Robinson Genealogy

 Nadene Goldfoot                                        

Today I made a discovery about John Robinson.  Though I knew he was born on April 12, 1798 in Scipio, Cayuga, New York, the only thing that I considered was that it was New York.  Eliza Fowler, his wife, was also from Scipio, Cayuga, New York.  I have it that John died in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, home of many Durkees, a few Robinsons and it happens to be next door to Royalton, Windsor,  Vermont.  In fact, Julia Ann Tuller was Abiathar Smith Robinson's wife, and Julia's mother was Asenath Durkee b; 1814 in Royalton, Vermont.  

Elisha Durkee,  son of Andrew Durkee,  was born June 6, 1764 in Windham, Connecticut but died August 21, 1819 in Scipio, Cayuga, New York.  He was Asenath's 3rd cousin twice removed.  Elisha's wife was Hannah Gore.  Maybe she was an ancestor of Al Gore.  Hanna, born in Preston, New London, Connecticut, also died in Scipio, Cayuga, New York with her husband.  Their first child was Betsy Durkee who was the 1st child born in Scipio on December 9, 1790.                                    

SCIPIO. town in Cayuga County, New York was created on March 5, 1794, so Elisha and Hanna were true pioneers starting the community.  

Scipio was one of the original towns, having been formed March 5, 1794. Sempronious was taken off in 1799; a part of Marcellus (Onondaga County) in 1804. Ledyard, Venice and a part of Springport in 1823. It is located on the west shore of Owasco Lake, south of the center of the county and has a rolling surface, the highest summits being five hundred feet above the lake, a steep bluff twenty to fifty feet high extends along the lake and from its summit the land slopes gradually upward for about a mile. The streams are nothing but mere brooks and the soil is a clayey loam.

Scipio Center, contains two churches and about one hundred inhabitants; Scipioville near the west line is about the same size as also is Sherwoods near the southwest corner. The Square in the northwest part, and Bolts Corners, in the south part are hamlets.

In 1790, the first settlements were made, Elisha Durkee, Henry Watkins, Gilbert and Alanson Tracy, Samuel Branch, Ebenezer Witter, and Gideon Allen, being the pioneers. The first child born was Betsy Durkee, December 9, 1790. The first marriage was that of William Allen and Betsy Watkins, June 25, 1793. William Daniels taught the first school in 1798, and Doctor Strong kept the first store in 1808. The first religious services were held by Elder David Irish in 1794 and the first church (Baptist), was formed the same year.  

Abiathar's father, John and his father, Edward R Robinson were from Scipio, New York.  Edward R. Robinson was married to Eunice Rix and of course, Abiathar and Julia Ann's son was named Edward Rix Robinson, b: 1852.  9 months after they had married.  

Elisha Durkee's father was Andrew Durkee who was a private in the Revolutionary War.  Born in 1737 in Windham, Connecticut, he died in Hampton, Windham, Connecticut. He had married Mary Benjamin, daughter of Joseph Benjamin and Mary Clark. 

Back to his 3rd cousin, Asenath Durkee who was born in 1814 and was born and died in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont.  Her father was Heman Durkee, Jr. b: 1789, mother being Rebecca Hatch.  His father was Col. Heman Durkee born in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut in 1759 whose wife was .Susanna Rix.  We remember that Abiathar Robinson's son's name was Rix Robinson.  His father's name was Lieutenant Timothy Lewis Durkee b: 1737 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, too but died in Royalton, VT.  His father was Captain Nathaniel Durkee, born in 1702 in Ipswich, Massachusetts and died in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut. Wouldn't you know it, but Julia Ann picked a Robinson, Abiathar Smith,  who never served in the army.   

The Durkees went back to Meath County, Ireland with William Durgy/ Durkee born between 1632-1634.  Our Robinson, Ken, tested showing an Irish connection to the Fitzpatrick line with the Big Y test.                                          

Elmhurst, New York Durkee spice tins. I haven't found them lately, must now be out of business.   

The Durkees are very well-known with their spices which was their business. 

