CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, eldest son, lived at "Hewick", near Urbanna, Middlesex county, served for many years in the Legislature. He was born about 1705, and died July 18, 1768. His will names son Christopher, wife Sarah, daus. Mary and Betty.
Issue by first wife, Mary Berkeley, daughter of Col. Edmond Berkeley, of "Barn Elms", Middlesex County:
1. Mary, died 1775.
2. Judith, died 1757, married Carter Braxton, signer of the Declaration of Independence and had issue (1) Mary Robinson Braxton who married Robert Page of Hanover. They had issue Judith Page who married Brooke and had Walter Brooke (U.S. Senator from Miss.) (2) Judith, who married John White of King William, son of Rev. Alexander White, and they had Judith who married Judge William Brockenbrough, and had Sarah Jane who married Edward Colston (chart). Carter Braxton married, secondly, Miss Corbin, of "Laneville", King William County, and had Carter, Corbin, John Tayloe and William Braxton.
3. Lucy, dau. of Christopher and Mary Robinson, died March. 7, 1737.
Christopher married Sarah Wormeley on 4 May 1752 in Middlesex, Virginia.[1]
Issue by second wife, Sarah Wormeley, daughter of John Wormeley, of "Rosegill", who survived her husband. Her will was dated Dec. 6, 1771, proved February 26, 1772, and names daughter Elizabeth and son Christopher.
4. Christopher, eldest son, died unmarried in 1775; made his will 1775, which was proved in 1784. Leaves all his property to his sister Elizabeth.
5. Elizabeth, inherited "Hewick", married on May 18, 1782, William Steptoe (chart and parish register) and had (1) Elizabeth who married Allen Christian. Issue: Mary married Fitzhugh, William, Elizabeth m. Huntington, Martha (2) Sallie Steptoe married Philip Grymes, second William Burke, who had a daughter who married Perkins. (3) Martha married James Stamper, and then George Heale and then Boulware. (4) Thomas (5) James, (6) George, (7) Walter.
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