Robinson Genealogy

Nadene Goldfoot     
                                                                   

Our family oral history from our grandfather, Frank Hugh Robinson, was that his ancestors came here not on the Mayflower but a ship after that.  I think he was referring to Isaac Robinson, son of Reverend John, but I have not found our history to prove this true.  I keep leading to a Scottish Robinson, more likely a George.  Frank left home shortly after age 16 because of a disagreement with his father that led to the savage death of his favorite horse by a bull.  I need to find the Y haplogroup of more Robinson men.  My male Robinson is R-L21.  The HOPEWELL carried 1 Robinson. Matthewe Robinson in 1623 right after the Mayflower!  It also carried Isaac Robinson in 1635. Seems as if the HOPEWELL also sailed to Virginia with this Robinson:  Robinsonn, Mathewe, 1623 Great Hopewell, aged 24 at muster in Elizabeth City as one of William Tucker's men. Captain William Tucker, was the Virginia envoy to the Pamunkey Indians, His wife was Mrs. Mary Tucker. Anthony and Isabella, black house servants,  participated in the establishment of Elizabeth City County, Virginia which is now the city of Hampton, in 1634. In the early 1620s Captain Tucker allowed the couple to wed though the practice violated English custom for indentured servants. This city is in North Carolina and Wiliam Tucker was the first person of African ancestry born in the 13 British Colonies.  His birth symbolized the beginnings of a distinct African American identity along the eastern coast of what would eventually become the United States. Usually the Hopewell sailed to Massachusetts.   As you will see below, Robinsons came shortly after the Winthrop Fleet of 1630. Frank was right, but which one is our ancestor?  I count 22 Robinsons. Mayflower, 1620: Though John Robinson, Reverend and born in Sturton Nottinghamshire, or Lincolnshire, England had gone to Leyden, Holland, he helped people to leave Holland and board the Mayflower, but he stayed with the rest of his flock.  His son, Isaac, was to leave but I did not see his name listed on the Winthrop fleet of 11 ships.  Isaac died in 1704 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.    Pre-1820 Approximately 650,000 individuals of all nationalities arrived in America before 1820. Most were English and Welsh. Smaller numbers of German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, Dutch, French, Spanish, African, and other nationalities also arrived. These immigrants tended to settle in the eastern, middle-Atlantic, and southern states. Before January 1, 1820, the U.S. Federal Government did not require captains or masters of vessels to present a passenger list to U.S. officials. The lists that remain for the period before 1820 are varied in content. They range from name only lists to giving the person's full name, age, and country of origin.

Winthrop Fleet of ships in 1630 to America after Mayflower  
In 1630 John Winthrop (1587-1649) organized a fleet of 11 ships to carry almost 1000 immigrants from England to America and founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Departing in two groups in April and May, they arrived at various dates in June and July. These ships were:The Ambrose; The Arabella; The Charles; The Hopewell; The Jewel; The Mayflower; The Success; The Talbot ; The Trial; The Whale; The William & Francis.                 

This ship was famous in the history of the early emigration to Massachusetts, and her Master was equally noted for his skillful seamanship and his sympathy with the policy of the Puritan leaders.   In 1630, 1631 and 1632 she made four voyages hither in quick suc-cession under his command with the regularity and safety of a ferry, and on one of them saved the settlement from starvation and death by her timely arrival with provisions and anti-scorbutics.  The Lyon left Bristol, England February, 1630/31 with her M aster, William Peirce, arriving in Salem May 1630/31 Rev. Roger Williams, bound for Salem Mrs. Mary Williams

           

Robinson David Peter Bonaventure 1635 Robinson Edward Un-named 1634 Robinson Henrie Primrose 1634 Robinson Isack Hopewell 1635 Robinson James Falcon 1635 Robinson Jo Peter Bonaventure 1635 Robinson Jo Thomas & John 1635 Robinson John Ark and Dove 1634 Robinson John America 1635 Robinson John Jamestown 1606 Robinson John Margaret &  John 1622 Robinson Joyce Globe 1635 Robinson Leonard Falcon 1635 Robinson Mary George 1635 Robinson Mathew America 1635 Robinson Nicholas & Elizabeth * Blessing 1635 Robinson Robert Christian 1634 Robinson Thomas Ann & Elizabeth 1634 Robinson Thomas Assurance 1635 Robinson William Mathew 1635 Robinsonn  Mathewe Hopewell 1623 Robisonn Richard Bona Nova 1618 Isack (Isaac) should be the son of Reverend John Robinson who sent the Pilgrims to America.

