John Robinson, II

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John Robinson immigrated to Newbury, Massachusetts, then moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts, and on to Exeter, New Hampshire in 1651. John had two brothers and six sisters.

Married December 1640/1, NH.

The early records of Exeter are made up pretty largely of the elections of officers and of grants of land, but an occasional entry is met with which apparently must have had in its time a special occasion, and that by consent of the major part of the town; and that any person warned to be at a town meeting who should not be there at half an hour after the time appointed, should pay for the use of the town two shillings; and John Robinson was appointed to “gather up” any fines incurred for violation of this order.

John Robinson is mentioned in the town’s books beginning on April 20, 1652. His son Jonathan is mentioned in the town’s books beginning on April 3, 1673. John, his son Jonathan and subsequent Robinson’s were active in public life in Exeter, New Hampshire.

On the twenty-third of October, 1652, John Robinson and John Gilman were chosen as overseers of work on the meeting house.

In 1664, October 10, the town gave authority to Thomas King, John Folsom, Sr. and John Robinson to lay out highways where they should judge convenient.

Although under the laws of Massachusetts the people of Exeter had to maintain a watch-house and some show of an organized militia, yet until the year 1675 the place had never been made the object of any Indian hostilities. There must have been intercourse between the whites and the aborigines, but their relations were pacific and friendly. Possibly the precautions taken by the former contributed to maintain this tranquility.

But in the year named and Indian war broke out, brief, but in some sections active and bloody. Philip, chief sachem of the Wampanoags, has the credit, or discredit, of being the instigator of the movement. His own people belonged in the southern part of New England, but he had the power and address to enlist some of the eastern tribes to make common cause with him. This was the less difficult, because some of them had grievances of their own to revenge.

Exeter was a frontier town, and necessarily suffered to some extent from the raids of the barbarous enemy. On October 21, 1675, John Robinson was killed by Indians while on his way to Hampton with one of his sons. Three Indians, whose names were John Sampson, Cromwell and John Linde, placed themselves in ambush in the woods near the road leading to Hampton. Soon afterwards John Robinson, a blacksmith who had removed from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Exeter in 1657, made his appearance, with his son, on their way to Hampton. The father, according to tradition, was carrying a warming-pan. The Indians fired from their lurking place upon them, and shot the elder Robinson dead. The bullet passed through his body from back to front, and lodged just under the skin. The son, upon hearing the report of the guns, ran into the swamp where the Indians pursued, but could not overtake him. He reached Hampton about midnight and gave information of what had occurred.

Family Members

Parents

John Robinson
1580–1627

Katherine Eden Robinson
1583 – unknown

Spouse

Elizabeth Pemberton Robinson
1623–1715

Children

Mary Robinson Leavitt
1643–1715

Jonathan Robinson
1645–1727

Elizabeth Robinson Garland
1652–1715

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John Robinson (bef. 1611 - abt. 1675)

John Robinson

Born before 9 Feb 1611 in Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England

Son of John Robinson and Katherine (Eaden Eden) Thornton

Brother of Mary (Robinson) Manning, Edward Robinson, Judith (Robinson) Sampson, Henry Robinson, Anne Robinson, Alice (Robinson) Towle and Catherine Robinson

Husband of Elizabeth (Pemberton) Robinson — married 1640 in Newburyport, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Father of John Robinson, John Robinson, Jonathan Robinson, Mary Robinson, Sarah Robinson, David Robinson, Elizabeth (Robinson) Garland, Hannah Robinson, Stephen Robinson, John Robinson and Mary Robinson

Died about 10 Nov 1675 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

00:41: Robin Lee edited the Biography for John Robinson (bef.1611-abt.1675). (added link to source) [Thank Robin for this]

John Robinson migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

NOTE: Subsequent to Richardson's 1981 article in The American Genealogist on John Robinson, further research has determined that she was Elizabeth Pemberton, not Elizabeth Trickley.