Resource:

https://wwwrobinsongenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/05/two-soldiers-saved-our-family-in.html   (my article) 

http://wwwrobinsongenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/04/robinson-durkee-tuller-in-royalton-and.html  (my article) 

Labels: Cayuga, Durkees, New York, Rix, Robinson, Scipio, Tuller

# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 7:22 PM 0 comments

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                   

 I had read about the burning of Royalton from the Durkee family newsletter from the Spring of 1993 of which Bernice B. Gunderson was the editor and family researcher for the President, Robin K. Durkee.  It was exciting to find we also had Durkee lines running through our veins with all that DNA, so its history was even more impressive.  Now I'm finding reference to this in another form.  https://www.ourherald.com/articles/royalton-raid-revisited.  The burning of this town was most distressful as they were the very 1st settlers of the town that was started in 1779.  There was the settlement before being chartered and the town was thriving.  They had large stocks of cattle.  They were attacked on October 16,  1780.  

My interest today lies in the fact that Abiathar and Julia Ann, married in 1852 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont which is next door to Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, moved to Canada and were there for I don't now how long until after the Civil War when I found them in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois.  My question was why would anyone move there?

Canada was luring loyalists to Canada with the promise of free land.  They evidently had reason to think they could apply and get land.  I have no solid proof of who Abiathar's parents were or who they were connected with.  I've been making a lot of educated guesses because Vermont, in fact all of New England was bursting with Robinsons, the 16th most popular surname eventually in the USA.  

The well-known heroine of the day is a young mother, Hannah Handy or Hendee, who has escaped capture but who crosses the White River to confront Lt. Houghton, to demand the return of her son. Hendee’s spunk earns her the admiration of the Mohawks, who eventually agree to hand over her son and several other children.                           

The Indians killed Pember and Button and took as prisoners, Joseph Kneeland, Havens, Mesers, Simeon Belknap, Giles Gibbs and Jonathan Brown with Joeph Kneeland and his aged father, Elias Curtis, John Kent and Peter Mason.  They plundered every house they found.  They came upon General Elias Stevens working with his oxen.  He rode home halfway and saw Captain Joseph Parkhurst who told him that the Indians were by river already, so they both rode down river.   when they came to the home of Deacon Daniel Rix where they rescued his wife and 3 of their children with the Deacon.  Again Stevens ran into Indians and veered, coming to his father in law's home, tilly Parkhurst.  General Stevens tried to get people into the woods, out of sight of the Indians.  Many, driven by fear, wound up in Sharon, Vermont and at Captain E. Parkhurst's home.   (I have Pember on our tree.)  

The Indians had gone to the home of Deacon Daniel Rix.  They took Gardner Rix, his son, a boy about 14 years old which his mother witnessed.  They left another house and went up the river as far as Mr. Timothy Durkee's home where they took 2 of his boys prisoners; Adan and Andrew, and carried the former to Canada, who died there in prison.  Adan Durkee died in camp at Montreal.  The family of Timothy Durkee suffered through the burning of Royalton.  Only the eldest son, Heman, remained in Royalton after this attack.  Several had moved to New York, with the grandchildren spreading out to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Odelltown, Canada, and Iowa.                             

 Meanwhile, a militia of some 300 armed settlers has been mustered and comes upon Lt. Houghton and his party at about 2 a.m.  For Zadock Steele and other captives, these trials are only the beginning of two years of hardship. Held first at an Indian village in Canada, Steele and others are eventually sold to the British. For most of the next two years, he is held in a maximum-security prison on an island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, under conditions of extreme privation.   

In August of 1782, Steele and several other prisoners stage a daring escape, which involves digging a 20-foot tunnel, and then swimming through the dangerous rapids surrounding the island.  The escapees have no way of knowing the Revolutionary War is over, and all prisoners are about to be released.

Abiathar and Julia Ann named their 1st son, born in November 1852,  Edward RIX Robinson.  I guess they knew about the Indian raid, alright.  Deacon Daniel Rix is my 5th great grandfather from Julia's side.  We have a whole slew of  Rix ancestors.  Julia Ann Tuller's mother was Asenith Durkee, born 1814 Timothy Durkee, born May 18, 1776 was Asenith's 2nd cousin twice removed.  

