Sunday, August 28, 2022
Westford, Chittenden, Vermont 1727-1862 of Robinsons
Nadene Goldfoot
I've been working on a new batch of Robinsons that have settled in Westford, Chittenden, Vermont with quite a few descendants. I had started with some from Bakersfield, Vermont, and it turned into this group with Jacob and Levi and Zenus Robinson, among other first names. Here are 10 generations.
Descendants of Joseph Robinson
1 Joseph Robinson b: September 13, 1727 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts d: December 16, 1814 in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts Age at death: 87
. +Martha Hedge b: 1738 in Massachusetts d: November 23, 1809 in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts Age at death: 71 est.
.. 2 Levi Robinson, Sr. b: May 20, 1770 in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts d: July 20, 1825 in Westford, Chittendon, Vermont Age at death: 55
...... +Elizabeth "Betsey" Nye b: 1772 in Massachusetts d: September 28, 1847 in Westford, Chittendon, Vermont m: September 20, 1798 in Barre,Worcester, Massachusetts Age at death: 75 est. m: September 20, 1798 in Barre,Worcester, Massachusetts
....... 3 Zenas Nye Robinson b: 1799 in Massachusetts d: February 29, 1876 in Westford, Chittenden, VT Age at death: 77 est.
.......... +Louisa b: 1799 in Massachusetts
........... 4 Annis Elliot Stone Robinson b: 1830 in Westford, Chittenden, VT
........... 4 Sarah Robinson b: 1838 in Westford, Chittenden, VT
........... 4 Henry Harrison Robinson b: June 18, 1838 in Westford, Chittenden,Vermont d: June 30, 1915 in Kelley, Story County, Iowa, United States of America Age at death: 77
............... +Alice Janette McEvoy b: January 09, 1848 in prob. Westford, Chittenden, Vermont d: December 26, 1940 in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa Age at death: 92
................ 5 Frank Leslie Robinson b: 1871 in Story, Iowa d: 1960 in Nevada, Story, Iowa Age at death: 89 est.
................ 5 George Robinson b: 1870
....... 3 Annis S. Robinson b: 1800 d: 1822 Age at death: 22 est.
....... 3 Lucinda Graves Robinson b: 1801 in Vermont d: April 13, 1864 Age at death: 63 est.
.......... +Graves
....... 3 [1] LEVI Robinson, Jr. b: February 23, 1808 in Westford, Chittendon, Vermont d: October 16, 1877 in Vermont Age at death: 69
.......... +Rosetta Hart b: April 16, 1803 d: August 01, 1839 m: October 11, 1835 Age at death: 36 m: October 11, 1835
........... 4 Juliette Robinson b: 1837 d: 1859 Age at death: 22 est.
....... *2nd Wife of [1] LEVI Robinson, Jr.:
.......... +HARRIETT A.H. Robinson nee Maynard b: April 12, 1803 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: November 15, 1849 in Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont m: 1840 Age at death: 46 m: 1840
........... 4 Mary Jane Robinson b: 1841 d: 1916 Age at death: 75 est.
........... 4 Stephen Pearl Robinson b: 1846 d: 1895 Age at death: 49 est.
....... *3rd Wife of [1] LEVI Robinson, Jr.:
.......... +Adelia M. Hollis b: 1817 d: 1902 m: 1850 Age at death: 85 est. m: 1850
....... 3 Joseph Robinson b: November 28, 1809 d: August 15, 1874 Age at death: 64
.......... +Aurelia Corss b: 1811 d: July 18, 1879 Age at death: 68 est.
........... 4 Asher Coarse Robinson b: February 15, 1839 in Fairfax/ Westford, Chittenden, VT d: March 02, 1911 in Westford, Chittenden, Vermont Age at death: 72
............... +Euretta Stevens b: August 20, 1838 in Richmond, Vermont d: May 27, 1903 Age at death: 64
................ 5 George Clark Robinson b: 1860 in Clifton, Michigan d: 1925 Age at death: 65 est.
.................... +Mehitable Mills Crawford b: March 06, 1879 in Millbridge, Maine d: September 13, 1939 in Salisbury, Addison, Vermont m: July 06, 1921 in West Rutland, Vermont Age at death: 60 m: July 06, 1921 in West Rutland, Vermont
................ 5 Mortimer C. Robinson b: 1862 d: August 26, 1942 in Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Age at death: 80 est.
