genealogical research for joseph lee robinson ancestors

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G R
ENEALOGICAL ESEARCH FOR
J L R A
OSEPH EE OBINSON NCESTORS

PREFACE
A key aspect in the research and analysis of the descendants of Joseph Robinson, b. c.
1728, was the recognition of the great genealogical importance of exploring and using different
name spelling patterns for analyzing and comparing with other genealogical data. When one is
attempting to resolve what appears to be a “dead end” in a research program, it is imperative that
one does not automatically reject such variant name spellings; these should be recorded for later
evaluation.
In the United States, up to and even beyond the Civil War period, variances in spelling
were a common occurrence; a uniformity of spelling rules, such as we now use, did not then exist.
Also, the education of many recorders usually was irregular. Recorders wrote a name or place as
it sounded to them and spelled it as they thought it should be written. Also different recorders
might use a shortened version of a longer surname when writing. If an individual with a dialect
or accent gave his name to a recorder, an error in spelling that name was almost automatic.
Mistakes in spelling also can occur when a record is extracted; especially so, when the recorder
must interpret old style penmanship that was written with a quill pen and might be faded, blurred,
and almost illegible.
Variant spellings of surnames are commonly found in many older records. The following
pairs of names, which were found during my research, show the variant spellings that may be
encountered: Phares/Ferris, Dewell/Duel, Holly/Hawley and Walkly/Wakeley. When speaking
the name “Robinson,” if one stresses the first two syllables and drops the pitch of one’s voice at
the end, the name sounds like “Robins” instead of “Robinson.” It should be noted that, even as
late as 1841, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Proxies for Baptism,
Nauvoo, IL, George Tate1, found our ancestor Joseph Lee Robinson’s name written “Joseph L.
Robins.”
When one is dealing in a particular research area where vital records are non-existent or
haphazard, the acceptance of variance in surname spellings is often imperative for successful
identification of one’s ancestors.
When I have been unable to locate an ancestor within the area where he was known to
have resided, the following steps have been helpful in finding and identifying that ancestor:
1. Look for the same given names attached to a variant spelling of the surname, using
all types of records for this search.
2. Search for the names of in-laws and other family members, such as brother, sisters,
and children, which could indicate that one is in the right area.
Whenever the name of one’s ancestor appears in the right place, at the right period of time, with
other family names in the same area and no other contradictory evidence is uncovered, one can
conclude that the lost ancestor has been found, despite the variant spelling of his name.

1. see entry #38, Appendix 2, Research Sources
7 March 2000

Dear Readers and Family Members,
In my attempt to republish Ms. Valantine’s work, I have only to change some minor grammar and
page layout styles. This work is not formatted in the same font as the original book. Therefore, the pages
will not be in the original placements. The original page numbers are noted as such: [PAGE 1]. If the page
brake came in the middle of a paragraph, the page number is indicated at the original placement in the
paragraph. This is so that the index in the back of the book will still be useful to the family members. The
information, footnotes and section breaks are in their original places. I hope that by making this work
available for republication that more will be inspired with the Spirit of Elijah and the windows of heaven
will open to find the ancestors and have the necessary work done in the Holy Temples of God.
I have made bold all of the names, not just Ms. Valantine’s line of ancestry. The original text has many
type styles and information layouts. I have attempted to standardize this as much as possible. This has also
been a reason for the changes in where the page breaks have been taken. I have spelled out state names and
added counties where room has allowed.
At this time, I do not have authorization from Nola Valantine to republish this work for
republication onto a CD format. I have attempted to communicate with Ms. Valantine and have not
received her permission. Ms. Valantine’s work is so valuable for the depth of research and the authority in
which she speaks, that it is essential to the study and research of Joseph Robinson’s ancestors and
descendancy. Please study this work prayerfully and you too will find how thoroughly she had done her
research of this great and vast family.
A special thanks to Laura Jean Blomquist Weaver and Victoria Sue Robinson Negron and others
for their wonderful gifts and spirits that have helped proof-read, edit, re-edit and aided this work to come
forth. Thanks to my husband for sharing with all of you my time, energy and faith that this is indeed the
Lord’s work on this earth. I pray that we will all be together again as one in the Household of Faith, with
our Heavenly Father, in the House that has been prepared for us by those who have gone before and
accepted the fullness of the Gospel for which we strive to do this work for their sakes.
Included in this CD is a GEDCOM file of all the genealogy that has been found, submitted or
prepared that I have been given, researched or entered. If discrepancies have happened in family records, I
have attempted to correct any mistakes and have indicated in RED highlighting that there is a discrepancy
in the text information and indicated in the “notes” the differences in the records of the individuals.
Therefore, this work is included as a bonus and has been included as a gift to you.

