Friday, November 17, 2017

 

Searching Robinsons in Orange County, Vermont

Nadene Goldfoot                                     
East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
                                                           
I was looking through the deceased listing on findagrave.com, complaining to myself about their new face now that they've sold their website to ancestry.com I think, and looking at a John A. Robinson born in 1826 for a forgotten reason, and found his death certificate on ancestry.  It was quite a good one, telling that his father was David Robinson.  I found one in my program  b: 1797.  He had moved to West Fairlee!  Now I have 50 million David Robinsons collected in my Family Tree Maker software program.  John was buried in West Fairlee, Orange, Vermontl. This David had to have been John's father.  I added him to the family.  The only problem is that Preston, already on the census, was listed having been born on the same date.  How could that be?  John A had to be a part of this West Fairlee family.  A twin?  Hmm.  Another David in West Fairlee?  The few records I did find all said that David was born in Massachusetts and the one I chose was.  That's why he fits the puzzle.

Here's another tree in my Family Tree Maker. This David already has a son John listed. West Fairlee?
Hadn't found that among his history a few years ago.  I'll have to try to get more information.
Descendants of DAVID Robinson

DAVID Robinson b: February 07, 1799 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont d: August 19, 1841 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
.. +Sarah Denny b: November 06, 1800 d: October 01, 1849 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. George Robinson b: 1821 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. Mary Robinson b: 1823 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. Ezekiel Robinson b: 1825 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. [1] CHARLES Robinson b: Bet. June 17, 1827 - 1828 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont d: March 02, 1897 in Randolph, Orange, Vermont
..... +Harriet Gillet b: Abt. 1828
. *2nd Wife of [1] CHARLES Robinson:
..... +Mary Story b: Abt. 1832 in Vermont
. *3rd Wife of [1] CHARLES Robinson:
..... +Ellen b: 1842 in Massachusetts
. *4th Wife of [1] CHARLES Robinson:
..... +Lucy Elizabeth Corey Parker b: Abt. 1827 in prob. Randolph, Orange, Vermont
. John Robinson b: August 02, 1829 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. Martin Robinson b: 1831 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. Ezekiel Robinson b: 1833 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. Franklin Robinson b: 1836 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. Sarah Ellen Robinson b: 1838 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont
. David Robinson b: 1841 in Northfield, Washington, Vermont

                                                                 
Did our ggrandfather, Abiathar Smith Robinson know of this family?
Did he live with any of this family since he was not on the 1850 census in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont?
He was not on Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont census, either but married there in 1852. He wasn't on any 1850 census, missed by census takers everywhere.

Who was the John Robinson in Royalton living with Abiarhar's future wife, Julia Ann Tuller's family,  found on the 1850 census at age 51?  This fact makes me wonder about all John Robinsons in the area.  This one was then born in 1799 or thereabouts the way people reported ages.  Unless they spoke to the person in question, they were capable of getting an assortment of guessed answers.
One can see that West Fairlee is close to Tunbridge
where our ggrandparents married in 1852, making
Strafford and the surrounding towns all the more relevant.  
     
Descendants of David Robinson

[1] David Robinson b: December 1797 in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts d: 1883 in West Fairlee Village, Orange, Vermont
.. +Luna b: 1798 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont d: 1880 in West Fairlee Village, Orange, Vermont
. Preston Kent Robinson b: February 1826 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont d: March 03, 1907 in Hartford, Windsor, Vermont
..... +Marcia L. b: 1831 in New Hampshire d: Bef. 1900 in West Fairlee Village, Orange, Vermont
. [2] John A. Robinson b: September 11, 1826 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts d: August 06, 1890 in West Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
..... +[3] Mary D. b: 1832 in Vermont
..... [4] Frank E. Robinson b: 1856 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont
......... +[5] Alice W. b: 1862 in Vermont
..... [6] John Milton Robinson b: 1858 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont
. Harriett K. Robinson b: 1829 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
. James L.T. Robinson b: 1831 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
. Abby Robinson b: 1834 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
. Eleanor Robinson b: 1836 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
. Adeline L. Robinson b: 1840 in East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
*2nd Wife of [1] David Robinson:
.. +Abigail
. [2] John A. Robinson b: September 11, 1826 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts d: August 06, 1890 in West Fairlee, Orange, Vermont
..... +[3] Mary D. b: 1832 in Vermont
..... [4] Frank E. Robinson b: 1856 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont
......... +[5] Alice W. b: 1862 in Vermont
..... [6] John Milton Robinson b: 1858 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont

