Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Jonathan ROBINSON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 16 May 1645 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts b
  • Death: Abt 1732 in Exeter, New Hampshire d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John ROBINSON Birth: Abt 9 Feb 1611/2 in Meppershall, Bedford, England Death: 21 Oct 1675 in Exeter, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Elizabeth PEMBERTON Birth: Abt 1623 in England Death: After 6 Dec 1678 in Exeter, New Hampshire

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John ROBINSON Birth: 7 Sep 1671 in Exeter, Massachusetts (Now New Hampshire) Death: Before 22 Aug 1755
  2. Sarah ROBINSON Birth: 29 Oct 1673 in Exeter, Massachusetts
  3. Esther ROBINSON Birth: 12 Aug 1677 in Exeter, Massachusetts
  4. Elizabeth ROBINSON Birth: 6 Sep 1679 in Exeter, Massachusetts
  5. Jonathan ROBINSON Birth: 9 Jul 1681 in Exeter, New Hampshire Death: Abt 1758
  6. David ROBINSON Birth: 28 Jul 1684 in Exeter, New Hampshire Death: After 1767 in Stratham, New Hampshire
  7. James ROBINSON Birth: 7 Dec 1686 in Exeter, New Hampshire Death: 27 Dec 1769 in Stratham, New Hampshire
  8. Joseph ROBINSON Birth: 1 May 1690 in Exeter, New Hampshire Death: After 16 Aug 1776 in Nottingham, New Hampshire

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Durrell, Harold Clarke, Memoirs of Deceased Members of the New England Historical Genealogical Society. NEHGR Jul 1933. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Durrell Memoirs-1933 p[0-9]*].
  2. Exeter NH Town Clerk, Records of Births, marriages and deaths, 1657-1919. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1952. 1657-1869, LDS Film#0015785 Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005511165 images 1-90. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ExeterNH vitals p[0-9]*].
  3. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910. M-LH #PS86. Available at http://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofha02have Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HaverhillMA vitals p[0-9]*].
  4. Iowa Historical Society, Robinson family genealogical data 1614-c1900: lineage of Mrs A. L. Kout, SLC: GeneSocUT, 1977. LDS Film#1018892#4. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007951540 images 466-467. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p[0-9]*].
  5. Vital Records of New Hampshire to 1850. Robinson family records, LDS Film#1001034. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: NH vitals 1001034].
  6. Noyes, Sybil, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1972. M-LH. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/84933. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Noyes [a-zA-Z ]*].
  7. Richardson, Douglas, John Robinson (1612-1675) of Newbury Haverhill and Exeter, TAG vol 55, no 1, Jan 1979, pp16-8. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p[0-9]*].
  8. Robinson, Charles Edson, Historical Sketch of the Robinsons, Early Immigrants to America. In Robinson Family Genealogical and Historical Association, First Series, NY: association, 1902. NEHGS CS71/R66/1902 1st series. Available at http://archive.org/details/robinsonstheirki17robi (pdf pages 71-108). Information from this source tagged as [Ref: RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p[0-9]*].
  9. Robinson, Mrs Harriet H, John Robinson of Exeter and some of his Descendants, In Robinson Family Genealogy and Historical Association, The Robinson and Their Kin Folk, Third Series, pp99-123. New York: Robinson Family Association, 1906. NEHGS CS71/R66/1904-6. Available at http://archive.org/details/robinsonstheirki17robi (pdf pages 319-343). Information from this source tagged as [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p[0-9]*].
  10. Robinson, Mrs Harriet H, William S Robinson ("Warrington"), NEHGR Oct 1885. Also Appendix on the Robinson Family, NEHGR Jul 1890. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: RobinsonHH Warrington p[0-9]*].
  11. Robinson Genealogical Society, Robinson Genealogy, Volume 4: John Robinson of Exeter. Newport, RI: society, 1926. NEHGS CS71/R66/1926v4. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/444174. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p[0-9]*].
  12. Stearns, Ezra S, William F Whitcher, and Edward E Parker, Genealogical and Family History of New Hampshire. New York: Lewis Pub Co, 1908. Sutro Film 312, Reel 1&2, Books 5-6-7-8. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami0[123]stea. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v[0-9]p[0-9]*].
  13. Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1987. M-LH 974Tor Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: HaverhillMA vitals p260, IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1, Noyes ROBINSON John, Richardson ROBINSON p18, RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]
1645 [Ref: Durrell Memoirs-1933 p283]
abt 1648 [Ref: RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84]
age 66 in 1713 [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON Jonathan],
place:
[Ref: HaverhillMA vitals p260, IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1, Richardson ROBINSON p18, RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320],
parents:
John ROBINSON & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p18, RobinsonHH ROBINSON p105, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320],
father:
[Ref: Durrell Memoirs-1933 p283, HaverhillMA vitals p260, IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1, Noyes ROBINSON John, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4],
mother:
Elizabeth TRICKLEY [Ref: IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
16 May 1640 [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p321]
Sources for death Information
date:
1732 [Ref: IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1]
abt 1732 [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4]
after 1726 [Ref: Durrell Memoirs-1933 p283],
place:
[Ref: IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah CRAM
date:
1670 [Ref: IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1]
abt 1670 [Ref: RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4, Stearns FamHistNH v1p321]
first marriage of Jonathan, before 1671 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p630],
names:
Jonathan ROBINSON & Sarah ___ [Ref: IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1, Noyes ROBINSON Jonathan, RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84, RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p85, Stearns FamHistNH v1p321]
Jonathan ROBINSON & ___ ___ [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p630],
child:
[Ref: IowaHistSoc ROBINSON p1, RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84, RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p85, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4, Stearns FamHistNH v1p321]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah BRADLEY
date:
second marriage of Sarah [Ref: Noyes BEAN John]
second marriage of both [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON Jonathan, Torrey NE<1700 p630],
names:
Jonathan ROBINSON & (Sarah? (Bradley) Bean) [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p630]
a ROBINSON & Sarah ___ widow of John BEAN [Ref: Noyes BEAN John]
Research Notes:
Jun 24 1667: witnessed the Leavitt land sale of his parents [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p108, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1672: chosen tithing man, among the first elected in the town [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p108]