The Rix Family came from Connecticut before the Royalton Raid

Goodbye to Grandparents

http://wwwrobinsongenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/05/two-soldiers-saved-our-family-in.html

https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/rix/about/background

https://www.oregongenealogy.com/baker/durkee/durkee_family.htm

https://www.brpedersen.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I29332&tree=Ancestors

Labels: Asenath Durkee, Canadian land, Clark Walcott Durkee, Durkee, Loyalists, Lt. Houghton, Mohawk Indians, Orange, Pember, Revolutionaries, Rix, Robinson, Royalton, Tuller, Tunbridge, Vermont, Windsor

# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 10:49 AM 0 comments

Nadene Goldfoot                                             

Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont One of the beautiful spots in Windsor County Whoopee!  I think I found Abiathar's parents:   John R. Robinson b: 1797 Strafford, Orange, VT Sophronia Pember b: 1788 Randolph, Orange, VT Makes sense: Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont was full of Robinson and Tuller families where Abiathar and Julia married in 1852.

I had decided to use google in searching for Robinsons in Vermont. Royalton was the city I first found Julia Ann Tuller who had married Abiathar Smith Robinson, my ggrandfather.  I haven't found his parents.   Up came an interesting website,  It didn't have one Robinson listed!  I knew from a special book that Robinsons abounded in Royalton.  This website listed only the original settlers in Windsor County.  Royalton, Vermont is where Julia Ann Tuller lived in 1850 when 15 years old. I hoped to find Abiathar listed in this county, too.  Nope.  

http://www.genealogytrails.com/ver/windsor/1891old_families.html .  I started checking all the surnames with names already in my Family Tree Maker in my computer.  It seemed that most all the names in the article were in my Robinson tree, though not all the people mentioned, of course.  These were the common surnames of that area and period .  I was surprised that I had some of the Pembers.  I had even forgotten that I had had that surname in there.  I checked that surname and
found I had several on my tree.  What a surprise.
                                                                       

Windsor had the 1850 census with Julia Ann Tuller age 15 on it. Next door is Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont with many Robinsons and Tullers as well. Julia and Abiathar Smith Robinson married in 1852 in Tunbridge.

This covered Windsor County and others of 1891, when Abiathar Smith Robinson was living in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois..  His family had come from Vermont.  His wife was Julia Ann Tuller who was on the 1850 census of Royalton at age 15.  That's how I found out who her parents were.  They were on the census with her, of course.  From there it was fairly easy to trace her family way back to the Hydes.  Of course, the first thing I had thought of when discovering we had Hydes on the tree was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

I found that from Elijah Pember born 1729 in Connecticut and wife, Hannah Cross, came Sophronia
Pember.  
1  Sophronia Pember b: December 25, 1788 in Randolph, Orange,  Vermont d: Aft. August 1870 in Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont
.. +JOHN R. ROBINSON b: November 18, 1797 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: April 30, 1852 in Newbury, Orange, Vermont.  This could be THE John Robinson who was on the 1850 census with the Tuller family in Royalton AND could be the father of Abiathar!  That John Robinson said he was 51 years old on the 1850 census.  Knowing how people were not always exact, the date of 1797 is very close to what I've been looking for, 1799 and a JOHN ROBINSON.  Hmmm.  

This is a sheer accident, but THIS John R. Robinson happens to be one of the siblings of a Robinson
line I thought could be THE father I've been looking for because one of his children I had listed
was Ebenezer Ganung Robinson, told to me by a DNA connection to our Robinson line who is my
3rd cousin. We've been working on this for years. We know we are connected, but couldn't find
a true connection because of my lack of knowledge about Abiathar's parents. After saying for years
that EUREKA! This Robinson is the father, I now feel that I indeed have found his parents after
all.
I checked and found that this John Robinson's father was Zadock R b: 1763, and his father was Daniel
R. b: 1734 in Massachusetts. His father was Ebenezer R and wife Elizabeth Reed(on Pember's tree)
b: 1697. His father was Samuel George R in 1654 Massachusetts and his father was George R. born
in 1626 in Scotland! This does fit the DNA of my 1st cousin K. Robinson whose Y haplogroup is
R-L21 which used to be called R1b1a2a1a1b4. Also, with my geneology findings, I had found that
Ann Hyde had led to today's royal family of England.
ANNE HYDE b: March 22, 1637/38 in Cranbourne Lodge, Windsor in Berkshire,Windsor,
England d: April 10, 1671 in London, England Occupation: Maid of Honor to
Mary, Princess Royal .. +King James, II, Duke of York and VII b: October 14, 1633 in St. James Palace,
London, England d: September 16, 1701 in St. Germain-en-Laye, France

I found that Descendants of John Pember, Sr.