John was born in 1826 and our Abiathar was born in 1829 in Vermont.  This is in Orange County, where Tunbridge is.  Our Abiathar Smith Robinson was married in Tunbridge, Vermont in 1852.  John's father was of the same age and living in the same area where Abiathar's father could have come from.   John A died from typhoid dysentery.  
                                                                     
East Fairlee, Orange, Vermont

Descendants of John A. Robinson


Generation No. 1

1.  JOHN A.8 ROBINSON  (DAVID7, ZADOCK6, DANIEL5, EBENEZER4, SAMUEL GEORGE3, GEORGE2, PHILIP1) was born September 11, 1826 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and died August 06, 1890 in West Fairlee, Orange, Vermont.  He married MARY D..  She was born 1832 in Vermont.

Notes for JOHN A. ROBINSON:
11/16/17 read the death certificate for John A Robinson who died in West Fairlee and was born 1827 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, a laborer. 
His father was David Robinson.  I started hunting and found this father both in Mass and West Fairlee, Vermont!!! He has to be the father but did not have a John listed as a son on any of the other pieces of information I had found-trees from other people, probably, because of the age under 1850 census.
                                                                           
Ely had a copper mine, no wonder people moved there. 
More About JOHN A. ROBINSON:
Name 2: John A Robinson
Cause of Death: typhoid dysentery
Census 1: January 26, 1860, 33, Vershire, Orange, Vermont
Census 2: Bet. 1860 - 1870, farmer
Census 3: June 24, 1870, 43, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont
Census 4: June 05, 1880, 53, Ely, Orange, Vermont
Occupation: 1870, 17 yr old Harris Orr working for him
Property 1: 1860, $2400 land $600 personal
Property 2: 1870, $3000 land    $630 personal
                                                                         
Vershire, Orange, Vermont
More About MARY D.:
Census 1: January 26, 1860, 28, Vershire, Orange, Vermont
Census 2: June 24, 1870, 37, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont
Census 3: June 05, 1880, 47, Ely, Orange, Vermont
                                                                                     
Covered bridge near Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont
Children of JOHN ROBINSON and MARY D. are:
                   i.    FRANK E.9 ROBINSON, b. 1856, Vershire, Orange, Vermont; m. ALICE W.; b. 1862, Vermont.

More About FRANK E. ROBINSON:
Census 1: January 26, 1860, 4, Vershire, Orange, Vermont
Census 2: June 24, 1870, 16, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont
Census 3: June 05, 1880, 24, Ely, Orange, Vermont

More About ALICE W.:
Census: June 05, 1880, 18, Ely, Orange, Vermont

                  ii.    JOHN MILTON ROBINSON, b. 1858, Vershire, Orange, Vermont.

More About JOHN MILTON ROBINSON:
Census 1: January 26, 1860, 2, Vershire, Orange, Vermont
Census 2: June 24, 1870, 12, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont
Census 3: June 05, 1880, 22, Ely, Orange, Vermont (Milton J)



Friday, November 10, 2017

 

The Abiathar Robinson Mystery: Key May Be Tunbridge Cemetery--Scene of Marriage

Nadene Goldfoot                                             

The mystery man is our ggrandfather, Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in Vermont?  New York?  He was married to Julia Ann Tuller of Royalton, Windsor, Vermont on December 18, 1834. Finding his father means finding the rest of the ancestors.  Our grandfather's oral history was that his people came over not on the Mayflower but the ship after that.  It was John Robinson, Reverend in Holland who sent the Pilgrims over on the Mayflower.  Many people are descendants of him.  However, a lot of other male Robinsons also came over during this period and landed in Massachusetts, then spread out over the whole New England area. Many were named, John Robinson.   The Civil War era even brought them to the South.
                                                                                 
I cannot help thinking that Abiathar's New York birthplace proclamation on the 1900 census of Wenona Marshall, Illinois was incorrect.  Maybe his 2nd wife gave this false information to the census taker.  The 1870 and 1880 censuses claimed Vermont.