.................... +Nellie FitzJohn b: 1874 d: 1921 Age at death: 47 est.
.................... 6 Mortimor Clifton Robinson b: 1900 d: 1941 Age at death: 41 est.
................ 5 Adelle Fiske Robinson b: 1863 d: 1931 in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont Age at death: 68 est.
.................... +Burton C. Fiske b: 1863 d: 1942 Age at death: 79 est.
................ 5 Ermima E. Robinson b: 1865 in Vermont
................ 5 Minnie Proctor Robinson b: May 16, 1865 in Westford, Chittenden, MA d: July 24, 1928 in Los Angeles, CA Age at death: 63
.................... +Fletcher Dutton Proctor b: 1860 d: 1911 Age at death: 51 est.
................ 5 Bertha Robinson b: August 24, 1869 in Westford, Chittenden, MA d: in Fort Gratiot Township, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA
.................... +Harry Edward Shiland b: 1868 in Essex Junction, Chittenden, Vermont d: 1946 in Fort Gratiot Township, St Clair, Michigan, USA Age at death: 78 est.
................ 5 Birney Asher Robinson b: August 24, 1869 in Westford, Chittenden, MA d: April 18, 1915 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Age at death: 45
.................... +Mabel Rose Fairbanks b: August 14, 1871 in St Johnsbury, Vermont d: January 05, 1955 in Newton,Middlesex, Massachusetts m: 1895 Age at death: 83 m: 1895
................ 5 Frank Robinson b: August 24, 1869 in Westford, Chittenden, VT
................ 5 Fanny L. Robinson b: 1875 d: January 01, 1888 Age at death: 13 est.
........... 4 Lucinda A. Robinson b: 1841 in Westford, Chittenden, Vermont d: 1858 in Westford, Chittenden, VT Age at death: 17 est.
........... 4 Malona I. Robinson b: 1844 d: July 09, 1846 in Westford, Chittenden, Vermont Age at death: 2 est.
........... 4 Sarah E. Robinson b: 1844 d: August 18, 1844 in Westford, Chittenden, Vermont Age at death: 0 est.
........... 4 Sophronia L. Robinson b: 1844 in Westford, Chittenden, VT d: August 08, 1844 in Westford, Chittenden, Vermont Age at death: 0 est.
........... 4 Filmore J. Robinson b: October 27, 1849 in Westford, Chittenden, VT d: May 18, 1927 Age at death: 77
............... +Julia E.
................ 5 Daughter Robinson
........... 4 Fayette H. Robinson b: 1854
....... 3 Stephen Pearl Robinson b: March 16, 1818 in Westford, Chittenden, VT d: February 02, 1892 in Westford, Chittenden, MA Age at death: 73
.......... +Catherine Bates b: Abt. 1818 in Vermont
........... 4 Joseph Robinson b: 1848 in Westford, Chittenden, VT
........... 4 Josephine Betsey Goodrich Robinson b: August 1850 in Westford, Chittenden, VT d: December 08, 1910 in Westford, Chittenden, MA Age at death: 60 est.
............... +Lucius L. Goodrich b: 1860 in Westford, Chittenden, MA d: April 12, 1939 in Burlington, Chittendon, Vermont Age at death: 79 est.
........... 4 David Robinson b: 1854 in Westford, Chittenden, VT
........... 4 Rosetta L. Clark Robinson b: August 27, 1858 in Westford, Chittenden, MA d: in Fairfax, Vermont
............... +Albert D. Clark b: Abt. 1858
........... 4 John Carlos Robinson b: November 01, 1862 in Westford, Chittenden, VT d: September 11, 1936 in Portland, Oregon Age at death: 73
............... +Lucia
In 1777, Vermont seceded from New York and England to form the Republic of Vermont. New York's redistricting was forgotten and Westford solidified its position as a town within Vermont's western County of Bennington (founded in 1779, and later splitting the area containing Westford into Rutland in 1781, Addison in 1785, and ultimately Chittenden County in 1787). Westford would remain part of Chittenden County during the state's 1791 entrance to the United States as its 14th state and through to the present.
