Thomas
Robinson
Born about in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Silence (Boyse) Robinson
— married
8 Dec 1630 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Husband of
Mary (Cogan) Robinson
— married
10 Jan 1653 in Boston, Massachusetts
Husband of
Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) Robinson
— married
after 26 Oct 1661 in Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Josiah Robinson, Samuel Robinson, Ephraim Robinson, Thomas Robinson, James Robinson, Joseph Robinson and Mary (Robinson) Green
Died after
after about age 58
in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
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| Thomas Robinson migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 286) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm |
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Disputed
- Thomas Robinson, Mariner Thomas Robinson was a mariner, he sold the ship "Speedwell," in which many emigrants came to this country, to Thomas Witherly of Southwark, county Surrey, July 27, 1640.[1]
- The Thomas Robinson, who sold the "Speedwell" is treated as a separate person by Anderson's Great Migration Directory.[2]
- Parents: Rev. John Robinson and Bridget (White). There is no indication that he was their son. They didn't have a known son named Thomas
- Wife Margaret and child Jane: Jane Robinson of Thomas & Margaret Robinson was born 16th -- 7th month 1646.[3][4]
- Thomas was married to Silence in 1646, so this cannot be his child, and Margaret was not his wife.
- Ephraim. Alleged child of Thomas & Margaret, Ephraim d. at Boston 22 Sep 1661[5] Ephraim of Thomas Robinson died 22 Sep 1661 Boston.[6]
- Given the fact that there is more than one Thomas Robinson in the vicinity of Boston, and that a different Thomas was married to Margaret, there is not enough information on Ephraim to prove that he was the son of this Thomas. He died before the known wills. Was he son of this Thomas and 1st wife Silence or a different Thomas and Margaret, or some other parents completely?
- Josiah. Not 100% positive since birth not recorded. But a good possibility See below.
Biography
Birth: Thomas Robinson, was born about 1610 in England. The date is based on his marriage in 1630. The place is assumed from that marriage also. His parents are not known.
- Marriage One: Thomas married Silence Boyse, daughter of Rev. John Boyse, 8 Dec 1630 in Halifax, England.[7]
- Three known children were baptized at Halifax.
- 1. 2 Sep 1632 John son of Thomas Robinson Hallif. baptized[7]
- 2. 1 Jan 1634/5 Samuel son of Thomas Robinson Hallif. baptized[7] The will of Samuel Robinson of Boston in New England, merchant, was dated 13 Jan 1661/2 and proved 20 April 1664. "To my honored father Thomas Robinson, ... To my brothers Thomas James and Joseph and to my sister Mary Robinson... I appoint my honored father and my brother John Robinson executors....[8]
- 3. 1 Jun 1635 James son of Thomas Robinson Hallif. baptized[7]
- Did they have unrecorded children after their arrival? Ephraim?
- Josiah: Alleged child of Thomas & Margaret (the mistaken first wife). Josiah Robinson, apprentice to Mr Joseph Rocke, died in Boston 17 April 1660.[9] There is no known birth/baptismal record and Josiah died before the known wills of Samuel and Thomas. Joseph Rocke, a merchant, was married to Elizabeth Coggan sister of Thomas's second wife Mary.
- Selene Robinson, wife of Thomas, joined the Roxbury Church in 1638. Her husband never joined.[10]
- She acknowledge a deed April 1651[11]
Thomas and family immigrated to New England in 1636. Thomas was granted twelve acres in Roxbury in the first division and another tweve acres of third division. He sold this land to John Weld of Roxbury 11 November 1662 (recorded 5 Dec 1662)[12]
30 April 1651 Thomas Robinson of Scittuate of New Plymouth in New England in America yeoman... For consideration of 33 pounds sold to Joseph Shaw and William Richards, planters of Weymouth, a parcel of upland and the mash that went with it called Springfeild in Scituate of 90 acres. He also promised that his wife Silence would yield up her Right in the thirds of said land. Which she did on the last of April 1651. Interestingly Joseph sold his 45 acres the same day and William Richards sold his 45 acres the following October.[11]
- Marriage Two: Thomas Robinson of Scituate was married to Mary Woodey, widow 10:11:52 (10 Jan 1652 [/3?])[13][5] Mary was the daughter of John Cogan.[5] She died in Boston 26 Oct 1661.[12]
- Children of Thomas Robinson and Mary Cogan: [5]
- 4. Thomas Robinson. Baptized on 5 March 1654/5 at Scituate, Massachusetts. 5 Mar 1653[14]
- 5. James Robinson. Born on 1 March 1654/55 in Boston; baptized on 18 March 1654/5 at the First Church of Boston.
