Background History:

1820 British Settler

Robert James Robinson 27, Butcher, together with his wife Martha Rozina Strutt 26, and 4 children, were members of Erith's Party of 120 Settlers on the Settler Ship Brilliant.

Party originated from Surrey.

Departure Gravesend, London 15 February 1820.
Arrival Simon's Bay - 30 April 1820.
Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 15 May 1820

Area Allocated to the Party : New Botany Bay on the Kaffir Kraal River

Children :

• Louisa Robinson 5 (1814)
  
• ROBERT Robinson 4 (1815)
  
• John Henry Robinson 2 (1817)
  
• Philip Robinson 1 (1818)
  
• William (0) (1819)
  

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• Name: Robert Robinson
• Gender: Male
• Baptism/Christening Date: 19 Nov 1815
• Baptism/Christening Place: Minster-in-Sheppey, Kent, England
• Father's Name: Robert Robinson
• Mother's Name: Martha Robinson
• Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00536-2
• System Origin: England-EASy
• Source Film Number: 1835503
• Reference Number: item 3 p 27

Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Name: Robert Robinson Gender: Male Christening Date: 19 Nov 1815 Christening Place: Minster-in-Sheppey, Kent, England Birth Date: Birthplace: Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Robert Robinson Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Martha Robinson Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00536-2 System Origin: England-EASy GS Film number: 1835503 Reference ID: item 3 p 27

Citing this Record: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNBJ-Q3X : 30 December 2014), Robert Robinson, 19 Nov 1815; citing Kent, England, reference item 3 p 27; FHL microfilm 1,835,503.

Children:
B3C1- Robert Robbenson/Robinson
B3C2 -Martha Aletta Sophia Robbenson/Robinson
B3C3- Maria Magdalena Robbenson/Robinson
B3C4- Schalk Willem Robbenson/Robinson
B3C5- Philippus Johannes Robbenson/Robinson
B3C6- Johanna Jacoba Robbenson/Robinson
B3C7- Willem Josef Robbenson/Robinson

Source: Roberts Death Notice and Martha Aletta's death notice

2nd Wife - Johanna Maria Catharina Schoeman

Children:
Petrus Johannes Robinson, major
Magtelda Catrina Johanna Robinson, major
Jan Adriaan Robinson, major
Johanna Louisa Robinson, major
Thabetta Aletta Robinson, major
Charlotta Francina Robinson, minor
Maria Magdalena
Jozeph Benjamin
Carolina Sophia
Hendrik Albertus

Death Notice:
"South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-CSPP-Q?cc=2520237... : 16 December 2016), 007805482 > image 1201 of 1320; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

DEPOT TAB

                               SOURCE    MHG

                                                                   TYPE      LEER

                                                                  VOLUME_NO 0

                                                                     SYSTEM    01

                                                                    REFERENCE O/3743

                                                                PART      1

                                                                     DESCRIPTION    :      ROBBENSON, ROBERT

                                                   STARTING  1887 

                                                                 ENDING    1887 

                                                                 REMARKS   NAGELATE EGGENOTE JOHANNA MARIA CATHARINA ROBINSON 

(GEBORE SCHOEMAN).

TAB; SOURCE MHG; REF. O/3743; DESCR. ROBBENSON, ROBERT. START 1887...END 1887. REMARKS: S/SP JOHANNA MARIA CATHARINA ROBINSON b SCHOEMAN
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Name: Robert Robinson Event Type: Unspecified Event Date: 1887 Event Place: Standerton, Transvaal, South Africa Event Place (Original): Standerton Age: 83 Relationship to Deceased: Birth Year: Birth Year (Estimated): 1804 Birthplace: England Death Date: 16 Aug 1887 Death Place: Standerton Additional Name: GS Film Number: 001295485 Digital Folder Number: 007805482 Image Number: 01201

Citing this Record "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-TM6Q : 17 March 2018), Robert Robinson, 1887; citing Unspecified, Standerton, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm 1,295,485.

DEATH NOTICE: Parents noted as Robert and Marta
Wife (living) noted as Johanna Catrena Schoeman
It states he is 83 and would therefore have been born '1804'???? Perhaps wrongly transcribed instead of 1814? (Which is closer to the birth date referenced for him)

GEDCOM Note

<p>Hy was 'n goudmagnaat en het behoort aan die Randlords.</p>

GEDCOM Note

<p style="text-align: left;" dir="ltr">No. 46 on the Colonial Department list, led by James Thomas Erith, a baker of 2 Bardon Place, Peckham, Surrey (now part of Greater London). Erith had made an earlier application in January 1819 to take settlers to the Cape in partnership with Thomas Beale; a scheme that fell through, according to Beale, primarily because of Erith's bad faith. Shortly after the announcement of the Cape emigration scheme, John Deer of the Admiralty Office wrote to the Colonial Department on Erith's behalf to explain that he had withdrawn from the earlier proposal because Beale's debts had made it too risky a speculation, and he hoped this would not prejudice his chances of selection under the new scheme. With this letter was a list of Erith's proposed party, comprising his own family and two married and seven single men, all from Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. (Erith himself was a Kentishman.) Only three names from this list - Erith himself, his cousin Robert Robinson, and John Pankhurst - were in the final sailing list of the party, and it has not been established whether the seven substitutes for the men who dropped out were also recruited in Minster.</p>

GEDCOM Note

<p style="text-align: left;" dir="ltr">ROBINSON, Robert 27. Butcher. w Martha 26. c Louisa 5, John 4, Robert 2, Philip 1.</p>