Sincerely,

Christie Lynn Webb Roberts
INTRODUCTION
The ancestry of Nathan Robinson, b. 1764, has been a particularly difficult line to
research. This was due to the lack of vital records and the scarcity of complete recorded land
transactions in the areas in which he resided. An additional complication to the problem of
locating records one could examine was that his parents, Joseph & Rosanna Robinson, settled in
towns along the colony boundaries of New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The land in
these border areas was in dispute, with frequent boundary line changes. Since each colony
claimed the real estate, there often was a duplicate sale of the same piece of land by different
parties. Many land transactions were never legally recorded, but were a private contract between
the grantor and grantee.
In 1970, when I began to research Nathan Robinson, his birthplace was listed as
Shaftsbury, Vermont; yet the source records for Vermont did not confirm this. There was another
Robinson family that settled in the neighboring town of Bennington, with a similar naming
pattern for their children. Unfortunately, an exploration of the Bennington Robinson family
proved negative, as I didn’t locate any records exhibiting a genealogical connection with our
Nathan or his brothers and sisters.
The list of Nathan’s parents, brothers, and sisters is from the Memorandum Book, kept by
Ebenezer Robinson, b. 1816. Up to 1970, no one had been able to find other records of Nathan’s
brothers, sisters, and parents. Thus, one of my major tasks was to verify the parentage of Nathan
and his brothers and sisters, and find their birthplace. It was my final goal to extend this line of
Robinson’s.
In my desire to learn more of these ancestors, I was following in the footsteps of many of
Nathan’s descendants, in whom this drive has been prevalent. Genealogical records were kept by
those who chose, in the 1800’s, to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and
moved west, as well as by those who did not, but remained in the Ohio area.2
My parents, A. Merlin Steed and Alice Wilcox, were both descendants of Nathan
Robinson and his second wife, Mary Brown, coming through their grandchildren Oliver Lee and
Anna Maria, the children of Joseph Lee Robinson, b. 1811, and Maria Wood. Several times, my
parents did extensive research in New England on the Robinson line, hoping for a breakthrough.
In the pursuit of this goal, they became personally acquainted with many of Nathan’s descendants
that remained in Ohio. Their mutual desire for knowledge of their ancestors brought these distant
cousins together in friendship. Many genealogical stories and family remembrances were shared
and compared. Eventually, through this friendship, my Mother was entrusted with a treasury of
letters, notes, and papers that dealt with Nathan Robinson and his children. These data included
additional information on Nathan’s father and some of his brothers. A few of these notes and
letters are even written in Nathan’s own hand. These precious papers were accompanied by an
old daguerreotype of Nathan taken when he was ninety years of age.
My Mother, through much exertion, accumulated a large amount of research [PAGE 2]
material. Before these earlier research efforts could be used, however, a great deal of analytical
work remained to be done. In comparing her material with that of the “Ohio” Robinson’s, I
found a lot of data that agreed but also some that was contradictory and others of doubtful
authenticity.3
When the task of sorting, comparing and analyzing was completed, I made my final
evaluations and outlined a research program for Nathan Robinson. My goals were as follows:
1. Study the history of the areas involved in the search and learn what type of records would
be available.
2. Determine the birthplace of Nathan Robinson, born 1764, and the birthplace of his first
children, as there were conflicting locations listed.
3. Establish the veracity of the names for his brothers and sisters as given by Ebenezer
Robinson, in his Memorandum Book.
4. Verify the name of Rosanna as the mother of Nathan.
5. Locate the birthplace and parents of Nathan’s father, Joseph Robinson.
6. Extend the ancestry of Nathan as far back as possible.
Unfortunately, the records were not available that would have allowed me to discover the
town of origin for Joseph Robinson, b. c. 1728. Therefore, in an additional effort to achieve the
goal of extending this line, I determined to learn as much as possible about the families of
Nathan’s brothers and sisters. In making a study of their families, I hoped to find a clue that
would lead to the birthplace and parentage of Joseph and Rosanna Robinson. My actual search
period extended from October 1970 through July of 1990, with some clarifying searches
continuing over into June of 1992. At the finish of these procedures, I had accomplished all my
goals, excepting the positive extension of the ancestry of Joseph Robinson.
While the research of Joseph’s other children did not help in my ambition to extend the
Robinson line, it did produce a large volume of information that was not available from other
research sources. Rather than just tossing aside this data, I decided to assemble my findings in
this book, with the hope that future researchers may be spared years of frustration in going over
the same data and encountering the same problems that faced me.
The format for this book is as follows: CHAPTER I starts with Samuel Robinson, born
about 1615, who, I believe, is the earliest identified ancestor on my Robinson line. Chapter I also
covers his son and grandson, both also named Samuel. CHAPTER II deals with Joseph Robinson,
b. c. 1728, and his wife Rosanna. Joseph was the great-grandson of the first Samuel. In each of
the succeeding chapters, one of Joseph and Rosanna’s 10 children are discussed along with their
posterity. The final chapter covers the ancestry of Mary Brown, the second wife of Nathan
Robinson, b. 1764, who was the sixth child of Joseph and Rosanna. Following the text are two
pages of PHOTOGRAPHS, including a copy of the 140-year-old glass plate photo of Nathan
Robinson. Next are 8 pages of PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES of the more important original handwritten
documents referred to herein. APPENDIX 1, KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS, lists abbreviations used in
this book and information on references to census data.
[PAGE 3] APPENDIX 2, “RESEARCH SOURCES,” lists and describes the relevant sources that I
used in my research. The ENDNOTES encountered at the end of each chapter refers to numbered
items listed in APPENDIX 2. APPENDIX 3, NOTES ON SOURCES, gives statements of genealogical
data on the Robinson family and identifies the sources of those statements.
It is my with that the family groupings within might help some readers learn more of their
ancestry and thereby by enabled to also extend their genealogies. Ever the optimist, it is my hope
that, perhaps among the descendants of Nathan’s brothers or sisters, someone might be able to
contribute additional information that would extend this family line.
Human error does creep in; I apologize for any such errors. It should be understood that
the records, which are available, are not abundant for the time period and areas covered by this
research. Even so, many records, though not of prime research status, are still informative. Much
of the data, after gathering, needed to be compared and analyzed before it could be used with any
degree of certainty. Nevertheless. Until new historical records come forth which can uncover
new knowledge of the early New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut areas involved, I believe
that, based on what is now available, there is a sound basis for the conclusions within.
As I have learned of these men and women, I have come to appreciate them. I feel I
know them as individuals; they were good, upright and religious people. This has been a
fulfilling and rewarding project for me.
Nola Steed Valantine
2505 Whittier Dr.
LaCrescenta, CA
November 23, 1992
(1) Genealogical data obtained from the Ohio Robinson cousins and the sources of the data are found in
APPENDIX 3, NOTES ON SOURCES.
(2) See APPENDIX 3, NOTES ON SOURCES.
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MY LINE OF DESCENT FROM SAMUEL ROBINSON B. C. 1672
Samuel Robinson
b: c. 1672 ENG

