abt. 1833

2  Rufus Durkee b: 1834 in prob. Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

2  Hannah L. Durkee b: 1846 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont


Elijah Durkee 45, manufacturer

Hannah, 35, b: NH, wife

Rufus, 16, Hannah L. 4,born 18 March who married Clarence Hayward 30 

Elvira Robinson nee? -born Canada age 27 with Lucius Robinson age 5, and when 33, living as the brother in law on the 1850 Randolph, Orange, Vt census 

                              Descendants of Christopher Waterman

1  Christopher Waterman b: March 29, 1797 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: February 04, 1846 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont Age at death: 48

. +Betsey H. Robinson b: 1793 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: September 15, 1863 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont m: 1823 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont Age at death: 70 est. m: 1823 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont

.. 2  [2] Elvira Waterman b: January 1824 in Canada d: 1901 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont Age at death: 77 est.

...... +John Robinson b: 1803 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont d: May 20, 1870 in North Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont m: October 13, 1844 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont Age at death: 67 est. m: October 13, 1844 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

....... 3  [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 07, 1829 in Bennington, Bennington, VT/Jamaica, Windham,VT; / Cayuga, NY/ prob. Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois Citizenship: November 13, 1769 Royalton chartered by New York Age at death: 74

.......... +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 Age at death: 52 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 Age at death: 85 m: 1896 in prob. Wenona, Illinois

....... 3  Alvira Elvira J. Robinson b: December 05, 1837 in Bath, New Hampshire d: March 29, 1883 in Barton,Vermont Age at death: 45

.......... +Paul Cheney b: Abt. 1800 in Vermont d: August 15, 1870 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont m: November 30, 1853 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont Age at death: 70 est. m: November 30, 1853 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

....... 3  Lucius C.Robinson b: May 03, 1847 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont d: May 16, 1924 in Royalton,  Windsor, Vermont Age at death: 77

.......... +Unknown

....... 3  Hannah Robinson b: 1862 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

.......... +Clarence Hayward b: 1850 in Randolph, Orange, Vermont d: April 10, 1897 in Vermont Age at death: 47 est.

.. *2nd Husband of [2] Elvira Waterman:

...... +Paul Cheney b: 1809 d: Bef. 1900 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont Age at death: 91 est.

....... 3  John Cheney b: 1846 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

....... 3  Sarah Cheney b: 1849 in 11 Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

....... 3  William Cheney b: 1854 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

....... 3  Mary Cheney b: 1857 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

.. 2  Dexter W. Waterman b: September 01, 1829 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: April 28, 1864 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Age at death: 34


Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont: had 3:Austin M,, Walter, Royal

Heartland, Windsor, Vermont: had 4:  Alman, Nelson, Leonard, Horace

Reading, Windsor, Vermont: had 10;  Calvin, George W,, Ezra M,, Calvin, Lewis, Albert A, Melvin, George O, Silas A., Wallace 

Chester, Windsor, Vermont:  had 2:  Thomas, James

Hartford, Windsor, Vermont: had 2: Dan C., Winfield S. 

West Windsor, Vermont: Nancy Robinson (no husband)

Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont:  Oscar, 

Bridgewater, Windsor, Vermont: had 2:  Scott C, Daniel

Well, now I'm stuck.  I believe Abiathar's father could be this John Robinson who might be the one who was living with the Tullers on the 1850 census.  I have no idea which Robinson line this might belong to.  I don't know who John Robinson's father could be.  Back to the drawing board.  



Resource:

https://www.brpedersen.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I29332&tree=Ancestors

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# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 2:01 PM 0 comments
 

Time Line For Abiathar Smith Robinson

  Nadene Goldfoot                                             

        Abiathar Smith Robinson with son Frank Hugh Robinson, c. 1880 sitting on hay; a Farmer, in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois had large farm, horses, bull, 10 children, 5 yrs older than wife Julia Ann Tuller, whose mother was Asenith Durkee.  Asenith and Abiathar; names from Old Testament.  He would have been 21 years old in 1850 and on his own.  There was Amos Robinson of Royalton, Windsor, Vermont where Abiathar met his wife who was on the 1850 census, Julia Ann Tuller/ar, but Abiathar wasn't on the 1850 census with Amos.  Abiathar and Julia married in the town next door, Tunbridge,Orange, Vermont in 1852.  Abiathar was not on any census.  Julia Ann was 15 on the 1850 census and there was also listed a John Robinson, 51, farmer. also born in Vermont.   Was he related to Abiathar?  

 Time Line of Abiathar Smith Robinson/Roberson's Family

DNA from ggrandson shows Y haplogroup tested at R-L21, updated to R-FT111213 Big Y Test;  Also found DNA matched some of Fitzpatrick clan.org. of Ireland-telling more about deeper ancestry.  Family legend has it that family came over from Wales not on Mayflower of 1620  but ship after that, which could be on convoy of 1630.  John Robinson, Pastor in Holland is person who sent Pilgrims over on Mayflower.  His son, Isaac, followed later, probably in 1630.  I don't think our DNA matches theirs.  Scratch that idea as Isaac being the origin. No records connect to Wales.  No records show Abiathar's parents.   (A few records showed Roberson; spelling of Robinson?  Pronunciation? writing interpreted today?)  .  

  7 December 1829  Abiathar Smith Robinson is born: in Vermont

                                                                              

This home has a lot of potential! I see pocket doors, hardwood floors, and great windows. This home was built in 1850. It is located on .97 acres in Bennington, Vermont. That is an amazing built-in! I am not familiar with that area, but I kind of feel like they are asking too much for this property and house. It will require a lot of work. The property has a park like setting with a circular drive and a detached two car garage. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and 3,808 square feet. $119,000 at today's prices. How to obtain farmland in Vermont in 1850?  