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Bristol County was created by the Plymouth Colony on June 2, 1685,[3] and named after its "shire town" (county seat), Bristol. The Plymouth Colony merged into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691.

Bristol County was settled by the Pilgrims who came from older towns in what is now Plymouth County. The area was at the center of the King Philip's War in 1675/6 and many settlers temporary moved back to the east. Though records are on a county system for land and probate records, the is divided into several districts for each.

 Many of the names on my Robinson tree are found on this 1790 Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts census, people early to come to this country.  The headings on the census are different:  Men 16 +; under 16; Women; Others; Slaves. 

They would move to Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.  Rehoboth is a historic town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1643, Rehoboth is one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts. The population was 11,608 at the 2010 census.[1] Rehoboth is a mostly rural, suburban community with many historic sites including 53 historic cemeteries.  

• Rehoboth had the first tornado in the United States recorded by European colonists in August 1671.

To be a man means they had to be born by 1774 or before this date.  The name is the head of the house and would  be alive in 1790.  

1. Samuel Robinson 3 men over 16; 4 females

2. Enoch Robinson 2 men over 16; 4 females

3. Zepheniah Robinson  1 man over 16; 2 females

4. Nathaniel Robinson  1 man over 16;  4 boys under 16, 3 females

Ezekiel Robinson was living here in 1775
                                           

Name:	Ezekiel Robinson • Edit
Event Type:	Military Service
Event Date:	19 Apr 1775
Residence Place:	Attleborough, Massachusetts
Military Status:	9 days
Military Regiment:	Capt Jabez Ellis's Attleborough Co Of Minutemen And Militia
Military Rank:	Private

David Robinson lived here in 1780, the next year after the census.

Name:	David Robinson • Edit
Event Type:	Military Service
Event Date:	17 Jul 1780
Residence Place:	Attleborough, Massachusetts
Military Status:	5 days
Military Regiment:	Capt. Alexander Foster's Co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt
Military Rank:	Private

Name:	George Robinson • Edit
Event Type:	Military Service
Event Date:	19 Apr 1775
Residence Place:	Attleborough
Military Status:	6 days
Military Regiment:	Capt Jabez Ellis's Attleborough Co Of Minute Men And Militia
Military Rank:	2nd Lieutenant
Military Rank:	2nd Lieutenant

Descendants of George Robinson, Reverend:  OUR ANCESTORS

1  [1] George Robinson, Reverend b: July 23, 1726 in Attleboro, Bristol Co, Massachusetts d: August 19, 1812 in Attleboro, Massachusetts.
.. +Abigail Everett b: November 20, 1727 in Dedham, Massachusetts d: May 15, 1762 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts
*2nd Wife of [1] George Robinson, Reverend:
.. +Lucy Pierce b: Abt. 1730 d: 1770
*3rd Wife of [1] George Robinson, Reverend:

.. +Zipporah Allen b: 1749 in Berkley, Massachusetts d: 1825 in Hallowell, ME

I found another Abiathar:  


Abiathar Richardson  2 men over 16; 2 boys under 16; 5 females

1790 official USA Census: Robinson
1. Ebenezer Robinson 1 man over 16; 1 male under 16; 3 females