My ancestor of Bakersfield, Vermont;;The town history began when Joseph Baker of Westborough, Massachusetts, the namesake for the village, bought 10,000 acres in 1791. Initial settlers were his son-in-law, Stephen Maynard, and his nephew Jonas Brigham, along with their families. Baker built grist and saw mills on Baker's Pond in 1794. Two years later Maynard built a tavern. In 1797, a school was established in a log cabin at the Post Road and Vermont 108. These names show up on this Robinsn genealogy.
Descendants of JACOB H. ROBINSON..age 60 in 1850 and 1860.died in 1867. According to marriage evidence, Olive was on the 1850 census and Mary J was on the 1860 census, Marriage dates show the opposite.
One question I have is understanding how he had 2 wives seemingly at the same time; one on the 1850 census and the other on the 1860 census and then back to the first wife again. Mary J. (Mary Jane?) unknown and Olive Clement.
From the tree above is this man who is closer to my ggrandfather.
1 [1] JACOB H. ROBINSON b: 1790 in Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont d: October 14, 1867 in Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont Age at death: 77 est.
+Mary J. ;married in 1825 b: 1805 in Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont d: in Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont. She was on the 22 June 1860 census at age 55 with children: Mary J. 17, Trustum 18, Andrew 19, David 10 and Sophronia 12.
during this period. Born July 23: 19th century singer and actress Charlotte Cushman (1816-1876), first native-born star of the American stage, known for playing for a wide variety of male roles in addition to traditional female ones, and for a colorful love life, marked by a string of prominent same-sex lovers.
*2nd Wife of [1] JACOB H. ROBINSON:
. +OLIVE Polly CLEMENS Clement b: August 1816 in Ferrisburg, Quebec, Canada d: December 03, 1900 in Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont M: 1837 in prob. Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont/Tunbridge, Orange, VT Age at death: 84 in prob. Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont/Tunbridge, Orange, VT with 9 children: Jacob, Andrew, Oliver, Trustum, Mary Sophronia, David, Lovina and Henry. where my Robinsons may have roots with. 3 of these children were on the June 8, 1880 census so lasted a while in Bakersfield, Vermont and Arthur-a son of David.
Olive was on the September 18, 1850 census of Bakersfield at age 34 with Jacob age 60. with 6 of the children: Jacob 12, Andrew 11, Trusty 9, Mary Jane 7, Sophronia 4 and David 6 months old. She also had a brother, Alfred Clement 14 living with them at the time.
Labels: Bakersfield Vermont, Betsey Nye, Jacob H. Robinson, Levi Robinson, Mary J ?, Olive Clemens, Robinson, Vermont, Westford Chittenden
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Going Back to a William Robinson and Elizabeth Norton To Reverend Edward Robinson of Palestine
Nadene Goldfoot
My, everyone back then seemed to be a Reverend. I had found Reverend Edward Robinson born in 1794 in Connecticut who was THE Edward Robinson in Palestine with a Smith, doing research and probably digs. His father was William Robinson, Reverend. Every Robinson named a son, William or Edward. My mother's brother was Edward Kenneth Robinson. This Reverend was already on my vast Robinson tree-almost, as his father was there, since I've tried so many Robinsons to be the father of my ggrandfather, Abiathar Smith Robinson of Vermont b:Dec. 1829.
You'd think my ggrandfather, Abiathar was raised by a Reverend. He was very strict. My grandfather Frank Hugh's horse was in a field where the bull had entered on a Sunday, their Sabbath, and Frank wanted to get it out quickly to save it from the bull. Abiathar wouldn't let him, the horse was killed, and so my granddfather left home--ran away, actually at about age 16, never to return, and there went all my chances of getting some good information about the family. New England was loaded with Robinsons. New York, CT, Vermont, Maine,
Edward Robinson (April 10, 1794 – January 27, 1863) was an American biblical scholar known for his magnum opus, Biblical Researches in Palestine, the first major work in Biblical Geography and Biblical Archaeology, which earned him the epithets "Father of Biblical Geography" and "Founder of Modern Palestinology."[1]
He studied in the United States and Germany, a center of biblical scholarship and exploration of the Bible as history. He translated scriptural works from classical languages, as well as German translations. His Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament (1836; last revision, 1850) became a standard authority in the United States, and was reprinted several times in Great Britain.