Biography

John Robinson

Origin

John was baptized on 9 February 1611/12 at Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England, the son of John Robinson and his wife Katherine (Unknown).[1] She married in 1630 at Meppershall, as her 2nd, to Ishmaell Thornton.[1]

Immigration

John arrived in 1635 from Barbados.

John moved from Newbury to Haverhill and in 1657 moved to Exeter. He was killed by Indians on the road from Hampton in 1675. On October 21, 1675[2] while returning home from Hampton to Exeter, John Robinson was killed by Indians, who shot from ambush. His son, David who accompanied him, escaped by hiding in a swamp. The names of the three indians who waylaid and killed John Robinson were John Sampson , Cormwell and John Lunde. (History of Town of Exeter, N.H.).

Marriage

John married in Dec 1641 at New Hampshire, to Elizabeth Pemberton.

John Robinson was baptized on February 9, 1611 at Meppershall, co. Bedford, England; the son of John Robinson and Katherine Eden, (Eaden)[3]the daughter of Henry Eden, Sr., of Flitton-with-Silsoe.[4]

From his father's will, proved in 1627, he was to receive 19 pounds when he reached the age of 21 years and 40 pounds upon the death of his mother, Katherine.His mother Katherine married Ishmaell Thornton (Thorton) at Meppershall in 1630. She died sometime before her will was proved, between 1642 and 1646. John was bequeathed 10 shillings.[1]

The first records of him in the new world are dated 1640 at Newbury, Massachusetts where his name is on a list of twelve men from Newbury who planned to soon settle in Haverhill, Massachusetts.[3]

By 1641 he had taken a wife[5]as in December 1641 "Jo. Pemerton and the wife of John Robinson of Newberry" were before the court for "obscene and filthy speeches and carriages." From latter deeds dated 1661 and 1667 we know that her name was Elizabeth.[3]Elizabeth Pemberton was the sister of John and James Pemberton of Boston and Newbury, Massachusetts. She was mentioned in the will of John Pemberton who had returned to England where he died. Will: "My desire is likewise that if my said daughter-in-law should die without heirs that then all the formentioned estate should be equally divided, that is, for my means in New England, to my brother James Pemberton and to my sister Robinson to be equally divided between them."[1]Elizabeth Pemberton was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Goff) Pemberton.[citation needed]

Children of John and Elizabeth:[3]
John was born in 1641 at Haverhill, Massachusetts and died in 1641 aged 3 weeks. John was born in 1642 at Haverhill. He died in 1642 aged 1 week. Jonathan was born May 16, 1645 at Haverhill; he was living in 1720 at Exeter. In 1716 he married Sarah _____. Sarah was born January 8, 1647 at Haverhill and died there May 15, 1648. David was born March 6, 1649 at Haverhill. He was living in Exeter in 1714. He married (1st) Sarah Taylor on May 24, 1680 and (2nd) Mary (Bean) Judkins after his 1st wife's death. Elizabeth was born March 7, 1651/2 at Haverhill. She died at Hampton, New Hampshire on April 15, 1715, age 62 years. She married John Garland, son of John and Elizabeth (Philbrick) Garland, at Hampton on December 24, 1673. Unknown daughter, may have married Samuel Leavitt of Exeter, New Hampshire. (She may have been Mary (Robinson) Leavitt per sources on her profile.) ?Hannah, may possibly be a child of this family. She married (1st) John Gilman on January 9, 1684/5. Following his death she married John Lloyd. In 1650, he granted a power of attorney to Robert Pike of Salisbury to "receive a certaine legacie given him by John Robinson of Mapursall in Countie of Bedford. [1][6]

In 1644 he purchased a residence in Haverhill from Joseph Merry. He became a Freeman in April of 1649 and was on the jury for trials at Salisbury in 1649 and 1653. In August 1651 he sold his house at Haverhill to Thomas Lilfurth and moved to Exeter, New Hampshire and purchased a house and land. At Exeter in October 1652, he oversaw the work on the new Exeter meeting house; in 1653 he was sworn in as clerk of the market; served as selectman in 1653, 1661, 1666, and 1673; on the committee to end small claims in 1668.[3]