2. George Robinson  2 men over 16; 3 males under 16; 5 females

3. Elijah Robinson  1 man over 16; 2 females

4. Joel Robinson  1 man over 16; 1 male under 16; 2 females

5. Ezekiel Robinson  3 men over 16; 3 males under 16; 2 females

6. Obed Robinson  2 men over 16; 2 males under 16; 2 females

7. Samuel Robinson  3 men over 16; 4 females

8. Enoch Robinson  2 men over 16;  4 females

9. Zepheniah Robinson  1 man over 16; 2 females

10. Nathaniel Robinson  1 man over 16; 4 males under 16, 3 females

11. Joel Robinson  1 man over 16; 1 male under 16; 3 females

  1810 Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Census

1. George                               12. Jon Robinson in Raynham, Bristol Mass
2. Ezekiel                               13. Robert in Taunton
3. Obed                                 14. Elijah in Westport
4. Nathan                              15. Alvin in Mansfield
5. Zephaniah                         16. Sylvester in Raynham
6. Stephen                            17. Jemiase in Taunton
7. Obed II                             18. James in Raynham
8. Samuel                             19. Joseph in Somerset
9. Ellen                                 20  Jon in Swanzey
10. Ezekiel
11. Joel

              1820 Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Census
Heading: Males: to 10/to16/16-18/18-26/to 45/45-100
Females: to 14/ 26/ 45                 
Free white males under 10/10-16/16/18/16-26/26-45/45-100
Free white females under 10/10-16/16-26/26-45/45-100 
Slaves male and female
Free colored persons    

1. Otis Robinson:  2xxx1x2xx1xxxx1= boy under 10; male 16-26; girl 10-16;f (45+)

2. Samuel Robinson:  xx1x15xx11= boy 16-18; male 26-45; 5 girls under 10; female 26-45; female 45+. 

3. Joel Robinson:  x1xx11xx1x1x1=1 boy 10-16; man 26-45; man 45+

4. Olney Robinson:  xxxx1x5xx11xxx1= man 26-45; 5 females under 10; female 26-45; female 45+

5. Syntha Robinson 2xxxxxx1x1=2 boys under 10; 1 woman 16-26; 1 woman 45+  

It turns out that Syntha was the woman Cynthia found to have married Abiel Paine on August 5, 1779 in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts.  She was also on the 1779 census there.   Only if a woman is the head of the house was she listed like the men were.  

There were many Samuel Robinsons on the 1820 census throughout the USA according to Family Search.  No wonder we amateur genealogists might pick the wrong ones for our ancestors.  The only way we can tell them apart if possible is by the name of their wife if available on the town records.   Sometimes on some records we get the name of the parents.  

Resource: http://wwwrobinsongenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/10/no-robinsons-on-mayflower-but-reverend.html
https://www.genealogybank.com/explore/census/all?lname=Robinson&fname=&decade%5B0%5D=1790&pq=1&prebuy=no&intver=7D_6M&CCPRODCODE=&s_trackval=&s_referrer=&s_siteloc=&kbid=69919&page=3
https://www.census.gov/library/photos.html
Family Search (LDS)
Ancestry.com
http://genealogytrails.com/mass/maryandjohn.html
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/tucker-william-1624/
https://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nengships1620-1640.shtml

                                                                                                                             

Hetty:  Henrietta Howland Robinson b: 1834-d: 1916 Hetty was born the same year my ggrandmother was born.  That was 183 years ago! She was to become the USA's richest woman known for her financial skills in making money with the money she had inherited.  The "richest woman in America" amassed a fortune when other major financiers were men. But she had a huge fault.  She couldn't bring herself to spend it.  She was like King Midas. Her own son's leg became infected and she wouldn't spend the money to get medical help, and he lost his leg.  She was sick in the head.  Her worth was $100 million to $200 million--like$ 2 billion to $4.4 billion in 2017.   Ivanka, don't be like her and be stingy to yourself and to others. Hetty needed to see a psychologist but she would have never spent the money.  Why one day, she spent the whole time looking for her $0.02 stamp that she had dropped-not bringing herself to waste a penny. She was born in Massachusetts into the richest whaling family in New Bedford, then would marry a banker from Bellows Falls, Windham, Vermont.  My ggrandmother was born in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont. I discovered Hetty on my search for the preceding article for Robinsons in Vermont. This lady had such a problem.  She was the worst miser who has ever lived.  And yet she had more money than anyone could ever dream of, and would not spend a penny of it. First, her mother died and left her $8,000. Her aunt left her $20,000. Her father died and left her $5 million including a $4 million trust fund that drew annual earnings. She invested in Civil War war bonds. Her other Aunt Sylvia died and left to charity her $2 million estate, not to Hetty. Hetty came up with another will leaving it to herself: Robinson vs Mandell. 5 years later Hetty was awarded $600,000. This lady was called the Witch of Wall Street. Read the Wikipedia article about her.