Robinson went to Europe to study ancient languages, largely in Halle and Berlin (1826–30). While in Halle, in 1828 he married the German writer Therese Albertine Luise. After the couple returned to the United States, Robinson was appointed professor extraordinary of sacred literature at Andover Theological Seminary (1830–.1833). I've seen a picture of her, can't lift it to this blog. She was beautiful, while he
looks rather stuffy.
It will be wild if he's a DNA relative since I'm holding dual citizenship with USA/Israel having lived there from 1980-end of 1985 in Haifa and Tzfat.
Robinson traveled to Palestine in 1838 in the company of Rev. Eli Smith. He published Biblical Researches in Palestine in 1841, for which he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1842. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1847.
Robinson, together with Smith, made scores of identifications of ancient places referred to the Bible. His work established his enduring reputation as a "Founder" of Biblical archaeology, and influenced much of future archaeological field work. Examples of his finds in Jerusalem include the Siloam tunnel and Robinson's Arch in the Old City; the latter was named in his honor.
The arch is named after Biblical scholar Edward Robinson who identified its remnants in 1838. Robinson published his findings in his landmark work Biblical Researches in Palestine, in which he drew the connection with a bridge described in Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews and The Jewish War, concluding that its existence proves the antiquity of the Walls of Jerusalem. Excavations during the second half of the 20th century revealed both its purpose and the extent of its associated structures. Today the considerable surviving portions of the ancient overpass complex may be viewed by the public within the Jerusalem Archaeological Park. As it is adjacent to Jerusalem's Western Wall worship area, a portion is used by some groups as a place of prayer.
The two men returned to Ottoman Palestine in 1852 for further investigations. In 1856 the enlarged edition of Biblical Researches was published simultaneously in English and German. Among those who later acknowledged Robinson’s stature, in 1941 G. Ernest Wright, reviewing the pioneering survey contained in Nelson Glueck's The Other Side of the Jordan, makes a just comparison and fitting testimonial: "Glueck's explorations are second to none, unless it is those of Edward Robinson."
1 [1] William Robinson, Reverend b: August 15, 1754 in Lebanon, New London, Conncticut d: August 15, 1825 in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut Age at death: 71
. +Sophia Mosely b: October 07, 1760 in Westfield, Middlesex, Connecticut d: December 31, 1784 in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut Age at death: 24
*2nd Wife of [1] William Robinson, Reverend:
. +Anna Mills b: June 11, 1761 in West Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut d: July 10, 1789 in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut Age at death: 28
*3rd Wife of [1] William Robinson, Reverend:
. +Naomi Wolcott b: September 28, 1754 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut d: April 16, 1782 in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut m: Abt. 1772 in prob.Lebanon/ Southington, Hartford, Connecticut Age at death: 27 m: Abt. 1772 in prob.Lebanon/ Southington, Hartford, Connecticut
*4th Wife of [1] William Robinson, Reverend:
. +Elizabeth Betsey Norton b: January 13, 1761 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut d: December 20, 1824 in prob. Southington, Hartford, Connecticut m: August 10, 1790 in Connecticut Age at death: 63 m: August 10, 1790 in Connecticut
The line went to Ichabod Robinson, William's father.
Descendants of Ichabod Robinson
1 [1] Ichabod Robinson b: December 12, 1720 in Duxbury, Massachusetts d: January 20, 1809 in Lebanon, New London, Conncticut Age at death: 88
. +Lydia Brown b: Abt. 1720
*2nd Wife of [1] Ichabod Robinson:
. +Mary
*3rd Wife of [1] Ichabod Robinson:
. +Mary Hide Hyde b: July 03, 1731 in Lebanon, New London, Conncticut d: July 01, 1750 in Lebanon, New London, Conncticut m: May 25, 1749 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Age at death: 18 m: May 25, 1749 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
*4th Wife of [1] Ichabod Robinson:
. +Lydia Brown b: March 19, 1719/20 d: August 23, 1778 in Lebanon, New London, Conncticut m: January 16, 1752 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Age at death: 58 m: January 16, 1752 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Labels: Biblical scholar, Connecticut, connection to other Robinsons, Edward Robinson, genealogy, New England Robinsons, Palestine, Robinson's Arch
