Sunday, December 08, 2019
Heman Durkee and Susanna Rix Lead to ancestor Stephen Hopkins of Mayflower
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| Mayflower Compact |
Stephen was not a free man then but became free later. In those days men were divided between the free who were not in debt and those who were. After Mary died, Stephen married Elizabeth Fisher on February 19, 1616/17 and had 6 more children; Oceanus, a girl, being the first along with Caleb, Deborah, Demaris, Ruth and Elizabeth.
Descendants of STEPHEN HOPKINS
1 [1] STEPHEN HOPKINS b: April 30, 1581 in Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England
.. +Mary "Kent" b: Abt. 1590 m: Bef. 1604
. 2 Constance Constanta HOPKINS b: May 11, 1606 in Hursley, Hampshsire, England d: 1677 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
..... +Nicholas Snow b: Abt. 1606 in London, Middlesex, England d: November 15, 1676 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
. 2 Elizabeth HOPKINS
. 2 Giles HOPKINS
*2nd Wife of [1] STEPHEN HOPKINS:
.. +Elizabeth Fisher b: Abt. 1583 m: February 19, 1616/17
. 2 Oceanus HOPKINS
. 2 Caleb Hopkins
. 2 Deborah Hopkins
. 2 Demaris Hopkins
. 2 Ruth Hopkins
. 2 Elizabeth HOPKINS
Constance married Nicholas Snow. Their son, John Snow, married Mary Smalley on September 19, 1667. John was one of the first to start the town of Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Their daughter, Rebecca Snow, married Benjamin Smalley in about 1694. .Eventually they moved on into Connecticut.
Rebecca Snow and Benjamin Smalley's son Joseph became a deacon in the church. He had married Jemima Ordway in about 1735 in Connecticut. Their daughter, Lucy Anna Smalley, married Timothy Lewis Durkee on May 3, 1758 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut who became a Colonel, and was our mutual ancestor and the beginning of the Durkees that ran so prominently in our family line. Their son, Col. Heman Durkee, had married Susanna Rix on September 19, 1781 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont. . They were both sons of the American Revolution of 1776. We can be proud of their service. Timothy died in 1797 in Royalton, Vermont and Heman also died in 1797 also in Royalton, Vermont if my records are correct. .
This family of Timothy Durkee suffered greatly through the burning of Royalton, Vermont by Canadian Indians who were accompanied by the British on October 16, 1780. It had just become chartered the year before in 1779. The town was in a thriving condition with cattle were still grazing in the fields. The Indians had followed the rivers and had already gone through Chelsea and Tunbridge and onto Royalton, their destination. Second son Adin, born in 1761, was captured by the Indians. He was taken to Montreal, Canada where he died on December 19, 1780.
Of all of Timothy's children, only his eldest son, Col. Heman, remained in Royalton. Harvey remained in Vermont while several removed to New York. The grandchildren spread out far and wide in the new lands. They found their ways to Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Odelltown, Canada, Iowa, and then Vermont, of course, where our great grandfather, Abiathar Smith Robinson and wife Julia Ann Tuller lived at first. While our grandfather was Frank Hugh Robinson, Sandy's grandmother was his sister,
This is how Sandy got to Stephen Hopkins:
1. Heman Durkee/Susanna Rix
2. Lucy Smalley/Timothy Durkee
3. Joseph Smalley/Jemima Ordway
4. Rebecca Snow/Benjamin Smalley
5. John Snow/Mary Smalley
6. Constance Hopkins/Nicholas Snow
7. Stephen Hopkins/Mary Kent
The amazing fact is that when I did my student teaching at Buckman Grade School in Portland, Oregon, my senior teacher for that period was Betty Smalley. Little did we know we may have shared some genes. She was great!
Our great grandfather was Abiathar Smith Robinson born in 1829 possibly in Bennington, Vemont. His wife was Julia Ann Tuller probably also born in Royalton who connected before to the Mayflower.
Julia Ann Tuller's mother was Asinath Durkee born in 1814 in Royalton, Vermont.
Descendants of Heman Durkee, Jr.
SOME GENEALOGY OF OUR FAMILY
1 Heman Durkee, Jr. b: October 21, 1789 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: January 09, 1865 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont, age 76
.. +Rebecca Hatch b: June 12, 1791 in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont d: June 07, 1872 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont, age 81 m: September 15, 1813 in Vermont
. 2 [1] Lydia Durkee b: June 13, 1813 in Vermont/ Canada d: June 30, 1874 in Royalton, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont
..... +Oliver Farman Bates b: Abt. 1810 in Dunham, Missisquoi County, Quebec, Canada d: 1841 in Shefford, Quebec, Canada m: December 29, 1828 in Dunham, PQ, Quebec, Canada
. *2nd Husband of [1] Lydia Durkee:
..... +Reuben George b: Abt. 1821 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont d: March 16, 1885 in Royalton, Orange, Vermont m: March 14, 1841 in Tunbridge, Vermont
. 2 Emily Durkee b: October 26, 1814 in Royalton , Vermont d: December 12, 1891 in Royalton, Vermont
..... +William Leonard b: Abt. 1816 in Vermont d: September 22, 1879 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont m: December 11, 1839 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
. 2 Asenath Asinith Durkee b: 1814 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: 1868 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont/Rockwell, Illinois
..... +Alonzo Charles TullarTuller b: October 22, 1809 in St. Albans, Vermont (Franklin County) d: January 29, 1870 in Rockwell, LaSalle, Illinois m: July 05, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont
. 2 Heman Herman Durkee III b: Abt. 1816 in Vermont, Quebec, Canada d: February 10, 1877 in poss Vermont ?