Nadene Goldfoot
Descendants of Edward Mott Robinson

Generation No. 1
                                                                           
1.  EDWARD MOTT1 ROBINSON was born January 08, 1800 in South Kingstown, Washington,  Rhode Island, and died June 14, 1865 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts.  He married ABBY SLOCUM HOWLAND, daughter of GIDEON HOWLAND and MEHETABEL.  She was born March 20, 1809 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, and died 1860 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts.

More About EDWARD MOTT ROBINSON:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery

More About ABBY SLOCUM HOWLAND:
Occupation: family owned large whaling fleet, China trading
Religion: Quakers

Child of EDWARD ROBINSON and ABBY HOWLAND is:
i. HENRIETTA "HETTY" HOWLAND2 ROBINSON, b. November 21, 1834, New Bedford, Massachusetts; d. July 03, 1916, Manhattan, New York City, New York; m. EDWARD HENRY GREEN, July 11, 1867, Manhattan, New York; b. February 06, 1820, Bellow Falls, Windham, Vermont; d. March 19, 1902, Bellow Falls, Windham, Vermont.

Notes for HENRIETTA "HETTY" HOWLAND ROBINSON:
 Died at age 81 years 7 months 12 days.

More About HENRIETTA "HETTY" HOWLAND ROBINSON:
Burial: Immanuel Cemetery
Education 1: 1840, Reading financial paper, age 6
Education 2: Bet. 1850 - 1853, Eliza Wing School, 16-19
Individual: "the Witch of Wall Street", nickname
Occupation 1: 1847, family bookkeeper at 13 financier
Occupation 2: 1916, Capitalist
Property: Died, left $200 million, donated all but $1,388,000 for 64 colleges, churches, hospitals, etc charities
Residence: 1836, Living with grandfather, Gideon Howland

Descendants of Gideon Howland

1   Gideon Howland b: Abt. 1785
.. +Mehetabel b: Abt. 1790
. 2   Abby Slocum Howland b: March 20, 1809 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts d: 1860 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
..... +Edward Mott Robinson b: January 08, 1800 in South Kingstown, Washington,  Rhode Island d: June 14, 1865 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
..... 3   Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson b: November 21, 1834 in New Bedford, Massachusetts d: July 03, 1916 in Manhattan, New York Civy, New York
......... +Edward Henry Green b: February 06, 1820 in Bellow Falls, Windham, Vermont d: March 19, 1902 in Bellow Falls, Windham, Vermont
......... 4   Edward "Ned" Howland Robinson Green Green b: August 23, 1868 in London, England, d: 1936
......... 4   Harriett "Sylvia" Ann Howland Green b: January 07, 1871 in London, England d: 1951
............. +Matthew Astor Wilks
. 2   Sylvia Ann Howland d: 1865

More About EDWARD HENRY GREEN:  Hetty's husband
Burial: Immanuel Church Cemetery
Occupation: gentleman banker
Residence 1: 1867, home in Manhattan
Residence 2: Bet. 1868 - 1869, London, England, Langham Hotel

More About EDWARD GREEN and HENRIETTA ROBINSON:
Marriage: July 11, 1867, Manhattan, New York

Descendants of Henry Atkinson Green

1   Henry Atkinson Green b: September 05, 1792 d: November 29, 1863
.. +Anne A. Tucker b: Abt. 1795
. 2   Edward Henry Green b: February 06, 1820 in Bellow Falls, Windham, Vermont d: March 19, 1902 in Bellow Falls, Windham, Vermont
..... +Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson b: November 21, 1834 in New Bedford, Massachusetts d: July 03, 1916 in Manhattan, New York Civy, New York
..... 3   Edward "Ned" Howland Robinson Green Green b: August 23, 1868 in London, England, d: 1936
..... 3   Harriett "Sylvia" Ann Howland Green b: January 07, 1871 in London, England d: 1951
......... +Matthew Astor Wilks

Resource:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetty_Green
  Wikipedia on Hetty Green: Henrietta Howland Robinson
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Robinson&GSfn=Edward&GSmn=Mott&GSby=1800&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1865&GSdyrel=in&GSst=21&GScnty=1175&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=8227042&df=all&

Nadene Goldfoot                                              


I just found out that of all the Robinsons on the Robinson listing at Family Tree DNA, only James Alton Robinson and my cousin match each other's haplotype of R-L21 or R1b1a2a1a1b4.  .  All my ideas of who Abiathar Smith Robinson's father was seems to fall by the wayside.  I have to connect to this tree that leads to Meppershall's John Robinson.  

