Saturday, July 06, 2019
Update: How Abiathar Smith Robinson Gets to Glasgow, Scotland Ancestor
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Abiathar with son Frank Hugh Robinson, my grandfather (Y haplogroup:R-L21) https://thescotsirish.blogspot.com/2014/10/r-l21-haplogroup-and-scots-irish.html This same haplogroup should be carried by all the male ancestors and have reached Abiathar and his descendants; tested by his grandson. Any Robinson with this same haplotype should be a descendant. of these New England Robinsons. |
Ancestors of Abiathar Smith Robinson
1 [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in Roxbury, Delaware,New York/ Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
.. +Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
*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
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1 [1] JACOB H. ROBINSON b: 1790 in New York/ Vermont,
(2 DNA matches have him on their tree) d: October 14, 1867 in Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont
.. +Mary J. b: 1805 in Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont d: in Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont
*2nd Wife of [1] JACOB H. ROBINSON:
.. +Olive Polly Clemens Clement b: August 1816 in Ferrisburg, Quebec, Canada/Vermont d: December 03, 1900 in Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont
GRANDFATHER: Descendants of JOHN Robinson
1 JOHN Robinson b: 1769 in Tolland, Connecticut d: October 05, 1827 in East Shoreham, Addison, Vermont
.. +Mary Abbe b: 1775 in Tolland, Connecticut d: August 11, 1822 in East Shoreham, Addison, Vermont
I found that George of Glasgow had 6 sons: Samuel George, George, William, Benjamin, John, and Nathaniel. He left many avenues from New England to Scotland.
Our 3 Y haplogroup DNA matches do not lead to Scotland nor are they of R-L21 haplogroup. They are R-M269 which could out to be the same but needs a higher testing, and the other 2 are both R's of different branches.
Labels: Abiathar Smith Robinson, ancestors, New England, R-L21 haplogroup
Sunday, October 08, 2017
DNA Leads to Roxbury, New York for Abiathar Smith Robinson's birth
DNA is leading me to one of the descendants of Reverend John Robinson of Holland who led the pilgrims to sail in the Mayflower in 1620 to America. Grandfather Frank Hugh Robinson's oral history was that his family came over not on the Mayflower but the ship after it. My ggrandfather, Abiathar Smith Robinson, said that he was born in New York before he died. His Y haplogroup of DNA is R-L21. He had married Julia Ann Tuller in 1852 in Tunbridge, Vermont. She was from the town next door, Royalton, Vermont. Earlier census said he was born in Vermont. The question is, "Who gave the census taker the information, Abiathar? Children? 2nd Wife?
Any records as to who his parents were have been lost or destroyed. Now I'm relying on DNA to lead to his ancestors. I have found two ladies who share DNA with me. We have to assume it's Robinson DNA. One has found an Ebenezer Ganong Robinson born May 1823 in Roxbury, Delaware, New York as an ancestor. Ebenezer's wife was Julia Ann Morse, also born in Roxbury.
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Church that Robinsons attended |
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.
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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 |
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
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Mayflower and Ships Following

Ten years later, a fleet of eleven ships came over with the flagship Arbella from Southampton. This was now the year 1630. The people went to Boston, Charleston, Waterdown, Roxburg, New Town (Cambridge), Mystic, and Dorchester. Other ships mentioned in the fleet were the Talbat, Ambrose, and Jewel. They left England from Bristol and Plymath (by Wales), and Southampton.
Wolcott began selling off servants to Virginia. Thomas Morton took over and called it MERRY MOUNT. He freed the servants and set up a joint trading enterprise.
Thirty years after the Mayflower arrived, another ship landed at the Mass. Bay Colony. This was in 1650. The ship took from 6 to 12 weeks to get here and ran out of food. They settled in Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut.
Labels: ancestors, Life in England 1620, Mayflower