Originally at Haverhill he was a blacksmith but the deeds of 1654 and 1667 he is named as a planter (farmer).[3]

He and his son were journeying to Hampton, New Hampshire when on November 10, 1675 he was shot and killed by Indians who ambushed them. His son escaped. At court at Hampton Falls on May 30, 1676, his widow Elizabeth and son David were appointed administrators of his estate. On 6 April 1677, they rendered an account of the estate to the court; on 6 Dec 1678 they sold 20 acres in Exeter to John Sinkler.[3]The names of the three indians who waylaid and killed John Robinson were John Sampson , Cormwell and John Lunde.[citation needed]

Elizabeth, John Robinson's widow was still alive in 1678.[3]On April 10, 1677 and order of the court directed David Robinson, joint administrator with his mother of the estate of John Robinson of Exeter, to divide the estate after her death among the surviving children.(Norfolk Court Records)[citation needed]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Richardson, Douglas, (1989) "The English Ancestry of John Robinson (1612-1675) of Newbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Exeter, New Hampshire, with an Identification of his Wife Elizabeth Pemberton." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: NEHGS [ AmericanAncestors.org] (Vol 143, Pages 141-). ↑ This date given in Vital Records of Exeter, NH, p7. “John Robinson... killed by Indians 21 Oct 1675. (Family History Library, film #3691, viewed by RHSeale|April 1976) ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol. 55, p. 17. ↑ Richardson, English Ancestry of John Robinson NEHGR 143, pages 148-151. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. ↑ Aspenwall Notarial Records p. 328 See also:

Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, published 1908. Reference page 320 Richardson, Douglas "John Robinson, 1612-1675, of Newbury, Haverton and Essex" The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Reference Volume 55, pages 16-18 Source: S003174 Title: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire Author: Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby & Walter Goodwin Davis Publication: Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, 1928-1939 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Source: S004261 Title: The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660 Author: Charles Henery Pope Publication: Clearfield Company Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Robinson, Adelaide A; The Robinson and Their Kin Folk, Third Series; The Robinson Family Genealogical and Historical Association Publication: Published by the Association, New York 1906. Robinson Kin; page 105-107: John, husband of Elizabeth; d. 10 Sept 1675. Children: John; John; Jonathan; Sarah; David; and Elizabeth. New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,5242::0 The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol. 55, p. 16 - 18. "John Robinson (1612-1675) of Newbury, Haverhill and Exeter" by Douglas Richardson.subscription site The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "The English Ancestry of John Robinson (1612-1675) of Newbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts and Exeter, New Hampshire, with an identification of his wife Elizabeth Pemberton." by Douglas Richardson. Vol. 143, p. 143 - 151.subscription site New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Vol. 2, p. 1286.subscription site See Also

Chase, George Wingate. "The History of Haverhill" p. 38 see at archive.org

Robinson Genealogy by Richard A. Robinson. Joan Robinson" <jrobin3@@rogers.com> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:16:02 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)

Hi brian, nice to hear from you. This was taken from Robinson Family Scroll . Children of john and Katherine 1 Mary 1603 2 Edward 1605 3 Judith abt 1607 d. abt dec 19 1677 4 Henry 1610 buried April 24 1610 5 John 1611/12 d.1675 killed by indians near his home in Exeter n.h. He m. Elizabeth Pemberton bef Dec.1641 6 Anne 1614 d.after 1651 eng. 7 Alice 1615/16 d. after 1651 eng. 8 Katherine 1618 buried dec.6 1623

I have my family line from John to present day . our line comes off Jonathan b.1709 in exeter n.h. He m. Mary Chase in 1709 their 4 th child Bradbury b.1745 m. Mary Clark in 1770 .They moved to n.s 1770 then to n.b. This is our line. Mary's father name was Paul Clark of Stratham n.h died 1763 Charlestown Mass unable to find mothers name. Just a little history of where i branch off Where do you live Paul Robinson Moncton N.B.