They wanted to travel fairly close to Royalton and Tunbrige.  To encourage settlement, Congress passed the Distribution-Preemption Act of 1841,  11 years before they married, which recognized squatters' rights and allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of land in the new territory. After residing on the property for 14 months, a claimant could purchase the property at $1.25 an acre.  That's what Aibathar would want as a farmer, 160 acres of land.  From Royalton, VT to Quebec was about 278 miles.  

             1850-1860  Underground Railroad-15,000-20,000 fugitives reached Province of Ontario, Canada, , 2 British North American Colonies, Upper Canada, Lower Canada; FREE LAND GIVE-AWAY, Blacks escaping to freedom could get there through the Underground Railroad.  "Ferrisburg, Vermont, about 45 miles from Royalton, had Quakers who were helping the blacks get on the Underground Railroad.  Vermont was the home and sheep farm of the Robinson family, who were Quakers. Four generations of the family lived on this property; one of those generations featured a husband and wife named Rowland and Rachel. They were abolitionists, and they sheltered or aided dozens of fugitive slaves here on the farm in the 1830s and ‘40s."  Abiathar was a Methodist.  New England was full of Robinsons. But land could be had for free, probably why the newlyweds headed for Canada.  They were farmers. 

29 February  1852  Marriage of Abiathar to  Julia Ann Tuller in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

                      1854  Birth of Abiathar W. Robinson in ? Vermont, d: Quebec, Canada in 1865

                     1855  Birth of Edgar Clyde Robinson in Vermont

                            Moved to Canada

7 October    1857  Birth of Nellie Elizabeth Robinson in Upper Canada, (English)

12 APRIL   1861   CIVIL WAR BEGAN

7 August     1861   Birth of Emma "Hattie" Robinson in Canada

21 April      1864  Birth of John C. Robinson  in Montreal, Quebec, Canada                          

                  1865   Birth of Julia Robinson in   Quebec ? 

                  1865  Death of Abiathar W. Robinson in Quebec, Canada, age 11

9 APRIL   1865     CIVIL WAR ENDED

                              Returned to USA to Illinois

      1867-  1869    Birth of William S. Robinson in ? Wenona, Marshall, Illinois

21 June   1870    Birth of Frank Hugh Robinson in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois (father 41)  

5 January 1873  Marriage of  Nellie Robinson to Daniel McCullen in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska

November 1875  Birth of Minnie J. Robinson in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois

3 March    1879  Marriage of Edgar C. Robinson, Pvt to Mary Acuff in Cambridge, Henry, Illinois

30 May     1880  Birth of Arthur Roy Robinson in Wenona,, Marshall, Illinois

24 Dec     1880  Marriage of Emma Robinson to George D. Miller in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois

          Abt 1883  Marriage of  Edward Rix Robinson and Jenette Jensen in Tama, Des Moines, Iowa

17 April   1887  Death of Edgar Clyde/Clayton Robinson, Pvt. ? in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois

 2 Dec    1887  Death of  Julia Ann Robinson in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois

22 Feb   1888  Marriage of John C. Robinson and Hermia Howell in Osage, LaSalle, Illinois

              1889  Marriage of  William S. Robinson and Carrie Monninger in ?Dana, LaSalle, Illinois

Sept      1891 Marriage of Minnie Robinson and Louis Sherman Cusac in Lacon, Marshall, Illinois

2 Dec   1892  Marriage (1st) of Frank Robinson to Alice Mitchell in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska

            1896  Marriage (2nd) of Abiathar S. Robinson to Mary Jane Deffenbaugh Walters, Wenona, Illinois

21 April 1898   Spanish American War started

10 Dec. 1898    Spanish American War ended

                    1903  Death of Julia Robinson, perhaps Illinois?

11 August  1904  Marriage of Arthur Robinson to Minnie Mae Smith in Lacon, Marshall, Illinois

 7 October   1904,  Death of Abiathar Smith Robinson in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois

28 December 1905 Death of Nellie Elizabeth McCullen nee Robinson in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska

                   1910  Marriage (2nd) of Frank H. Robinson and Augusta Gustafson in Sioux City, Iowa

6 April         1917  World War I Declared in USA:  

18 May       1917  Draft started to enlist soldiers into World War I War

                    1922,  Death of Edward "Rix" Robinson,  in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois

5 June        1923   Death of John C Robinson, Pvt-infantry,  in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois

                  1923  Death of Minnie J. Cusac nee Robinson in Illinois

17 April     1927  Death of Arthur Roy Robinson in Peoria, LaSalle, Illinois

29 December 1930 Death of Emma Hattie Miller nee Robinson in Streater, LaSalle, Illinois

9 April       1935  Death of William S. Robinson in Peoria, LaSalle, Illinois

27 May     1952  Death of Frank Hugh Robinson in Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon

                                                                      

         Abiathar Smith Robinson from Tom Mead, grandson of Arthur Roy Robinson, c1851

                                                                            

                                            son Frank Hugh Robinson, Teamster c. 1890

                                                                          

        son Frank Hugh Robinson with ? son? c 1900's Frank is older now

                                                                           

     son Frank Hugh Robinson with his son, Edward Kenneth Robinson b: 1915;  taken c 1935, Hillsboro, Oregon                                                                  
                                      Frank Hugh Robinson's 2nd wife, Augusts with their 2 grown children, Edward Kenneth and Mildred Elizabeth Goldfoot nee Robinson

Resource:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/underground-railroad

https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html#:~:text=36.,Paris%20on%20December%2010%2C%201898.

History of Royalton, Vermont: With Family Genealogies, 1769-1911

https://books.google.com › books
Mary Evelyn Wood Lovejoy · 1911 · ‎Royalton (Vt.)-library book 



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