John Robinson Identites

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: New England
Surname/tag: Robinson

The underlying reason behind the study in this essay, is to identify the parents and beginning history of John Robinson (bef.1645-bef.1727), husband of Dorothy Perkins of Topsfield, MA. Extensive searches have been tirelessly conducted to find hints regarding his parents and where he may have been born, but the results were fruitless and clearly revealed that a different approach would be needed to find any useful genealogical information regarding this particular John Robinson. So this study was kicked off based on the idea that it may be possible to identify his roots using a process of elimination, that is to say there just weren't that many John Robinsons living in New England on or before his marriage to Dorothy Perkins in 1661. Therefore it may be possible to gather information on all of the John Robinsons living in New England during this period and by looking at the data from perspective of evaluating ALL John Robinsons of this place and time, it should be more deterministic to place source information with the correct John Robinson Identity. The first step is to identify, to the extent possible, every John Robinson identity living in New England in the seventeeth century, and to establish as much vital data for each identity as presently possible. The second step is then to gather generic John Robinson source data and evaluate whether the source has been placed or unplaced; if it has been placed evaluate whether it has been correctly placed, and if unplaced evaluate wh

17th Century John Robinsons

The first stop in looking to build a complete data base of seventeenth century John Robinson identities is Torrey's New England Marriages prior to 1700:

1. ) New England Marriages to 1700; Vol 2 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Torrey's NE marriages to 1700; page 1286 12 John Robinson marriages on page 1286
   1. ) John Robinson (bef.1611-abt.1675) and Ellen or Elizabeth ____ by 1641, ca. 1639 of Newbury, Haverhill, Exeter NH, Dover NH.
   2. ) John Robinson (1641-1678) and Sarah Mason, 16 Oct 1665 at Salem Mass.
   3. ) John Robinson (1640-1714) and Elizabeth Weeks mid-May 1667 at Barnstable, Mass. moved to Conn.
   4. ) John Robinson (bef.1645-bef.1727) and Dorothy Perkins, by 1668 at Topsfield, MA.
   5. ) John Robinson (1654-abt.1734) and Jeanne ____ ca 1675/80 Oyster bay LI, Hempstead LI
   6. ) John Robinson (bef.1662-) and Eunice or Anis ____ by 1683 at Boston.
   7. ) John Robinson (1661-1694) and Mary White by 1688 at Boston
   8. ) John Robinson (bef.1669-) and Susanna ____ by 1690 at Newbury
   9. ) John Robinson (bef.1671-) and Hannah Harper 1690/92 Barnstable, MA {Duplicate of John Robinson (1671-1745)???}
   10. ) John Robinson Jr. (1673-) and Margaret Woodwell 18 June 1694 Topsfield, MA
   11. ) John Robinson (1668-1751) and Judith (Cooper) Robinson (1673-1750) 10 Jan 1698 Rehoboth, MA
   12. ) John Robinson (1671-1749) and Mehitable Stanyan by 1701 at Exeter, NH

Observation: John Robinson #2, 6, 8, and 9 had not been entered into Wikitree database prior to the start of this study, but subsequently have been assigned a Wikitree profile.

17th Century New England John Robinson Identities

The next stop is to search and catalog all Wikitree 17th Century John Robinson identities having New England connections, the result is as follows:

1. ) Robinson-4735: John Robinson (bef.1611-abt.1675), son of John Robinson and husband of Elizabeth Pemberton, m. 1640 at Newburyport,
2. ) Robinson-57777: John Robinson (1632-), son of Thomas Robinson (abt.1607-aft.1665) of Boston. Marriage uncertain.
3. ) Robinson-1184: John Robinson (1640-1714), son of Isaac Robinson (1610-1704), married Elizabeth (Weeks) Robinson (abt.1647-1688)
4. ) Robinson-9354: John Robinson (1641-1641) died as an infant.
5. ) Robinson-4039: John Robinson (1641-1678), son of William Robinson (abt.1605-bef.1678) and husband of Sarah Mason.
6. ) Robinson-9355: John Robinson (1642-1642) died as an infant.
7. ) Robinson-40635: John Robinson (bef.1645-bef.1727), son of unknown and husband of Dorothy (Perkins) Robinson (abt.1640-aft.1731).
8. ) Robinson-9010: John Robinson (1654-abt.1734), son of unknown and husband of Jeane Unknown (abt.1655-)
9. ) Robinson-10947: John Robinson (1655-), son of John Robinson (bef.1611-abt.1675), No Sources, bit of a rogue profile--no sources.
10. ) Robinson-4188: John Robinson (1661-1694), son of George Robinson (bef.1635-abt.1668), and husband of Mary White.
11. ) Robinson-11073: John Robinson (1668-1751), son of George Robinson (abt.1626-1699), and husband of Judith (Cooper) Robinson (1673-1750) of Rehoboth, MA
12. ) Robinson-2521: John Robinson (1668-1726), son of John Robinson (1640-1714) and Elizabeth (Weeks) Robinson (abt.1647-1688), and husband of Mary (Lumbert) Abbott (1697-1778) of Falmouth, Rehoboth, and Barnstable, MA
13. ) Robinson-14052: John Robinson (1671-1734), son of ??? and husband of Elizabeth Meadup (1675-) of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, MA.
14. ) Robinson-9463: John Robinson (1671-1745), son of Samuel Robinson (abt.1640-1718) and Mary (Baker) Robinson (1641-1714) and husband of Hannah (Wiswall) Robinson (1682-1722) of Dorchester, MA and then Lebanon, CT
15. ) Robinson-11338: John Robinson (1675-1742), son of James Robinson (abt.1643-1694) and Mary (Alcott) Robinson (1644-1718), no wife, of Dorchester, MA then Lebanon, CT. May be conflated with Robinson-9463
16. ) Robinson-9347: John Robinson (1671-1749), son of Jonathan Robinson (1645-1727), and husband of Mehitable (Stanyan) Robinson (1676-1749)
17. ) Robinson-40638: John Robinson Jr. (1673-), son of John Robinson (bef.1645-bef.1727) and Dorothy (Perkins) Robinson (abt.1640-aft.1731), and husband of Margaret (Woodwell) Robinson (1671-)

Unplaced source material

1. ) Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) 1847 Volume 1 Scotch Prisoners sent to Massachusetts in 1652, by order of the English Government; page 378. John Robinson a passenger on the John and Sarah 13 May 1652, Scottish prisoner prisoners sent to Massachusetts via Barbadoes
2. ) Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) page 260: Thomas Tolman will names son-in-law John Robinson as co-executor of 8 Sept 1718 Suffolk MA will.
3. ) Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). page 58 John Robinson and Elizabeth Weeks Married about ye Middle of May 1667.