This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Lyndersgreen Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/7528.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, thanks for sending me a message. I have been trying to connect my Robinsons with the Robinson family who bought Rokeby Park, but without success. My gr.gr.grandfather, Henry Charles Robinson, born c1807, stated on the censuses that he was born in Newport, Isle of Wight, but I have just been over to the Records Office there, and can't find any information to really connect him there. There are some Robinson families who could possibly his relations, but no definite link. The tale that was handed down through my family was that we were connected to the Robinsons of Rokeby. My family lived in a house named Rokeby in London and when they moved, the name of Rokeby went with them. There was another relation who had a herd of Jersey cattle which he named the Rokeby herd. This relation also apparently researched the family and found there was a connection, but unfortunately, he died without passing on the information. There were other things which show a similarity, but n! othing definite. If I could only find the parents of Henry Charles Robinson, I would be one step further back. The researcher on the Isle of Wight wondered if his father was a military man who was on the Isle of Wight for a short period before moving on somewhere else. I will have to look further into that when I go to the National Archives next time. Thanks anyway. Susan Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.