1672: tithingman [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON Jonathan, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Mar 3 1673: listed in town books of Exeter [Ref: Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1674: bought land of Jonathan Thwing [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON Jonathan, RobinsonHH ROBINSON p108, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Nov 30 1677: took oath of allegiance [Ref: RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4, Stearns FamHistNH v1p321]

1678: tithing man [Ref: RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4, Stearns FamHistNH v1p321]

1680: active in reorganization of the church [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON Jonathan]

1680: name appears in the Mason Land Suit [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p108, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p5, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1691: wounded in an expedition eastward [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON Jonathan]

1695: Selectman of the town of Exeter [Ref: Noyes ROBINSON Jonathan, RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4, Stearns FamHistNH v1p321]

Oct 26-29 1696: furnished the garrison (King William's War) [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p108, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p5, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Oct 26 1696 to Nov 9 1696: on garrison [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4]

1698: joined church in Exeter [Ref: RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84]

1698: name appears in a list of members of the church [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320, Stearns FamHistNH v1p321]

1698: one of the reorganizers of the church [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p108, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

1710: one of a scouting party in pursuit of Indians [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p108, RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p5, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

Mar 6 1710/1: deeded property to his wife (unnamed), and to his children Joseph, John, David, James, Jonathan, Easter, and Elizabeth, and to Lidia daughter of his son John [Ref: RobinsonHH ROBINSON p108, Stearns FamHistNH v1p320]

will dated in 1710 and proved in 1716 [Ref: RobinsonCE EarlyRobinsons p84]

1716: made another division giving his wife more property. Witnesses to this document were David Robinson and Sarah Robinson [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p5]

1720: living in Exeter, NH [Ref: Richardson ROBINSON p18]

before 1732: divided his estate by deed amongst his wife and children [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4]

----- Deed of Gift, dated 6 Mar 1710, Vol 9, page 65:
To Sarah, his wife, he gives one room in his dwelling house, one bed, and the use of four apple trees during her widowhood; his son Joseph is to pay her four pounds a year and to find her in firewood for three years after his decease.
He gives the remainder of the farm to his son, Joseph; also four acres of salt marsh at Hampton and four acres beyond Pickpocket, adjoining Joseph's. Joseph is to pay John three years after his father's decease, sixteen pounds.
TO his sons David and james he gives the remainder of the swamp beyond Pickpocket, to be divided equally. Joseph is to pay twenty shillings to each of these and the same amount to his brother Jonathan in one, two, and three years after his father's decease.
To his daughter, Hester, he gives a brass kettle and to his daughter, Elizabeth, an iron pot; Joseph is to give them their mother's bed after her decease, or else pay them forty shillings apiece.
To his granddaughter, Lydia, his son John's eldest daughter, he leaves a little bed. [Ref: RobinsonSoc ROBINSON-Exeter p4]