1  John Pember, Sr. b: April 12, 1696 in New London, Connecticut d: January 26, 1782 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut
.. +Mary Hyde b: February 21, 1697/98 in Norwich, New London County,  Connecticut d: April 17, 1782 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut .
Mary Hyde is my 5th great grandmother. Hyde is the surname that leads our family to the Royal
kings and queens.

I found Thomas Pember was a victim in the Royalton, Vermont Indian raid on October 16, 1780

Descendants of Elijah Pember 1 Elijah Pember b: Abt. 1729 in Ellington, Tolland, Connecticut
d: March 15, 1812 in Ellington, Tolland, Connecticut .. +Hannah Cross b: 1729 in Connecticut d: April 05, 1798
in Ellington, Tolland, Connecticut . 2 Samuel Pember b: January 04, 1749/50 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut
d: March 14, 1826 in Randolph, Orange, Vermont ..... +Esther Reade b: June 27, 1758 in Randolph, Orange, Vermont
d: August 10, 1826 in Randolph, Orange, Vermont . 2 Stephen Pember b: Abt. 1751 . 2 Thomas Pember b: Abt. 1753
d: October 16, 1780 in Royalton, Vermont, Indian Raid

Julia Ann Tuller is my mother's grandmother. Her mother was Asenath Durkee, below.
Durkee is a huge line of people in New England and beyond. They even have their own bulletins for
genealogy. (Society of Genealogy of Durkee, Inc, in Long Beach, CA. )Bernice B. Gunderson
helped me figure out who Alonzo's parents were.
1 Alonzo Charles Tuller b: October 22, 1809 in St. Albans, Vermont (Franklin County)
d: January 29, 1870 in Rockwell, LaSalle, Illinois Occupation: 1850 Stone Mason .. +Asenath Asinith Durkee b: 1814 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont
d: 1868 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont/Rockwell, Illinois

Burning of Royalton, Vermont Oct 16, 1780 .
Mr. Robert Havens' son, Daniel Havens, was entertaining his friend,
Thomas Pember,
and they were in the house, and made their appearance at the door a little before
the Indians came up. Tom had been there because he was interested in Daniel's sister.
They saw the Indians and ran for their lives. Daniel Havens made his escape by throwing himself
over a hedge fence down the bank of the branch and crawling under a log, with Indians passing
directly over it. They pursued Thomas Pember till they came so near near as to throw a spear at him,
which pierced his body and put an end to his existence. He ran some time, however, after he was
wounded, till by loss of blood he fainted, fell, and was unable to proceed farther. The Indians came
upon him and thrust a spear through his body, took off his scalp, and left him as food for worms.
The house of Mr. Havens became the Indians' central meeting house. Then they killed young
Elias Button. After killing Pember and Button and taking plunder, they went to another house, that of
Joseph Kneeland.

Thomas was interred in Hutchinson's private lot on Wells Farm in S. Tunbridge, but headstones
were removed by Orison Foster and land was cultivated. Part of a series of raids designed
to terrorize frontier settlements, the Oct. 16, 1780 raid on settlements along the White River
and its First Branch resulted in the destruction of dozens of log huts, and of the crops
and livestock necessary to survive the coming winter. Although women and girls were not harmed,
28 men and boys were taken captive and taken to Canada, along with plundered valuables.
Four settlers were killed.
We had Durkee ancestors taken to Canada. Timothy Durkee was one who suffered through
the burning of Royalton, and is a good example of how the early New England families spread to the
rest of the USA. The Indians had left the house and barn in flames of General Stevens because they
heard the alarm by Mr. Havens, and went up the river to Timothy Durkee's house where they took his
two boys prisoners, Adan and Andrew, and carried Adan to Canada, who died there in prison.

