Back in the 1920's a genealogist went to Tisbury, MA and pulled vitals for my great aunt. Through this he linked our family to Rev John Robinson. The vitals that he pulled may have been correct, as far as they went, but they did not accurately link to our Robinson's in Oxford County, ME who did migrate from MA. Four generations of my family are thoroughly steeped in this myth--and I have the documentation to show how the record actually reads. Just a word of caution to all, before you get too gung ho linking to a famous family--make absolutely certain that the beginning links are solid. No amount of accuracy on the family at the top is material here, if the link to that family is not solid. I guess the same follows even if the proposed ancestor is not famous--but it just is not so hard to overcome the misconception in that case. Most of my relatives who are not into genealogy would just as soon not hear what I have to say on the topic, since they so prefer the myth to the truth. ok, ranting over. -------Original Message------- From: slbutcher61@yahoo.com Date: 01/30/06 01:53:59 To: ROBINSON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ROBINSON] Any information on Rev. John Robinson(Pastor to the Pilgrims), siblings???? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3cDBAIB/8015 Message Board Post: I have been told I decend off William Robinson b.1579 Strton-La-Steaple(near Dorchester England). I have also been told he is a brother to the Rev. John Robinson b. 1575(same birth location as William) Rev. John Robinson is the Pastor to the Pilgrims. Although he did not come over with them. He died in Leyden, Holland. I want to find proof of this connection between the two Can anyone help? Thank you.