I'm still stuck on the fact that a John Robinson age 51 with living with Julia Ann Tuller's family as a hired hand.  He was listed on the 1850 census of Royalton, Vermont.  Abiathar rode out of nowhere and married her in Tunbridge, Vermont, which is next door to Royalton.  .  

I found a Jonathan Pratt Robinson born 1799 in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire who is on the tree of James Alton.  I have no wife listed or information about him, but I am making him the father of Abiathar. He would have been 30 years old when Abiathar was born.   He died April 18, 1863 in Roxbury, Massachusetts which is a neighborhood of Boston today.  It's possible whoever answered the census taker just said John Robinson instead of Jonathan Pratt Robinson.  If this doesn't hold water, I can still tap into this line through the wrangling I went through with another choice of a father from Royalton itself, Amos Robinson's son.  Abiathar doesn't show up on any 1850 census to give me a clue.                                            

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.There is only one thatched cottage in the village now, which was probably built around 1690-1700. 

Our two Ydna matches of James Alton Robinson and Rick A Robinson of Canada lead to Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England where the first Robinson, John Robinson born February 9, 1611, had lived before moving to America. He was the son of John Robinson b: 1580,  and Katherine Eden b: 1583, both of Meppershall.  His parents died in England as far as I know.

A family of 9 children, John b: 1611 was the 5th.

 Before the advent of greenhouses, Meppershall, England  was a very poor community with large families living in two up, two down type thatched cottages built of brick with stone floors. However so many greenhouses were built in the village that it was known as "glass city" growing salad crops for local markets and shipped further afield via the railway.  As well as farming the village earned its income from coprolite digging. 
                                                                           
                                                   Newbury, Massachusetts  Farm

One record I have is that John  went to the Barbados Islands at age 19 which would have been in  1630.
 He married Elizabeth Pemberton in December of 1641 at the age of 30 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.  A list of settlers in Newbury in 1642 does not list any Robinson or Pemberton. Settlers to Newbury came on ships from April 1634 to July 1635.  It was the ship, Mary and John that arrived in 1635.  This must be when he arrived, but he's not listed on this ship..  The reason for establishing Newbury, as stated above, was not in fleeing from religious persecution but to utilize vacant lands and to establish a profitable business for the members of a stock-raising company.
                                                                         

 On Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshsire:     In 1651 he moved to Exeter, New Hampshire at the age of 40 and had  had several children born in Newbury already.  John and Elizabeth had 8 children, 6 boys and 2 girls.  John died on September 18, 1675 in Exeter at the age of 63 years, 7 months and 1 day.   He was killed by Indians.    

.   This is where The area was once the domain of the Squamscott Native Americans, a sub-tribe of the Pennacook nation, which fished at the falls where the Exeter River becomes the tidal Squamscott, the site around which the future town of Exeter would grow. 

On April 3, 1638, the Reverend John Wheelwright and others purchased the land from Wehanownowit, the Sagamore. Wheelwright had been exiled by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a Puritan theocracy, for sharing the dissident religious views of his sister-in-law, Anne Hutchinson. The minister took with him about 175 individuals to found the town he named after Exeter in Devon, England.

One of the four original townships in the province, Exeter originally included Newmarket, Newfields, Brentwood, Epping and Fremont. On July 4, 1639 35 freemen of Exeter signed the Exeter Combination, a document written by Reverend Wheelwright to establish their own government.[2] The settlers hunted, planted and fished. Others tended cattle and swine, or made shakes and barrel staves.

Thomas Wilson established the first grist mill on the eastern side of the island in the lower falls. This mill was established within the first season of settling in Exeter, and his son Humphrey assumed control of the mill in 1643, when Thomas died.  A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill or flour mill) grinds grain into flour. The term can refer to both the grinding mechanism and the building that holds it.