Descendants of Timothy Lewis Durkee, Lieut. These 3 Durkee boys would be my mother's 3rd
ggranduncles. 1 [1] Timothy Lewis Durkee, Lieut. b: May 01, 1737 in Woodberry, Litchfield County,
Connecticut d: March 29, 1797 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont Occupation: Farmer .. +Adna b: Abt. 1737 in CT d: in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont *2nd Wife of [1] Timothy Lewis Durkee, Lieut.: .. +Lucy Anna Smalley b: January 19, 1736/37 in Lebanon,
New London County, Connecticut d: March 1797 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont . 2 ADIN Durkee b: October 25, 1761 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Conn.
d: December 19, 1780 in Montreal, Canada He was 19 years 1 month and 24 days when he died.
Four children taken by Indians as captives. Aden died in captivity by the Indians at Montreal.
He and his brother, Sheldon Durkee, were among the prisoners during the burning of Royalton,
Vermont, 10/16/1780 under the command of a British Officer. Sheldon was released.
. . . 3 ANDREW Durkee b: April 25, 1769 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Conn.
(Pomfret, Conn) d: February 15, 1845 in Odelltown, Canada
Occupation: Manufacturer of combs ..... +Rachel Spaulding b: March 22, 1771 d: February 04, 1805 in Moretown, Washington, Vermont . *2nd Wife of [3] ANDREW Durkee: ..... +Phebe Dodge b: Abt. 1772
Andrew was 11 when he was captured. .

1  Sheldon Durkee b: August 10, 1771 in Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire (Royalton, VT) d: December 21, 1853 in Plattsburg, New York
.. +Sarah Jones b: Abt. 1771 d: December 21, 1853 in Vermont
Sheldon was 9 when he was captured by the Indians. 

Rix is on our tree. One of Abiathar's sons was Edward..Rix Robinson. b: 1852
 Edward "Rix" Robinson b: November 1852 in Vermont d: 1922 in Illinois Occupation: 1880 Teamster
..

Garner Rix was another boy captured by the Indians in the Royalton Raid.  

Garner's father was Daniel Elisha RIX, Deacon. 

1  [1] Daniel Elisha RIX, Deacon b: September 24, 1738 in Preston, New London, Connecticut d: March 23, 1823 in Royalton, Vermont Occupation: Farmer

 1 Garner RIX b: July 31, 1769 in Preston, New London, Connecticut d: August 28, 1854 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont .. +Elizabeth "Betsey" Lyman b: November 18, 1772 in Middleton, Connecticut d: November 18, 1851 in prob. Royalton, Vermont  

I am Garner Rix's  4th great grandniece.   

Garner Rix was 13 years old at the time of the Royalton Raid. He was captured by the Indians in the last raid of the American Revolution. He was taken to Montreal, sold to a French Woman who kept him safe for a year until it was safe for him to walk home, by himself at age 14. When he got back home the town gave him  land. 

In the Windsor County, Ascutney Cemetery are buried Gerald and Mildred Durkee. Sarah L Durkee is also there, daughter of Fisk and Abbey Durkee.

Whew!  I'm so glad I was driven to work on Pember and did indeed bump into THE Robinson I've been looking for all these years.  Let's hope, anyway.  It's looking good to be true.  Heh, heh, heh,
I just double checked and found that once when talking to my DNA cousin, I had decided upon these
very parents to be THE ONES.  Then I wasn't really sure.  I have the same parents listed twice now
as his parents.
Update: google turned up a Pember of note:  George Hawkins Pember, known as G. H. Pember, was an English theologian and author who was affiliated with the Plymouth Brethren.Wikipedia

Born: November 17, 1836, Hereford, United Kingdom

Died: 1910, Budleigh Salterton, United Kingdom

Education: Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge

Parents: Mary Pember, George Hawkins Pember

Resource:  The Durkee Family Newsletter Spring 1993: Royalton Indian Attack
https://wwwrobinsongenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/11/connecting-to-king-james-ii-and-his.html

Labels: Durkee, Pember, Rix, Robinson, Royalton Indian Attack 1780, Tuller, Windsor County

# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 7:25 PM 0 comments

Nadene Goldfoot                                        

I have known about the famous Indian raid on Royalton, Vermont in which the Durkee children were taken but hadn't realized that Tunbridge had been attacked as well.  My ggrandfather, Abiathar Smith Robinson, living in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, had married Julia Ann Tuller of Royalton, Windsor, Vermont on February 29, 1852 by Reverend Alva Button, justice of the peace. Julia's mother was  Asenith Durkee, married to Alonzo Charles Tuller.  The Tullers had come from St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont.

The Durkee Family Newsletter of Spring 1993 told all about the Indian raid.  Timothy Durkee's family is one who suffered from it.  Only his oldest son, Heman,  had remained living in Royalton afterwards.  Harvey stayed in Vermont but the others moved on to New York.   Grandchildren spread far and wide.