- 6. Joseph Robinson. Baptized on 8 March 1656[14] (1656/7) at the Second Church of Scituate. Married Sarah Unknown.
- 7. Mary Robinson. Baptized on 28 February 1657/8 at Scituate. Died soon after.[14]
- 8. Mary Robinson bpt. Scituate 6 Nov 1659[14]
- Marriage Three: Elizabeth, widow of Richard Sherman, who was mentioned in his will (dated 17 March 1665/6, probated 27 April 166[6?]. "Though my wife hath not carryed her selfe as a wife should have towards me, but Contrary to the Law of God & Man hath withdrawne her selfe from Living with mee as she ought to Doe" He left her £10.[5] Her will dated 21 Aug 1666 and proved 16 Nov 1667 mentions her former husband Richard Sherman[15]
Will
Thomas Robinson 17 March 1665. -After debts and funeral expenses, goods & Chattels in Boston to his children Thomas, James, Joseph & Mary Robinson. Son John Robinson (supposed to be in England), Mr. Peter Oliver, Thomas Buttolph Senior & My Brother Mr. Joseph Rocke appointed execs. ... "Though my wife hath not carryed her selfe as a wife should have towards me, but Contrary to the Law of God & Man hath withdrawne her selfe from Living with mee as she ought to Doe" He left her £10, if she would accept it. Inventory 23 March 1665/6[16] 9 Oct 1667 Mr Peter Oliver and Mr Joseph Rocke, executors to the last will and testament of the late Thomas Robinson, gave permission to sell the old house of Thomas Robinson, in order to pay the debts which were not covered by the movable estate.[17]
Sources
- ↑ Descendants of Thomas Robinson Generation One
- ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration Directory (The). Immigrants to New Englnad, 1620-1640. A Concise Compendium. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. p. 286
- ↑ Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. p. 24
- ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21073/165/426677155 Vol. 9 p. 165
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 111 no. 1 (January 1957):5-18. Early Cogans English and American, by George E. McCracken F.A.S.G. (cont. from vol. 110, p. 276).
- ↑ Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. p. 81https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1646/i/30233/81/723601208
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Rev. Peter Prudden, Pastor and Founder of Milford, Connecticut, and his English Ancestry; The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol. 16: page 10.
- ↑ "Genealogical Gleanings in England" New England Historical and Genealogical Register 47:406
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT:
- ↑ Great Migration Newsletter. Vol 6 p. 24.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Plymouth Colony Deeds" The Mayflower Descendant. 1:93-95 (1899)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Elizabeth (---) Cutter of Cambridge, Mass. The American Genealogist 74:297 (1999)
- ↑ "Early Records of Boston." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 10:223
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909
- ↑ Sherman, Thomas Townsend. Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: Some Descendants of the Immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendents of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman. (1920) p. 112
- ↑ Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts. Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County); Probate Place: Suffolk, Massachusetts Notes : Probate Records, Vol 1-4, 1628-1667. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
- ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (William White, Boston, 1853-) Vol IV pt 2. 1661-1674. [https://archive.org/stream/recordsofgoverno42mass#page/352/mode/2up/search/Rocke p. 353
- Acknowledgements (contributors):
- Cleanup and sourcing by Joe Cochoit in October 2016.
- This person was created through the import of 2011-05-03 Family Tree_2011-05-24.ged on 25 May 2011.
- Alan MacLeod, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Alan and others.
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- book with image for marriage of Thos. Robinson and Mary Woodey:
It didn't look like there was a source beside son James either so here is the specific image:
I know that the Massachusetts register is cited but since it is a protected profile I couldn't see if it was specific to Boston or if there are images available so I will only leave these two for now in case it is redundant. Cheers! Becky
And if you're interested I can add you or the Puritan Migration Project if they also have a Project profile, as manager ?
Just let me know what you think is best or prefer ;)
Greets,
Bea
ps: and yes some of the children probably are connected to the wrong mother as well eeh.
So I think it's best if we 'correct' his (this Thomas's) place of Birth, mark the parents as uncertain and merge the duplicate, which according the info and sources added at both profiles they are ?
I think they probably are duplicates, but indeed it needs some research, the wifes (Mary Cogan) were duplicates as well, so those are merged now.
What I'm wondering about is if Thomas really was a son of John Robinson and Bridget White ? Which probably is why this Thomas now has Leiden for place of Birth, according his Bio it was England before and he was imported without parents...so I would like to set them as unmerged match for now and look for some sources and more info if that's ok ?
Greets from the Netherlands,
Bea