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• Name: John ROBINSON
• Sex: M
• Birth: Abt 9 Feb 1611/2 in Meppershall, Bedford, England ^b
• Baptism: 9 Feb 1611/2 in Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England ^c
• Death: 21 Oct 1675 in Exeter, Massachusetts ^d


Parents:

• Father:
  
• John ROBINSON Birth: Abt 1580 Death: Abt 4 Nov 1627 in Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England
Mother:

• Katherine EDEN Birth: Abt 1583 Death: Before 1646

Family:
Marriage:

• Elizabeth PEMBERTON on Abt 1640 .^m1
  
• Elizabeth PEMBERTON Birth: Abt 1623 in England Death: After 6 Dec 1678 in Exeter, New Hampshire

Children:

1. John ROBINSON Birth: 1641 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Death: 1641 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
2. John ROBINSON Birth: 1642 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Death: 1642 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
3. Jonathan ROBINSON Birth: 16 May 1645 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Death: Abt 1732 in Exeter, New Hampshire
4. Sarah ROBINSON Birth: 8 Jan 1647 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Death: 15 May 1648 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
5. David ROBINSON Birth: 6 Mar 1649 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Death: Exeter, New Hampshire
6. Elizabeth ROBINSON Birth: 7 Mar 1651/2 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Death: 15 Apr 1715 in Hampton, New Hampshire
7. (Unk Dau) ROBINSON
8. Hannah ROBINSON

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

abt 1616 [Ref: Durrell Memoirs-1933 p283, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p1]

age 45 in 1661 [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON John]

bp 9 Feb 1611/12 [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON-Ancestry p148]

bp 9 Feb 1611/2 [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17],

place:

[Ref: Noyes ROBINSON John, Richardson ROBINSON p17, Richardson ROBINSON-Ancestry p148, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p1]

England [Ref: Durrell Memoirs-1933 p283],

parents:

[Ref: Richardson ROBINSON-Ancestry p148, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p1]

John ROBINSON & Katherine ___ [Ref: IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1],

father:

[Ref: Durrell Memoirs-1933 p283, Noyes ROBINSON John, Richardson ROBINSON p17]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

date:

abt 1616 [Ref: IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1]

Sources for baptism Information

date:

[Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17, Richardson ROBINSON-Ancestry p148],

place:

[Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17, Richardson ROBINSON-Ancestry p148]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: ExeterNH vitals p7, IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p3],

place:

[Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p18]

on road from Hampton to Exeter [Ref: Durrell Memoirs-1933 p283, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p3]

Sources with Inaccurate death Information

date:

10 Nov 1675 [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON John, Richardson ROBINSON p18]

10 Sep 1675 [Ref: RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84, RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105, RobinsonHH Warrington p285, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

10th day of 9th month 1675 [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p107]

9 Sep 1675 [Ref: Durrell Memoirs-1933 p283]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth PEMBERTON

date:

abt 1639 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p630]

abt 1640 [Ref: IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p2]

by 1641 [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

by Dec 1641 [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON-Ancestry p148]

first son born in 1641 [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105]

names appear together on a deed 9 Feb 1661 [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320],

names:

John ROBINSON & Elizabeth TRICKLEY [Ref: IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4]

John ROBINSON & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17, Richardson ROBINSON p18, RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84, RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p2, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320, Torrey NE<1700 p630],

child:

[Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p18, RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p2, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

children:

Stephen, John, and Christopher ROBINSON [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Research Notes:
c1635: emigrated to America [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p1]

blacksmith [Ref: Durrell Memoirs-1933 p283, Noyes ROBINSON John, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

blacksmith in Haverhill, but deeds of 1654 and 1657 call him a Planter [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

came first to Newbury, then soon to Haverhill [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON John]

1640: name appears on a list of 12 Newbury men who stated their intentions to shortly settle at Haverhill [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1640: in Newbury, to which place he had, without doubt, come in his "small vessel over a stormy sea, and with scant knowledge of that day" [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105]

1640: recorded that he purchased land in Scituate, with Francis Crocker, but did not move there [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105]

first to settle in Haverhill, Mass [Ref: RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

among the twelve men who first settled Haverhill (Pentucket) [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p2]

1640: on town books of Haverhill [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105]

1644: purchased a home in Haverhill, MA, from Joseph Merry and evidently took up residence in Haverhill at that time [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

1644: bought a house from Joseph Merry; sold in 1651 [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON John]

Dec 22 1644: bought a house and lot of Joseph Merry?Merrie, which he conveyed to Daniel Hendrick of Newbury in 1645. Both conveyances were acknowledged at Court at Salisbury 12(2)1654 [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p2]

1645: listd as one of "thirty-two landholders" in Haverhill [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Apr 1649: freeman [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

1649: served on the jury of trials held at Salisbury [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

1649: Daniel Lad bought 6 acres of accommodation of him which the town of Haverhill had granted [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p106, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1650: left a legacy by father [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON John]

17 (8) 1650: granted power of attorney to Robert Pike of Salisbury to receive a certain legacy given him by his father John Robinson of Mapursall in Countie of Bedford [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p2]

17 (8) 1650, John Robinson of Haverhill in N.E. granted a lettre of Attur to Robt Pike Salisbury in N.E.; to receive a certain legacie given him by John Robinson of Mapursall in Countie of Bedford Blacksmith his father and of the receipt to give acquittance &c, wth power to substitute &c, ratifying &c [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p16]

1650: name heads the list of 43 freemen subscribed themselves "in favor of the project of laying out the bounds of the plantation" [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1651: headed the list of men chosen for the "project of laying out the bounds of the plantation" and the way was laid out by them from Haverhill to Exeter [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105]

between 1640 and 1680, name appears as one of the first settlers of Exeter [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