Joseph Robinson = Rosanna ?
b. c. 1728 (of CT) b. c. 1732 (of CT)

Nathan Robinson = 2. Mary Brown
1764-1860 1774-1827

Joseph Lee Robinson = Maria Wood
1811-1893 1806-1872

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Oliver Lee Robinson = Lucy Miller Anna Maria Robinson = James
David Wilcox
1833-1886 1837-1877 1838-1897 1827-1916

Annie Amelia Robinson = Franklin David Steed James Henry Wilcox = Mary Magdalene W
1870-1939 1869-1915 1855-1938 1857-1928

Amasa Merlin Steed = married = Fanny Alice Wilcox
1889-1963 1888-1958

Nola Steed = Vernon Edwin Valantine
Nov 1930 Sep 1928
________________________________________________________________________

1. Valery Elain Valantine 2. Craig Steven Valantine 3. Mark Edwin Valantine 4.
Alice Eileen Valantine
b. 22 May 1951 b. 17 Dec 1953 b. 28 Mar 1955 b. 20
Sep 1956
w. Sacramento, CA w. Los Angeles, CA w. Glendale, CA w.
Glendale, CA
md Steven Glenn Stewart md. Lisa Renee Taylor md. Cynthia Mae Foote md. Mark
Randels Beckstrom