..... +Fanny Mosher Mosier b: June 02, 1818 in Quebec, Canada d: July 22, 1893 in Newport, Orleans County, Vermont m: 1837 in prob. Quebec, Canada
And on and on. With the expert tracing of people by the Durkees in California, I've been able to add many many Durkees to my tree. Remember Durkee mayonaise and Durkee Spices?
Resource: Durkee Family Newsletter Volume Xii, #1 Spring, 1993 The Burning of Royalton
http://mayflowerhistory.com/hopkins-stephen/
https://www.familysearch.org/search/
Assistance from cousin Sandy
https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.php?name=24679+stephen+hopkins
Labels: Durkee line, genealogy, Indian Attack, Mayflower, Revolutionary War, Royalton, Vermont
Saturday, August 03, 2019
My Amazing North American United States of America
Nadene Goldfoot
I'm inspired. Young people are questioning that state of affairs that has shaped America and why we have done the things that have happened and yet feel such pride in this country. We have Europe and Russia in awe. Russia, it seems, wants to have our power but not our Democracy; that's what they'd like to destroy, and our young people, not studying their history, think socialism is the way to go, that they are entitled to everything, that America can provide everything for nothing in return for tax money from the workers. This is not a honey-bee society divided into the drones, the workers, and the queen bee; sorry.
Why do we have such a powerful awesome country? Have you ever looked at the map to see 50 states belonging to one union and not be the USSR? It's the USA! United States of America!
It's one huge continent that half is unified under one government, and that's a huge accomplishment. Therein lies our power! To manage this miracle, our presidents from Jefferson on had to be inspired and forward thinkers, for they had endured a lot of criticism in getting this achievement accomplished.
Israel lost their power when Israel broke in half with the tribe of Judah and Benjamin in the south and the 10 other tribes in the north, each having their separate government. The American Civil War almost caused the same thing to happen, and this weakens the power of the unified whole.
Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547.
He was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father Henry VII. Henry is best known for his six marriages, in particular his efforts to have his first marriage annulled.
In the beginning, England ruled their people's religion and had taken away Catholicism and replaced it with Episcopalians. It was Henry VIII who caused this. A group of stubborn believers in their own ideas of religion moved out to Holland and an enterprising Reverend John Robinson led his people in religion. The group noticed their children were speaking Dutch, and they were not communicating well, so John got them to board the Mayflower and they came over in 1620 and landed in a storm out of the way of their planned docking, in what was to become Massachusetts.
Descendanats of JOHN (Rev.) Robinson
1. JOHN (Rev.) Robinson b: Bet.1575-`576 in Sturton, Nottinghamshire, or
Lincolnshire, England d: Februrary 19, 1624/25 in Leyden, Holland...
+ Bridget White b: 1579 in Sturton, Nottingham;shire, England d: 1643 in
Massachusetts.
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| Pilgrims settled in New England, and many were Robinsons. Ours probably came from the Stuart line of Robinsons in Scotland, but English-speaking John Robinson, Reverend in Holland sent his son Isaac on a later ship to America: |
The American Revolutionary 1776 Soldiers
England had already sent a colony of people to the South earlier who were in business of cultivating cotton, tobacco, etc.
"Their voyage took about two months, and the passengers enjoyed a happier experience than most trans-Atlantic trips. One death was suffered and one child was born. The child was named OCEANUS after the watery depths beneath them." Today you'd think you were in a space ship out to land on Mars.
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| The Mayflower during its trans-Atlantic voyage of September 6 – November 9, 1620, the majority of them becoming the settlers of Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts. Of the passengers, 37 were members of the Leiden Separatist congregation seeking to create a foundation of Christianity according to their own theology in the New World. The Mayflower launched with 102 passengers — 74 male and 28 female — and a crew headed by Master Christopher Jones. About half of these emigrants died in the first winter. Many Americans can trace their ancestry back to one or more of these individuals who, 'Saints' and 'Strangers' together, would become known as the Pilgrims. |
Half of those who boarded this tiny sailing vessel who rode the ocean that was so unknown to people, died within the year after making a landing. They were so young and full of hope. While still boarded, they put their heads together and wrote THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT.
"The Mayflower Compact is best described as an agreement signed by the male settlers aboard the Mayflower to accept whatever form of government they established when they landed at Cape Cod in Massachusetts. According to History.com, it was the first written outline of government in what later became the United States."
