Person:Christopher Robinson (5)

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Christopher Robinson
d.20 Feb 1726/27 Virginia
m. Abt 1673
  1. Christopher Robinson1681 - 1726/27
  2. Hon. John Robinson1683 - 1749
m. 12 Oct 1703
  1. Christopher RobinsonAbt 1704 -
  2. Judith RobinsonAbt 1705 - Abt 1710
  3. Benjamin RobinsonAbt 1707 - 1723
  4. Maj. John Robinson1707 - Bef 1787
  5. Judith RobinsonAbt 1711 - 1720
  6. Frances Robinson1714 -
  7. William RobinsonAbt 1716 -
  8. Peter RobinsonAbt 1718 -
Facts and Events
Name Christopher Robinson
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1681 Middlesex County, Virginia
Marriage 12 Oct 1703 Middlesex County, Virginia[she is the widow Beverly]
to Judith Wormeley
Other[1] 15 Nov 1720 Middlesex County, Virginianamed in Will of Judith Robinson, wife
Death[1] 20 Feb 1726/27 Virginia
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Historical Society)
    Vol 16.

    ... 3. Christopher* Robinson (Christopher*) was born (Register) in 1681, and died February 20, 1726-7. He inherited in childhood his father's home plantation and other property in Middlesex county, and on the death of his uncle, Bishop Robinson, in 1723, received from him the bequest of the manor of Hewick or Hawick in Yorkshire, England. The William and Mary College Catalogue shows that he was educated at that institution. He was a member of the House of Burgesses for Middlesex at the sessions beginning Oct. 25, 1710, Nov. 16, 1714, and probably other years, as the records are imperfect. The inventory of the personal estate of Christopher Robinson in Middlesex was recorded in the court of that county March 28, 1727. Its total value was ^"1,063.10.3, and among the articles included were a watch, a silver seal, " a picture of the Bishop of London," 16 books, "a parcel of old books"(valued at 10 sh.), and articles at "Gordon's Store," and the "lower burnt house."

    Christopher Robinson married, October 12, 1703 (Register), Judith, widow of William Beverley, and before of Corbin Griffin, and daughter of Col. Christopher Wormeley, of Middlesex Co., member of the Council. The parish register has the following entry of her birth: "Judith Wormeley ye Daughter of Collo. Christop'er Wormeley & Frances Wormeley his wife was born ye 25th of May & baptized At home 7th June 1683." Her will was dated Nov. 15, and proved in Middlesex Dec. 6, 1720. She gave her husband, Christopher Robinson, all of her estate, including all of her lands in Middlesex, James City and Essex counties,

    They had issue: ...

  2.   Library of Virginia.

    Christopher Robinson arrived in Virginia, from England, in approximately 1668. He quickly established himself at a plantation called "Hewick," named after his family's Hewick estate in England. Descendants of Christopher Robinson soon became influential landholders, tobacco traders, and political leaders in the colony. Christopher Robinson's great-grandson, Christopher IV, took the side of the Crown during the American Revolution, accepting a captain's position with the Queen's Rangers. After Britain's defeat in America, Christopher of the Queen's Rangers relocated to Canada where he served the royal government in various capacities. Charles W. Robinson descended from this "Hewick" line of the Robinson family. In addition to members of the Robinson family, notable names discussed in the collection of documents include: Richard Corbin, Ralph Wormeley, Albert W. Woods, H. Farnham Burke, Lyon G. Tyler, Letitia Cornwallis, J. H. Coombe, Thomas Jefferson, King George III, General Robert Porteus, John Maynard, Edmund Pendleton, John Graves Simcoe, Robert Rogers, "Mr. Dinwiddie," John Wentworth, Fletcher Norton, and George Wythe.

    https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00106.xml