"The Royalton raid was a British-led Indian raid in 1780 against various towns along the White River Valley in the Vermont Republic, and was part of the American Revolutionary War. It was the last major Indian raid in New England.
                                                                         

In the early morning hours of October 16, 1780, Lieutenant Houghton of the British Army's 53rd Regiment of Foot and a single Grenadier, along with 300 Mohawk warriors from the Kahnawake Reserve in the British province of Quebec, attacked and burned the towns of Royalton, Sharon and Tunbridge along the White River in eastern Vermont. This raid was launched in conjunction with other raids led by MajorChristopher Carleton of the 29th Regiment of Foot along the shores of Lake Champlain and Lake George and Sir John Johnson of the King's Royal Regiment of New York in the Mohawk River valley. Four Vermont settlers were killed and twenty six were taken prisoner to Quebec."

About 300 Indians from various tribes led by the Caghnewaga tribe, had left Canada intending to destroy Newbury in eastern Vermont and were turned towards Royalton.  They went through the white River, through Chelsea and Tunbridge, to Royalton.  They "laid in their encampment at Tunbridge during the Sabbath.  They were discovered on Monday at dawn when they entered the house of Mr. John Hutchinson who lived not far from the line between Royalton from Tunbridge.  They took him  prisoner wih his brother, Abijah, and plundered the house.  Then they went to the house of Robert Havens.  They chased Thomas Pember and was near enough to throw a spear at him.  Then he was scalped.  He had been courting Mr. Haven's daughter who he wanted to marry.  This house became the Indians' rallying  point. Next to be speared was Elias Button, probably a relation to the justice of peace in Tunbridge in 1852.  He was scalped as well.  Next stop was in taking many male prisoners in a home.  Mrs. Curtis was about to have her neck cut, but the Indian was more interested in the gold beads around her neck and stopped and took the beads, instead.  They plundered every house.  

They came to the house of Deacon Daniel Rix.  General Stevens took Mrs Rix and 2 or 3 children on his horse, and Captain Parkhurst took Mrs. Benton and several children on his horse and they all rode off with Deacon Rix and several others on foot to a place where they had received the alarm.  He left the women and children to rode to his own house but ran into the Indians 1/2 mile down the road.  He got to his own mother and sister and put them on his horse.  At any rate, the Indians took Mrs. Rix's oldest son from her and ordered her and her other children to leave the house.  She did with 5 of her children.  They took Gardner Rix, son of Deacon Rix, 14, just at the heels of his mother's horse, while she had to watch.  She got on a horse with 3 of her children.  

The Indians set fire to General Stevens' house and barn.  Then they took the Durkee boys, Adan and Andrew, prisoner.   and carried the former to Canada, who died there in prison.  Some children were rescued by a Mrs. Hendee.  She savedAndrew and Sheldon durkee, Joseph Rix, Rufus Rix and others.  She later moved to Sharon, Vermont.  Adan Durkee died in camp at Montreal.  

Census records were started 10 years later in 1790.  They listed only the head of the household as a name.  The wife and children were listed as tally marks under age brackets.  

By the time the local militia could assemble, Houghton and his command were already on their way back north. The militia caught up with the raiders near Randolph, Vermont, and a few volleys were fired back and forth, but when Houghton said that the remaining captives might be killed by the Mohawks if fighting continued, the local militia let the raiders slip away. A plaque at the East Randolph cemetery marks the site of this event.

The Hannah Handy monument, on the South Royalton town green, is a granite arch honoring a young mother who lost her young son in the raid, crossed the river, and successfully begged for the return of several children. With the assistance of one of the Mohawk, she caught up with the British and Mohawk party and pleaded with Lieutenant Houghton to release the young boys now being held by the Indians, partly appealing as a mother of one of the captives and partly by arguing that they wouldn't survive the trip to Canada and stating that their deaths would be on his hands. The British leader ordered the boys released to the woman for safe return to their families.

Asenith's father was Heman Durkee b: 1789 after the raid.  He was born and had died in Royalton  .Asenith's mother was Rebecca Hatch. born in Sharon in 1791 but died in Royalton in 1872.  

Heman's father was Col. Heman Durkee b: 1759 in Woodbury, Connecticut who had moved to Royalton. He must have been there in 1780 as he died there in 1797.  His wife was Susanna Rix.

Sharon, Windsor, Vermont had a few Hatches.  Abner Hatch in 1790 had a family of 8. 

Isaac Hatch had a family of 3.  This was Rebecca's father.  Remember, she was married to Heman Durkee.  