The 102 men, women and children aboard the Mayflower included both Pilgrims and non-Puritans such as Miles Standish and John Alden. Originally heading for Virginia, they were blown off course by a storm and ended up in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, which was outside the jurisdiction of existing chartered companies, in November 1620. They named the new land Plymouth after the harbor in England from which they left. Since they were independent, they created their own government under the Mayflower Compact. It was not exactly voluntary, as before male colonists went ashore, they had to sign the agreement. The Mayflower Compact remained valid until 1686 when the Plymouth colony became part of the Dominion of New England. In 1691, this became part of the larger Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Soon we had not only England wanting land in this new land but the French, Spanish, and even the Russians. We bought Alaska from the Russians, the Louisiana Territory from the French, and managed to eventually take land from Spanish holdings of New Mexico, Texas, California and Arizona, etc. In the Oregon Country we almost lost all to Canada, a French and English holding.
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| Our Constitution: We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union- establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. |
To think that this land may have been divvied up like a quilt to all these countries instead of what it is is amazing. To do it, the Native American bit the dust. They had lost this land because they themselves were not at the same level that we were. It was like the Romans attacking Israel before 70 CE; when they occupied the land and one step leads to another; then they took it forcefully.
The Native Americans, or Indians as we called them, as Columbus thought he had landed in India and instead had come up on islands outside of the Americas and called the inhabitants Indians. There he found a people at the level of the hunters and gatherers who had created their own civilization. They lived in the lap of the Garden of Eden, in a way, with food for their picking and hunting. They lived in clans, and the eastern board of America had people with a higher level of sophistication, creating government. It seems that crossing the Bering Straights was not done at one time but had people crossing over the generations from various parts of Asia. Most all bore the haplogroup, however, of today's modern science tag of Q, even the South American native people. The origins seem to be from Siberia, Mongolia and parts of Turkey some 24,000 years ago. They had no reasons to change their habits, until their Garden of Eden was invaded by the outside; Europeans.
I'm afraid that the Europeans-turned Americans were not at a very high level, either at this time from 1620 to about 1920. They had no heart with their replacement theory of eliminating the native people with themselves. Even their own religion did not touch the hearts of their army. They saw these strange people as sub-humans, probably much like homo-sapiens viewed Neanderthals, since we don't have any Neanderthals in society today, or do we? We've mingled our blood lines with both, overpowering them in the act. Today many Native Americans live on a sub-level compared to their white counterparts in the large cities in an alcoholic stupor, for we find their intolerance to alcohol after thousands of years of not having any in their culture. That's what we have done to so many proud people. Yes, they have suffered at our expense. Oh
yes, the English had brought over their spirits since they dared not drink water-
probably contaminated.
Our Constitution was written by gifted men. I don't believe they even realized the depth of their writings but do believe they were "in the zone of creativity" when they put their minds to work on the perfect creation of a democratic society. Wasn't it Jefferson who wrote of all men being created equal yet kept his own slaves? This shows the depth of the practice of having slaves since Greek and Roman days. England's rulers always had people waiting on them, slaves or less who were owned by the rulers. Their minds could not fathom a world without slavery, yet England did so before the USA in freeing their Blacks. I remember that I could not imagine a TV set, as I was born in the days of the radio only, and a simple phonograph. It's hard to break the mold and imagine something so different, yet when you do, it makes room and encourages more imaginative thoughts.
Like Israel, the USA is made up of people from all over the world who are freedom loving and have respect for our laws and our government. They have given up their connection to any other government and their wishes, giving themselves to the care of the USA. Some of us today are even allowed to have dual citizenship as I do with the USA where I was born and to Israel, my father's ancestral homeland. There's no problem with this as the 2 countries share the same belief systems of government if not religion. I like the fact that Christianity is piggy-backed with Judaism, though, and has much in common, both compatible with Democracy.
The USA was founded and nourished with the blood of Christians from 1620 on, and maintains their government on a Christian calendar of religious events, with the Sabbath on Sunday, celebrating the holidays of Easter, Halloween and Christmas. It has made room to accommodate other religions as well, to a degree, though I never did experience freedom in asking for a day off for Yom Kippur as a teacher. I tried so hard to beat the hunters who had first choice-as this came at the same time as the "hunting season." Yes, it is a Christian country with a lot of other religions in it. They founded the country and they are sharing it with us. I can own a home and can get education in my choice of a profession.
Anti-Semitism was running rampid in the 20's bringing in the same value system as Europe towards Jews, but has improved by the middle 1950s, though it's back again, but not to the level that Sweden or England is now seeing.
Coming from a Jewish father and a blue-blooded Yankee's daughter of Vermont, I've been able to trace my Robinson roots back to a ship after the Mayflower, though not sure which one. I've read our history and see that we have had ancestors in the Revolutionary War, Battle of 1812, Civil War, WWI and WWII from the Robinson side. We've had people fight for the right to live here. It was a haven for my father's parents who came over from Eastern Europe as illiterate peasants that have produced 2 PhDs, master's, and plenty of college graduates, all making a living. The genes were in place, the freedom had not been for them until landing in the USA, a people kept uneducated in Lithuania. My Robinsons haven't done badly, either; also enjoying many teachers out of our family. Now I see a Robinson Tower of glass in Singapore, no doubt an English Robinson there somehow. We do have the Robinson Gate in Jerusalem, though, most likely not our Robinson, but you never know, an Edward Robinson. I've even discovered I'm related to Jewish Robinsons of eastern European heritage, the name originally being slightly different.