I have scoured the findagrave sites for Robinsons in many towns in Vermont looking for clues.  Strafford held many Robinsons.


PANEL 1 (1-12) 
We have a DNA Y haplogroup match of 2 men who match my male Robinson cousin.  It is a rare reading of a common haplogroup that men carry.  R-L21.  The first allele is a 12 and not a 13, making it unique among the R haplogroup men.

Ireland is the country with the most matches to my Robinson cousin.  26 perfect matches out of 140 tested  which is a 0.2% (genetic distance of 1)  and he had 4 perfect matches from 
261400.2%
 England out of 39,976 tested which was a 0.1%).
                                                                     
I have worked very hard trying to connect our tree to theirs and come out with the farthest ancestor being in Meppershall, England.  Now I see that the man ending in Meppershall must have an ancestor that we have, but we don't necessarily have to be on target ending in Meppershall.  I found such an ancestor.
                                                                           
Our haplogroup match had many Robinsons in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.  However, we do not have a DNA segment match with any of these haplogroup matches.  They all came from the same branch but weren't family-related.
                                                                               
 Yesterday, after sending me part of his tree, I started searching with a new father for Abiathar, one I suspected many years ago who was in Royalton, Vermont.  It was Cyrus B. Robinson b: 1808 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont where Abiathar's wife, Julia Ann Tuller, was from.
                                                                               
Cyrus's wife was Thankful, Preston.  The Prestons were from Strafford and Sharon, Vermont.   Cyrus's father was Daniel Robinson, Jr. b: 1769 in either Massachusetts or Rushville, Yates, New York.
                                                                           
Strafford, Orange, Vermont
Ah ha!  Daniel's  wife was Betsey Elizabeth Buel.  Both died in Strafford, Orange, Vermont.  Orange is the county very close to Royalton which includes Tunbridge, the town where Abiathar and Julia Ann married.  Strafford turned out to be quite a key to my search.  It also holds a lot of Robinsons in its cemetery.

Descendants of CYRUS B. ROBINSON, another possible father of Abiathar Smith Robinson.

[2] CYRUS B. ROBINSON, father b: November 04, 1808 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 24, 1864 in Sharon, Windsor, VT
.. +Thankful Preston b: October 28, 1811 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: May 03, 1858 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/  Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
..... +Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
. *2nd Wife of [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson:
..... +Mary Jane Deffenbaugh Walters b: November 27, 1832 in Hocking County, Ohio d: July 05, 1918 in Streator, LaSalle, Illinois, age 85
. Edna N. Robinson b: April 23, 1833 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: September 08, 1925 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont
..... +Henry J.W. Flanders b: February 26, 1827 in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire d: July 03, 1880 in prob. Royalton or Chelsea, Vermont
. Mary A. Robinson b: May 03, 1834 in Vermont d: December 23, 1872 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont
..... +Unknown Smith b: Abt. 1872
*2nd Wife of [2] CYRUS B. ROBINSON, father:
.. +Martha Unknown b: Abt. 1810 in New Hampshire d: Aft. August 1870 in prob. Sharon, Windsor, VT

I had previously chosen Hiram Robinson b: 1806 in Strafford and his wife, Zeruiah as possible parents, and it turns  out according to my FAMILY TREE MAKER  software program that Hiram and Cyrus as 5th cousins. 

I started to find more information about Thankful Preston and found more.  Her family had been in Rockingham, New Hampshire!