Event: Batized/Chr 9 FEB 1611/12 Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England 4 Occupation: Blacksmith Source: Alice Robinson Geer 15-Mar-1971 letter Note: Moved from Newbury to Haverhill and in 1657 moved to Exeter. He was killed by Indians on the road from Hampton in 1675. [edit]

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Pemberton b: ABT 1623 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Married: ABT 1640 in Massachusetts, USA Children

John Robinson b: 1641 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA John Robinson b: 1642 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Jonathan Robinson b: 16 MAY 1645 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Sarah Robinson b: 8 JAN 1646/47 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA David Robinson b: 6 MAR 1648/49 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Elizabeth Robinson b: 7 MAR 1651/52 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources: Title: The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660 Author: Charles Henry Pope Publication: Clearfield Company Repository: Media: Book Page: Pages 176, 177 Title: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire Author: Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby & Walter Goodwin Davis Publication: Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, 1928-1939 Repository: Media: Book Page: Page 591 Title: The Robinson and Their Kin Folk, Third Series Author: The Robinson Family Genealogical and Historical Association Publication: Published by the Association, New York 1906 Repository: Media: Book Page: Pages 105 thru 107 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Boston, MA, April 1989, Volume CXLIII), p. 148.

John Robinson immigrated to Newbury, Massachusetts, then moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts, and on to Exeter, New Hampshire in 1651. John had two brothers and six sisters.

Married December 1640/1, NH.

The early records of Exeter are made up pretty largely of the elections of officers and of grants of land, but an occasional entry is met with which apparently must have had in its time a special occasion, and that by consent of the major part of the town; and that any person warned to be at a town meeting who should not be there at half an hour after the time appointed, should pay for the use of the town two shillings; and John Robinson was appointed to “gather up” any fines incurred for violation of this order.

John Robinson is mentioned in the town’s books beginning on April 20, 1652. His son Jonathan is mentioned in the town’s books beginning on April 3, 1673. John, his son Jonathan and subsequent Robinson’s were active in public life in Exeter, New Hampshire.

On the twenty-third of October, 1652, John Robinson and John Gilman were chosen as overseers of work on the meeting house.

In 1664, October 10, the town gave authority to Thomas King, John Folsom, Sr. and John Robinson to lay out highways where they should judge convenient.

Although under the laws of Massachusetts the people of Exeter had to maintain a watch-house and some show of an organized militia, yet until the year 1675 the place had never been made the object of any Indian hostilities. There must have been intercourse between the whites and the aborigines, but their relations were pacific and friendly. Possibly the precautions taken by the former contributed to maintain this tranquility.

But in the year named and Indian war broke out, brief, but in some sections active and bloody. Philip, chief sachem of the Wampanoags, has the credit, or discredit, of being the instigator of the movement. His own people belonged in the southern part of New England, but he had the power and address to enlist some of the eastern tribes to make common cause with him. This was the less difficult, because some of them had grievances of their own to revenge.

Exeter was a frontier town, and necessarily suffered to some extent from the raids of the barbarous enemy. On October 21, 1675, John Robinson was killed by Indians while on his way to Hampton with one of his sons. Three Indians, whose names were John Sampson, Cromwell and John Linde, placed themselves in ambush in the woods near the road leading to Hampton. Soon afterwards John Robinson, a blacksmith who had removed from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Exeter in 1657, made his appearance, with his son, on their way to Hampton. The father, according to tradition, was carrying a warming-pan. The Indians fired from their lurking place upon them, and shot the elder Robinson dead. The bullet passed through his body from back to front, and lodged just under the skin. The son, upon hearing the report of the guns, ran into the swamp where the Indians pursued, but could not overtake him. He reached Hampton about midnight and gave information of what had occurred.