To me, no socialism or give a-ways to people physically fit has been in the USA and should not seep in. People, including myself, do not appreciate anything they haven't had to work for. By the sweat of our brow we love what we have earned. It's true. It's psychological. We put more effort into something when we have to pay for it ourselves. They can work-sing for their supper. The people that have my heart are the Native Americans. We could and should start a program now doing everything in our power to improve their destiny and give them the training and education they would like to have. If we have the brains for an occupation, then it should not be out of our reach, either. But it shouldn't be given out like lollipops from a doctor after a visit. Even in the Torah, The poor or the sick and disabled could have a relative pick the gleanings after harvest-do the work of getting it, and wheat was free for them after working for it. In that way they were able to keep their self respect.
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| Cherokee Indian |
Hawaii has a Polynesian Cultural Center. Our native Americans need the same thing. I would love to spend a day going through it. We need to recharge this group of people in every state, as every state was home to certain tribes. I spent some time in Montana with the Native American children and saw the difference when they were learning of their own Indian lore from an Indian counselor-teacher. I was intrigued and about to assert my case of being tribal-Goldfoot-not of the Blackfoot tribe, however. They all need to have this experience, not just the ones assigned to a Rehab center-the last outpost for them before prison. I'll share something with my readers; the higher your education is, the more you see the relevance of what is being taught to these youngsters of their Indian heritage. It's so important. It's fascinating!
Summing it all up, the USA, only 243 years old with a birthday July 4, 1776, is a very young and vibrant country that is larger than any other expect maybe Russia and China who are much older and Communistic. It has made its share of mistakes, but keeps on trying to correct them. Thank goodness we're back to not being afraid to show our love for our country. We need to continue our energy as it was in our beginnings; proud to have such a land full of dedicated people. The area of all 50 states is 3,794,083 sq. miles. Russia is 6.6 million sq. miles. According to the Britannica Encyclopedia, the area of China is 3,696,100 square miles.
Summing it all up, the USA, only 243 years old with a birthday July 4, 1776, is a very young and vibrant country that is larger than any other expect maybe Russia and China who are much older and Communistic. It has made its share of mistakes, but keeps on trying to correct them. Thank goodness we're back to not being afraid to show our love for our country. We need to continue our energy as it was in our beginnings; proud to have such a land full of dedicated people. The area of all 50 states is 3,794,083 sq. miles. Russia is 6.6 million sq. miles. According to the Britannica Encyclopedia, the area of China is 3,696,100 square miles.
Labels: 50 states, Christian, compact, Constitution, Democracy, history, Mayflower, Native Americans, Pilgrims, religion, Reverend John Robinson, Sabbath, slavery, union
Sunday, October 08, 2017
DNA Leads to Roxbury, New York for Abiathar Smith Robinson's birth
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| Church that Robinsons attended |
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| Frank Hugh Robinson as a little boy with father, Abiathar Smith Robinson Abiathar met his wife, Julia Ann Tuller, in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont and married her in 1852 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont. She was 17, he 23. Was he from New York or Vermont? |
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| Batavia Kill was a small stream running down in the east of Vega Mountain in the area SE of the town of Roxbury. The Robinsons farmed and ran mills on the banks of the Kill. Vega Mountain, east of the town of Roxbury where Major Ebenezer Robinson, his sons and sons-in-law settled in 1793 to 1794. "The oldest school-house in this town is the one above Robinson's grist-mill, up the Hardscrabble road. It was built in 1813, of stone, and is in as good condition as when built. Since the consolidation of the districts around the village with the village district, it has been used by the "Christians" as a place of worship, but at present there is no organization of the kind in the town." |
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| Promoted to Major by July, 1776. A company such as he had commanded as Captain would consist of 85 to 100 men from a specific neighborhood or town. They constituted a “beat” or company. On the first “beat” of a drum, the first company would organize, and so on through the six beats of the regiment. “Each man had to furnish his own good musket or firelock and Bayonet, sword or tomahawk, a steel ramrod, worm, priming wire and brush fitted thereto, a cartouch box to contain 23 rounds of cartridges, 12 flints and a knapsack, or to be fined under forfeiture.” |
Everyone in those days were farmers, and of course the Robinson's all over New England were farmers, too. Major Ebenezer Robinson born 1735 that then could be Abiathar's great grandfather. He died in 1802 in Roxbury, New York. Born in Massachusetts, he had been a Major in the Revolutionary War. Ebenezer's son was Issachar b: 1761 in Dutchess, NY and died in Delaware, New York. His son was Daniel G born in 1796 in Roxbury and then Daniel's 2nd son I hope was Abiathar Smith. The 1st son, Abiathar's brother, was then Ebenezer Ganong Robinson b 1823. It is from this connection that we connect our DNA and our genealogy trees.
