Hello all! >From here in the US, I am finding it difficult to find a resource to determine the origins of my 5th ggrandfather who "may" have been Jonathan ROBERTSON or ROBINSON. I have definite information on my 4th ggrandfather, Hezekiah having found many census records and I have visited his gravesite. The various spellings of our surname has made the research somewhat of a challenge! The information that I've found that links Jonathan and Hezekiah is speculative at best. Supposedly, Jonathan was born 7 October 1740 in Coleraine, Londonderry. I don't know when or from where he emigrated. If he was Hezekiah's father, I'd appreciate a lead as to where to get any records or documentation of any sort. Hezekiah's census records indicate that he was born in Virginia in 1784 which I believe makes Jonathan a definite prospect to have been his father. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Dave Robison 26 Brittany Rd., Indian Orchard, MA 01151 USA

Dave >From what I have learnt that in 1770-1772, the Flax crop failed in Northern Ireland - assume this would have included the Coleraine area - so that maybe a period to look at. What US records have you for the family? Which County did you find him in in 1790 Census? If you list those sources that may help others to help you. In the 1718 Migration for example one of the five ships left from Coleraine but I do not know for how long it was used as a port for taking people to America. Hope this this will help you in your search. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Robison" <drr45@msn.com> To: <NIR-DERRY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:23 PM Subject: [NIR-DERRY] Robertson/Robinson from Londonderry > Hello all! > > > >>From here in the US, I am finding it difficult to find a resource to > determine the origins of my 5th ggrandfather who "may" have been Jonathan > ROBERTSON or ROBINSON. I have definite information on my 4th > ggrandfather, > Hezekiah having found many census records and I have visited his > gravesite. > The various spellings of our surname has made the research somewhat of a > challenge! > > > > The information that I've found that links Jonathan and Hezekiah is > speculative at best. Supposedly, Jonathan was born 7 October 1740 in > Coleraine, Londonderry. I don't know when or from where he emigrated. If > he > was Hezekiah's father, I'd appreciate a lead as to where to get any > records > or documentation of any sort. Hezekiah's census records indicate that he > was born in Virginia in 1784 which I believe makes Jonathan a definite > prospect to have been his father. > > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated! > > > > Dave Robison > > 26 Brittany Rd., > > Indian Orchard, MA 01151 USA > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message