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                                        

By 1852, Abiathar and Julia Ann Tuller were married in Tunbridge. Also living in Tunbridge was:

1. Charles Kent. Robinson b: 19 April 1829 b: Strafford, Vermont.  Charles was on 25 July 1870 census in Tunbridge at age 41 with father, James 70, sister-Mary A 44, James T 39.  I've got the possible idea that Charles is the son of James Robinson  who died in 1878 in Tunbridge.  Abiather could have been his brother but they were both born in 1829 but in different months.  This is part of the tree I have leading to Meppershall, England that connects to our Maine Robinson DNA cousin.  

2. On 1850 census of Tunbridge was listed:  James at 49, Mary 47, Mary Anne 24, Martha T 22, Charles K 21, Alma 15 b: Nov 1833, now Noyes-66 yrs old in 1900 listed as servant.

3. In 1900 Charles K was listed as 71 and single.  He was also on the Civil War Draft enlisted on 1 July 1853 at age 34.

4. 1870 census of 24th of June listed John A b: 1827, was 43 years old in Tunbridge; also: Mary D 37, Frank C 14, John M 12, and Harris Orr.  I've got Orr's on tree.  

5. A Robinson was born 19 April 1829 and died 6 Dec 1907 at Hunt Cemetery in Tunbridge.  I have Abiathar dying in 1904 in Illinois.  These could all be relatives. 

1850 Census in Vermont on Robinson

Royalton, Windsor, Vermont:  had 14 Robinsons:  3 Amos Robinson, Alfred, Calvin, Charles, Cyrua, Dwight, George, John Jonathan, Joseph A, Joseph.

 (Julia Ann Tuller was 15 in Royalton who married Abiathar Smith Robinson on 29 February 1852 in Tunbridge)

    Fuller- (Tuller)  had 7  Rogers, Albert, Alonze,  Alonzo Jr., Edwin, Butler, Samuel, 

    Durkee: had 6:  Heman, Nathan, Bela, Benjamin, Harry, Lewis

                                                                 

Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont: Lucina (Lucius) Robinson:  Abiathar Smith Robinson married Royalton's Julia Ann Tuller here on 29 February, 1852. 

1880 Census   Durkee:  had 11:  Horace, George, Roswell, John, Simeon, Paine, Albert, Charles, Benjamin,  Darins S, William H.    

Roswell Durkee	41
Nancy Durkee	40
John Durkee	16
Horace Durkee	13
Abigail C Durkee	9
George W Durkee	6
Charles Durkee	4

   Descendants of Elijah Durkee

1  Elijah Durkee b: 1805 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

.. +Hannah b: 1815 in New Hampshire m: Abt. 1833 m: Abt. 1833

2  Rufus Durkee b: 1834 in prob. Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

2  Hannah L. Durkee b: 1846 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

Elijah Durkee 45, manufacturer

Hannah, 35, b: NH, wife

Rufus, 16, Hannah L. 4,born 18 March who married Clarence Hayward 30 

Elvira Robinson nee? -born Canada age 27 with Lucius Robinson age 5, and when 33, living as the brother in law on the 1850 Randolph, Orange, Vt census 

                              Descendants of Christopher Waterman

1  Christopher Waterman b: March 29, 1797 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: February 04, 1846 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont Age at death: 48

. +Betsey H. Robinson b: 1793 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: September 15, 1863 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont m: 1823 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont Age at death: 70 est. m: 1823 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont

.. 2  [2] Elvira Waterman b: January 1824 in Canada d: 1901 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont Age at death: 77 est.

...... +John Robinson b: 1803 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont d: May 20, 1870 in North Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont m: October 13, 1844 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont Age at death: 67 est. m: October 13, 1844 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

....... 3  [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 07, 1829 in Bennington, Bennington, VT/Jamaica, Windham,VT; / Cayuga, NY/ prob. Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois Citizenship: November 13, 1769 Royalton chartered by New York Age at death: 74

.......... +Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois m: February 29, 1852 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont by justice of the peace Alva Button Age at death: 52 m: February 29, 1852 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont by justice of the peace Alva Button

....... *2nd Wife of [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson:

.......... +Mary Jane Deffenbaugh Walters b: November 27, 1832 in Hocking County, Ohio d: July 05, 1918 in Streator, LaSalle, Illinois, age 85 m: 1896 in prob. Wenona, Illinois Age at death: 85 m: 1896 in prob. Wenona, Illinois

....... 3  Alvira Elvira J. Robinson b: December 05, 1837 in Bath, New Hampshire d: March 29, 1883 in Barton,Vermont Age at death: 45

.......... +Paul Cheney b: Abt. 1800 in Vermont d: August 15, 1870 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont m: November 30, 1853 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont Age at death: 70 est. m: November 30, 1853 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

....... 3  Lucius C.Robinson b: May 03, 1847 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont d: May 16, 1924 in Royalton,  Windsor, Vermont Age at death: 77

.......... +Unknown

....... 3  Hannah Robinson b: 1862 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

.......... +Clarence Hayward b: 1850 in Randolph, Orange, Vermont d: April 10, 1897 in Vermont Age at death: 47 est.