This town was formed from Stamford March 23rd, 1799. Unfortunately the leaf containing the proceedings of the first town meeting is missing from the clerk's record-book. On a later page we have it recorded that "the subscribers, finding it necessary to lay out a road from Mantana kill [adopt] a westerly course, beginning at a heap of stones and running near the dwelling house of William Varmilya, and from thence by a line of marked trees to the dwelling house of Thomas Austin, to a beech tree marked H; the same being four rods wide.
"Done by us, John T. More, David Robinson, Commissioners of Highways."
The other lead goes to Robinsons living in Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont as far back as the 1790-1800 period.
Both lines lead to Reverend John Robinson of the Pilgrims.
Timeline
1829, December: Abiathar Smith Robinson b: in NY or Vermont
1834, December 18, Julia Ann Tuller b: in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
1852, February 29, m::Abiathar-Julia in Tunbridge, Orange, Vt.
1852, November, Edward Rix Robinson b: in Vermont
1855 Edgar Clyde Robinson b: in Vermont
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| Leaving Royalton, Vermont for Montreal, Canada |
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| Farming, breaking sod on prairie |
1857, October, Nellie Elizabeth Robinson b: in Canada, Upper English
1861, April 12 Civil War began in USA
1861, August, Emma Hattie Robinson b: in Canada
1864, April 21, John C. Robinson b: in Canada, Montreal English
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| Returning after Civil War but to Wenona, Illinois 1865, May 9 Civil War ended in USA |
1865, Julia Robinson b: in Vermont
1867, June, William S. Robinson b: in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
1870 Aug 11, Census said Abiathar's parents born in Vermont
1870, June 21, Frank Hugh Robinson b: in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
1873, Jan.5, Nellie E m: Daniel C. McCullem, Omaha, Douglas, Neb.
1875, November, Minnie J. Robinson b: in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
1879, March 13, Edgar Clyde m: Mary Elizabeth Acuff, Cambridge, Ill.
1880 June 7, Census said Abiathar's parents born in Vermont
1880, May 30, Arthur Roy Robinson b: in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
1880, Dec 24, Emma Hattie m: George D. Miller in Wenona, Marshall, Ill.
1887, April 17, Edgar Clyde d:: Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
1887, December 2, Julia Tuller d: in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
1888, Feb 22, John C m: Hermia Howell in Osage, LaSalle, Illinois
1889, William m: Carrie A. Monninger in LaSalle, Illinois
1891, March 7, Daniel McCullem d: Omaha, Nebraska s(Nellie)
1891, Sept, Minnie J. m: Louis Sherman Cusac in Lacon, Marshall, Ill.
1892, Dec 2, Frank Hugh m: Alice Mitchell in Omaha, Nebraska
1893, Jan 5, Nellie E m: Alexander Charles Sillik in Omaha, Nebraska
1896, Abiathar m: Mary Jan Walters in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
1903, Julia, d: ??
1900 June 7,Census said Abiathar's parents born in New York.under 2nd wife's name, Mary J; NY, NY, NY, for Abiathar
1904, August 11, Arthur Roy m: Minnie Mae Ross Smith in Lacon, Illinois
1904, October 7, Abiathar S. Robinson d: in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
1905, Dec.28, Nellie E.d: Omaha,Douglas, Nebraska
1910, Frank Hugh m: Augusta Gustafson in Sioux City, Iowa
1912, Sept. 20, Edward Rix , m: -Jenette Jenson, Tama, Iowa
1915 Model T. Ford
1918, July 5, Mary Jane Walters d: in Streator, Illinois (Abiathar S)
1922, Edward Rix Robinson d: in Illinois
1923, June 5, John C. d: LaSalle, Illinois
1923 Minnie J.: d: Illinois
1923, July 7, Alexander Charles Sillik d: in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Nellie)
1924, July 2, George D. Miller d: Wenona, Marshall, Illinois ? (Emma)
1927, April 17, Arthur Roy d: in Peoria, LaSalle, Illinois
1930, Dec 29, Emma Hattie d: Streater, LaSalle, Illinois
1935, April 19, William S. d: Peoria, LaSalle, Illinois
1936, Oct 27, Hermia Howell d: LaSalle, LaSalle, Illinois (John C)
1942 Nash Automobile
1943, Dec 14, Carrie A. Monninger d: Davenport, Iowa (William S)
1952, May 27, Frank Hugh d: Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon
1955, April 19, Augusta d: Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon (Frank)
Resource: http://escapebrooklyn.com/bellfire-farm/
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nydutche/robinson.html
https://www.facebook.com/DescendantsOfRevJohnRobinson/
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Bakersfield,_Franklin_County,_Vermont_Genealogy
Labels: ancestors, Civil War, dna Y haplogroup, Mayflower, New York, oral history, patriotism, Revolutionary War, Robinson genealogy, time line, Vermont, Wenona
Friday, March 24, 2017
Elusive John Robinson Might Be a John From Reverend John Robinson-Mayflower Ship in Holland: A Windsor, Vermont Find
If you're following my story of trying to find Abiathar Smith Robinson, my ggrandfather's father. On the 1850 census of Royalton, Vermont, we find Julia Ann Tuller, age 15. She married Abiathar later on. Abiathar was not on this census taken on October 28th , but living with the Tuller family and listed was a JOHN ROBINSON AGE 51. He had no wife listed. He was alone. Abiathar must have been courting Julia then, as they married on February 29, 1852 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont-next door to Royalton where there were lots of Robinsons, Tullers, and Durkees. Julia's mother was a Durkee.
