Robinson Genealogy

 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.

Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (February 20, 1805 – October 26, 1879) was an American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement, not our ancestor but born during this period.  I wanted to know what Mary J. might have dressed or how she might have appeared.  

  This is a  picture of Peter Bent Brigham of Bakersfield, Vt. My grandfather Frank Hugh was tall and thin, even in his old age, so he wouldn't have looked like this famous Brigham.  

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

# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 12:32 PM