Husband Irwin Robinson 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
AKA: Irvin Robinson 8 9
Born: 1762 - Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland 4 10
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Died: 1829 - West Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA 4 10 11
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Father: [Father] Robinson ( - )
Mother:
Marriage: - Ireland
Wife Catherine Elliott 1 2 4 11
AKA: Elizabeth [Unk] 12
Born: - Ireland
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Died: 1859 4 10 11
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Father: John Elliott ( - ) 1 13
Mother: Mary Woods ( - ) 2
Children
1 M George Robinson 1 2 6
Born: 5 Jul 1788 - Ireland 14 15
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Died: 3 Nov 1869 14 15
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Spouse: Susanna Brinker (1795-1887) 1 14 15
2 M John Robinson 1 2 15
Born: - Ireland
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Died: Bef 1880
Buried:
Spouse: Rebecca Gaston ( -Bef 1880) 5
3 F Jane Robinson 1 14 15 16
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Died: 15 Sep 1879 - Brookville, Jefferson Co, PA 17
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Spouse: John Long (1797-1876) 1 5 16
Marr: 1821 16
4 M Hance Robinson 1 11 14 15
AKA: Horace Robinson 5
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Died: Bef 1880
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Spouse: Helen Spear ( - ) 5
5 M Irwin Robinson 1 5 7 14 15
AKA: John Robbison,18 Irvin Robinson,11 19 John Irwin Robinson
Born: 1808 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1 5
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Died: 1884 - Mahoning Twp, Indiana Co, PA 5
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Spouse: Martha Armstrong (1811-1855) 1 5 18
Spouse: Mary Crossman (1822-Bef 1898) 5 20
6 M Elliott Robinson 1 4 10 11 14 15
AKA: Elliott Ratinson 12
Born: 8 Oct 1808 - Fairfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 10 11
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Died: 10 Jun 1891 - Robinson, Indiana Co, PA 21
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Spouse: Margaret Nixon ( -1847) 1 4 21 22
Marr: Abt 1833
Spouse: Sarah A. Lynn (1827-1859) 21 23 24
Marr: 1848 23 24
Spouse: Sarah Jane Doty ( -1894) 21
7 M Thomas Robinson 1 14 15
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Died: Bef 1880
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Spouse: Susannah Long ( -Bef 1880) 1 5
8 F Mary Robinson 1 14 15
Born:
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Died: Bef 1880
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Spouse: James A. McCullough ( - ) 5
9 M James Robinson 14 15 26
AKA: Joseph Robinson 25
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Spouse: Maria Steer ( -Bef 1880) 27
10 M William Robinson 1 14 15
Born:
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Died: Bef 1880
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Spouse: Caroline Talmadge ( -Bef 1880) 1 5
11 M Christopher Robinson 1 14 15
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Spouse: [Unk] Lynn ( - ) 1 5
12 F Elizabeth Woods Robinson 1 11 12 14 15
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Died: 27 Jun 1902 12
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Spouse: Smith Lynn (1823- ) 1 28
Marr: 9 Oct 1848 12
13 M Gilmore Craig Robinson 1 5
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General Notes: Husband - Irwin Robinson
He was a native of Enniskillen, county of Fermanagh, Ireland. Being an English subject, when the Revolution came on in the American colonies, he was drafted into service and sent there to take part in that struggle. He was through the whole conflict as a British soldier, including the battle of Yorktown. He carried a Bible in his pocket, and it was struck by a Yankee bullet, cutting quite a good-sized hole in the book. At another time he was struck by a bullet in his arm, which ball he carried the remainder of his days. He was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, captured by Washington, and after peace was declared returned to England. He soon found he had been fighting on the wrong side, and although entitled to a pension from the English government, he refused to accept it, and later became a loyal American. He studied medicine for three years and practiced his profession, especially in surgery.