1. Cameron Glenn Stewart 1. Brandon Steven Valantine 1. Joshua Mark Valantine 1.Ammon
Spencer Beckstrom
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1976, CA
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Mark Beckstrom
b. 15 Jul 1986, CA 2. Brett David Valantine b. 26 May 1982, CA b. 25 Apr
1979, CA
b. 4 Nov 1980, CA 3. Sara Nola Valantine d. 26 Apr
1979, CA
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David Beckstrom
b. 16 Sep 1983, Ca 4. Jonathan Mark Valantine b. 20 Apr
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Alexander Ted Beckstrom
5. Jared Dean Valantine b. 23 Sep
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1993, CA
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CHAPTER I
SAMUEL ROBINSON 1, SAMUEL 2 AND SAMUEL 3
One of the earliest renderings of the surname of Robbins was “Robynes,” which dates from the Battle of
Hastings. The Norman word for hamlet, town or village was “Bynes” and the word “Ro,” was a prefix and as such
was applied as the Scots used “Fitz” or “Mac”, the meaning being “of” or “up.” There was an early Samuel
Robins/Robinson who came to the colonies from Theddingworth, Leicester, England; he settled at Salisbury,
Massachusetts. There were other Robins/Robinsons also coming into the colonies at about this same time period.
The information I have for a Samuel Robinson 2 is meager and comes from only one source, Joseph Lee
Robinson, born 1811. Joseph Lee was a son of Nathan Robinson, born 1764. He have his ancestral line in an old
letter which was seen by A. Calvin Brewster, and who reported the same to my mother4 sometime in the 1950’s,
writing that Joseph Lee Robinson had said, “My father’s name was Nathan, his father’s name was Joseph, who was
the son of Samuel, who was the son of Samuel.”
Another son of Nathan Robinson, Ebenezer, born 1816, wrote a letter to his niece, Caroline Robinson Bliss,5
giving information dealing with their ancestry. This letter was dated in 1888. He wrote that his “father was of
English extraction, but born in New England.”6 In addition, he names some of the children of his ancestor Samuel,
saying that his [great] “grandfather had three sons, Seth, Jonathan, and Joseph.” After a thorough search of the
genealogical information of the early Robinson’s, both in Ohio and in Utah, who were descendants of Nathan
Robinson, born 1764, I can state positively that Ebenezer was the original source for these names.
Both Joseph Lee Robinson and his brother, Ebenezer, stated that their great grandfather’s name was Samuel.7
Joseph Lee referred to him as “an old sea captain.”8 In an 1888 letter written by Charles E. Robinson to one of his
Ohio relatives,9 he reported that Joseph Lee Robinson had said that his great grandfather was an “old sea captain born
about 1700.” In another source he wrote that the birth date of great grandfather Samuel was in 1660.10 He also
imparted this same information to his grandson, James Henry Wilcox.11 It is my conclusion that the name of his great
grandfather was Samuel and that his date of birth would have to have been close to the earlier date, bout 1670.
Using the information given by Ebenezer that Samuel Robinson had three sons named Seth, Jonathan and
Joseph, I made a search of the records of New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut looking for a Samuel Robinson,
born about 1670 to 1700. This Samuel should also have a father named Samuel. It would be an extra dividend if he
was a sea captain. Additionally, there should be in the same vicinity of our Joseph Robinson, a Jonathan and /or a
Seth Robinson of a close enough age to allow them to be brothers. Since Joseph Lee Robinson had referred to him as
“old,” I took this to mean that his great grandfather Samuel was an older man when he fathered Seth, Jonathan and
Joseph.
In the search for a Samuel Robinson, “sea captain,” I found the following references:
1. In the New York Colonial Manuscripts, Vol. IV:685, “Letter [PAGE 6] from the Earl of Bellomont to the
Lords of Trade,” dated Boston, 9 July 1700; the Earl wrote “I sent yesterday for Capt. Robinson, the
Master of a ship belonging to this town, who arrived here from London in the week of May…that a week
before he sail’d he met Mr. Weaver at the Sun Coffy-house behind the old Exchange…Capt. Robinson
sail’d out of the River the 21st of March;”
2. In the same collection, Vol. V:232, a letter from, “Captains Pinhethman and Marshall to Governor Hunter
of New York,” dated 2 March 1711, mentions a “Capt. Robinson, the Commander of Her Majesty’s ship