Now, lo and behold, today I ran across John Milton Robinson living in Windsor, Vermont! Oh my gosh! He, upon checking, actually was living in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont, about 42 miles from Royalton, Windsor, Vermont where Julia Ann Tuller lived. He was born at the right time to be Abiathar's father. February 15, 1800. Remember, the census said 1799 as he was 51 in 1850.
Just like the information on elusive John Robinson of Tunbridge, neither one had a wife listed. The wife of John Milton Robinson was not listed and evidently there was only the one son, the never listed anywhere: Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829. It was when Abiathar married Julia and wound up in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois, that we finally got some information on him, very sketchy information. We know from Abiathar's son and my grandfather, Frank Hugh Robinson, that Abiathar was very religious and strict about the Sabbath. He would not allow Frank to take out his horse from the field with the bull that got in it, thus saving the life of his horse because it was Sunday. Frank ran away from home because of this and never returned. He lost complete contact.
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people I already had on my tree from previous theories, and this led to Reverend John Robinson of our Pilgrim Story who sent the Pilgrims to America on the Mayflower like this:
John Milton Robinson, b: 15 February, 1800; d: 19 February, 1870
Jasper Robinson, b: 13 August 1772; d: 5 September 1842
Elijah Robinson, b: 1 October 1735: d: 25 January 1809
Benjamin Robinson, b: 23 February 1702/3; d: 12 April 1772
Peter Robinson, Sr., b: June 1665; d: February 1739/40
Isaac Robinson, b: 1610-1620 Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Leiden, Holland
d: 1704, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, son of John, Reverend. sailed on ship
AFTER MAYFLOWER to Massachusetts, America
JOHN Robinson, Reverend, b: 1575 Sturton Nottinghamshire, or Lincolnshire, England, father of Isaac Robinson who sailed to America. John stayed in Holland. "Robinson was born at Sturton-Le-Steeple in Nottinghamshire, England between March and September 1576."
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| A Thanksgiving was celebrated with the Indians who taught them how to grow corn and find food. They celebrated for 3 days! A wonder being half of the Pilgrims died right off after landing. Isaac Robinson could have been there. |
No, I don't think our Robinson is from this line, even though John Milton was so close to Royalton. It's just that it's things like this that make tracing a man with unknown parents or wife very very difficult and that's why DNA testing is so important. Back to the elusive plain old John Robinson of Tunbridge, Vermont. At least he leads to a DNA match on a twig of that branch.
Update 3/27/17: I looked at the facts again connected to where Abiathar and Julia Ann are buried: Wenona, Marshall, Illinois. The facts are much stronger there that Abiathar Smith Robinson is the son of Sally Smith who was married to Hiram Robinson, Jr married on April 1, 1829. He then died in 1839. This is where my first assumption had picked Hiram as the father. Sally is also buried in Wenona. We also have another son buried there of Hiram's; Oscar L. Robinson born in Bennington but buried in Wenona, Illinois and his wife, Sarah E. Powell. Sally remarried Thomas Russell since Hiram died very young at age 30. Son Martin Russell is buried in Wenona. How I'll connect to my DNA match, Sherie now, I don't know. Her ancestor must have married into the family somehow. Our line again ends up with a George Robinson b: 1639 in Boston, Massachusetts and wife Mary Bushnell of 1638 Ten Hills Farm, Medford, Massachusetts. Yes, if his parents came over in the 1630 convoy of ships headed for America, he would have been born in Boston, MA. That was the story my grandfather Frank Hugh Robinson related.
Resource: http://www.revjohnrobinson.com/isaac.htm
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/08/surname-saturday-robinson-of-england.html
http://wwwrobinsongenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/discovering-pastor-john-robinson-in.html
Labels: John Milton Robinson, John Robinson of Pilgrims, Mayflower
Monday, October 17, 2016
Richard Warren of Mayflower on Robinson Tree
Nadene Goldfoot
Thanks to finding cousin Sandra Wall, I find that we have another connection to an ancestor that was a passenger on the ship, The Mayflower. My first knowledge of such a connection was that we were connected to Richard Warren, who was the 13th signer of their Mayflower Compact. All these connections go back to our great grandmother, Julia Ann Tuller b: 1834 who was the wife of ggrandfather Abiathar Smith Robinson and our ggrandmother.
It goes this way. Julia Ann Tuller was the 1st cousin 3 times removed of Reverend Martin Tuller
Descendants of MARTIN Tuller, Reverend. I'll show how we arrive to Martin Tuller at the end.
