Robinson Genealogy

 Nadene Goldfoot                                          

Grandpa Frank Hugh Robinson (June 21, 1870-May 27, 1952) was  poor by today's standards.  He and Grandma Augusta Gustafson, immigrant from Sweden,  lived in a teeny house built by his son with his own hands, Ed, that lie next to Ed's house.  Next door to Ed on his other side was his father and mother in-law, the Kalkwarfs. Ed was a mechanic of tractors and farm machinery.  

Both had been married once before with Frank having Alice Mitchell as a wife and 2 girls: Ruth Evelyn and Lillian Fern, and Augusta-- married to Swen Fred Olson and daughter Dorothy who died of appendicitis when she and Frank were first married in 1910.  Augusta was the head cook at the Pierce Mansion in Iowa while Frank was the ice man who delivered ice to homes. Frank was usually working as a Teamster with 4 horses. Frank also had great handwriting, so was secretary of his Teamster Union.  

So Grandma had to also work for a living, tailor with Olson and a Cook for a mansion.  By marrying Frank, she took care of his girls and then had 2 more children herself.  My mother was born with 2 older half-sisters.   Our Robinson grandparents died in Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon.   

In those days, there was no social security; you just lived with one of your children when you couldn't handle the economic life anymore on your own.  They were lucky to have had a son, Edward Kenneth by March 1915 who watched over them.  He was my mother's brother.  Frank was not quite 82 years old when he died-81years 11months 6 days to be exact.  

Abiathar had a special bull that he put in the pasture.  He didn't realize it, but Frank had his favorite horse in that pasture as well.  Now, a bull with a horse in the same pasture spells danger and death.  When Abiathar realized what his father had done, he asked permission to move his horse out but Abiathar said NO. Abiathar was a very religious Methodist as far as I could tell.    It was the start of the Sabbath and work like that was denied. Although the Methodists have never been against work on the Sabbath.  They could have been of the 7th Day Adventists who did not work on Sunday.  

"The Seventh-day Adventist Church had its roots in the Millerite movement of the 1830s to the 1840s, during the period of the Second Great Awakening, and was officially founded in 1863. Prominent figures in the early church included Hiram Edson, Ellen G. White, her husband James Springer White, Joseph Bates, and J. N. Andrews. Over the ensuing decades the church expanded from its original base in New England to become an international organization. Significant developments such the reviews initiated by evangelicals Donald Barnhouse and Walter Martin, in the 20th century led to its recognition as a Christian denomination.....While initially it was believed that Sabbath started at 6 pm, by 1855 it was generally accepted that Sabbath begins at Friday sunset." 

(We do have many Bates on our tree from Tunbridge, Vermont-next door to Royalton). 

Then again, Abiathar could have been a Mormon.   "Mormons (LDS) believe the Sabbath should be set apart from the other six days of the week. It is the Lord’s day, a day when men and women rest from work and spend time worshipping the Lord. Members are encouraged not to work, nor go shopping, which requires others to work".  "Joseph Smith was born on the town line between Sharon and Royalton on December 23, 1805. Although Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, was born in the adjacent town of Sharon near the Royalton boundary, the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial lies in the town of Royalton.

The LDS Church owns 350 acres of pretty, landscaped forest and hilltop leading up to a memorial pillar.  Abiathar's middle name was Smith.  Hmmm. Was Amos IV Robinson b: 1797, his father, a Mormon?   Brigham Young succeeded Smith as the Mormon's leader.  Brigham Young b: June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) He was the 2nd president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his death in 1877. During his time as church president, Young led his followers, the Mormon pioneers, west from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley  So the Mormons also went from Vermont to Illinois.  

Our family were Methodists, though they could have been another before that.  One thing we do know, though was that Abiathar did not allow any work on the Sabbath.  (Actually, this does my heart good as my my mother married a Jewish man and then converted to Judaism, and I'm Jewish.  I try very hard to not work on the Sabbath with typing the "work").    

 The result was that the horse was killed.  Abiathar left home for good.  He was at least 16 years old.  

Abiathar had 10 siblings.  In those days, people tended to have as many children as they could in order to help their parents.  There was Edward, Edgar, Abiathar W born in 1854 who died in 1865 in Quebec with the family at age 11, Nellie Elizabeth, Emma, John C, Julia, William S, Frank-my grandfather b: June 21, 1870, Minnie J and Arthur Roy born on  May 30,1880.  