Adam Hatch of Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, had a family of 6.  They weren't mentioned in the Indian raid. Benjamin Hatch of Norwich had a family of 10.  

Joseph Hatch had a family of 11 in Norwich.  

John Hatch had 7 in his family.   Rufus Hatch had 4 in Norwich.  

On the 1790 census of Royalton was Heman or Herman Durkee with a family of 7.

Timothy Durkee had a family of 5.  This was repeated.  Probably the same family.

In Tunbridge was Solomon Durkee with his family of 5.  

Daniel Rix was in Royalton with his family of 6. 

"On the morning of October 16, the large force of Indians attacked the small town of Royalton, which was then a village of about 25 homes on both sides of the river. The Indians went from house to house capturing as many residents as they could and killing anyone who resisted. Most of the town's residents were captured, while a few escaped or hid. As the Indians left town, they burned the buildings and destroyed any crops and livestock they found. The attack continued up and down the river for several miles, with the settlements of Sharon and Tunbridge suffering the same fate.

Four settlers were killed in the Royalton Raid and 26 were taken captive. They were marched to Canada and sold to the British where some spent as long as two years in dismal prisons. Just as the Revolution came to an end, one of the captives taken in the raid, Zadock Steele, helped stage a prison break from the notorious Prison Island in the St. Lawrence River. Steele traipsed across the wilderness for three weeks, nearly starved, before he came to an American settlement. Unbeknownst to him, the war had already ended and all the remaining prisoners had been released."

The Raid was conducted by a war party of 265 Mohawks and Abenakis, commanded by a British officer, Lieutenant Richard Houghton, who was operating under orders from the British high command in Canada, Lieutenant General Frederick Haldemand. It was all part of the British War effort.                          

As for Robinsons, we had them in Orange County, the same that Tunbridge is in.  Perhaps they were spared. 

 Strafford is the closest.   It is 6.16 miles from Tunbridge.  Tunbridge to Royalton is about 5.72 miles.  

The town of Tunbridge was created on September 3, 1761, by way of a royal charter which King George III of England issued to Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire.

The name Tunbridge was chosen by Wentworth and most likely in honor of (or to gain favor with), the English noble William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein (1717-1781), fourth Earl of Rochford, Viscount Tunbridge, Baron Enfield and Colchester. De Zuylstein's secondary title is derived from the old "royal borough" of Tunbridge Wells (officially Royal Tunbridge Wells) in England.

1. Abraham Robinson had a family of 6.

2. Daniel Robinson had 11 in his family. He most likely is Abiathar's grandfather.  The ancestor would not have been John Robinson, Reverend from Holland who sent the Pilgrims on the Mayflower, but a possible Scottish George Robinson, instead.  

They were listed one under the other, so must have been brothers.  In 1790 there were no ages of the heads of family or any other information.  I guess we're lucky that this little bit has survived.  

3. Northfield, Orange, Vermont is 26 miles away from Tunbridge. We have Amos Robinson with 7 in his family from there. 

4.  Nathaniel Robinson had 5 in his family.  

5. Williamstown, Orange, Vermont had Ezekiel Robinson with 4.  The distance is 15.17 miles to Tunbridge. 

6. Barnet, Orange, Vermont had John with a family of 4. It's about 35 miles distant from Tunbridge.

7. Topsham, Orange, Vermont had another John and just 2 in his family. They are about 20 miles apart, 29 by driving.  

8. Ryegate Orange, Vermont had a Jonathan with 5. Ryegate, chartered in 1763, is the southernmost community in the Northeast Kingdom (Caledonia County), nestled along the Connecticut River and bordered by Newbury, Groton, and Barnet. I guess it's out of the Orange County area today.  

9. Fairley, Orange, Vermont had Samuel with 5.  28.5 miles is how far apart they are with Tunbridge.  

Descendants of Heman Herman Durkee, Col.