His love affair was indeed quite full of romance. At twenty-five years of age he was a manly fellow, five feet nine inches high; hair brown and straight. He "fell in love" with Catherine Elliott, a beautiful slender figure. She had dark brown eyes and wore curly ringlets. She was but fifteen years of age, and for this reason they were forbidden to marry. Several times her parents locked her up in her bed-chamber. The house was a cottage of one story. At the time of the elopement her parents had kept her full a month in her room, her bed being pushed against the wall made of stone, but the girl was not to be outwitted, and silently worked her plans to completion. She finally succeeded in getting a hole through the wall large enough to let herself out and on one dark night she crept through (the moon being invisible) and met her lover and they rode away on horseback and were married. They became the parents of George and John Robinson. These three, with the Elliott family, left England for America in 1792. They came in a sailing vessel and were on the ocean from May until September and encountered fearful storms. Mrs. Irwin Robinson brought plenty of flax along, thinking, it is related, that she could not get it "in the woods of America." They located in what is now Blair County, Pennsylvania. They purchased land of a Mr. Holliday, where now stands the city of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. The Elliotts settled in the Ligonier valley, between Fairfield and Ross Furnace. The daughter's love of parents caused them to settle in a less productive country four miles southwest of where Boliver stands to-day. Chambersburg was the nearest place at which supplies could then be procured. They followed a trail across the wild country on pack-horses midst numerous tribes of Indians. Land was cheap, four dollars per acre.
Irwin Robinson was a Methodist, but Quaker in habits and language. [HWC 1906 ii, 33]
He was born in Ireland, whither his ancestors had emigrated from Scotland. In his youth he was pressed into the British army and was sent to serve in the American colonies where the Revolutionary war was then in progress. He was among those who surrendered with Cornwallis to Washington, at Yorktown. He came to the United States by way of Canada in 1793, landing in Quebec, whence he proceeded to Holidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. At one time he owned the land on which the town is now built, and moving thence settled on what is known as the "Campbell farm," in Fairfield township, Westmoreland County. In addition to farming he engaged in the lumber business. His ancestors had been members of the Society of Friends, but he himself belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church.
In his youth he was impressed into the British army and was sent to serve in the American Colonies, where the Revolutionary war was going on. He was a soldier in Lord Cornwallis' army. He carried a Bible in his breast pocket, and in one of the battles he was shot, the bullet striking the Bible and penetrating almost through it, the good book thus saving his life. At another time he was struck by a bullet in the arm, causing a painful wound. He was made a prisoner at Yorktown, Virginia, when Cornwallis surrendered his army to Washington. At the conclusion of peace he returned to England with his regiment and was discharged from the service. During his service in America his sympathies were with the colonists and though as a soldier he had to do his duty, he formed a liking for the country and determined that as soon as he could he would return to it. He was granted a pension by the British government for service in the army, but did not lift it after he became a citizen of the United States.
Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Robinson in Ireland, George and John. These four, with Mrs. Robinson's parents, the Elliotts, and their family emigrated to America, landing in Quebec in September, 1793, after a stormy three months' voyage. They did not stop in Canada, but came to the United States, finally landing at what is now the city of Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. Here he bought the land that Hollidaysburg was later built on and settled down, but not for long. Mrs. Robinson's parents had settled in Ligonier valley, between Fairfield and Ross Furnace, and her longing to be near her parents caused them to sell their property, which they did to General Holliday, and remove to what is now known as the "Campbell Farm" in Fairfield township, about four miles southwest of Bolivar, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Here he lived until he finally moved to what is now West Wheatfield township, Indiana County, across the Conemaugh river from Bolivar, to the farm that became the property of the Garfield Fire Clay Company, and on part of which was later built the village of Garfield (Robinson P. O.). Here he bought a tract of 425 acres in what was then called Poplar Bottom, on account of the large number of poplar trees growing on it. Here he lived until his death, at the age of sixty-seven years, his widow surviving him, dying at the age of eighty-six years.
Mr. Robinson studied medicine three years and practiced his profession among the then limited population of that region. He was a Methodist of Quaker ancestry and used the Quaker habits and language. Mrs. Robinson's mother's maiden name was Woods, and her family also came to the United States; they were members of the Church of England, Episcopalians, in the United States, and one or more of the sons were ministers in that denomination.
General Notes: Wife - Catherine Elliott
from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Her uncle, Jesse D. Elliott, was commander of the "Niagara," and second to Perry in command at the battle of Lake Erie, where he rendered efficient service. The government granted gold medals to both Perry and Elliott for this glorious naval victory. Commander Elliott succeeded Commander Perry as commandant of the naval station at Erie.