1 [1] MARTIN Tuller, Reverend b: May 30, 1753 in Egremont, Berks,Mass. Bay Province, Massachusetts d: October 01, 1813 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
.. +Fanny Unknown b: Abt. 1753 d: in Royalton, Vermont
*2nd Wife of [1] MARTIN Tuller, Reverend:
.. +MARY Brown b: July 13, 1761 in Tiverton, Rhode Island d: November 11, 1799 in Royalton, Vermont
*3rd Wife of [1] MARTIN Tuller, Reverend:
.. +Charlotte Clapp Whitney b: January 10, 1763 in Westfield, Massachusetts d: April 08, 1833 in E. Cambridge/ Boston, Massachussetts
Martin Tuller was married to Mary Brown who is the connection.
Her father was Abraham Brown.
1 ABRAHAM Brown b: January 01, 1734/35 in Tiverton, Rhode Island d: May 24, 1799 in Tiverton, Little Compton, Rhode, Island
.. +Abigail Wilbur b: September 17, 1730 in Little Compton, Rhode Island d: October 31, 1811 in Tiverton, Rhode Island
Abraham Brown's mother was Sarah Corey.
Descendants of SARAH Corey
1 SARAH Corey b: Abt. 1709 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts d: Abt. 1795
.. +Abraham Brown b: Bet. 1707 - 1709 in Tiverton, Little Compton, Rhode, Island d: 1746 in Tiverton, Little Compton, Rhode, Island
Sarah's mother was Sarah Tabor.
1 SARAH Taber b: 1671 in Dartmouth d: Bef. 1732 in Tiverton, Little Compton, Rhode, Island
.. +Thomas Corey b: 1661 in Portsmouth, Rhode Isalnd d: March 21, 1737/38 in Tiverton, Rhode Island
It goes this way. Julia Ann Tuller was the 1st cousin 3 times removed of Reverend Martin Tuller
Descendants of MARTIN Tuller, Reverend. I'll show how we arrive to Martin Tuller at the end.
1 [1] MARTIN Tuller, Reverend b: May 30, 1753 in Egremont, Berks,Mass. Bay Province, Massachusetts d: October 01, 1813 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
.. +Fanny Unknown b: Abt. 1753 d: in Royalton, Vermont
*2nd Wife of [1] MARTIN Tuller, Reverend:
.. +MARY Brown b: July 13, 1761 in Tiverton, Rhode Island d: November 11, 1799 in Royalton, Vermont
*3rd Wife of [1] MARTIN Tuller, Reverend:
.. +Charlotte Clapp Whitney b: January 10, 1763 in Westfield, Massachusetts d: April 08, 1833 in E. Cambridge/ Boston, Massachussetts
Martin Tuller was married to Mary Brown who is the connection.
Her father was Abraham Brown.
1 ABRAHAM Brown b: January 01, 1734/35 in Tiverton, Rhode Island d: May 24, 1799 in Tiverton, Little Compton, Rhode, Island
.. +Abigail Wilbur b: September 17, 1730 in Little Compton, Rhode Island d: October 31, 1811 in Tiverton, Rhode Island
Abraham Brown's mother was Sarah Corey.
Descendants of SARAH Corey
1 SARAH Corey b: Abt. 1709 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts d: Abt. 1795
.. +Abraham Brown b: Bet. 1707 - 1709 in Tiverton, Little Compton, Rhode, Island d: 1746 in Tiverton, Little Compton, Rhode, Island
Sarah's mother was Sarah Tabor.
1 SARAH Taber b: 1671 in Dartmouth d: Bef. 1732 in Tiverton, Little Compton, Rhode, Island
.. +Thomas Corey b: 1661 in Portsmouth, Rhode Isalnd d: March 21, 1737/38 in Tiverton, Rhode Island
Sarah's mother was MARY COOKE
1 MARY COOKE b: Abt. 1650 d: Aft. 1694
.. +PhilipTaber b: Abt. 1642 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts d: Abt. 1693 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Mary's mother was Sarah Warren, daughter of Richard Warren.
Descendants of SARAH Warren
1 SARAH Warren b: Abt. 1614 in England d: Aft. July 15, 1696 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
.. +John Cooke b: Abt. March 1606/07 in Leyden, Holland d: November 23, 1695 in Darthmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Sarah Warren's father and mother were
1 Richard WARREN b: September 1578 in England d: 1628 in Wellingslsy/Hobshols area of Plymouth, Massachusetts
.. +Elizabeth Walker b: 1583 in England d: October 02, 1673 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
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Descendants of Julia Ann Tuller
1 Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
.. +Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/ Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
Julia Tuller's father was Alonzo Tuller.
Descendants of Alonzo Charles Tuller
1 [1] Alonzo Charles Tuller b: October 22, 1809 in St. Albans, Vermont (Franklin County)/Canada d: January 29, 1870 in Rockwell, LaSalle, Illinois
.. +Asenith Asinith Durkee b: 1814 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: 1868 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont/Rockwell, Illinois
*2nd Wife of [1] Alonzo Charles Tuller:
.. +Betty Ann Unknown b: Abt. 1816 in United States
His father was Samuel Tuller.