1   [1] Heman Herman Durkee, Col. b: June 17, 1759 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut d: October 05, 1797 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont, age 38

.. +Deborah Tuttle b: Abt. 1759

*2nd Wife of [1] Heman Herman Durkee, Col.:

.. +Susanna Rix b: June 30, 1764 in Preston, New London County,  Connecticut d: September 09, 1852 in Royalton, Windsor County , Vermont, age 88

. 2   Lyman Durkee b: August 27, 1782 in Royalton, Windsor, VT d: June 22, 1792 in Royalton, Windsor, VT

. 2   Charlotte Durkee b: June 17, 1784 in Royalton, Windsor, VT d: December 25, 1785 in Royalton, Windsor, VT

. 2   Lucy Durkee b: August 28, 1786 in poss. Connecticut d: March 01, 1851 in Royalton, Vermont

..... +Joseph Lee b: 1781 in Connecticut d: October 28, 1859 in Royalton, Vermont

. 2   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

. 2   Daniel Durkee, Judge b: August 27, 1791 in Royalton, Vermont d: November 23, 1854 in York, York, Pennsylvania

..... +Mary Polly Wright b: January 06, 1787 in Norwich, Windsor, Vermont d: March 25, 1860 in York, York, Pennsylvania

. 2   Ziba Durkee b: August 16, 1793 in Royalton, Vermont d: December 12, 1853 in York, Pennsylvania

..... +Hannah Arlotta Baylies b: Abt. 1800 in Vermont d: March 17, 1872 in Alden, New York

. 2   Susan Durkee b: November 25, 1795 in Royalton, Windsor County,  Vermont d: February 17, 1882 in Randolph, Vermont

..... +Lewis Louis Wheeler b: Abt. 1793 in Vermont d: October 17, 1863 in Randolph, Orange, County, Vermont

TWO GENERATIONS OF ROBINSON FROM DANIEL TO HIRAM ROBINSON-FATHER? Or Sibling? 

Descendants of DANIEL Robinson, JR.

1   DANIEL Robinson, JR. b: January 24, 1769 in Rushville, Yates, New York d: March 23, 1852 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
.. +Betsey Buell b: June 05, 1775 in Connecticut d: Aft. August 1860 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. 2   Persis Percy Robinson b: July 16, 1793 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: April 19, 1883 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont
..... +Unknown Ladd b: Abt. 1793
. 2   Elizabeth Robinson b: March 11, 1795 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: May 03, 1875 in Canaan, Vermont
. 2   Polly Robinson b: April 18, 1797 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: January 21, 1827 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. 2   Roswell Robinson b: April 18, 1797 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: January 14, 1874 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... +Rhoda b: 1796 in Vermont d: in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. 2   Sara "Sally" Robinson b: March 23, 1799 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: June 06, 1882 in Canaan, Vermont
..... +Borman b: Abt. 1799
. 2   Roxanna Robinson b: July 23, 1801 d: January 30, 1845 in Sharon, Vermont
..... +Lyman Tyler b: Abt. 1801
. 2   Harry Robinson b: October 22, 1803 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: October 12, 1850 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... +Lucinda Unknown b: Abt. 1808 d: April 12, 1856 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. 2   [1] HIRAM Robinson b: December 06, 1806 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: February 06, 1892 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... +Zeruiah Zeruah A. Tyler b: January 19, 1808 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: September 03, 1847 in prob Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. *2nd Wife of [1] HIRAM Robinson:
..... +Abigail George b: October 20, 1815 in Vermont d: February 26, 1901 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. 2   Cyrus Robinson b: November 04, 1808 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: February 09, 1864 in Sharon, Vermont
. 2   [2] Henry Robinson b: 1810 d: 1859
..... +Sarah Ann Faulconer b: 1840 d: 1889
. *2nd Wife of [2] Henry Robinson:
..... +Lucinda Preston b: 1807 d: April 12, 1856
. 2   Betsey Robinson b: June 29, 1812 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: November 19, 1891 in Norwich, Vermont
. 2   Jared Robinson b: February 14, 1815 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: November 12, 1866 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... +Lydia Unknown b: Abt. 1815

Resource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalton_raid

http://www.taraross.com/2016/10/this-day-in-history-the-royalton-raid-in-vermont/

https://archive.org/details/burningofroyalto00dunkuoft

http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/the-royalton-raid.html

Book, "Gathered Sketches from the Early History of New Hampshire and Vermont", edited by Frances Chase, MA, published by Heritage Books, In., Bowie, Maryland, 1987. 

http://royaltonvt.com/about-royalton/town-history/  This is a book you can check out of the library on special loan.  It's the whole genealogy of Royalton, if you can follow the way it's written.  

Labels: 1790 census, British, Canada, Durkee, Hatch, Rix, Robinson, Royalton Indian Raid

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