I have been curious for years about Arthur ROBI(N)SON of Venango Co. for years. His name appeared on a number of will/probate documents and other papers of the county. I think this one was probably your Arthur, Jr., whose wife's name was Mary, since his will (proved 20 Jun 1864) indicates there were no children. You see, I am descended from 2 Arthur ROBINSONs--just not your two. Mine were of Lower Hillville, Armstrong Co.: Arthur W. b 1818, and his son, Arthur James, b 1854, whose son, Jesse Golden, was my grandfather, b 1874. Jesse married Ella MATTERN of Scrubgrass Tp, Venango Co, in 1895. Ca 1910 they moved to the old Mattern farm at Big Bend, Venango Co., when my father was about 7 yr old. There were at least three different ROBINSON families (sometimes spelled ROBISON) in Armstrong Co. The ones who lived in Parker & Hovey Tp, were originally from CT, and there is no known connection to us. Ours, according to family legend, came from Ireland, Arthur Sr.'s parents presumable William & Elizabeth ROBINSON. I have some doubts about this parentage because many "facts" simply don't fit. Presumably (again) they arrived in Sugar Creek (later Perry) Tp early & settled on land received from Simeon HOVEY. Simeon was the uncle of Elisha ROBINSON, the one who settled in Parker and who had a son William, probably the one the land warrant belonged to. There are NO census records of our family until 1840 which means they arrived after 1830--and the William (sp ROBBINSON) next door to my Arthur Sr. does not appear old enough to be his father. Also according to legend, besides Arthur, there were 3 brothers, John, who remained in Armstrong Co & never married; Joseph (had a family) & Thomas (also unmarried) after some sort of family squabble moved to Lawrence Co. and established their own Hillville! Except in my family and the one in Venango Co., I have seen no other ROBINSON whose given name was Arthur. Would you possibly have any info on the family which might help solve this mystery? Sorry, I have nothing on an Elgin ROBINSON, although one of our collateral families married into an ELGIN family in Armstrong Co. I'd be glad to share any info I have on the family. Sharon A. Huffman sharhuff@aol.com