.. *2nd Husband of [2] Elvira Waterman:

...... +Paul Cheney b: 1809 d: Bef. 1900 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont Age at death: 91 est.

....... 3  John Cheney b: 1846 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

....... 3  Sarah Cheney b: 1849 in 11 Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

....... 3  William Cheney b: 1854 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

....... 3  Mary Cheney b: 1857 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

.. 2  Dexter W. Waterman b: September 01, 1829 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: April 28, 1864 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Age at death: 34

Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont: had 3:Austin M,, Walter, Royal

Heartland, Windsor, Vermont: had 4:  Alman, Nelson, Leonard, Horace

Reading, Windsor, Vermont: had 10;  Calvin, George W,, Ezra M,, Calvin, Lewis, Albert A, Melvin, George O, Silas A., Wallace 

Chester, Windsor, Vermont:  had 2:  Thomas, James

Hartford, Windsor, Vermont: had 2: Dan C., Winfield S. 

West Windsor, Vermont: Nancy Robinson (no husband)

Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont:  Oscar, 

Bridgewater, Windsor, Vermont: had 2:  Scott C, Daniel

Well, now I'm stuck.  I believe Abiathar's father could be this John Robinson who might be the one who was living with the Tullers on the 1850 census.  I have no idea which Robinson line this might belong to.  I don't know who John Robinson's father could be.  Back to the drawing board.  

Resource:

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

Labels: Durkee, father of Abiathar, John robinson, Orange, Robinson genealogy, Royalton, Tuller, Tunbridage, Vermont

# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 2:01 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                                       

My ggrandparents, Abiathar Smith Robinson and Julia Ann Tuller married in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont on February 29, 1852, a Sunday. Julia was 15 on the 1850 census of Royalton, Windsor, Vermont.  She was 17 years, 2 months and 11 days old on her wedding day. Her mother was a Durkee. In 1850 Tunbridge had a population of 1,786.

In Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont on the 1850 census was Elvira Robinson age 27 from Canada and her 5 year old boy, Lucius Robinson.  Elvira was from Canada.  Lucius had been born in Vermont.  She had no husband listed but was living with the Durfees, which  must have been Durkees.
                                                    

In 1852, Julia Ann Tuller was listed as living in Tunbridge.  We know in 1850 she was 15 living with her parents in Royalton.  Her father was Alonzo Charles Tuller.  No other Tullers were listed.  Alva Button was the Justice of the Peace who performed the ceremony.  I believe I also saw where Abiathar was also living in Tunbridge in 1850 or at least in 1852.

Elijah Durfee, born in Vermont was 45 so was born in 1805 and was a manufacturer.  His wife Hannah was 35 and born in New Hampshire in 1815.  They had a 16 year old son, Rufus also born in NH, and daughter Hannah L. Durfee 4.   Descendants of Elijah Durkee

1  Elijah Durkee b: 1805 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont
.. +Hannah b: 1815 in New Hampshire

Elijah would have been Julia Ann's 4th cousin 2X removed.  

                                                

The wedding would take place on Feb 29, 1852 in Tunbridge, a Leap Year.
Of the Durkee men in 1850 there were many:
1. Paine b: 1804
2. Darius b: 1806
3. Charles b: 1806
4. Roswell b: 1809
5,George W. b: 1811
6. William H. b: 1813
7. Benjamin F. b: 1816
8. John b: 1834
9. Simeon P.  b:1835
10. Horace b: 1837
11. Albert b: 1839
12 Elijah Durfee (Durkee) b: Vermont, on the 1850 census of August 14 age 45, a manufacturer
    his wife, Hannah age 35 born in New Hampshire
    Rufus Durkee age 16, works with father in manufacturing
    Hannah L. age 4
    Elvira Robinson age 27 from Canada
     Lucius Robinson age 5  b: Vermont 
WHO IS ELVIRA'S HUSBAND?    Was Hannah, Elijah's wife, a Robinson?  
It is 82 miles from Vermont to the Canadian border.  
                                                                         

I've tracked Elijah Durkee back to his father and mother being:
Descendants of John Durkee

1  John Durkee b: April 09, 1784 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut d: September 27, 1827 in Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont
.. +Sarah Parkhurst b: December 10, 1785 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut d: December 11, 1870 in Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont

John had 6 sons.  