Descendants of Edward Preston, Thankful's father:

Edward Preston b: Abt. 1750
.. +Edna Greenough b: Abt. 1752
. [1] Edward Preston b: February 05, 1773 in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: June 09, 1861 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... +Judith Judea b: 1795 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. *2nd Wife of [1] Edward Preston:
..... +Thankful Bidwell b: April 21, 1775 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire d: February 24, 1845 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... Moses Preston b: August 27, 1798 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: November 27, 1870 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont
......... +Almira Baldwin b: 1804 in prob. Sharon, Windsor, Vermont
..... Lucinda Preston b: July 22, 1807 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: April 12, 1856 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
......... +HARRY Robinson b: October 22, 1803 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: October 12, 1850 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... Thankful Preston b: October 28, 1811 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: May 03, 1858 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
......... +CYRUS B. ROBINSON, father b: November 04, 1808 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 24, 1864 in Sharon, Windsor, VT
..... William Preston b: May 08, 1815 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: April 26, 1830 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... [2] Edson Preston b: April 23, 1816 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
......... +Harriett b: 1819 in New Hampshire d: in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... *2nd Wife of [2] Edson Preston:
......... +Sarah b: 1831 in Vermont
                                                                 
An Amos Robinson of Royalton, Vermont would have been thought to be Abiathar's father, too. There was room on his tree and other possible male prospects.

Descendants of AMOS Robinson IV

[1] AMOS Robinson IV b: December 28, 1797 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: August 07, 1871 in Menasha, Wisc-hit by lightening while helping another farmer-hay caused it.
.. +Betsey Davis b: 1795 in Royalton, Vermont d: September 15, 1824 in Brownell house, Broad Brook,  Royalton, Vermont age 23
. Nartell Robinson b: June 08, 1815 in Royalton, Vermont
*2nd Wife of [1] AMOS Robinson IV:
.. +LOIS SAFFORD b: December 04, 1800 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: 1882 in prob. Menasha Ward 1, Winnebago, Wisconsin
. [2] Austin Moorehouse Robinson b: September 17, 1822 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: October 28, 1903 in Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin
..... +Elisabeth b: Abt. 1830 in Vermont d: Abt. 1851 in Vermont
. *2nd Wife of [2] Austin Moorehouse Robinson:
..... +Mary Elizabeth White b: August 21, 1829 in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont d: November 27, 1897 in Menasha Ward 1, Winnebago, Wisconsin
. [3] Martha Robinson b: Abt. 1823 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont
..... +American b: Abt. 1822
. *2nd Husband of [3] Martha Robinson:
..... +Irishman b: Abt. 1822
. *3rd Husband of [3] Martha Robinson:
..... +Unknown Dutchman b: Abt. 1820
. *4th Husband of [3] Martha Robinson:
..... +Unknown Englishman b: Abt. 1822
. Betsey M. Robinson b: 1824 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: in Prob. Menasha, Winnebago, Wisconsin
..... +George H. Clark b: Abt. 1823 in Vermont d: in Prob. Menasha, Winnebago, Wisconsin
. Nancy Robinson b: 1824 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont
..... +George W. Fay Fry b: Abt. 1824
. Mary Ann Robinson b: March 04, 1826 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: Aft. March 1890 in Menasha Wd 1, Winnebago, WI
..... +Norman Thatcher, Captain b: November 22, 1824 in Pomfret, Vermont d: July 29, 1888 in Menasha Ward 1, Winnebago, Wisconsin
. [4] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/  Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
..... +Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
. *2nd Wife of [4] Abiathar Smith Robinson:
..... +Mary Jane Deffenbaugh Walters b: November 27, 1832 in Hocking County, Ohio d: July 05, 1918 in Streator, LaSalle, Illinois, age 85
. Cyrus D. Robinson b: October 1831 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: Abt. 1865 in in prison in Civil War  Different Cyrus Robinson, but had me thrown before.  Hadn't looked at the birthdate properly.  
. Dwight C Robinson b: 1832 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: February 18, 1853 in South Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont
. Alfred S. Robinson b: July 06, 1835 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: August 10, 1918 in Prob.Grand Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin
..... +Armina Malina Hubbard b: July 1837 in New York d: Bef. June 01, 1905 in Grand Rapids Wd 7, Wood, Wisc
. Calvin D. Robinson, Sgt. b: January 03, 1838 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: June 01, 1887 in prob. Spokane, Spokane, WA
..... +Kate b: May 1842 in Pennsylvania d: May 24, 1917 in Spokane, Spokane, WA
. William Robinson b: 1839 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: Aft. 1899 in Royalton, Vermont
. Charles A. Robinson b: 1842 in prob. Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: Bet. 1900 - 1910
..... +Olive L. Packer b: Abt. 1846 in New York, NY
Six more generations back and I come to John  Robinson b: 1611  of Meppershall, England- if my figuring is correct. Too bad one of these Robinson men couldn't be Abiathar's father being they came from Royalton, Vermont.  I found their names in the book about Royalton.  "History of Royalton, Vermont, with family genealogies, 1769-1911, by Mary Evelyn Wood Lovejoy" - Book is available online.
                                               
Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, home of early American clock making
I found we have some Rockingham Robinsons in common:
I found them when I worked on Ben Flanders' family.  They were on the same census page .  I found the Flanders through the Prestons. 
It goes like this:
                                               
Ned Flanders, cartoon character in The Simpsons
Ben Flanders b: 1803 is the brother of Jesse Flanders b: 1800, Jesse's son is  Henry J. Flanders b: 1827 and he is married to Edna Robnson, the sister supposedly of Abiathar Smith Robinson.  Edna and Abiathar are the children of Cyrus B. Robinson in this case and Thankful Preston.                          
               
William Preston
1742-1818 Scotland
Author, Freemason
                                             
William Preston
1921-1998 PA, NY
Movie Actor
      
Thankful Preston b: 1811 is the daughter of Edward Preston b: 1773 of Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire.  

Ben was on the same census page as Jesse Robinson and Jonathan Robinson.  I just tracked them down.  I had just kept researching the people connected to each other.  

Descendants of Jesse Flanders

Jesse Flanders b: 1780 in New Hampshire
.. +Lydia Quimby b: 1787 in New Hampshire
. Lydia Flanders b: Abt. 1823 in New Hampshire
..... +Brown b: Abt. 1823 d: Bef. October 1850 in Thetford, Orange, Vermont
. Henry J.W. Flanders b: February 26, 1827 in Springfield, NH/Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire d: July 03, 1880 in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont
..... +Edna M N. Robinson b: April 23, 1833 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: September 08, 1925 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont
. Maryann Flanders b: 1833 in Thetford, Orange, Vermont
                                                                         
This is John Robinson, head of New Hampshire Historical Society.
His ancestor was a Revolutionary war soldier,also John Robinson, a descendant of the Mayflower
passenger, Degory Priest, on the family farm on Chemung Road, Meredith, New Hampshire
Degory was #29 of the 41 aboard and signed the Mayflower Compact on November 11, 1620.
He was a hatmaker from London. (http://www.nhcommentary.com/mayflower_history.html)
I wonder if he's had a DNA test yet and what his Y haplotype is?  
Descendants of Jesse Robinson, Lieut.
                                                                                     
[1] Jesse Robinson, Lieut. b: April 23, 1773 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: March 19, 1852 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire
.. +Abigail b: 1794 in New Hampshire d: in prob. Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire
. Abby Ann Robinson b: 1829
*2nd Wife of [1] Jesse Robinson, Lieut.:
.. +Rachel Robinson b: September 10, 1774 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: October 10, 1837 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire
. [2] Jonathan Robinson b: August 06, 1798 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: May 05, 1876 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire
..... +Betsey Lydia Sanborn b: September 08, 1797 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: February 08, 1845 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire
. *2nd Wife of [2] Jonathan Robinson:
..... +Sarah b: August 21, 1810 in New Hampshire d: August 23, 1894 in New Hampshire
. Ephraim Robinson b: February 24, 1800 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: March 19, 1872 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire
..... +Lydia Smith b: 1799 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: 1877 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire
. James Robinson b: April 13, 1805 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire d: September 16, 1887 in Mount Vernon, Kennebec, Maine age 79

..... +Lucinda b: 1811 d: 1887

Our connection to the Maryland Robinsons who were first in Rockingham, New Hampshire must be through Jesse and Jonathan, and this is why we share the male Robinson line but not any DNA individually.