Dedford, a man of war, etc.” These are the only two references that I uncovered of a Robinson “sea
captain.” I was unable to ascertain the given name of either of the captains referred to. This could be
further pursued.
SAMUEL ROBINSON 1
Only in one location was I partially able to meet the specifications. In the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, I
found two Samuel Robinson’s in the correct time period, and with a younger Jonathan Robinson in the same general
area of my Joseph Robinson. However, there were no records of a Seth Robinson. A Samuel Robinson (1?), and his
wife Constance12 appear in the Fairfield land records13 on 6 March 1670, when they purchased from Edward Adams,
seven acres of land in “Barlow’s Plain.” This same Samuel :
1. Died in April of 1674, and the inventory of his estate was held on 9 August, 1674,14 at Fairfield.
In the Land Records of Fairfield, December 4, 1673, Abraham Adams was given by the will of his father,
Edward Adams, deceased, 10 acres of land at Barlows Plain. [This was the same Edward Adams who sold the land in
Barlow Plain to Samuel Robinson (1), in 1670.] The land was bounded on the North and West by the land of Widow
Robinson, and, also on the West, by the highway. In the actual will of Edward Adams written 4 August, 1671,
Volume 2, pages 60-61, it states, “Item I give to my son Abraham Adams ten acres of land in Barlows plaine lying
next that I gave Samll Robinson.”
SAMUEL ROBINSON 2
It is my premise that the gift of land referred to in the will of Edward Adams was not to Samuel (1) but rather,
to Samuel Robinson (2). It would have been made as a gift of inheritance to an unnamed daughter who had married
Samuel Robinson (2). As an example of this, four years after the marriage of Edward Adams’ daughter Mary, he
made just such a gift of land to her and her unnamed husband [Luke Guire] in November, 1668. I believe Edward
Adams’ gift of land was the home lot where Samuel Robinson (2) built his house.
Constance,15 the widow of Samuel Robinson (1), died at Fairfield by December 5th 1680. The Courts
Administration on “both the said deceased effects,” records that Samuel Robinson (2) was named by his parents,
Samuel (1) and Constance, as their “sole heir,” and left 1 ¼ acres at Barlows Plain.
Samuel Robinson (2) was on the land records and witnessed probate records at Fairfield beginning as early as
1680 and continuing on through 1692. However, Samuel (2) does not appear on the marriage records of Fairfield
until 20 Aug 1691, when he is married to Abigail Lockwood, (aged 17).16 They had one child, Damaris, born in 1696.
I believe that the following records will bear out my premise that this was a second marriage and that Samuel (2) had
been previously married.
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In one particular land transaction, dated 23 Day of December 1686, Samuel Robinson (2) had purchased of
Nathaniel Adams, his home lot, with housing etc, which consisted of 7 acres including the building lot of Nathaniel’s
deceased father Edward Adams. This parcel of land was bounded on the West by the highway, North on the meadow
of Abraham Adams, South with the land of Nathan Adams, on the SE and NW by the Common. As this land was
surrounded by property owned by various Adams family members, it implies that there might be some family
relationship to Samuel Robinson (2). Family property such as this was not usually sold to an unrelated individual.
At a later date, this revealing addition was added at the bottom of the foregoing document. On the 26 of Jan
1687 [four years before his marriage to Abigail Lockwood], the document reads, “…know all men whom it may
concern…whereas Samuel Robinson has bought of Nathaniel Adams his homelot, housing and lands on a deed
bearing the date 23 Dec 1686…By good causes known to me, I, Samuel Robinson, for myself and heirs…do promise
to refund to Nathaniel Adams…his lands and housings upon several condition…”
It is my conclusion that Samuel Robinson (2) was a son-in-law of Edward Adams which would make
Nathaniel Adams his brother-in-law and that his marriage to Abigail Lockwood was a second one. This conclusion is
based on the following items:
1. Certain land transactions between the Adams family members and Samuel Robinson as well as the
will of Edward Adams stating that he had given land to Samuel.
2. Robinson’s statement in the Fairfield records in December of 1686, that he has heirs, verifies that he
is already a married man with at least two children [heirs] born to him.
3. As already stated, Samuel Robinson (2) married Abigail Lockwood, 20 Aug 1691. Further evidence
