Dr. Andrew Robertson

Dr. Andrew Robertson
Also Known As:	"Roberson", "Robinson"
Birthdate:	1716
Birthplace:	Inverness-Shire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death:	March 01, 1795 (78-79) Lancaster County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial:	Lancaster County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:	Husband of ... Robertson; Ann or Elizabeth Roberson; Ellen Roberson; Elizabeth Roberson and Ann Robertson Father of Robert Munro Roberson; William Robertson; Margaret McIntosh Ewell; Thomas Glasscock Robertson; Duncan Forbes Robertson and 6 others
Occupation:	Physician & Surgeon

Managed by:	Tina Gail Clough
Last Updated:	May 24, 2018

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About Dr. Andrew Robertson

His wives and children on Geni need a lot of work.

Dr. Andrew Robertson, "a surgeon and physician of great eminence, b. Inverness, Scotd., 1716; grad., Edinburgh, Univ.; entered the army in Flanders; was in battle of Fontenay, 1745; with Braddock in Pa., 1755; escaped with remnant of his Regt., 20 in number, living for days on acorns; returned to Eng., resigned his com'n, and em. to America with wife and son. Landing at Indian Banks, Rich'd Co., Va., he was entertained most kindly by a Scotch mcht., Mr. Glasscock [whose daughter he later married]; settled in Lanc. Co, Va.; became leading physician in the No. Neck. A gentleman in feeling and manners, a man of intelligence and of enterprise, his influence was great; uniting with Col. Jas. Gordon he contributed not a little to the prosperity of the Presby. ch. in his region, being also an elder. He d. Mar. 1, 1795, ae. 79. He had James Monroe and Margaret McIntosh." (Hayden, 347n., citing Foote S. I. 368)

This last statement is controversial because there is no other evidence to support it. The idea seems to have originated because Andrew Robertson had a wife with the unusual maiden name Roysdon, while James Monroe Roberson gave one of his sons the name Roysdon.

Andrew Robertson was married four times. The only reference to any of his children by his first wife Ann ? [maybe Munro] is in the diary of Dr. Gordon from Lancaster Co who mentions "Dr Robetson and his poor children." However, Dr. Robertson left many accounts, court records, cases, and a very detailed will. There are references to each and every child except James Monroe Roberson.

Sources

Horace Edwin Hayden, Virginia Genealogies: A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia (1891)

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Dr. Andrew Robertson's Timeline

1716	1716	Birth of Dr. Andrew Robertson Inverness-Shire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1765	1765	Birth of Robert Munro Roberson Lancaster County, VA, United States
1772	1772	Birth of William Robertson
1775	1775	Birth of Margaret McIntosh Ewell Lancaster County, Virginia, United States
1782	March 10, 1782	Birth of Thomas Glasscock Robertson Lancaster County, Virginia, United States
1784	May 19, 1784	Birth of Duncan Forbes Robertson

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