Some early Exeter settlers came from Hingham, Massachusetts, including the Gilman, Folsom and Leavitt families.[4][5] In 1647, Edward Gilman, Jr. established the first sawmill, and by 1651 Gilman had his own 50-ton sloop with which to conduct his burgeoning business in lumber, staves and masts. Although he was lost at sea in 1653 while traveling to England to purchase equipment for his mills, his family later became prominent as lumbermen, shipbuilders, merchants and statesmen.

A Declaration of Rights and Plan of Government for the State of New-Hampshire, adopted by New Hampshire Convention at Exeter, June 1779
                                                                       
   
                                                                       
The Gilman family began trading as far as the West Indies with ships they owned out of Portsmouth. It was a high-stakes business. In an 1803 voyage, for instance, the 180-ton clipper 'Oliver Peabody,' owned by Gov. John Taylor Gilman, Oliver Peabody, Col. Gilman Leavitt and others, was boarded by brigs belonging to the Royal Navy under command of Admiral Horatio Nelson. Enforcing a blockade against the French, Nelson offered ship Captain Stephen Gilman of Exeter a glass of wine and paid him for his cargo in Spanish dollars.  The trip demonstrates how far afield the ambitious merchants of Exeter reached in their trading forays.

Exeter suffered its last Indian raid in August 1723 and by 1725 the tribes had left the area. In 1774 the rebellious Provincial Congress began to meet in the Exeter Town House after Colonial Governor John Wentworth banned it from the colonial capitol at Portsmouth. In July 1775, the Provincial Congress had the provincial records seized from royal officials in Portsmouth and brought to Exeter as well. And so Exeter became New Hampshire's American Revolutionary War capital, an honor it held for 14 years until Concord assumed the role.           

                                          1862 map of Vermont and New Hampshire
                                    Vermont is on the left  or west side of New Hampshire


2.  Jonathan Pratt Robinson b: 1799 Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, d: Roxbury, Massachusetts
3. Jonathan Robinson b: 1766 Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire
4.  Chase Robinson b: 1738 Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, d: Meredith, Belknap, NH
5. Jonathan Robinson b: 1709 Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, d: Pembroke, Merrimack, NH
6.  John Robinson b: 1671 Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, d: Exeter, Rockingham, NH
7.  Jonathan Robinson 1645  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d: Exeter, Rockingham, NH
8. JOHN ROBINSON 1611 Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England, d: Exeter, Rockingham, NH.

Whoops!  One huge problem.  In finding more Robinsons on this tree all day long by googling, I find a daughter was born to Jonathan Pratt Robinson born on February 4, 1830, meaning my Abiathar born December 29, 1829, does not work.  Now all this time I didn't have a wife or siblings for Jonathan Pratt Robinson till late this evening.  This was found on http://findagrave.com.  Such is the life of a dedicated genealogist!

I then attached Abiathar to Cyrus B. Robinson b: 1808 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: 1864, married to Thankful Preston.  Cyrus was on the same tree, so we still have the same ancestor of Meppershall, England.
That was fine.  He was a first child and had 2 younger sisters according to the records I have.   There is no record of this.  Cyrus is just available on the same tree.  The good thing is he was from Royalton, Vermont, where Julia Ann lived.  Interestingly, Cyrus is the son of the Amos Robinson and Elizabeth Hughes who went to Decatur, Illinois so early on, which is close to Wenona, Illinois.  He went there in 1830 and then died there in 1836 and was buried in his own apple orchard.  He also had a son named Hartwell.  .
Problem:  Susan Dudra's brother took the DNA test and we are not a match.  They are directly connected to this Amos Robinson and Cyrus.  We have very rare DNA.  I'll have to find another father.
UPDATE: 8/16/2020  This still is the most likely prospect to be our ancestor.  My 1st cousin DNA's test has been upgraded to the Big Y and we find we are also related to Fitzpatricks of Ireland in this deep analysis which the Irish were interested enough to have supported this test. 

References:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meppershall
http://newbury.essexcountyma.net/
Notes from my genealogy program.