Julia Ann was a Tuller, but her mother was Asenath Durkee so had a lot of Durkee relatives.  They lived in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont which was right next door to Tunbridge as I understand. Abiathar was not listed with any Robinson father, nor was he even listed.  He only appeared in Tunbridge marrying Julia Ann.  Within 5 years they had moved to Canada.  One listing said their son was born in Montreal.  

Royalton's 1850 census for Robinsons were:
1. Alfred-1835              6. Amos-1831            11. William-1839
2. Cyrus-1830               7. Joseph-1805          12. George-1836
3. Calvin-1837              8. Amos-1831           13, John-1799
4. Charles-1842            9. Amos -1798           14, Timothy-1784
5. Joseph A-1845        10. Dwight-1832         15, Jonathan-1825

Tullers and Tullars also lived in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont.

1. Alonzo Tuller b: 1810 was the only Tuller head on the 1850 census in Royalton.
                                                     

Then of course there were many Robinsons and Tullers living outside Royalton and Tunbridge as well.

Durkees on the 1850 Royalton census :

1. Bela b: 1799                           
2. Seymour b: 1824                     
3. Herman b: 1789
4. Benjamin b: 1822
5, Henry b: 1833
6. Nathan b: 1830
7. Lewis B, b: 1843

                   The Hutchinson kinfolk of Tunbridge:
On 16th August 1850 census:
Harvey Hutchinson 62 b: Vermont a farmer with $3500 of property
  son Hezekiah age 29
 daughter Mary Ellen 16
 daughter Rachel M. Tuller age 34 from Canada, 
  daughter Ruth Tuller age 2.   born in Vermont

The family tree:  Descendants of Henry Harvey Hutchinson

1  [1] Henry Harvey Hutchinson b: March 26, 1788 in Tunbridge Town, Orange, Vermont d: May 09, 1860 in Tunbridge Town, Orange, Vermont
.. +Elizabeth b: Abt. 1788 in prob. Tunbridge, Vermont d: February 11, 1813 in Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont
*2nd Wife of [1] Henry Harvey Hutchinson:
.. +Sophia Unknown b: Abt. 1794 in prob. Tunbridge, Vermont d: May 12, 1844 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont

Elihu Tullar was born on  November 5 1841 but died in Tunbridge on February 24, 1928 in Tunbridge, so it must have been home to him.  His father, Samuel Miller Tullar  may have been at the wedding, but had died possibly in 1849 while serving in the army (20 Mass Infantry company D private, Union,).  No wonder I see single women on the census with small children.  His mom could have attended, and was Maria Johnson Tullar, born in 1817.  They had lived in Royalton, too.                               

On this same census is Harvey's parents and kinfolk.

Amos Hutchinson 67, born in Connecticut and a farmer

Jerusha, his wife, age 69 born in Vermont

Jonathan Morse 37, machinist

Emily, 34, his wife- could be a daughter of Amos

Charles H. 3

Hezekiah Hutchinson 97 b: Connecticut

Susan Hutchinson, his wife, 84, b: Connecticut 

Descendants of Amos Hutchinson

1  Amos Hutchinson b: December 24, 1782 in Salisbury, Litchfield, CT/Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont d: December 21, 1861 in Tunbridge Town, Orange, County, Vermont

.. +Jerusha Rix b: August 26, 1779 in Royalton, Vermont; Ralph Hutchinson Family d: April 10, 1860 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont age 80

                  Cemeteries I note:
Durkee Cemetery in use from 1812 to 1981
Hutchinson                              1788 to 1923
Hutchinson Lot                        1844 to 1860
Smith                                        1807 to 1881

Resource:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunbridge,_Vermont
https://wwwrobinsongenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-gov-moses-robinson-bakersfield.html finding Bakersfield is a key city in uniting DNA relatives newly found.
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Labels: Robinson, Tuller, Tunbridge, Vermont, wedding

# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 12:42 PM 0 comments

Nadene Goldfoot
                                                                           

Abiathar  Smith Robinson entered Julia Ann Tuller's life probably by 1850 when I found her on the  October 28, 1850 census at age 15 living with her parents.  Another farmer was living with the family;  a John Robinson, born in 1799 at age 51. Before he was born, an Indian raid on Royalton had occurred on  October 16, 1780 and people were killed and even kidnapped.   The next thing I knew was that Julia married Abiathar  in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont on February 29, 1852, a Sunday.  .  She was born on December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, the larger town next door only 8 miles away, so married at age 17 years 2 months 11 days on a Sunday.

