This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nk.2ADI/288.1 Message Board Post: Diane, Bennett Robinson was married to my great, great, great, grandmother, Rachel Robinson. It was her second marriage after the death of my great, great, great grandfather, John May 111. Rachel is buried in the Silver City, Iowa cemetery. Bennett and Rachel had 8 children. When married to John May, John and Rachel lived in Shelby County, Iliinois. Rachel married Bennett in Williamsbrug, Illinois in Shelby County about 1832. Rachel's father, Aron Rook, had settled in Gasconade Co. Mo. and Bennett and Rachel moved there about 1842. Three of their children were born in Missouri. Lucas County Iowa was opened to settlers in 1850, and they moved there. They were accompanied by other Rook, May, and Robinson families. According to the 1850 census, there were only 91 families in Lucas County that first year, and Bennett and Rachel and their family were one of them. The information that I have says that Bennett was listed among the 71 voters at the 1852 election and that his name ap! pears several times in the early records of Lucas Co. (History of Lucas Co. Iowa, published 1881.)Their children were Priscilla, b. 1832, Mary, b. 1834, Lavina, b. 1836. Aaaron, b. 1838, Nathaniel, b. 1840, John, b. 1843, Richard, b. 1845, and William, b. 1848. John, Richard, and William were born in Missouri. The others were born in Shelby County, Illinois. When married to John May 111, Rachel had one son, Stanford May. Rachel has one or two children buried beside her. I believe it is her daughter, Priscilla. I hope this helps. I got this from information compiled by Mrs.Howard Walker Woodruff in 1961. Please e mail me if you have any other questions. nightser@cox.net. Hope to hear from you. Mary Ann