Abiathar was the last person I could positively find in records.  His parents and line are my highly educated guess as to what Robinson line he belonged to of New England.  It seems like this NE area was made up of just Robinsons, there were so many.  One major line was from Pastor John Robinson of Holland who sent the Pilgrims over on the Mayflower.  That's not our line.  

Ours, through DNA knowledge, are of the Fitzpatrick Irish line way way back with a Y haplogroup DNA of R-FT111213, quite rare for Robinson.   The prefix “Fitz” is a Norman name meaning “son.” The name might refer to a bastard but might also be taken by a legitimate heir in a family with some standing but no land, such as a distinguished knight. I know of Colleen Fitzpatrick who wrote "DNA & Genealogy with Andrew Yeiser.  Colleen M. Fitzpatrick (born April 25, 1955) is an American forensic scientist, genealogist and entrepreneur. She helped identify remains found in the crash site of Northwest Flight 4422, that crashed in Alaska in 1948, and co-founded the DNA Doe Project which identifies previously unidentified bodies and runs Identifinders International, an investigative genetic genealogy consulting firm which helps identify victims and perpetrators of violent crimes.

Wild!  I personally match two 4th cousin Fitzpatricks found on my father's (Jewish) side, and two  4th cousin Fitzpatrick's on my mother's Robinson side.  My male 1st cousin had many Fitzpatrick matches through his Y DNA (male side) only. 

My brother David matches one Fitzpatrick on our father's side and 3 other Fitzpatricks.  None list Colleen Fitzpatrick.  

Frank had told us that his people came from Wales.  Well, he was a teen-ager when he left home and probably had a poor memory telling me, his granddaughter.  It was most likely someplace in the British-English area, and I've traced them-on thin ice, but to a John W. Robinson born 1580 of Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England.  Two other Robinsons who match us also traced their genealogy to this place as well.  Meppershall is a hilltop village in Bedfordshire near Shefford, Campton, Shillington, Stondon and surrounded by farmland. The village and the manor house are mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 - with the entry reading: Malpertesselle/Maperteshale: Gilbert FitzSolomon. I wonder if there's any connection to the FitzPatricks??

Irish emigration between 1850 and 1960 is best divided into three periods: 

1. 1850 to 1854, when most migrants still responded to the Great Famine's immediate effects; 

2. 1855 to 1929, when (as in 1850 to 1854) the great majority of Irish migrants went to the United States; and

3.  1930 to 1960, when Irish emigration flowed primarily to Great Britain.

An unknown number settled in England, Wales, or Scotland, and by 1861 Britain contained more than 800,000 Irish-born residents (up from 416,000 in 1841 and 727,000 in 1851). About two/fifths of the overseas migrants left Munster, with another 13 percent from Connacht, and 23 percent each from Leinster and Ulster. In terms of its 1851 population Munster was overrepresented among the overseas emigrants, and Ulster was underrepresented, but the northern province probably contributed a disproportionate share of the migrants to Scotland and the north of England.

I found on Geni:  Anne Robinson was the daughter of Sir John Robinson, 2nd Bt. and Mary Dudley. She married Richard Fitz-Patrick, 1st Baron Gowran in July 1718. She died on 24 November 1744.  This Robinson-Fitzpatrick union has happened often in history since they are common surnames. I have many Anne's but all born in the 1800s.  

The town of Royalton was chartered on November 23, 1769 by Cadwallader Colden, Royal Lieutenant Governor of New York. The first permanent settlers were Robert Havens and his family, who arrived in 1771. Royalton was re-chartered by the Independent Republic of Vermont on December 20, 1781. The 1780 Royalton Raid was the last major British raid of the American War of Independence in New England. In 1848, the Vermont Central Railroad opened to South Royalton, which developed as a freight depot.

During the Revolutionary War, Royalton was visited by Gilbert du Motier and Marquis de Lafayette.  There is a Lafayette H. Robinson born on December 22, 1839 in Boylston, Oswego, New York to Hiram Robinson and Almira or Elmira Morgan of the Morgan horses line.  Hiram was son of Amos III of our Robinson line and was born in Royalton. He had married Lavina Bullock and then later, Elizabeth Hughes.   

Resource:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Seventh-day_Adventist_Church

https://whymormonism.org/22/sabbath_mormonism

Labels: 7th Dy Adventists, Fitzpatrick, Methodists, Mormon, Robinson, Roybalton Vermont, Sabbath, Wenona Illinois

# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 10:42 AM