that this was a 2nd marriage for Samuel (2) is that she was not born until 1674/75. This would make
her only 4 years old in 1680, when her future husband, Samuel (2), was old enough to be involved
with a land transaction.
4. Samuel (2) served as executor and administrator of several probates and was involved in land actions
beginning in the year 1684. He would have to be “of age” to participate in these actions.
5. The will of Samuel (2) was dated 2 Apr., 1698,17 which was but 2 years after the birth of his daughter.
In his will, he left his considerable estate to his young wife Abigail and their daughter Damaris.
Although no former marriage or additional children are mentioned in the will, it does not necessarily
mean that there was not an additional child or children from an earlier marriage.
6. During this period of time, it was not at all unusual, when writing a will, to omit the mention of any
children previously provided for. The purpose of the will was to insure that one’s widow and
underage children would be taken care of, that the estate would be disposed of according to one’s
desires, and that outstanding debts would be paid. It was customary during one’s lifetime to endow
some kind of inheritance upon one’s children when they either “came of age” (21 years) or married.
Therefore, it became unnecessary to mention such adult children in one’s will.
7. There was, in addition to the early land transaction, another matter which indicates that Samuel (2)
was quite a bit older than his wife. This was that Samuel (2) after making the usual statements in his
will that he is “very sick and much indisposed in body,” then continues on and makes the
[PAGE 8] remark, that he is “sound in my memory and understanding.” This was hardly the words of
a young man! This statement was usually reserved for those of a “ripe old age.”
I have been able to trace the land transactions of Samuel Robinson (2) throughout the Fairfield records and
have found evidence for his purchase of each property mentioned in his will. The properties given to his widow and
daughter were named in his will as purchased from Joseph James, Nathaniel Adams, John Cabel, Josiah Harvey,
Joseph Rowland, Cornelius Hull and Thomas Sherwood.
SAMUEL ROBINSON 3
I place Samuel Robins (3) as the father of Joseph Robinson, b.c.1728, for the following reasons:
1. Edward Adams stated in his will dated 4 August, 1671, that he gave Samuel Robinson land in
Barlows Plain. I propose that Samuel Robinson (2) had first married a daughter of Edward Adams.
2. Samuel Robinson (2), on 23 December, 1686, bought land from Nathaniel Adams and then, in and
amendment to the deed on 26 January, 1687, agreed to return the lands which he had bought of
Nathaniel Adams for “good causes Know to me…” [which I believe was a family relationship of a
Brother-in-law] and “I, Samuel Robinson for myself and heirs…” This was evidence that Samuel (2)
was a married man with children before his marriage to Abigail Lockwood. Note that Nathaniel’s
first two land actions were with his brother Nathan Adams, 18 Dec 1686, and then with Samuel
Robinson only five days later on the 23rd.
3. Finally, there is the land record in Fairfield, dated March 1697, in which Samuel Roberson bought
land from Henry Sherwood. I interpret that this Samuel Roberson was the son of Samuel Robinson
(2) by a previous marriage. In all the land transactions of Samuel Robinson (2), both on the land
records and as mentioned in his will, there was no purchase or selling of land to a Henry Sherwood.
His only Sherwood purchase was from a Thomas Sherwood.

Additionally, while search for Seth, Jonathan and Joseph Robinson in this area. I came across this
observation in “History of Fairfield County,” by Schenck.18 He was commenting about the Jonathan Robinson, b. c.
1730,19 who was residing with his family in Fairfield. Schenck said, referring to a posterity for Samuel (2), “It does
not appear that he left a son, but in the Green Hill Parish Records the following is found…” He then continues to
give the marriage dates of Jonathan Robinson to his tow wives20 and of his children.21 When I read his observation, I
surmised that Mr. Schenck had also noted the age difference between Samuel (2) and his young wife and had come to
the same conclusion as I had concerning an earlier marriage for him. While Schenck doesn’t identify any children
from this earlier marriage, the implication is that Jonathan was a strong candidate for a descendant of Samuel (2).
Accordingly, my Samuel (3), would be of an appropriate age to have fathered Jonathan Robinson/Roberson, b. c.