I found a Charles Robinson b: 1827-28 born in Northfield, Washington, Vermont who died in Randolph, Orange, Vermont in 1897.  He was born one or two years before Abiathar.  A possible brother?  Anything with Abiathar is possible if they're from Vermont. Charles married his 3rd wife in 1891 in Randolph.  I've found 4 wives, and this one was listed on Vermont Vital Records.

The parents of Charles were David Robinson b: 1799 and Sarah Denny of Northfield, Washington, Vermont.  Grandparents were Ezekiel Robinson, Col. b: 1769 who died in Stowe, Vermont, and Dinah Doubeday, both of Massachusetts.   Ggrandparents were Nathaniel Robinson, Deacon and Judge b: 1729 and Keziah Robbins, both also born in Massachusetts, people already on my other trees.

I didn't have Charles on this tree before snooping into the graveyard.  This tree ends with a George Robinson of Glasgow, Scotland, a fitting one for our Robinson Y haplotype, I must say.

Abiathar could easily be in this next tree:
                                                 

Descendants of HIRAM ROBINSON of Strafford, Orange Vermont
I've returned to my first inclination of this Hiram Robinson as listed above. 

[2] HIRAM ROBINSON b: December 06, 1806 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: February 06, 1892 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
.. +Zeruiah Zeruah A. Tyler b: January 19, 1808 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: September 03, 1847 in prob Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/  Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
..... +Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
. *2nd Wife of [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson:
..... +Mary Jane Deffenbaugh Walters b: November 27, 1832 in Hocking County, Ohio d: July 05, 1918 in Streator, LaSalle, Illinois, age 85
. [3] Marcia Marinda A. Robinson b: October 26, 1831 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. [4] DANIEL WALLACE Robinson III b: January 03, 1834 in Bethel/  Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: April 02, 1904 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... +[5] Louisa Eloise A. Fulham Fullam b: November 15, 1833 in Chelsea, Vermont d: March 26, 1911 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. [6] Emily M. Robinson b: 1841 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont
*2nd Wife of [2] HIRAM ROBINSON:
.. +Abigail George b: October 20, 1815 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: February 26, 1901 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. [3] Marcia Marinda A. Robinson b: October 26, 1831 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. [4] DANIEL WALLACE Robinson III b: January 03, 1834 in Bethel/  Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: April 02, 1904 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
..... +[5] Louisa Eloise A. Fulham Fullam b: November 15, 1833 in Chelsea, Vermont d: March 26, 1911 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. [6] Emily M. Robinson b: 1841 in prob. Strafford, Orange, Vermont

Charles L. Robinson b: 1864 is also a part of this tree, and he was listed on findagrave.com. Charles
was the son of Daniel and Eloise A. Fulham. He died in 1882, born and died in Strafford .

Parents of Hiram were Daniel Robinson 1769 and Betsy Buel, Grandparents were Daniel 1734 and
Lucretia Parse; Ggrandparents were Ebenezer 1697 and Elizabeth Reed, Gggrandparents were
Samuel 1654 and Mehitalbe Reed, and Ggggrandparents were our familiar George b: 1626 of
Glasgow, Scotland. Have I now found the tree that Abathar belongs on? It looks good. These former
Scots seemed to settle in the same towns of Vermont. Interesting.

My first consideration of a father for Abiathar was another Hiram Robinson connected to Wenona,
Vermont.
Descendants of HIRAM Robinson, Jr. 1 HIRAM Robinson, Jr. b: March 18, 1809 in Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: 1839 in Jamaica, Windham, Vermont .. +Sally "Sarah" Smith b: January 1812 in Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont d: August 30, 1905 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois . 2 [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/ Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois ..... +Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois . *2nd Wife of [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson: ..... +Mary Jane Deffenbaugh Walters b: November 27, 1832 in Hocking County, Ohio d: July 05, 1918 in Streator, LaSalle, Illinois, age 85 . 2 Riley "J." Robinson b: 1831 in Prob. Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: Bef. 1931 ..... +Allen b: Abt. 1831 in Connecticut . 2 Nahum Hial Robinson b: April 03, 1834 in Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 04, 1921 in West Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont ..... +Catherine Lois Vaile b: June 01, 1838 in Winhall, Bennington, Vermont d: December 31, 1920 in West Bardsboro, Windham, Vermont . 2 Oscar L. Roberson Robinson b: October 17, 1838 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont d: March 13, 1923 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois ..... +Sarah E. Powell b: September 10, 1848 in Green County, New York d: March 12, 1924 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois . 2 Avis Mash Robinson b: October 07, 1839 in Jamaica, Vermont d: March 05, 1932 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah ..... +James Mosher Wright b: September 26, 1832 in Ranssdaer County, New York d: July 29, 1915 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah

I thought that being Sally Robinson lived here and must be Abiathar's mother, this was why he returned
from Canada to Wenona, Illinois of all places. Sally and Hiram had been from Vermont and he had
died so young at age 30. She had remarried a Thomas Russell and had 4 more children, a boy and 3 girls.

Other interesting Hiram Robinsons I have found in the past when their towns meant nothing to me:
 Hiram Robinson Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire  1830  age 21; Abiathar had been born in 1829.
 Hiram Robinson Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire  1830
 Hiram Robinson Chenango, Broome, New York  1830
 Hiram Robinson Jackson, Washington, New York 1830

New Hampshire leads to our Y haplogroup match.
Chenango, Brome, New York leads to our DNA segment match of 3rd cousin.
I see a Hiram no matter who in our past!  Not as a gggrandfather but as his brother or ggggrandfather.

Resource: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/robinson?iframe=ycolorized results of Y haplogroup DNA tests, showing we are unique.  #283 on the list starting with DYS 393 as a 12. 


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Monday, November 06, 2017

 

Life Back in the 1800's in Vermont For Tullers and Robinsons


Nadene Goldfoot

What was it like back in 1840?  The country was in a Depression.   Did people have presidential woes like we do today?
 How did people ever build cabins?  How did they cut down trees so that they could build them?
 This place, found in Stowe, Vermont, is 800 sq feet, quite large for a cabin. It can sleep 4 people.   It's available to rent.  One can sit on the porch and listen to the stream as it flows.  It's not a log cabin, however, like the one Julia Ann Tuller's father, Alonzo, might have built.
                                                               
Typical Vermont log cabin
"On July 7, 1840 Vermonters showed their support for William Henry Harrison from Ohio, a Whig (9th president)  at the Stratton Convention. Daniel Webster was the spokesman. Log cabins were erected at the rally sight and people flocked to Stratton Mountain.
                                                  
They ski at Stratton Mountain today.  
 While accounts vary, historians estimate there to have been 10,000 to 15,000 people gathered at this "log cabin rally." The following transcript of a newspaper article announces the construction of a log cabin at Stratton Mountain:                     
President William Henry Harrison
He gave a 2 hour speech, the longest when he became president. 
We learn the Fourth of July is the day selected for raising the Log Cabin, in which is to be held the District Convention on the seventh—a fit day for such an employment. As our Fore-Fathers on the Fourth of July 1776 raised a document which delivered thousands from the thralldom of Tyranny,—so will the Whigs of this District, on the Fourth of July 1840, raise a building in which means shall be devised to rescue thousands from a worse Tyranny. (Vermont Phoenix, June 26, 1840)"  He was following the 8th president, Martin Van Buren a New York Democrat.  

Harrison served for one month, dying in office from pneumonia.  His Vice President, John Tyler-a Whig, then became the 10th President and served for the next 4 years.  
                                                                                       

Abe Lincoln, our 16th president,  was brought up in a log cabin in Illinois.  Here is an original at his birthplace. Lincoln was born in 1809.  This appears to be more like our toy Lincoln logs, doesn't it?  
                                                                                    

Our ggrandmother, Julia Ann Robinson nee Tuller, had parents who lived in St. Albans Vermont and then moved to Royalton, Vermont where she must have met up with Abiathar Smith Robinson as she was a 15 year old there on the 1850 census.  They married in 1852 in the town next door, Tunbridge.  

The town of Royalton was chartered in 1779.  Before that it was a nice-sized setttlement.  The people here had been farmers in the old countries and had large stocks of cattle already with them.  People "loved their neighbors as themselves."

