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Some Robinson Family History
by Sally Wright
pgs. 308 - 313
From the book: Temperance Hall Remembers Book II
A Brief History of Temperance Hall, Tennessee
Compiled by Marjorie Hayes – January 1990
Published by Temperance Hall Community Club
The earliest documented ancestor of Schuyler Colfax Robinson, was John Robinson, who
received a land patent of 400 acres 20 July 1738, near the head of Muddy Creek in
Goochland County, Virginia, (later to become Cumberland Co.). (VA. State Library,
Patent Bk. 18, 1738-39, p. 161)

John Robinson married Tabitha Jones, daughter of Edward Jones and Mary Field. The
birth dates of John and Tabitha are not known. John Robinson died around 20 April 1768,
having written his will 11 Dec. 1767, which was probated 25 April 1768, Cumberland
Co. Virginia.

Esmerelda (Robinson) Smith, daughter of Ralph E. Robinson and Elsie Potts Lowrey,
researched the Robinson Family for 60 years and believes this John Robinson’s father’s
name was also John, possibly a grandson of Christopher Robinson, given as a headright
in 1642 by John Ewens. In 1652 this Christopher Robinson patented 600 acres of land
with John Sturdivant at the head of Eastern Run (called Hatcher’s Run) of Swift Creek in
Henrico Co. VA. At this date documentation proving that this John Robinson was
Christopher’s grandson has not been found.
The children of John Robinson and Tabitha Jones were:
1. John Robinson born ca. 1722 married Ann Franklin.
2. Thomas Robinson b. ca. 1724 m. Jane LeGrand, an heir of John LeGrand.
3. Field Robinson b. ca. 1726 m. Obedience Bradshaw.
4. Christopher Robinson b. ca. 1728 m.(1) Sarah Nichols and

(2) Elizabeth Hobson, 26 Sept. 1791.

5. Edward Robinson b. ca. 1730 m.Judith _____
6. Joseph Robinson b. ca. 1732 m. Susan _____
7. Hezekiah Robinson b. ca. 1734 m. Judith _____ Hezekiah wrote his will 13
October 1796 and it was probated 24 Sept. 1798, Cumberland Co. VA.
8. Susannah Robinson b. ca. 1736 William Bradshaw
9. Judith Robinson b. ca. 1738 m. Field Bradshaw.
10. Elizabeth Robinson b. ca. 1740 m. Thomas Hogan.

5 Edward Robinson, son of John and TabithaRobinson, b. ca. 1730, died intestate. The
settlement of his estate was begun in 1782 with his son Stephen, administrator. The estate
was settled 25 August 1794. (Will Bk. 2, p. 293, Cumberland Co., VA.) Edward married
Judith____- (was it Southhall or Archer?) Her will was dated 12 August 1806 and
recorded in Will Bk. 3, p. 369, Cumberland Co., VA. The children mentioned in her will
were Stephen, John, Jones, Field and Mary WeatherFord.
The children of Edward Robinson and Judith _____ were:
151. Jones Robinson b. ____d. ____ 1793 m. Charlotte Meador.
152. Jonas Robinson
153. Steven Robinson b. ca. 1750-55 m. Elizabeth Holland.
154. Field Robinson b. ca. 1758 m. Levinia Wingate.
155. Mary Robinson m. William Joseph Weatherford.
156. Josiah Robinson b. ______ d. 25 June 1786.
157. Edward Robinson b. ____ d. 1825 m. Anna Meador.
158. John Robinson b. ca. 1778
154 Field Robinson, born ca. 1758 died in 1826. He married Levinia Wingate
(?) and they raised five children in Cumberland Co., VA.
1541. Sarah Robinson married 19 Dec. 1827 Wiltshire Robinson, son of
Field and Keziah (Scruggs) Robinson.
1542 Alexander Hamilton Robinson b. in 1804 married Rachel

Forrester Barnes.

1543. William H. Robinson moved to Monroe County, Mississippi.

1544. Mahala Robinson

1545. Jonas Robinson married 22 March 1825 Nancy Talley.

1542 Alexander H. Robinson, son of Field Robinson and Levinia Wingate, was born in
Cumberland County, Virginia in 1804. In 1824 he left Virginia and settled in
Smith Co. (now DeKalb) near Dowelltown. In the early 1800s many Robinsons
related to this family began to migrate to Tennessee and North Carolina.
Alexander’s uncle, Stephen Robinson, son of (15) Edward, had migrated From
Cumberland County, Virginia to Tennessee in 1797. His son John, was born in
Nashville, 27 Jan. 1798. Stephen and his family settled in Temperance Hall in
1798-99.
153 Stephen Robinson married 13 June 1774 Elizabeth Holland, in Louisa Co.,
Virginia. Elizabeth was the daughter of Dr. George Holland and his first
wife, Sarah Ford who married 27 August 1746. Stephen conveyed land to his
brother Field, in 1797 before moving his family to Tennessee. Stephen had
also settled his Father’s estate and is thus thought to have been Edward’s
eldest son. On 19 April 1784 Stephen was paid for his service in the Virginia
militia during the American Revolution.
Stephen Robinson and Elizabeth (Betty) Holland had eleven children:
George, Polly, Stephen, Archer, John, born near Nashville in 1798, James,
Jane (Jenny), Sally, Edward, Nancy and August in.
1542 Alexander H. Robinson taught school for two years after moving to Tennessee. He
married Rachel Forrester Barnes, born 6 July 1803, daughter of George Barnes

Source:
Some Robinson Family History by Sally Wright pgs. 308

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Tabitha Robinson (Jones) is our 8th cousin 12 times removed.
Janet Milburn
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