Thomas Robinson (1714 - 1766)

Born 28 Apr 1714 in Dolphin's Barn near Dublin, Ireland

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Died 17 Aug 1766 at age 52 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Thomas was a Friend (Quaker)

Thomas Robinson was born into a Quaker family in Dublin, Ireland in 1714. He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1738. His removal certificate from the Dublin meeting records that:

he had been observed deficient at times in bearing the cross in deportment and single language according to our Principle, but having been tenderly admonished we hope he will be more circumspect in those respects for the future.

In his biographical profile of Judge Richard Peters, who married Col. Thomas Robinson's daughter, Sarah Robinson, John Jordan gives a brief sketch of the Robinson family:

Judge Peters married Sarah Robinson, daughter of Thomas Robinson, a wealthy shipping merchant of Colonial Philadelphia and one of the [signers of the] non-importation resolution of October 25, 1765. Mr. Robinson was the owner of large estates lying just over the Delaware State line, and his home (still standing and occupied) was at Naaman's Creek (Claymont) Delaware. . . .

Mrs. [Sarah Robinson] Peters was one of the celebrated beauties of her day, and her sister, Mary Robinson, married General Anthony Wayne."

Thomas Robinson passed away in 1766.

Sources

• Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11M-11%2F0101&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F3021 : accessed 06 November 2021), birth of Thomas Robinson in Dolphin's Barn near Dublin on 28d 2mo (Apr) 1714, father: Abraham, mother: Jane; citing Dublin MM Family lists 1655-1699, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.

• "Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Migration Records"
  Archive: Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives; Reference: MM II K1
  FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 6 November 2021)
  First name(s): Thomas; Last name: Robinson; Denomination: Quaker; County: Dublin; Country: Ireland; Meeting: Dublin; Origin meeting name: Dublin; Migration date: 11/02/1738; Destination meeting name: Phyladelphia or Elsewhere in America; Register type: Removals; Description: Dublin MM certificates of removals. 1682-1784.

• Col. Thomas Robinson (1714 - 1766) - Geni.com

• HISTORY OF THE ROBINSON FAMILY, PENROSE BRANCH EYRE BRANCH and ADAMS BRANCH By Thos. A. Robinson Philadelphia 1897 9 pages (Copy in possession of Abigail (Allis) Hurlbut)

• Mason Family Tree

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75732481/person/410056442746/facts?_phsrc=FEx180&_phstart=successSource

• Black, Nellie Peters. Richard Peters (1810 - 1889): His Ancestors and Descendants (Atlanta: Foote & Davies, 1904). See Third Generation, Sarah Robinson, p. 117, is mentioned as daughter of Thomas Robinson and Sarah Sharp Mason of Naamans Creek, Delaware.
• Jordan, John W. et al. Richard Peters Family - Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography: Illustrated (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Vol. XIII, p. 254 - Hathi Trust, gives a brief sketch of Sarah (Robinson) Peters and her family.
• Col. Thomas Robinson's House, Naaman's Road at Philadelphia Pike (Route 13), Naaman, New Castle County, Delaware - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection
• Robinson House (Claymont, Delaware) - Wikipedia
• Naamans Creek, Delaware - Wikipedia