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About John Robertson, Sr.
JOHN ROBERTSON, born 8 May 1723, Bristol Parish, Prince George (now Dinwiddie) Co., Va.; married before 28 June 1742, Mary (Gower?); died before April 1761, Johnston (now Wake) Co., N.C.
John son of Israel & Sarah Robinson born 8th May last bapt Aug 21th 1723
John and Mary (Gower?) Robertson had children:
- JAMES RANDOLPH ROBERTSON, born 28 June 1742; died 1 Sept. 1814, Chickasaw Agency, Chickasaw Nation; married about 1768, Charlotte (Reeves?). James Randolph Robertson was founder of Nashville, Tennessee, called "Father of Tennessee".
- JOHN ROBERTSON, born about 1743?; died 1780, near Nashville, Davidson Co., N.C. (now Tenn.); married (Dolly Maclin?).
- CHARLES ROBERTSON, born about 1749, Granville (now Warren) Co., N.C.; died before Jan. 1806, Davidson Co., Tenn.; married Susannah (Cunningham?).
- ELIJAH ROBERTSON, born about 1752, Brunswick Co., Va.; died 14 April 1797, Davidson Co., Tenn.; married Sarah (Maclin?).
- ELIZABETH "ELIZA" ROBERTSON, born about 1752, Brunswick Co., Va.; married (William?) Cash.
- MARK ROBERTSON, born about 1755, Granville (now Warren) Co., N.C.; died 11 June 1784?, Davidson Co., N.C. (Now Tenn.); married Mary Bell.
- ANN ROBERTSON, born 10 Feb., 1757, probably Granville (now Warren) Co., N.C.; died 15 Oct. 1821, Davidson Co., Tenn.; married (1st) David Johnston, before 25 Aug. 1772; married (2nd) John Cockrill.
- STERLING ROBERTSON.
notes
From http://robertson-ancestry.com/ (see the footnotes on that site)
"Facts," John Adams once said, "are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."[30] The fact is that after more than a hundred years of collective research there is no reliable evidence that [2A] John Robertson and Eliza Randolph ever existed or that they had sons named [3A] John "Randolph" and [4A] Charles Robertson or that they were in any way related to [1221] General James Robertson. A pedigree that was a fraud in 1937 is still a fraud today.
There is, however, primary and direct evidence that [1221] General James Robertson was the son of the [122] John Robertson who died in Johnston (now Wake) County, North Carolina before April 1761[31], and there is primary and direct evidence that [122] John Robertson was the son of [12] Israel and Sarah Roberson of Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia[32].
John Randolph Robertson who came to America from Ireland (sailed from Coleraine, Ireland) and married Mary Gower, daughter of Abel Gower, the sea captain. Mary was from Belfast, Ireland and must have met John Randolph Robertson on the voyage to America as they married on the ship bringing them to America. (Married by her father, the sea captain.)
John Randolph Robertson m. Mary Gower of Belfast, Ireland in 1739. She the dau of Lord Abel Gower. John Randolph Robertson and bro James came from Ireland to Brunswick Co., VA, then to Orange Co, NC, and then to Burke Co. (later Buncombe Co. NC). This John Randolph Robertson was s/o John Robertson and Eliza Randolph who were originally of Scotland but moved to northern Ireland as part of the King's attempt to make Ireland "more English". I have some idea that Eliza Randolph was related in some way to Thomas Jefferson's mother who was also a Randolph.
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John Robertson, Sr.'s Timeline
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May 8, 1723
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Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia, USA
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June 28, 1742
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Brunswick, Virginia, United States
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1743
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North Carolina, British Colonies of North America
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1744
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1749
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(now Warren), Granville County, North Carolina
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1752
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Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
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1755
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Granville , North Carolina
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February 10, 1757
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Lunenberg, VA or, Granville, North Carolina
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1757
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