(undated) allowed by the court to keep a ferry at Exeter, and to have a penny for a passage [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1651: sold house purchased in 1644 from Joseph Merry; moved to Exeter [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON John]

1651: bought a dwelling house and land in Exeter [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p106, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Aug 5 1651: sold to Thomas Lilfurth of Haverhill "my accommodation in Haverhill, viz 10 acres to my houselot, 6 acres of which were given to me by the town". Deed was acknowledged in Court in Salisbury on 9 Feb 1661 [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p106, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Aug 1651: sold his house lot in Haverhill to Thomas Lilfurth, and moved to Exeter, NH [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

Feb 1651/2: purchased a house and land in Exeter, NH [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

1651/2: bought from Edward Gilman a house formerly Mr Pormont's [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON John]

Apr 20 1652: listed in town books of Exeter [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Oct 23 1652: chosen "as one of the overseers of work on the meeting house" [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Oct 1652: oversaw the work on the new Exeter meeting house [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

Oct 23 1652: chosen as one of the overseers of work on the meeting house [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p106]

1653: served on the jury of trials held at Salisbury [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

Feb 12 1653: served on the grand jury held at Salisbury [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1653: served as selectman of Exeter [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

Oct 1653: chosen and sworn clerk of the market for Exeter [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

Feb 11 1654: served on a trial jury at Salisbury [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1654: held some property "including land granted me by Exeter" of James Wall of Hampden, and sold the same to Henry Robie [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p106, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1654: bought a dwelling house and land in Exeter from Edward Gyllman [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p106]

1655: bought of Joseph Merrie, of Hapton, "A dwelling house with 25 acres of land, etc" [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Mar 4 1655: bought of Joseph Merrie of Hampton a "dwelling house with 25 acres of land lying unto ye fall's river, bounded by Mr. Stanian's ground lying in Northward side, and Robert Tuck on the Southward side" [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p106]

1657: moved to Exeter [Ref: RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1660: sold some land in Exeter to John Ffulsham [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p106, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1661: served as selectman of Exeter [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

Oct 16 1664: on a committee to lay out highways "where they should judge convenient" [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p106, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1664-68: one of the grand jury held at Salisbury [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1666-7: served as selectman for Exeter [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

1667: sold to Samuel Leavitt a dwelling house and barn and 7 acres of land in Exeter "by the falls" [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p106, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1667: sold to Samuel Leavitt 7 acres at Fort Hill by the falls [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON John]

1667: served on a trial jury at Salisbury [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1668: was on the committee to end small claims [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1673: served as selectman for Exeter [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p17]

1674: one of the grand jury held at Salisbury [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Feb 24 1674: last recorded sale, sold his dwelling to Moses Gillman of Exeter; deed entered 24 Jun 1675 [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Feb 24 1674: sold to Moses Gillman of Exeter "the dwelling house I bought of Edward Gylman which was sometime Mr. Permit's with the houselot and other lands" [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p106]

1674: sold to Moses Gilman the house he bought from Edward Gilman in 1651 [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON John]

Sep 1675: killed by Indians in ambush [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Oct 21 1675: killed by Indians in Ambush while on the road leading from Hampton to his home in Exeter [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p3]

Nov 10 1675: shot and killed by Indians [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p18]

A party of Indians made a descent upon Oyster Rover (now Durham), Mass, and killed four people, besides burning two houses. The Indians then proceeded to the neighboring town of Exeter, where three of them placed themselves in ambush on the road leading to Hampton. Soon afterward, John Robinson and his son appeared on their way to the latter town. The father, according to tradition, was carrying a warming pan. The Indians fired from their lurking place and shot the elder Robinson dead. They pursued the son into a swamp but failed to catch him, and he reached Hampton about midnight and gave the alarm. [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

May 30 1676: adm granted to widow Elizabeth and son David [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON John, Richardson ROBINSON p18]

wife, named Elizabeth, appears as co-administrator of his will, with his youngest son David [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Apr 6 1677: administrators rendered an account of the estate to the court [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p18]

Dec 6 1678: administrators executed a deed to 20 acres of land in Exeter to John Sinkler [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p18]

will probated 7 Jul 1749; inventory of estate states that he died 10th day of 9th month 1675. Elizabeth Robinson and David were appointed joint administrators of the estate in 1676, the estate to remain in the hands of the administrators during the life of the widow Robinson and then to be divided amongst the children according to law. [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p107]

inventory of his estate in Norfolk Co Records at Salem, Book 3 page 2 [Ref: RobinsonHH Warrington p285]

inventory of his estate is on record at Salem; wife Elizabeth and son David administered upon the estate, which was submitted to the court held at Hampton Falls, NH, in 1676 [Ref: RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84]

administration of the estate was made 30 May 1676; on 6 Apr 1677 an account was rendered by his widow, Elizabeth, and his son, David. On 10 Apr 1677 an order of the court directed David Robinson, joint administrator with his mother of the estate of John Robinson of Exeter, to divide the estate after her death among the surviving children [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p3]

----- Power of Attorney, printed in Boston Commissioners Reports, vol 32, p328:
17 (8) 1650. John Robinson of Haverhill in New England Granted a tre Attur to Robert Pike Salisbury in New England to receive a certaine legacie given him by John Robinson of 'Mapursall in Countie of Bedford Blacksmith his father and of the receipt to give acquittance &c wth power to substitute &c ratifying &c [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p2]



Pedigree of John ROBINSON
 /-----John ROBINSON
John ROBINSON
|         /-----Henry EDEN
 \-----Katherine EDEN
          \-----Mary (EDEN)



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