1 Samuel Tuller b: 1783 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont d: July 07, 1831 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont
.. +Sarah b: Bet. 1785 - 1790 in Poss. St. Albans, Vermont d: 1841 in Saint Albans Bay, Vermont
Samuel Tuller's father was Reuben Tullar.
1 Reuben Tullar b: August 03, 1751 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut d: November 09, 1828 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT
.. +Mary Cole Cowles b: 1759 in prob. Simsbury, Hartford County, CT d: March 18, 1832 in prob. Simsbury, Hartford County, CT
Reuben Tullar's father was James Tuller.
Descendants of James Tuller
1 James Tuller b: 1713 in Bedford County, England/Simsbury, Connecticut d: January 15, 1795 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
.. +Jemima Segar b: May 31, 1713 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut d: April 02, 1773 in Bloomfield, Hartford, CT
James Tuller's brother was John L. Tuller.
1 John L. Tuller b: March 25, 1715 in Simsbury, Connecticut d: May 01, 1797 in South Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
.. +Anna Karner b: Abt. 1717 in New York, N.Y. d: June 25, 1785 in South Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Their father was William Tuller.
Descendants of William Tuller
1 William Tuller b: June 10, 1687 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d: September 22, 1740 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
.. +Damaris Cornish b: February 19, 1690/91 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts d: September 22, 1749 in Simsbury,Hartford, Connecticut
John L. Tuller was the father of Martin Tuller, Reverend. Here is the family.
Descendants of John L. Tuller
1 John L. Tuller b: March 25, 1715 in Simsbury, Connecticut d: May 01, 1797 in South Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
.. +Anna Karner b: Abt. 1717 in New York, N.Y. d: June 25, 1785 in South Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
. 2 John Tullar, Jr. b: April 17, 1744 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT d: October 1815 in Le Roy, Genesee, New York
..... +Mary Stark b: 1746 in Berkshire County, Massachusetts d: October 12, 1831 in South Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
. 2 Anna Tullar b: Abt. 1742 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT
. 2 Daniel Tuller, Deacon b: March 04, 1745/46 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT d: December 03, 1833 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
..... +Elizabeth Messenger b: Abt. 1749 d: January 24, 1829 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
. 2 David Tullar, Reverend b: September 22, 1748 in Shrewsbury, Simsbury, Hartford, CT d: August 23, 1839 in Sheffield,
..... +Charity Fellows b: Abt. 1748 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
. 2 Paulina Tullar b: Bet. 1751 - 1755 in Egremont, Berkshire, MA/ Royalton, Vermont d: July 18, 1785 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont
..... +William Joiner Joyner b: Abt. 1755
. 2 Seneca Tullar b: June 21, 1751 in Connecticut d: June 24, 1828 in South Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts
..... +Eunice Wells b: 1750 in Massachusetts d: September 24, 1825 in South Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts
. 2 [1] MARTIN Tuller, Reverend b: May 30, 1753 in Egremont, Berks,Mass. Bay Province, Massachusetts d: October 01, 1813 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
..... +Fanny Unknown b: Abt. 1753 d: in Royalton, Vermont
. *2nd Wife of [1] MARTIN Tuller, Reverend:
..... +MARY Brown b: July 13, 1761 in Tiverton, Rhode Island d: November 11, 1799 in Royalton, Vermont
. *3rd Wife of [1] MARTIN Tuller, Reverend:
..... +Charlotte Clapp Whitney b: January 10, 1763 in Westfield, Massachusetts d: April 08, 1833 in E. Cambridge/ Boston, Massachussetts
. 2 [2] Joel Tuller b: April 14, 1757 in South Egremont,Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts d: May 01, 1835 in South Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts
..... +Mercy Loomis b: October 08, 1758 in Simsbury, Connecticut d: May 26, 1800 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
. *2nd Wife of [2] Joel Tuller:
..... +Abigail Humphrey b: Abt. 1758 d: March 20, 1828
. 2 Tabetha Tullar b: 1760 d: 1782
..... +Asa Holmes b: March 22, 1754
I am the 9th great granddaughter of Richard Warren who was born in 1578.
My children are his 10th great grandchildren. My grandson is Richard's 11th great grandson.
9 generations ago, I had 512 ancestors, 256 female and 256 male. That takes me most likely to the year 1791.
I have to go back further than 10 generations ago when I had 1,024 ancestors of which 512 were female
and 512 were males. This would only take me back to the year 1766. Glad I've found a few through genealogy
searches. .
Resource: http://mayflowerhistory.com/mayflower-passenger-list/
I am the 9th great granddaughter of Richard Warren who was born in 1578.
My children are his 10th great grandchildren. My grandson is Richard's 11th great grandson.
9 generations ago, I had 512 ancestors, 256 female and 256 male. That takes me most likely to the year 1791.
I have to go back further than 10 generations ago when I had 1,024 ancestors of which 512 were female
and 512 were males. This would only take me back to the year 1766. Glad I've found a few through genealogy
searches. .
Resource: http://mayflowerhistory.com/mayflower-passenger-list/
Labels: Abiathar Smith Robinson, Julia Ann Tuller, Mayflower, Mayflower Compact, richard Warren
