William Robinson (abt. 1634 - bef. 1696)

Born about 1634 in London St Helen Bishopsgate, Middlesex, England

Husband of Susannah (Tully) Robinson — married about 1660 in Lower Norfolk County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died before Mar 1696 before about age 62 in Princess Anne County, Colony of Virginia

Biography

William Robinson is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

William Robinson was a Virginia colonist.

William Robinson^[1] was born about 1634 in London, England. He is believed to be the second child and oldest son of William and Elizabeth Robinson.

He immigrated to the Virginia Colony about 1651 with his family. He and his father, William Robinson, Sr., are named as headrights of George Kemp on 28 April 1652.

• George Kemp, 400 acs. in Lynhaven Parish, Low. Norf. Co., 28 Apr. 1652, p. 24.... Trans. of 8 pers: Dorothy Wincock, Peter Joice, Jon. Blunt, Natha. Givvs, Wm. Robinson, Senr., Wm. Robinson, Junr., Sarah Robinson, Danll. Makey.^[2]

In March 1652, William Robinson, Sr., was granted 500 acres in Lower Norfolk County.^[2] This property was located in Lynhaven Parish near the family of William Moseley, close friends of the Robinson family.

About 1657 William married Elizabeth (Susannah) Tully and in 1672 he was commissioned a Captain in the colonial militia. From about 1660 William served as court Commissioner and magistrate in Lower Norfolk County.^[3]

William Robinson served in the Virginia House of Burgesses from Lower Norfolk County in 1684, 1685-86; from Norfolk County in 1691-1692. He was elected to serve in 1695 but died before taking office.^{[4] [5]}

William's will was dated 16 April 1695 and entered for probate on 4 March 1695/6 in Princess Anne County, Virginia.^[6] In the will he bequeaths:^[3]

• life estate of his plantation to son Tully Robinson, remainder to grandson William Robinson, son of Tully.
• William Robinson, 200 acres
• William Smith, 150 acres
• Tully Robinson, lot and house in Norfolk
• William Thoroughgood, 200 acres
• Elizabeth & George Smith, personal goods
• Benjamin Robinson, 6 large plate buttons for a coat

Note on Counties

• New Norfolk County formed from Elizabeth City - 1636
• Lower Norfolk from New Norfolk - 1637
• Norfolk from Lower Norfolk - 1691
• Princess Ann from Lower Norfolk -1691
  • Lower Norfolk ceases to exist

Sources

1. ↑ Robinson, William - A6711; died 1695 Norfolk Co.; Lower Norfolk Co.: 1684, 1685-86, 1691-92, 1695-96 (Burgess). accessed 21 October 2021
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Pates 239, 274
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Capt. William Robinson
4. ↑ McIlwaine, H. R. and J. P. Kennedy, Editors. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia. 13 Volumes. Richmond, Virginia, 1905-1915. Editors: vols. 1-9, H. R. McIlwaine; v. 10-13, J. P. Kennedy. Vol. 2, Pages xi, xii, xiv, 193, 195, 235 ff
5. ↑ Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Colonial Virginia Register. Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. 1902. Page 85
6. ↑ The Descendants of William Moseley 1605/1606 - 1655 of Norfolk, Va., compiled by Leila Eldridge D'Aiutolo, et al, 2000, Volume 1, pages 46, 80.