Robinson Genealogy

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                    

                                          Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory:  The Diocese of Ossory (Irish: Deoise Osraí) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in eastern Ireland. It is one of three suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin. Currently, it is led by Niall Coll who was appointed on 28 October 2022 and will be ordained bishop on 22 January 2023.

Our deep DNA ancestry shown by the Big Y haplogroup test at FTDNA tells us we're a part of the Fitzpatrick Clan of Ireland.  Who are they?  

Fitzpatrick is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic name Mac Giolla Phádraig, and is not Norman despite the 'Fitz' commonly seen in other Norman names. The Gaelic name means 'son of the servant of (St.) Patrick'. The Clan was ruler of the historic kingdom of Ossary, which included parts of modern counties Laois and Kilkenny.

The surname of Fitzpatrick  comes in at the 61st most numerous in Ireland today, with the biggest concentration being in County Laois in the midlands.

Fitzpatrick of Upper Ossory

Very much has been written about the Fitzpatricks of Upper 

Ossory and much of that recorded relates to the line of 

Barnaby Fitzpatrick (ca. 1478-1575) who was created the 

Baron of Upper Ossory, by Henry VIII, in 1541.

Many Fitzpatricks who trace to Ossory (i.e., essentially, 

modern-day Kilkenny and Laois) are readily identified by their 

distinctive Y-DNA signature, which is shared by Anglo-Irish 

surname groups. The Y-DNA evidence points to the probable 

Norman roots of the most documented of all Fitzpatrick septs, 

challenging the long held beliefs they descend from the 

ancient Giolla Phádraig dynasts. 

 Our Big Y Tests show R-

FT111213 at FTDNA and the Fitzpatrick relationship.  It 

belongs to my 1st cousin, Ken 

Robinson in USA. His most distant ancestor is Abiathar Smith 

Robinson b: December 7,1829 of Royalton,Windsor,Vermont.  

Vermont and New England itself was teeming with other 

Robinson lines, so I cannot tell who Abiathar came 

from. Few 

have tested their DNA.    

His wife, Julia Ann Tuller's mother, Asenath Durkee, was an 

Irish Durkee and Durkee became well-known for their spices..     

                   From Catholic to Protestant

• History of Ireland (1169–1536), when England invaded Ireland
• History of Ireland (1536–1691), when England conquered Ireland
• History of Ireland (1691–1801), the time of the Protestant Ascendency
• History of Ireland (1801–1923), when Ireland was merged with the United Kingdom

At the English reformation, the Earls of Ormond were among the first of the nobility to conform to the state established church. The majority of the population continued to adhere to the old faith. When did the English Reformation begin and end? The English Reformation began when Henry VIII left the Catholic Church in 1534. It ended when Elizabeth I died in 1603.                                  

           King Edward VI of England:  Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was 10 years old when he took the throne.                      

When John Bale (21 November 1495--November 1563) was appointed bishop by King Edward VI of England, he endeavoured to "Protestantise" the people. He was roughly handled and driven from Kilkenny, leaving Ossory in peace. John Bale was an English churchman, historian and controversialist, and Bishop of Ossory in Ireland. He wrote the oldest known historical verse drama in English (on the subject of King John), and developed and published a very extensive list of the works of British authors down to his own time, just as the monastic libraries were being dispersed. His unhappy disposition and habit of quarrelling earned him the nickname "bilious Bale".                       

                              Queen Mary I of England

The peace ended with the death of Queen Mary I of England on November 17, 1558.

 During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, the see was vacant for seventeen years.

 Elizabeth was  Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.   Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". 

A Home Rule Bill was passed in 1912 but not brought into law due to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. The Easter Rising of 1916 resulted in the execution of the rebellion's leaders. 

In the 1918 Irish general election, the nationalist Sinn Féin party won a majority of Irish seats, and in 1919 these elected MPs declared the independence of the Irish Republic.

The Irish War of Independence followed from 1919 to 1921. The Government of Ireland Act of 1920 and the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 resulted in the formation of the Irish Free State.                           

Northern Ireland's MPs opted out to form Northern Ireland. Many foreign powers recognized the Republic of Ireland's independence, like the United States in 1924. And Ireland was globally recognized as legitimate member of the world community by the time the United Nations was formed in the 1940s.

Resource:

https://www.fitzpatrickclan.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Ossory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_rule_in_Ireland#:~:text=From%20the%20late%2012th%20century,Dublin%20known%20as%20the%20Pale.

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