Abiathar was also born in December but in 1829, so he was 5 years older than Julia, probably 22 at the time of their marriage.  I don't know the day of his birth or even where exactly he was born or have any records of who his parents were.  If it was this John living with the Tullers, he wasn't on the 1850 census.  Perhaps they had no room.  Perhaps he came from  Tunbridge or even further.There were a lot of Robinsons in New England.
                                                                     

Julia had a lot of relatives.  From Stowe, Vermont to Royalton, Vermont was only 56 miles.   Her mother was Asenath Durkee which later was a family making all sorts of kitchen needed foods such as spices..  She was born in 1814 in Royalton, that town that experienced an Indian raid in its early days.  She had married Alonzo Charles Tuller of St Albans, Franklin, Vermont.  Asenath's mother, Julia's grandmother,  was Rebecca Hatch b: 1791 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont.  She was married to Heman Durkee, Jr. of  Royalton, Windsor,  Vermont in 1813 in Royalton so had moved there from  Sharon, Vermont.  Heman had lived in Royalton all his life.    "

Amos Robinson, age 19 from Vermont was at the bottom of the census page, a few farms away.  He is probably one of our Robinsons, born 1831.." Amos, son of Joseph Allen Bullard Robinson, both had been born in Royalton.  Amos died as a Civil War soldier later in Mississippi fighting from 1861-65.  Joseph Allen Bullard Robinson's father was from Lebanon, Connecticut but had moved on to Royalton, Vermont.  He had also moved much later to Decatur, Illinois.  Abiathar had also moved from Vermont to Wenona, Marshall, Illinois where he and Julia are buried.

I just now noticed that Hiram Robinson, one of Amos Robinson and his wife, Lavina Bullock's sons, was born in 1799, but he is not a John.  He is Hiram Robinson.  At one time I thought Hiram could have been Abiathar's father, being so many Robinsons were from Royalton.  It's still possible.  I don't know if the live-in farmer John was Abiathar's father.  Hiram was married to Almira Morgan of the Morgan line of horses.  Abiathar raised horses with Julia.  My grandfather, Frank, left home at 16 because of Abiathar's strict religious rules about working on the Sabbath and wouldn't let him lead his horse out of the field where he was due to meet up with  a bull who had entered somehow.  It could be that the horse was killed-thus forcing Frank to leave home.  He had loved that horse.
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   

Hiram had moved to Sandy Creek, Oswego,New York In 1850, " they had 2,456 people; 1.5% of the population of New York.  Evidently they were on the border of Lake Ontario.  "The west border of Sandy Creek is Lake Ontario and the north border is Jefferson County. He drowned later, evidently in Lake Ontario before the 1860 census came out.  Almira died in 1888 there in Sandy Creek.  

Interstate 81 and U.S. Route 11 pass through the town (north-south). New York State Route 3 runs north to south near the Lake Ontario shoreline.

  That could be why Abiathar had said in one census that he was from New York; and on others from Vermont.  Then again, the 2 states are next door to each other, Vermont once being part of New York! 

Many people of Robinson, Durkee and Tuller lived in Tunbridge so they must have had a large group at the wedding.  I've now selected John Robinson b: 1784 of Westminster,  Windham, Vermont to have been Abiathar's father, though he wouldn't be the one living with the Tullers.  His wife was Sophronia Pember of Randolph, Orange, Vermont.  They both died in Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont.  

Nine months later in November 1852 their first son, Edward Rix Robinson was born.  

Interestingly, John's father was Zadock Robinson who was in the army in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.  when he died in 1814.  He was in the USA army in the War of 1812.  "Zadok, meaning "Righteous" "Justified", was a Kohen, biblically recorded to be a descendant from Eleazar the son of Aaron . He was the high priest during the reigns of David and Solomon." 

Abiathar's name is also biblical, which might matter in this particular sect and time period as to how they would choose names for babies.  Abiathar (Hebrew: אֶבְיָתָר‎ ’Eḇyāṯār, "the father is great"), in the Hebrew Bible, is a son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, High Priest at Nob, the fourth in descent from Eli (1 Samuel 23:6) and the last of Eli's House to be a High Priest.

Today, we can see that a cohen from Aaron bears the Y haplogroup of J1, so can actually be identified through DNA.  If Zadock is the real ancestor of my grandfather, Frank Hugh Robinson, son of Abiathar, he would bear the haplogroup of R-L21.  In case some of you Robinsons were tested a while back, it first read with minimum testing as R1b; then as R1b1a2a1a1b4;  Frank's oral history to us was that his ancestor came over NOT on the Mayflower but the ship after that one.  All I know is that John Robinson, Pastor in Holland, sent the Pilgrims on the Mayflower but didn't go himself.  Instead he sent his son, Isaac  over on the next ship.  He had to stay with his remaining flock.  All our clues lead to having Scottish ancestors.  

Labels: 1852, Durkee, Robinson, Royalton, Tullar, Tuller, Tunbridge, wedding

# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 10:11 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

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