Pedigree of Jonathan ROBINSON
          /-----John ROBINSON
 /-----John ROBINSON
|        |         /-----Henry EDEN
|         \-----Katherine EDEN
|                  \-----Mary (EDEN)
Jonathan ROBINSON
|         /-----(Unk) PEMBERTON
 \-----Elizabeth PEMBERTON



Descendants of Jonathan ROBINSON
1. Jonathan ROBINSON m1. Sarah CRAM m2. Sarah BRADLEY
m. Sarah CRAM
m. Sarah BRADLEY

2nd generation

2. John ROBINSON m. Mehetabel STANYAN
m. Mehetabel STANYAN father: John STANYAN mother: Mary BRADBURY
6. Jonathan ROBINSON m. Mary FOLSAM
m. Mary FOLSAM
7. David ROBINSON m1. Sarah SANBORN m2. Martha BROWN
m. Sarah SANBORN father: Josiah SANBORN mother: Hannah HOULTON
m. Martha BROWN
8. James ROBINSON m. Mary JACKSON
m. Mary JACKSON father: John JACKSON
9. Joseph ROBINSON m. Sarah NORRIS
m. Sarah NORRIS father: Jonathan NORRIS mother: Lydia HEARD

3rd generation

11. Mary ROBINSON m. William FOLLANSBEE
m. William FOLLANSBEE father: Thomas FOLLANSBEE mother: Abigail (FOLLANSBEE)
13. John ROBINSON m. Elizabeth FOLSAM
m. Elizabeth FOLSAM
14. Mehetable ROBINSON m. Richard CALLEY
m. Richard CALLEY
15. Jonathan ROBINSON m. Mercy CHASE
m. Mercy CHASE
16. Jeremiah ROBINSON m1. Lidia NORRIS m2. Eunice AMSDEN
m. Lidia NORRIS father: Jonathan NORRIS mother: Lydia HEARD
m. Eunice AMSDEN
19. Ephraim ROBINSON m. Mary SHAW
m. Mary SHAW
20. James ROBINSON m1. Mary GILMAN m2. Abigail TRASK
m. Mary GILMAN
m. Abigail TRASK
27. David ROBINSON m1. Agnes VEASIE m2. Lucy (ROBINSON)
m. Agnes VEASIE
m. Lucy (ROBINSON)
34. Joseph ROBINSON m. Elizabeth FIFIELD
m. Elizabeth FIFIELD
36. Josiah ROBINSON m. Anne NEAL
m. Anne NEAL father: Walter NEAL mother: Ann MATTOON
40. Joseph ROBINSON m. Katoura SINKLER
m. Katoura SINKLER

4th generation

53. Chase ROBINSON m. Priscilla PRATT
m. Priscilla PRATT
59. Noah ROBINSON m. Nancy WIGGIN
m. Nancy WIGGIN father: Simon WIGGIN mother: Hannah (WIGGIN)
66. Jeremiah ROBINSON m. Susannah COGSWELL
m. Susannah COGSWELL
67. Zabulon ROBINSON m. Lydia BONNEY
m. Lydia BONNEY father: Nathaniel BONNEY mother: Lydia BRYANT
70. Eunice ROBINSON m. Emerson COGSWELL
m. Emerson COGSWELL
80. Ephraim ROBINSON m. Deborah GIDDINGS
m. Deborah GIDDINGS father: Zebulon GIDDINGS mother: Deborah (GIDDINGS)
99. Walter ROBINSON m. Mary NEAL
m. Mary NEAL father: Ebenezer NEAL

5th generation

107. John ROBINSON m. Lydia PITMAN
m. Lydia PITMAN
113. James ROBINSON m.
114. Lydia ROBINSON m. Benjamin BURDITT
m. Benjamin BURDITT
116. William ROBINSON m. Martha COGSWELL
m. Martha COGSWELL father: Emerson COGSWELL mother: Eunice ROBINSON
119. Zebulon ROBINSON m. Eunice JOSELYN
m. Eunice JOSELYN
125. Martha COGSWELL m. William ROBINSON
m. William ROBINSON father: Jeremiah ROBINSON mother: Susannah COGSWELL
132. Deborah ROBINSON m. Jonathan LAWRENCE
m. Jonathan LAWRENCE
143. Noah ROBINSON m. Judith COOK
m. Judith COOK father: Thomas COOK mother: Mary SAFFORD