 On the 16th of October, 1780, 300 Indians of various tribes led by the Caghnewago tribe, had left Canada to attack another town, Newbury in eastern Vermont.  However, Lt. Horton, a British lieutenant, who was the Indian's commander and Le Mott, a Frenchman, his 2nd, were led by a villain, Hamilton.  Hamilton had become a prisoner of the Americans in 1777.  He had been at Newbury and Royalton on parole.
                                                    

 "The Royalton raid was a British-led Indian raid in 1780, one year after being chartered,  against various towns along the White River Valley in the Vermont Republic, and was part of the American Revolutionary War. It was the last major Indian raid in New England."   He led them to Royalton, knowing it would be defenseless and went through Tunbridge to get to Royalton.

 Entering before daylight, they entered the house of John Hutchinson who lived close to the border of Royalton from Tunbridge.  They took John and his brother, Abijah prisoners and plundered the house., then went to Robert Havens' house.  Havens was outside tending his sheep, and when on a hill, heard Hutchinson's dog barking.  Seeing Indians at his door, he hid behind a log.  He heard his wife screaming and his sons running away.

Thomas Pember was killed by a spear as he ran from the Indians.   Eventually, the 300 set the town on fire.  Such were the dangers of these brave ancestors of ours seeking a better life.

                                                                       
Amos and Lois Robinson's  son, Dwight C. Robinson
lies here in the South Royalton Village Cemetery.  Born in 1832, he died February 18, 1853 at age
21.
Amos was born in Royalton in 1797 and Lois in 1800.  

Descendants of CYRUS B. ROBINSON, Possible father of Abiathar as we do not know.  Records not forthcoming.  It's more likely that his father was from Royalton or very nearby and here, the parents are.  Abiathar was not on the 1850 census with Cyrus and Thankful and 2 sisters, but he was now 21 years old.  
[2] CYRUS B. ROBINSON, father b: November 04, 1808 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 24, 1864 in Sharon, Windsor, VT
.. +Thankful Preston b: October 28, 1811 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: May 03, 1858 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont
. [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson b: December 1829 in New York/  Tunbridge, Orange/ Jamaica, Windham, Vermont d: October 07, 1904 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
..... +Julia Ann Tuller b: December 18, 1834 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont d: December 02, 1887 in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois
. *2nd Wife of [1] Abiathar Smith Robinson:
..... +Mary Jane Deffenbaugh Walters b: November 27, 1832 in Hocking County, Ohio d: July 05, 1918 in Streator, LaSalle, Illinois, age 85
. Edna N. Robinson b: April 23, 1833 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont d: September 08, 1925 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont
..... +Henry J.W. Flanders b: February 26, 1827 in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire d: July 03, 1880 in prob. Royalton or Chelsea, Vermont
. Mary A. Robinson b: May 03, 1834 in Vermont d: December 23, 1872 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont
..... +Unknown Smith b: Abt. 1872
*2nd Wife of [2] CYRUS B. ROBINSON, father:
.. +Martha Unknown b: Abt. 1810 in New Hampshire d: Aft. August 1870 in prob. Sharon, Windsor, VT

Reference:  https://www.vrbo.com/658102
http://vermonthistory.org/educate/online-resources/an-era-of-great-change/politics-government/log-cabin-rally
http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/william-henry-harrison
https://prezi.com/o11vnipy3cxp/vermonts-history-of-architecture/
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://img6.onthesnow.com/image/la/89/89867.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.onthesnow.com/vermont/stratton-mountain/ski-resort.html&h=385&w=616&tbnid=hROSUhpB7SjhKM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=256&usg=__poYDfbSvTPzXHW1uUUP2B67uv9o=&vet=10ahUKEwicjOuJuKrXAhUOyWMKHWuSBKkQ_B0IkgEwEQ..i&docid=X8AusYxRFTvpGM&itg=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicjOuJuKrXAhUOyWMKHWuSBKkQ_B0IkgEwEQ
Durkee Family Newsletter, Spring 1993, Volume Xii, #1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalton_raid

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